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4. In the New Media Pool Based on window (Figure 8-9), enter a name and description for

the media pool.

Note that you only select the Share media across systems option if you are in a BRMS

network. When complete, click OK.

Figure 8-9 Creating a new media pool

5. You return to the Media Pools window shown in Figure 8-8. Press F5 to refresh the

window.

6. Repeat this procedure until you create all your media pools.

8.7 Adding media to the pool

You now have a media pool and want to add media to it.

8.7.1 Adding media using a tape library device

To add media using a tape library device, follow these steps:

1. In iSeries Navigator, select Backup, Recovery and Media Services-> Media-> Tape

Volumes. Right-click Tape Volumes and select Add. See Figure 8-10.

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Figure 8-10 Selecting the option to add media

2. On the Welcome wizard window that opens, click Next.

3. In the Add Media - Select Media Pool window (Figure 8-11), select the pool that you

created. Click Next.

Figure 8-11 Add Media - Select the Media Pool window

4. In this example, there is a tape library device. On the Add Media - Display Media Library

Volumes window (Figure 8-12), select Yes and choose a library device if you have more

than one. Click Next.

Note: If you select a pool that does not have a library device, the next window does not

appear. Then you must manually add tape volumes.

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Figure 8-12 Add Media - Display Media Library Volumes window

5. After you physically insert your volumes, you can take advantage of the library. On the Add

Media - Specify Media Library Category window (Figure 8-13), select All inserted

volumes, which is the default (for example, those with the Category INSERTED). Click

Next.

Figure 8-13 Add Media - Specify Media Library Category window

6. On the Add Media - Select Media Library volumes window (Figure 8-14), select each

volume to add and click Add.

Figure 8-14 Add Media - Select Media Library Volumes window

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7. The new volumes should be initialized. On the Add Media - Initialize Volumes window

(Figure 8-15), select the volumes to initialize if required. Click Next.

Figure 8-15 Add Media - Initialize Volumes window

8. On the Add Media - Summary window (Figure 8-16), review the summary details. If you

change your mind about some of the details, you may click Back to change them. Since

you are done adding media, click Finish.

Figure 8-16 Add Media - Summary window

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8.7.2 Removing media

To remove volumes from BRMS, follow these steps as shown in Figure 8-17:

1. Select Backup, Recovery and Media Services-> Media-> Tape Volumes.

2. Right-click Tape volumes and select Remove Backup, Recovery and Media Services->

Media-> Tape Volumes. Right-click Tape Volumes and select Remove.

3. Confirm the removal.

Figure 8-17 Removing media

8.7.3 Manually adding media

Adding volumes manually is essentially the same as adding them using a media library. The

difference is that this time, you select

No for a media library.

Note: Volumes do not have to exist when you add them. However, BRMS assumes that

they exist in the location specified.