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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 to NetBackup manually
  6. Tape drive configuration options
  7. Drive name (tape drive configuration option)
Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I

Drive name (tape drive configuration option)

Specifies the name of the drive. Each drive name must be unique. It is recommended that you use descriptive names. Drive names are limited to 48 characters.

Alternatively, use the drive name rules to create a unique drive name.

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