These capabilities are not related to Shared Storage Option and should not be
confused with Shared Storage Option.
Shared Storage Option terms and concepts
Table 15-1 describes the terms and the concepts relevant to understanding the
Shared Storage Option.
Table 15-1
Shared Storage Option terms and concepts
DefinitionTerm
The NetBackup Shared Storage Option is not the same as the
Symantec Backup Exec Shared Storage Option. The Backup Exec
SSO does not include support for UNIX servers and uses a different
method for drive arbitration.
Backup Exec Shared
Storage Option
A NetBackup SAN media server backs up its own data to shared
drives. It cannot back up data on other NetBackup hosts or clients.
Symantec licenses NetBackup SAN media servers.
SAN media servers
When the Shared Storage Option is installed, a tape drive that is
shared among hosts is termed a shared drive. For the drives that
are attached to NDMP hosts, each NDMP attach host is considered
an additional host.
Shared drive
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Shared Storage Option terms and concepts
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