Updating an OpenStorage disk pool

You may have to update your existing disk pools. For example, if you update the storage server, you must then update the existing disk pools. Usually, you update the storage server when your vendor provides an updated plug-in that exposes new functionality.

Any disk pools that you create after you update the storage server inherit the new functionality.

To update an OpenStorage disk pool in NetBackup

Run the following command on the master server:

install_path\NetBackup\bin\admincmd\nbdevconfig -changedp -dp disk_pool_name -stype server_type -setattribute attribute

See the following descriptions of the options that require arguments:

-changedp disk_pool_name

The name of the disk pool.

-stype server_type

The storage vendor provides the string that identifies the server type.

-setattribute attribute

The attribute is the name of the argument that represents the new functionality.

For example, OptimizedImage specifies that the environment supports the optimized synthetic backup. SpanImages specifies that backup images can span across volumes on the disk appliance.