Multiple Drives

[Dmitry_Khenkin]

Does veritas support multiple drives of the same type? We are running out of room on the tape and I was wondering if it would be possible to have 2 drives so that when one tape runns out it uses the tape in the second drive?

[Ken_Putnam]

With standalone drives, BackupExec will support as many drives as you care to attach to the server


If you want backups to span volumes, the drives need to be the same type and capacity, then set up a Cascaded Drive Pool containing the drives, and edit you jobs to point to the new pool.

If the drive is in a Library, you need to purchase and install an LEO (Library Expansion option) to access an additional drive

[Dmitry_Khenkin]

Is there a KB article you can point me toward for getting this set up?

[Ken_Putnam]

For standalone drives or to setup a Library?

[Dmitry_Khenkin]

How to set up 2 of the same type drives in a cascading drive pool? Any KB articles on that?

[Ken_Putnam]

it's on page 113 of the v9.1 admin guide

if you can't find your copy, you can download one from http://support.veritas.com/docs/262932