Description
When multiple disk storage is available and configured in a Storage Pool . Backup Job can be configured to pick up the disk storage which has the most free space by the below BEMCLI (Backup Exec Management Command Line Interface) command.
- On the Backup Exec media server run BEMCLI. Start > All Programs > Veritas Backup Exec > Backup Exec Management Command Line Interface
- Enter the following command:
get-bestoragedevicepool -name "storagepool name" | set-bestoragedevicepool -selectionmethod "mostfreespacefirst"
Example:
If the Storage Pool name is Storage Pool 0001 then the command should be
get-bestoragedevicepool -name "Storage Pool 0001" | set-bestoragedevicepool -selectionmethod "mostfreespacefirst"
The SelectionMethod parameter specifies how devices are selected in the storage pool when you run a backup job to the pool. When you submit a backup job to a storage device pool, the job is automatically sent to an available storage device in that pool by default.
The valid values are:
Default
LeastFreeSpaceFirst
MostFreeSpaceFirst
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