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Add a New (Empty) Disk-Based Device Group

You can create a new regular group and then assign a disk-based device to it, making the regular group a deduplication device group or a file system device group, accordingly. If an existing device is busy or damaged, but the group has been specified in various backup jobs, you can remove the device from a particular group and put a new device it its place.

Note: You can assign multiple file system devices to a group, but only one deduplication device to a group.

To add a new empty group

1. From the Arcserve Backup Manager Console, launch Device Group Configuration.

   Device Group Configuration appears.

2. Click Next.
3. On the Login Page, provide credentials and click Next.
4. On the Options dialog:
   1. select the server you would like to configure,
   2. choose Configure Groups,
   3. click Next.
5. From the Device Group Configuration dialog, click New.

   The New Group dialog opens.

6. On the New Group dialog,
   1. Enter a Name for the new group,
   2. click OK.

   The new regular group appears in the Empty Groups list, but contains no device. You may now assign an available disk-based device to this group.