The creation of any storage unit type consists of the following general steps:

• Name the storage unit. A configured storage unit indicates to NetBackup the existence of physical storage.

• Choose the storage unit type: Media Manager, disk, or NDMP.

• Select a media server. The selection indicates that the media server(s) have permission to write to the storage unit.

• Indicate the destination where the data is written.

• For Media Manager storage units: Data is written to tape robots and stand-alone tape drives.

  For disk storage: NetBackup permits an unlimited number of disk storage units. Disk storage may be one of the following types:

  • AdvancedDisk storage units: The destination is a disk pool.

  • BasicDisk storage units: The destination is a path to a volume on a host.

  • NearStore storage units: The destination is a NearStore volume on a storage server.

  • OpenStorage storage units: The destination is a disk pool.

  • PureDisk storage unit: The destination is a disk pool.

  • SharedDisk storage units: The destination is a disk pool.

    See About SharedDisk support in NetBackup 7.0 and later.

  • SnapVault storage: The destination is a SnapVault server.

  • For NDMP storage: The NDMP protocol is used to perform backups and recoveries. The destination is an NDMP host.