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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I
  3. Section III. Configuring storage
  4. Configuring tape media
Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I

Configuring tape media

This section includes the following topics:
  • About NetBackup tape volumes

  • About NetBackup volume pools

  • About NetBackup volume groups

  • NetBackup media types

  • About WORM media

  • About adding volumes

  • About configuring media name and attribute rules

  • Adding volumes by using the wizard

  • About media settings rules

  • Configuring media settings

  • About barcodes

  • Configuring barcode rules

  • About media ID generation rules

  • Configuring media ID generation rules

  • About media type mapping rules

  • Adding volumes by using the Actions menu

  • Configuring media type mappings

  • Managing volumes

  • Managing volume pools

  • Managing volume groups

  • About media sharing

  • Configuring unrestricted media sharing

  • Configuring media sharing with a server group

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