Microsoft® Exchange Server 2003 Unleashed

Managing Media in a Structured Backup Strategy

Windows Server 2003 Backup uses the Removable Storage service to allocate and deallocate media. The media can be managed using the Removable Storage console in the Computer Management Administrative Tools, as shown in Figure 31.7. The Removable Storage service allocates and deallocates media for these services by enabling each service to access media in media sets created for the respective program.

Figure 31.7. Removable storage console.

Media Pools

The Windows Server 2003 Removable Storage service organizes media within media pools so that policies and permissions can be applied and different functions ...