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The data that is generated from a backup job or another type of job is recorded in storage. A storage destination can be a single tape or disk volume, a named group of storage units, or a storage lifecycle policy.
A NetBackup administrator must define storage destinations with the Storage utility before a backup job or another type of job can be run.
The Storage utility contains subnodes to define three different storage configurations:
The primary storage destination is a storage unit, since storage units can be included as part of a storage unit group or a storage lifecycle policy.
A storage unit is a label that NetBackup associates with physical storage. The label can identify a robot, a path to a volume, or a disk pool.
See About storage units.
Storage unit groups let you identify multiple storage units as a group. How the storage units are selected within the group is determined when the group is created.
Storage lifecycle policies let you apply the same behavior to all the backup images in the lifecycle.