You can share robotic tape libraries among multiple NetBackup media servers by using any of the following methods:

• Shared library support

  NetBackup allows different drives within the same robotic library to be configured on different media servers. This capability is termed shared library support. Robot types that support shared library are ACS and TLD.

• Partitioned libraries

  Some robot vendors also let you partition libraries. One partitioned view of the robotic library includes one set of drives, while the other view has a different set of drives in the library. Partitions let two robotic control daemons on different control hosts manage the robotic library - possibly each for a different NetBackup master and media server environment.