HP StoreOnce Backup - Manual (Page 170)

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Tape rotation
strategies Tape rotation strategies determine when backups are run, the number of cartridges that are
required and how they are reused. Virtual Tape Library targets on an HP StoreOnce Backup
System can easily be incorporated into most tape rotation strategies. If your organization does
not yet have a tape rotation strategy in place, see the HP StoreOnce Backup System Concepts
Guide for example configurations.
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Virtual Tape
Devices Virtual Tape Devices are backup targets on the HP StoreOnce Backup System to which the backup
application on the hosts write data. They appear to the host as network-attached or locally-attached
physical tape library or autoloader, but physically, they use disk space on the HP StoreOnce
Backup System which, as in tape terminology, is referred to as slots or cartridges.
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