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  2. NetBackup Web UI Vault Administrator's Guide
  3. Administering Vault
  4. About changing volume pools and groups
NetBackup Web UI Vault Administrator's Guide

About changing volume pools and groups

If you change to a new off-site volume group or off-site volume pool(s), you can ensure that media are recalled by configuring a profile that only generates the reports needed to recall media, as follows:

  • Configure a vault that uses the old off-site volume group.

  • Configure a profile in that vault that does the following:

    • Selects no images (that is, configure the Choose Backups step so that no backup images are selected).

    • Skips the Duplication step and Catalog Backup step.

    • Specifies the old volume pools in the volume pool list on the Eject step.

    • Generates only the Picking List for Vault and Distribution List for Robot reports.

  • Schedule the profile to run on a regular basis.

Media in the old off-site volume group and in the old volume pool(s) are recalled from off-site storage as they expire. After each volume is recalled and injected back into the robot, change its volume pool and group to the new ones. If a volume is returned to a scratch volume pool from which all media are allocated, you do not have to change the volume pool.

After all media in those volume pools and groups are recalled, you can delete the vault, volume group, and volume pools.

Note:

If you have media in your off-site vault, Cohesity recommends that you do not change or rename your off-site volume group(s) or off-site volume pool(s). If you begin using new volume pools and groups in your Vault profiles, the reports that recall expired media do not include the old groups and pools.

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