Sharing a Remote Media Agent between multiple media servers

If the Central Admin Server Option or the SAN Shared Storage Option is installed, you can select media servers to share a Remote Media Agent. When you add a Remote Media Agent, the media server that you used to add the device is automatically selected for sharing.

See About sharing storage.

To share a Remote Media Agen between multiple media servers

  1. On the navigation bar, click Devices.

  2. In the Devices view, right-click the Remote Media Agent that you want media serves to access.

  3. Select Manage sharing.

  4. Select the Remote Media Agent that you want to share.

  5. Under Media Servers, select the media servers that you want to use with the Remote Media Agent.

  6. Click OK.

  7. Restart the Backup Exec services on the media servers that you selected in step 5.

Sharing a Remote Media Agent between multiple media servers