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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I
  3. Section VIII. Monitoring and reporting
  4. Monitoring NetBackup activity
  5. About the Drives tab
  6. Monitoring tape drives
Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I

Monitoring tape drives

The following procedure describes how to monitor NetBackup tape drives.

To monitor NetBackup tape drives

  1. In the NetBackup Administration Console, click the Activity Monitor.
  2. In the right pane, select the Drives tab. Double-click a drive from the drive list to view a detailed status.
  3. A Drives Details dialog box appears for the drive you selected. To view the status of the previous drive or the next drive, click the up or down arrow.

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