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Kien_Nguyen's avatar
11 years ago

Backup Exec 2014 Storage device pool SelectionMethod not working as expected

I have created a storage device pool include 2 disk storage devices 001 and 002. I have changed the selectionmethod=mostfreespacefirst using CLI (only support in Exec 2014). But it seems to be not working as expected.

The backup job should target to most free space disk first, but it some time chosen the less free space disk then job failed because disk is full. The GRT backup jobs are not expandable to other storage devices.

I have searched around the internet but have found no answers.

Thanks

  • Have you used the Get-BEStorageDevicePool cmdlet to check that the selection method is set correctly?

    In the Storage tab, check that the statistic xx GB used of yy GB of each disk storage is roughly correct before you job starts.  You might have to restart all the BE services to get xx updated.

  • As uou appaer to have checked the statistics suggest you continue working with the support case and possibly even ask the support engineer if you can be advanced to the next level.

  • I confirm, we have the exactly same problem with selection method for the storage device pool.