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  2. NetBackup™ SAN Client and Fibre Transport Guide
  3. Appendix B. HP-UX Specific Configuration Details
  4. About legacy tape drive device files
NetBackup™ SAN Client and Fibre Transport Guide

About legacy tape drive device files

NetBackup requires the /dev/rmt device files to configure tape drives.

The device file names have the following format:

/dev/rmt/c#t#d#BESTnb

The following describe the device file names:

  • c# is the card instance number.

  • t# is the SCSI ID.

  • d# is the device LUN.

  • BEST indicates the highest density format and data compression the device supports.

  • n indicates no rewind on close.

  • b indicates Berkeley-style close.

The following are examples of tape drive device files:

/dev/rmt/c7t0d0BESTnb
/dev/rmt/c7t1d0BESTnb
/dev/rmt/c7t4d0BESTnb
/dev/rmt/c7t5d0BESTnb

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