Symantec NetBackup - About the Advanceddisk Option; Introducing Advanceddisk

Introducing AdvancedDisk
This chapter includes the following topics:
■ About the AdvancedDisk option
About the AdvancedDisk option
The NetBackup AdvancedDisk storage option lets you use the disk storage that is
attached to a NetBackup media server. (Attached means a file system mount on
the storage.) NetBackup aggregates the disks into pools of storage you can use for
backups. NetBackup manages the storage as logical entities (disk pools).
Figure 2-1 shows a media server and attached disks.
Figure 2-1
AdvancedDisk storage components
Disk volumes
Network file system
mounts
NetBackup media servers function as
both storage servers and data movers
AdvDiskPool_Gold AdvDiskPool_Silver
The NetBackup AdvancedDisk storage option provides the following benefits:
■ Is easy to deploy and use. NetBackup discovers the storage and uses familiar
NetBackup storage units and backup policies to use the storage.
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