Default media vaults
A media vault is a logical representation of the actual physical location of specified tape media. You can create media vaults to keep track of where media is physically stored, such as a scratch bin, or an off-site location. Backup Exec creates default media vaults to let you view all media that are online, offline, or in a media vault.
You must run the Configure Storage wizard to update the location of tape media in media vaults. From the Configure Storage wizard, you can print reports that detail which tape media are ready to move to and return from the vault. You can also update the location of the media if you choose to move them. However, you must physically collect the tape media, and move the media to and from the vault. The location of the tape media is updated in the Backup Exec Database, but the media is not ejected or exported. If Backup Exec detects that the media is in a robotic library, you are prompted to export media. If you choose to export the media, an export media job runs. If your environment includes remote sites, you should create separate media sets for each remote site. Then, the reports contain details on which media are ready to be moved for a specific site.
Table: Default media vaults
| Default media vault | Description |
|---|---|
| Online Tape Media | Displays the media that are available in tape drives or robotic libraries. You cannot add or move media to the online media vault. Backup Exec does that automatically. If you move media from the online media vault to another media vault, the media's overwrite protection period and append period remain in effect. |
| Offline Tape Media | Displays the media that are on-site but are not in tape drives or robotic libraries, and are not in media vaults. Media appear in the offline media vault if you use Backup Exec to remove media from a tape drive or robotic library. You can add media to the offline media vault from another media vault. An inventory operation or a catalog operation moves the offline media back to the online media vault. You cannot delete or rename the offline media vault. |
| Vaulted Tape Media | Displays the media that are not in tape drives or robotic libraries, and have been moved to a media vault. |
| Vaulted Tape Media displays in All Media Vaults details only after you create a media vault. | |
| All Media Vaults | Displays the media that are in media vaults that you create. |
| All Media Vaults displays on the Storage tab only after you create a media vault. | |
| You can associate media vaults with media sets that you create. You specify when to move the media from a media set to the media vault. You also specify when the media is to return to the media set from the media vault. | |
| See Creating media vault rules to move tape media to and from media vaults . |
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