3 Configuring Media Operations
In this chapter
This chapter includes information on the following:
• “Site management” on page 41
• “Security management” on page 61
• “Configuring backup processes and objects” on page 63
• “Tuning backup objects” on page 80
• “Defining media policies” on page 81
Site management
A site is a geographic location with one or more data centers and a common set of
operators. Media Operations allows you to configure and manage multiple physical
sites with different service level agreements (SLAs).
Each site's configuration defines the physical layout of devices and available onsite
and offsite vault locations.
A site consists of the following:
• Vaults
Vaults reflect the physical layout of secure media storage in a site. They consist
of cabinets, drawers, rows, and slots created in that order.
Vaults have no capacity until you create rows and slots. When creating a row,
define what media type will fit into the slots. If you add a new media type that
does not fit into the defined vault slot types, you need to add a new slot-type
definition, and then define the rows that accept this media type. See
“Adding and modifying media types” on page 81 for more information.
You can create vaults either manually or automatically (if your vault has a struc-
tured addressing scheme for its components).
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