To add a device

1        Select Settings > Storage and Retention > Backup Devices.

2        Click Add Device.

3        Enter a name for the new device in the Device Name field.

This is the name that will be used whenever the device is selected. Device names must be unique and must not contain spaces.

4        Enter the amount of data that can be stored on the new device in the Capacity field.

Notes: 

If the device will be used to store replicated backups for an associated source system, its capacity must be at least 128 GB.

If you have a physical appliance, all available storage is allocated to the default D2DBackups device. To split this storage into multiple devices, you must first decrease the D2DBackups capacity (see To modify a device). If you already have backups on the system, proceed with extreme caution. Decreasing D2DBackups capacity may cause existing backups to be purged.

The Capacity field governs the amount of data that can be stored on the device. The system assures that the data on the device does not exceed the capacity limit. If the capacity chosen exceeds the system license OR if there is not enough space on the file system to accommodate the allocation, an error message is delivered indicating the need to adjust the capacity limit. Options for Capacity settings are:

     Standard Size - Use this to select from a list of values. Click the down arrow next to the device size and select the desired capacity.

     Custom Size - If the desired size of the device is not populated in the standard size list, select this option to specify a capacity.

5        Enter a brief description for the device in the Description field.

6        In the Max Concurrent Backups field, enter the number of backups that can be run simultaneously on the system.

The default value is three. The recommended range is three to ten, depending on network throughput, the number of devices defined, and the resources of the system.

7        Check these boxes as applicable:

     Online box to indicate that the device is online and ready for backups to be written.

     Default box to make this the default device. The default device is used if no other device is specified.

     Select Storage box to select external storage for virtual systems. Deduplication may be enabled on external devices using this feature.

Note: The Pathname displays the location on the system where the backups are stored. This field cannot be edited.

8        Click Confirm to add the device.