HP D2D100 Backup System - Manual (Page 17)

• Multiple servers may not back up to a single tape device.
Figure 2 on page 17 shows a configuration with a single host. Figure 3 on page 18 shows a
configuration with six hosts. See “ Connecting and installing the HP D2D Backup System ” on page 23 for
more example configurations.
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1. The Installation wizard has been run on Host 1.
2. The HP D2D Backup System automatically generates an autoloader for the host. The user may specify
the number of slots during installation.
Figure 2 Device configuration with one host
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By default, the host sees only one device, the autoloader that has been configured for it during
installation. Data from each host goes to its corresponding autoloader.
• Each backup device is visible only to the host for which it has been configured.
• A host may have multiple devices configured for it on the HP D2D Backup System, but this means
fewer hosts may be connected (not illustrated, see Figure 34 on page 61 for an example of
one host with two devices).
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