Note
PnP libraries are supported on physical MediaAgent computers. PnP libraries cannot be supported on MediaAgents installed in a virtual machine (VM), as the hypervisor software does not share USB ports with VMs.
Once configured, PnP Disk Libraries are similar to a stand-alone drive and all the features, including the following are supported by these libraries:
In addition, the following options specific to PnP Disk Libraries are also available in the Library Properties - Media Usage tab:
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Only use PnP disk when it is blank: Enabling this option ensures that blank disks with no other data is used for data protection operations and allows you to use disks exclusively for data protection purposes. (See Enable (or Disable) Option to Only Use Blank PnP Disks for instructions.)
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Use disk only when the size is greater than (n) MB: Enabling this option and specifying the minimum disk size ensures that data protection operations use disks with a specific size. Depending on the size of your data protection operations, you can avoid using smaller disks which may result in a job spanning multiple disks.
Data aging and media recycling are supported. In addition, the following operations that are similar to the stand-alone drives are supported:
Since most of the operations that are supported by tape libraries are supported for PnP disk libraries, refer to the following topics for specific information about library operations: