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Specifying order of drives used in backup to a drive pool

Gary_Schoolmast
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‎09-27-2005 07:59 AM

Backup Exec 9.1 rev 4691 running on Windows 2000 Server.
I have a tape drive pool of three Compaq 4mm DAT drives, and a drive pool of two HP AIT-3 tape drives.
I want to specify exactly which DAT drive is used first when a backup job starts, and which is used second, etc.
Same with the AIT-3 drive pool, want to specify which drive the backup job should start with.

Can this be done?

The only way I have found is to Inventory DAT drive 1 prior to backup so it shows a tape is inserted, and make sure drives 2 and 3 show "none" in the Device list.
Backup job will start with drive 1, but is always a mystery whether drive 2 or drive 3 will be used next.

Not a problem at this time with the AIT-3 tape drives 1 and 2, since there are only two. But will be adding a third AIT-3 drive to the pool in the near future.

Thank you for any assistance or suggestions.
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tejashree_Bhate
Level 6

‎09-28-2005 01:07 AM

Hello,

You can set priority for the drive.
Refer to the technote given below.

(title)Creating and configuring drive pools in Backup Exec 9.x and 10.x for Windows Servers
http://support.veritas.com/docs/262932

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