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  2. NetBackup™ Web UI Administrator's Guide
  3. Section II. Monitoring and notifications
  4. Device monitor
  5. About the Device Monitor
NetBackup™ Web UI Administrator's Guide

About the Device Monitor

Use the Device monitor to manage your tape drives, disk pools, and service requests for operators, as follows:

Media mounts

See About media mount errors.

Pending requests and actions

See About pending requests and actions.

See About pending requests for storage units.

See Resubmit a pending request.

See Resolve a pending action.

See Deny a pending request.

Tape drives

See Deny a pending request.

Disk pools

More information about disk pools is available in the NetBackup guide for your disk storage option:

  • The NetBackup AdvancedDisk Storage Solutions Guide.

  • The NetBackup Cloud Administrator's Guide.

  • The NetBackup Deduplication Guide.

  • The NetBackup OpenStorage Solutions Guide for Disk.

  • The NetBackup Replication Director Solutions Guide.

More Information

Change a drive comment

About downed drives

Change a drive operating mode

Clean a tape drive

Reset a drive

Reset the mount time of a drive

Set the drive cleaning frequency

View drive details

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