Drive information (tape drive configuration options)
The Drive information group box includes drive properties. The properties that you can specify depend on the drive type, server platforms, and NetBackup server types.
The following table describes the tape drive configuration options.
Table: Tape drive configuration options
Option | Description |
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Drive type | Specifies the type of drive. The following are the valid drive types:
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Drive is in a robotic library | Specifies that the drive is in a robot. If the drive is a standalone drive (it is not in a robot), do not select this option. If you select this option, configure the and fields. |
Cleaning Frequency | Specifies the frequency-based cleaning for the drive. NetBackup does not support drive cleaning in some robot types. If you want to configure a frequency-based cleaning schedule for the drive, set the number of mount hours between each drive cleaning. When you add a drive or reset the mount time to zero, NetBackup records the amount of time that volumes have been mounted in that drive. The default frequency is zero. When the accumulated mount time exceeds the time you specify for the cleaning frequency, drive cleaning occurs if the following are true:
NetBackup resets the mount time when the drive is cleaned. Drives can also be cleaned from the Device Monitor. If you do not specify a cleaning frequency, you can still use automated drive cleaning with the TapeAlert feature. Information about TapeAlert drive cleaning is available. See the NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume II: |
Drive Status | On UNIX only. Specifies the availability of the drive. When you add a drive, the default drive status is UP, which means the drive is available. When a drive is UP, the default mode is AVR (Automatic Volume Recognition). To change the drive status, click or . You can also change the drive status by using the commands on the menu in . |
Serial Number | A read-only field that shows the serial number of the drive. |
Robotic library | Specifies a robot that controls the drive. You can select any configured robot that can control the drive. |
Robot drive number | Specifies the physical location in the robot of the drive. When you add more than one drive to a robot, you can add the physical drives in any order. For example, you can add drive 2 before drive 1. The correct robot drive number is critical to the proper mounting and utilization of media. You must determine which logical device name (Windows) or the device file (UNIX) identifies which physical drive in the robot. You should correlate the drive serial number with drive serial number information from the robot, as follows:
NetBackup does not detect incorrect drive number assignment during configuration; however, an error occurs when NetBackup tries to mount media on the drive. Note: The Robot drive number property does not apply when you add drives to API robots. API robots are ACS, TLH, and TLM type in NetBackup. |
ACS, LSM, Panel, Drive | Specify the drive locations within an ACS robot. The following information applies only to the ACS robot drive. The ACS property specifies the physical location of the drive within the robot. During installation, the correlation between the physical drive in the robot and the device file you specified earlier represents. You establish this correlation during installation. The drive location properties are as follows:
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IBM device number | Specifies the IBM device number of the drive within the robot. This property applies only to the TLH robot drive. |
DAS drive name | Specifies the DAS/SDLC drive name of the drive within the robot. This property applies only to the TLM robot drive. |