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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I
  3. Section III. Configuring storage
  4. Configuring robots and tape drives
  5. Adding a tape drive path
  6. Drive path options
Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I

Drive path options

The following table describes the options to add a drive path.

Table: Add drive path options

Option

Description

Host name (Windows)

Device host (UNIX)

Specifies the device host for the drive.

Enable host path

Specifies that the path is active and that NetBackup can use it for backups and restores.

NDMP host

Specifies the NDMP host for the device (if an NDMP host is configured in your NetBackup environment).

For additional information about NDMP drives, see the NetBackup for NDMP Administrator's Guide.

Override SCSI Reserve settings

Specifies the SCSI reserve override setting for the drive path.

  • Server Default. Use the SCSI reserve protection setting configured for the media server. If the media server default is no protection, other HBAs can send the commands that can cause a loss of data to the tape drives.

  • SPC-2 SCSI Reserve. This option provides SCSI reserve and release protection for the SCSI devices that conform to the reserve and the release management method. That method is defined in the SCSI Primary Commands - 2 (SPC-2) standard.

  • SCSI Persistent Reserve. This option provides SCSI persistent reserve in and persistent reserve out protection for the SCSI devices that conform to the SCSI Primary Commands - 3 (SPC-3) standard.

Global SCSI reserve properties are configured in the Media host properties.

See Media properties.

Path

On UNIX hosts.

Specifies the path of the character-mode, no rewind device file on the specified host.

You can either type-in or browse and select one of the existing devices on the host. The Browse button is not available if the This path is for a Network Attached Storage Device option is selected.

Device files are in the /dev directory on the UNIX host. If the entries do not exist, see the NetBackup Device Configuration Guide for information about how to create them.

Port, Bus, Target, and LUN

On Windows hosts.

You can browse and select one of the existing devices on the host. When you select a device, Port, Bus, Target, and LUN are auto-filled. The Browse button is not available if the This path is for a Network Attached Storage Device option is selected.

To specify the SCSI coordinates of the device, enter the Port, Bus, Target, and LUN.

The device attributes on Windows systems cannot change during a NetBackup operation.

This path is for a Network Attached storage device

Specifies that the path is for a Network Attached Storage (NAS) device.

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