Adding devices to a device pool

You can add a device to an existing device pool, unless it is a tape drive in a cascaded drive pool. Tape drives that are in a cascaded drive pool will be automatically deleted from the cascaded drive pool if they are placed in another device pool. You cannot add virtual disks on a storage array to a device pool. Backup Exec automatically adds virtual disks to the All Virtual Disks device pool.

To add a device to a device pool

On the navigation bar, click Devices.
Select the device pool.
Under Device Pool Tasks in the task pane, select Add device.

Select the appropriate options as follows, and then click OK:

Device pool name	Name of the device pool to which you want to add devices.
Description	Description of the device pool.
Device type	Select a device type from the drop-down list to filter the list of devices available for the device pool. Only devices of this type are displayed for selection.
Device sub-type:	If device sub-types are available, you can select a subtype to increase the filter on the list of devices available for the device pool. Only devices of this type and sub-type are displayed for selection.
Select the devices to be included in this device pool	Select the devices you want to include in the device pool.