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  3. Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I
  5. Section III. Configuring storage
  7. Configuring robots and tape drives
  9. Replacing a device
Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I

Replacing a device

Two processes exist for replacing a device, as follows:

Replace a device on a single host

See Table: To replace a device on a single host.

Replace a shared device

See Table: To replace a shared device.

Table: To replace a device on a single host

Task

Instructions

If the device is a drive, change the drive state to DOWN.

See Changing a drive operating mode.

Replace the device. Specify the same SCSI ID for the new device as the old device.

See the vendor's documentation.

If the device is a drive, change the drive state to UP.

See Changing a drive operating mode.

If either of the following are true, configure the new device by using the NetBackup Device Configuration Wizard:

  • You replaced a drive with a different drive type.

  • You replaced a serialized drive with an unserialized drive.

See Configuring robots and tape drives by using the wizard.

Table: To replace a shared device

Task

Instructions

If the device is a drive, change the drive state to DOWN.

See Changing a drive operating mode.

Replace the device. Specify the same SCSI ID for the new device as the old device.

See the vendor's documentation.

Produce a list of new and missing hardware.

The following command scans for new hardware and produces a report that shows the new and the replaced hardware:

On Windows:

install_path\Veritas\Volmgr\bin\tpautoconf -report_disc

On UNIX:

/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/tpautoconf -report_disc

Ensure that all servers that share the new device are up and that all NetBackup services are active.

See Starting or stopping a daemon.

Read the serial number from the new device and update the EMM database.

If the device is a robot, run the following command:

On Windows:

install_path\Veritas\Volmgr\bin\tpautoconf -replace_robot robot_number -path robot_path

On UNIX:

/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/tpautoconf -replace_robot robot_number -path robot_path

If the device is a drive, run the following commands:

On Windows:

install_path\Veritas\Volmgr\bin\tpautoconf -replace_drive drive_name -path path_name

On UNIX:

/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/tpautoconf -replace_drive drive_name -path path_name

If the new device is an unserialized drive, run the NetBackup Device Configuration Wizard on all servers that share the drive.

If the new device is a robot, run the NetBackup Device Configuration Wizard on the server that is the robot control host.

See Configuring robots and tape drives by using the wizard.

If the device is a drive, change the drive state to UP.

See Changing a drive operating mode.

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