Share Media Server same Tape Pool
Ok, now I am second questioning something...
to make this simple:
1 media server to tape Lt3 Pool A
add a second Media Server to share the drives/robots/ SSO and media license we purchased etc.
Can Media Server 2 also use Tape Pool A?
I ask becuase I see for media there is a "media Owner colum" and I cant recall the rules for this.
basically from the past in checking I was told no problem, create a shared storage pool and it does not matter, but when I look at this I am questioning it as to me it seems if Media Server 2 uses a tape it does it become "sole owner of it" and it would make sense to me to separate the pool.
Any thoughts?
Thanks
Scott
The default behaviour across all NBU versions is media ownership. The media server who first writes the tape owns it. Once all images expire, it becomes available and another media can write to it and assume ownership.
NBU 6.5 introduced media sharing that can be done in two ways: Media Server Groups - media servers in a particular group can all write to same media, or Unrestricted Sharing (enabled in Host Properties) where ALL media servers can share ALL tapes. Media Sharing has to be enabled by the backup Admin.