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Netbackup - How To Create A Scratch Pool

This document provides instructions on how to create a scratch pool in NetBackup. A scratch pool is an optional volume pool that NetBackup uses to move volumes from when other pools do not have available volumes. To create a scratch pool, you must: 1) Add a volume pool and designate it as the scratch pool 2) Add volumes to the scratch pool for each robotic or standalone device 3) Add a "SCRATCH_POOL" entry to the vm.conf file specifying the scratch pool name This will allow NetBackup's Media Manager to move volumes from the scratch pool to other pools as needed.

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Netbackup - How To Create A Scratch Pool

This document provides instructions on how to create a scratch pool in NetBackup. A scratch pool is an optional volume pool that NetBackup uses to move volumes from when other pools do not have available volumes. To create a scratch pool, you must: 1) Add a volume pool and designate it as the scratch pool 2) Add volumes to the scratch pool for each robotic or standalone device 3) Add a "SCRATCH_POOL" entry to the vm.conf file specifying the scratch pool name This will allow NetBackup's Media Manager to move volumes from the scratch pool to other pools as needed.

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In Figure 1, it can be seen that the scratch pool is named Scratch_pool and the three robots contain volumes
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To configure the scratch pool

1. Add a volume pool to be used as the scratch pool

2. Specify the attributes for the scratch pool as follows:

Pool Name: Any name (pool_name), except NetBackup or None. The name can be 20 characters or less, but
cannot contain any spaces or special characters.

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Host Name: ANYHOST. (Do not use the check box to specify a specific host).

Description: Scratch Pool.

3. Add volumes for each robotic or standalone device that requires them.

Follow the steps as when adding other volumes, except in this case specify the scratch pool as the volume
pool.

4. Add a SCRATCH_POOL entry to the install_path\Volmgr\vm.conf file:

SCRATCH_POOL = pool_name

To have Media Manager allocate all volumes to volume pools, do one of the following:

- Create other volume pools as required, but add no volumes to them.

- Create the scratch pool and add all volumes to it. Media Manager will move volumes to the other pools as
they are required.

NOTE: If the scratch pool does not already exist, Media Manager creates one when the SCRATCH_POOL
entry is added to the vm.conf file.

Notes

1. If the SCRATCH_POOL entry in the vm.conf file specifies a volume pool that contains assigned volumes,
then these volumes remain in the scratch pool. Media Manager does not move assigned volumes to other
pools as it does with unassigned volumes.

2. Media Manager will not assign volumes while they are in the scratch pool. For example, if a NetBackup
class or schedule specifies the scratch pool, all requests for those volumes are denied.

3. Volumes moved from the scratch pool to another pool remain in that new pool. Media Manager does not
automatically move it again for any reason, though it is possible to manually reassign it to another volume
pool.

For more information, refer to the NetBackup Media Manager System Administrator's Guide.
Related Documents:

232349: VERITAS NetBackup DataCenter 3.4, Media Manager System Administrator's Guide. Windows
NT/2000
http://support.veritas.com/docs/232349

232350: VERITAS NetBackup DataCenter 3.4, Media Manager System Administrator's Guide. UNIX.
http://support.veritas.com/docs/232350

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