Allocating volumes

Write requests to S2 require save volumes. Write requests always refer to specific archives. Unless otherwise specified the required volumes are fetched from the free volume pool of the archive involved (or the associated MAREN pool). See section "Volume pool management" for a description of how to create and manage such a volume pool.

Both with backup requests and when copying save files, the HSMS administrator and/or the owner of the archive involved have various options for controlling allocation of the volumes.