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  3. Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I
  5. Section III. Configuring storage
  7. Configuring tape media
  9. Configuring media type mappings
  11. Default and allowable media types
Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I

Default and allowable media types

Applies to API robots only. Robot types are described in a different topic.

See NetBackup robot types.

The default media types on the Media Type Mappings tab are the media types provided by each robot vendor.

The following tables contain the default and allowable media types for the API robots as follows:

  • NetBackup ACS type robots: Table: Default and allowable media types for ACS robots

  • NetBackup TLH type robots: Table: Default and allowable media types for TLH robots

  • NetBackup TLM type robots: Table: Default and allowable media types for TLM robots

The following items provide information to help you understand the tables:

  • The first column of each table shows the vendor's media type.

  • The second column of each table shows the default media type in NetBackup.

  • The third column shows the media types to which you can map the defaults. To do so, first add the allowable mapping entries to the vm.conf file.

    Some map entries are not allowed. For example, you cannot specify either of the following map entries for ACS robots:

    ACS_DD3A = DLT
ACS_DD3A = HCART4

The following table shows the default media types and the allowable media types for ACS robots.

Table: Default and allowable media types for ACS robots

ACS media type

Default media type

Allowable media types through mappings

3480

1/2-inch cartridge (HCART)

HCART, HCART2, HCART3

3490E

1/2-inch cartridge (HCART)

HCART, HCART2, HCART3

DD3A

1/2-inch cartridge tape 2 (HCART2)

HCART, HCART2, HCART3

DD3B

1/2-inch cartridge tape 2 (HCART2)

HCART, HCART2, HCART3

DD3C

1/2-inch cartridge tape 2 (HCART2)

HCART, HCART2, HCART3

DD3D

1/2-inch cartridge cleaning tape 2 (HC2_CLN)

HC_CLN, HC2_CLN, HC3_CLN

DLTIII

Digital Linear Tape (DLT)

DLT, DLT2, DLT3

DLTIIIXT

Digital Linear Tape (DLT)

DLT, DLT2, DLT3

DLTIV

Digital Linear Tape (DLT)

DLT, DLT2, DLT3

EECART

1/2-inch cartridge (HCART)

HCART, HCART2, HCART3

JLABEL

1/2-inch cartridge (HCART)

HCART, HCART2, HCART3

KLABEL

1/2-inch cartridge (HCART)

HCART, HCART2, HCART3

LTO_100G

1/2-inch cartridge (HCART)

HCART, HCART2, HCART3

LTO_10GB

1/2-inch cartridge (HCART)

HCART, HCART2, HCART3

LTO_200G

1/2-inch cartridge (HCART2)

HCART, HCART2, HCART3

LTO_35GB

1/2-inch cartridge (HCART)

HCART, HCART2, HCART3

LTO_400G

1/2-inch cartridge tape 3 (HCART3)

HCART, HCART2, HCART3

LTO_400W

1/2-inch cartridge tape 3 (HCART3)

HCART, HCART2, HCART3

LTO_50GB

1/2-inch cartridge tape (HCART)

HCART, HCART2, HCART3

LTO_800G

1/2-inch cartridge tape (HCART)

HCART, HCART2, HCART3

LTO_800W

1/2-inch cartridge tape (HCART)

HCART, HCART2, HCART3

LTO_1_5T

1/2-inch cartridge tape 2 (HCART2)

HCART, HCART2, HCART3

LTO_1_5W

1/2-inch cartridge tape 2 (HCART2)

HCART, HCART2, HCART3

LTO_2_5T

1/2-inch cartridge tape 3 (HCART3)

HCART, HCART2, HCART3

LTO_2_5W

1/2-inch cartridge tape 3 (HCART3)

HCART, HCART2, HCART3

LTO_6_4T

1/2-inch cartridge tape (HCART)

HCART, HCART2, HCART3

LTO_6_4W

1/2-inch cartridge tape (HCART)

HCART, HCART2, HCART3

LTO_CLN1

1/2-inch cartridge cleaning tape (HC_CLN)

HC_CLN, HC2_CLN, HC3_CLN

LTO_CLN2

1/2-inch cartridge cleaning tape (HC_CLN)

HC_CLN, HC2_CLN, HC3_CLN

LTO_CLN3

1/2-inch cartridge cleaning tape (HC_CLN)

HC_CLN, HC2_CLN, HC3_CLN

LTO_CLNU

1/2-inch cartridge cleaning tape (HC_CLN)

HC_CLN, HC2_CLN, HC3_CLN

SDLT

Digital Linear Tape 3 (DLT3)

DLT, DLT2, DLT3

SDLT_2

Digital Linear Tape (DLT)

DLT, DLT2, DLT3

SDLT_4

Digital Linear Tape (DLT)

