Ransomware attackers specifically target and attempt to destroy backup systems to increase the probability of payment. Hardening your system is critical. Please ensure you have reviewed your platform security using the Security Hardening Checklist
Cohesity

COHESITY Documentation

Explore our documentation to get started, discover products & new features, access troubleshooting guides, register sources, platforms support.

Products
Data Security Alliance
Visit Cohesity.com
Demos
Support
Blogs
Developers
Partner Portals
Cohesity Community
© 2026 Cohesity, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Terms of Use|
Privacy Policy|
Legal|
  1. Home
  2. Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume II
  3. Additional configuration
  4. About the vm.conf configuration file
  5. MAP_ID entry in vm.conf
Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume II

MAP_ID entry in vm.conf

The following configuration entry applies to NetBackup servers:

MAP_ID = robot_num map_ID

Use this entry to configure the default media access port (MAP) to use to eject media from the Automated Cartridge System (ACS) robots. This default is selected in the NetBackup Administration Console, but you can also select other Media Access Ports for ejects.

If the MAP is not available or the vm.comf file does not contain this entry, NetBackup uses the default MAP selection process. By default, NetBackup uses the smallest MAP that can hold the number of media to be ejected.

If NetBackup selects multiple MAPs, NetBackup uses the nearest-MAP algorithm rather than the MAP that is specified in the MAP ID entry.

robot_num is the robot number. map_ID is in the format of an ACS CAP (cartridge access port ) ID and cannot contain any spaces.

The following example specifies the MAP ID for ACS robot number 700. The ACS CAP ID of 0,1,0 is used.

MAP_ID = 700 0,1,0

More Information

ADJ_LSM entry in vm.conf

Feedback

Was this page helpful?
Previous

INVENTORY_FILTER entry in vm.conf

Next

MAP_CONTINUE_TIMEOUT entry in vm.conf

Feedback

Was this page helpful?