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  3. NetBackup™ Installation Guide
  5. Configuring NetBackup
  7. About NetBackup server configuration
  9. About the Volume Configuration Wizard
NetBackup™ Installation Guide

About the Volume Configuration Wizard

After you have configured your storage devices, the Getting Started Wizard starts the Volume Configuration Wizard. However, if you only have disk storage capability, NetBackup skips this wizard.

This wizard lets you initiate an inventory of each configured robot. NetBackup automatically updates the volume database if it finds new robotic media during the inventory. In addition, you can define new volumes for use in standalone drives.

For complete information about volumes or volume configuration for standalone drives, refer to the NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume I.

Note:

For clustered environments, configure volumes from the active node.

This wizard lets you do the following tasks:

  • Select a device for volume configuration

  • Perform an inventory of the robot

  • Create new volumes

  • Create new volume groups

The wizard presents the following information when you configure volumes and perform inventory:

Robot or device inventory

  • NetBackup conducts an inventory of the robot or the device that you selected. To view the results after the inventory has completed, see the Results: field.

  • After the device inventory has completed, the wizard prompts you to identify which device slots contain cleaning media.

    If you upgraded NetBackup and have pre-existing barcode rules, the barcode reader automatically detects the designated slots for the cleaning media. If you do not designate cleaning slots, NetBackup considers all media (including cleaning media) as typical media and tries to overwrite it.

  • After the inventory has completed, you are prompted to identify which device slots contain cleaning media.

    If you identify one or more slots as cleaning media in the Identify Cleaning Media screen, you see the Robot Inventory (Cleaning Media) screen. This screen displays the results after the software updates the EMM database.

    If you do not designate cleaning media, NetBackup considers all media to be typical media (including cleaning media) and tries to overwrite it.

Standalone drives

  • Specify the number of volumes for the device.

  • The wizard does not let you configure cleaning tapes for standalone drives.

Multiple drive types

When you specify multiple drive types, the following are true:

  • Media that is written by one robot drive may not work in any other drive. If this situation occurs, NetBackup considers the robot to have more than one type of drive.

  • If the robot has more than one type of drive, the wizard cannot inventory the robot.

See About the Catalog Backup Wizard.

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