parker AT bctm DOT com said:

>The concern is actually not the SAN media server  (that DOES use it's
>"local" drives when they're available), but instead the NON-media server
>clients. I simply did not want them using a SAN media server as a
>server.
>
>Anyway, through trial & error, it seems that they'll do "the right
>thing". If the client's classes are set up to use 'Any_available'
>storage unit, and if the storage units are NOT set to 'on demand', the
>clients will not attempt to write through the SAN media server.
>

I'm confused as to why this does/should work?
If we don't set the storage unit to demand only, then any client should be 
able to use it to back up, shouldn't it?   I understand making a SAN media 
server use its own local drives first, thats done using the 
MUST_USE_LOCAL_DRIVE option. I can't figure out though how these 
servers/storage units get excluded from acting as normal netbackup servers.


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