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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ AdvancedDisk Storage Solutions Guide
  3. Configuring AdvancedDisk
  4. Configuring an AdvancedDisk storage server
  5. AdvancedDisk storage server configuration options
Veritas NetBackup™ AdvancedDisk Storage Solutions Guide

AdvancedDisk storage server configuration options

The following are the nbdevconfig command options that are used to configure storage servers.

Table: Options to configure AdvancedDisk storage server

Option

Description

-storage_server storage_server

The name of the NetBackup media server that has a file system mount on the storage.

-stype server_type

For AdvancedDisk with encryption, use AdvancedDisk_crypt, otherwise use AdvancedDisk.

Note:

If you specify AdvancedDisk_crypt as the -stype, you must specify an -st value of 5 on the command line.

-st storage_type

A numeric value that specifies the storage server properties. For AdvancedDisk, the default value is 5 (direct attached, formatted disk).

Note:

For an AdvancedDisk_crypt -stype, you must specify -st 5 on the command line.

-media_server hostname

Use the same name as the storage server name.

-setattribute attribute

An attribute to apply to the storage server for the read side of restore or duplication operations. The following are the attributes:

  • PrefRestore. The storage server is preferred for the read side of restore operations. More than one storage server can have the PrefRestore attribute.

  • ReqRestore. The storage server is required for the read side of restore operations. More than one storage server can have the ReqRestore attribute.

  • ReqDuplicate. The storage server is required for the read side of duplication operations. More than one storage server can have the ReqDuplicate attribute.

See About AdvancedDisk preferred or required read servers.

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