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  2. NetBackup™ Web UI Administrator's Guide
  3. Section IV. Configuring storage
  4. Configuring robots and tape drives
NetBackup™ Web UI Administrator's Guide

Configuring robots and tape drives

This section includes the following topics:
  • NetBackup robot types

  • About the device mapping files

  • Downloading the device mapping files

  • Prerequisites for configuring robots and drives

  • About configuring robots and tapes drives in NetBackup

  • Configure drives and robots by using the wizard

  • Configure drive name rules

  • Update the device configuration by using the wizard

  • Robot properties and configuration options

  • Robot control (robot configuration options)

  • Managing robots

  • Adding a shared tape drive to a NetBackup environment

  • Correlating tape drives and SCSI addresses on Windows hosts

  • Correlating tape drives and device files on UNIX hosts

  • Managing tape drives

  • Verifying the device configuration

  • About automatic path correction

  • Enable automatic path correction

  • Replacing a device

  • Updating device firmware

  • About the NetBackup Device Manager

  • About external access to NetBackup controlled devices on UNIX

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