DLT, DLT2, DLT3

SDLT_S1

Digital Linear Tape 2 (DLT2)

DLT, DLT2, DLT3

SDLT_S2

Digital Linear Tape (DLT)

DLT, DLT2, DLT3

SDLT_S3

Digital Linear Tape (DLT)

DLT, DLT2, DLT3

SDLT_S4

Digital Linear Tape (DLT)

DLT, DLT2, DLT3

STK1R

1/2-inch cartridge (HCART)

HCART, HCART2, HCART3

STK1U

1/2-inch cartridge cleaning tape (HC_CLN)

HC_CLN, HC2_CLN, HC3_CLN

STK1Y

1/2-inch cartridge cleaning tape (HC_CLN)

HC_CLN, HC2_CLN, HC3_CLN

STK2P

1/2-inch cartridge tape 2 (HCART2)

HCART, HCART2, HCART3

STK2W

1/2-inch cartridge cleaning tape 2 (HC2_CLN)

HC_CLN, HC2_CLN, HC3_CLN

T10000CC

1/2-inch cartridge tape 3 (HCART3)

HCART, HCART2, HCART3

T10000CL

1/2-inch cartridge cleaning tape 3 (HC3_CLN)

HC_CLN, HC2_CLN, HC3_CLN

T10000CT

1/2-inch cartridge tape 3 (HCART3)

HCART, HCART2, HCART3

T10000T1

1/2-inch cartridge tape 3 (HCART3)

HCART, HCART2, HCART3

T10000T2

1/2-inch cartridge tape 3 (HCART3)

HCART, HCART2, HCART3

T10000TS

1/2-inch cartridge tape 3 (HCART3)

HCART, HCART2, HCART3

T10000TT

1/2-inch cartridge tape 3 (HCART3)

HCART, HCART2, HCART3

UNKNOWN (for unknown ACS media types)

1/2-inch cartridge tape 2 (HCART2)

HCART, HCART2, HCART3, DLT, DLT2, DLT3

VCART

1/2-inch cartridge tape (HCART)

HCART, HCART2, HCART3

VIRTUAL

1/2-inch cartridge tape 2 (HCART2)

HCART, HCART2, HCART3

The following table shows the default and allowable media types for TLH robots.

Table: Default and allowable media types for TLH robots

TLH media type

Default Media Manager media type

Allowable media types through mappings

3480

1/2-inch cartridge (HCART)

HCART, HCART2, HCART3

3490E

1/2-inch cartridge (HCART)

HCART, HCART2, HCART3

3590J

1/2-inch cartridge (HCART)

HCART, HCART2, HCART3

3590K

1/2-inch cartridge (HCART)

HCART, HCART2, HCART3

3592JA

1/2-inch cartridge tape 2 (HCART2)

HCART, HCART2, HCART3

3592JB

1/2-inch cartridge tape 2 (HCART2)

HCART, HCART2, HCART3

3592JX

1/2-inch cartridge tape 2 (HCART2)

HCART, HCART2, HCART3

3592JJ

1/2-inch cartridge tape 2 (HCART2)

HCART, HCART2, HCART3

3592JR

1/2-inch cartridge tape 2 (HCART2)

HCART, HCART2, HCART3

3592JW

1/2-inch cartridge tape 2 (HCART2)

HCART, HCART2, HCART3

UNKNOWN (for unknown TLH media types)

1/2-inch cartridge tape 2 (HCART2)

HCART, HCART2, HCART3

The following table shows the default and allowable media types for TLM robots.

Table: Default and allowable media types for TLM robots

TLM media type

Default media type

Allowable media types through mappings

3480

1/2-inch cartridge (HCART)

HCART, HCART2, HCART3

OD_THICK

NONE

(OD_THICK is translated to media type REWR_OPT for robot contents reports. OD_THICK is ignored for all other robotic inventory operations)

NONE

DECDLT

Digital Linear Tape (DLT)

DLT, DLT2, DLT3

8MM

8mm cartridge (8MM)

8MM, 8MM2, 8MM3

4MM

4mm cartridge (4MM)

4MM

3590

1/2-inch cartridge (HCART)

HCART, HCART2, HCART3

DTF

DTF cartridge (DTF)

DTF

SONY_AIT

8mm cartridge (8MM)

8MM, 8MM2, 8MM3

LTO

1/2-inch cartridge (HCART)

HCART, HCART2, HCART3

UNKNOWN

(for unknown TLM media types)

1/2-inch cartridge tape 2 (HCART2)

HCART, HCART2, HCART3, DLT, DLT2, DLT3, 8MM, 8MM2, 8MM3

Note:

The following TLM media types are not supported: OD_THIN, D2, VHS, CD, TRAVAN, BETACAM, AUDIO_TAPE, BETACAMCL, DVCM, and DVCL.

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