STORE and TurboSTORE/iX Products Manual (B5151-90003)

3 Preparing Storage Devices

This chapter describes how to prepare your media and devices for backup. The sections in

this chapter are:

• Preparation Process

• Preparing Tape and DDS Media

• Preparing Tape and DDS Devices

Preparation Process

The following is a brief list of the preparation steps.

1. You must ﬁrst determine what type of device(s) to use for your backup. Most of this

section deals with storing to magnetic tape or DDS devices. These procedures can also

be followed if you are using a StorageTek device. If you want to use disk ﬁles, refer to

the sections "Storing to Disk Files" in this chapter.

2. If you are using tape or DDS devices, you must next decide if you will use a single

device or multiple devices. All versions of STORE and TurboSTORE can store to

multiple devices. The possible conﬁgurations available are:

Single Requires only one backup device. When the media (tape or DDS) ﬁlls,

the device rewinds the media, you remove the media and replace it with

new media, and additional ﬁles are stored to the new media.

Sequential Requires more than one backup device. One device is used at a time.

When the media (tape or DDS) ﬁlls, additional ﬁles are stored on the

next device in line. You can set this up to toggle between two devices,

giving you time to change media.

Parallel Requires more than one backup device. Files are being stored to more

than one device at the same time. When the media is full on one device,

you remove the media and replace it with new media, and additional

ﬁles are stored to the new media.