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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I
  3. Section III. Configuring storage
  4. Configuring tape media
  5. Configuring media settings
  6. Media settings options
  7. Media type (new media setting)
Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I

Media type (new media setting)

Specifies the type for the new media that are added to a robot. The list includes the media types that are valid for the robot.

How NetBackup determines the new media type depends on the Use barcode rules setting, as follows:

  • Use barcode rules is selected.

    See Media type when using barcode rules.

  • Use barcode rules is not selected.

    See Media type when not using barcode rules.

Note:

For API robots, the Media type is always set to DEFAULT. To specify a media type for API robots, use the Media Type Mappings tab of the dialog box.

See Configuring media type mappings.

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