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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ Device Configuration Guide
  3. Section II. Robotic storage devices
  4. Robot overview
  5. NetBackup robot attributes
  6. TLD robots
Veritas NetBackup™ Device Configuration Guide

TLD robots

The following table describes the tape library DLT attributes.

Table: TLD robot attributes

Attribute

NetBackup Server

NetBackup Enterprise Server

API robot

No

No

SCSI control

Yes

Yes

LAN control

Not Applicable

No

Remote robot control

Not Applicable

Yes

NDMP support

Yes

Yes

Shared drives support

Not Applicable

Yes

Drive cleaning support

Yes

Yes

Media access port support

Yes

Yes

NetBackup tracks slots

Yes

Yes

Hosts supported

Windows, UNIX, and Linux.

Windows, UNIX, and Linux.

Media type support

DLT, DLT2, DLT3, DTF, 8MM, 8MM2, 8MM3, QIC, HCART, HCART2, HCART3

DLT, DLT2, DLT3, DTF, 8MM, 8MM2, 8MM3, QIC, HCART, HCART2, HCART3

Barcode support

Yes. Barcodes can be from 1 to 16 characters in length. The Media Manager media ID is six or fewer characters.

Yes. Barcodes can be from 1 to 16 characters in length. The Media Manager media ID is six or fewer characters.

Robot examples

HPE MSL, Fujitsu FibreCAT TX48, IBM TotalStorage3583, Spectra Logic T680, Sun/Oracle SL3000

HPE MSL, Fujitsu FibreCAT TX48, IBM TotalStorage3583, Spectra Logic T680, Sun/Oracle SL3000

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