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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume II
  3. Menu user interfaces on UNIX
  4. About the tpconfig device configuration utility
  5. About the tpconfig utility menu
Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume II

About the tpconfig utility menu

The Device Configuration Utility menu contains the following information:

Device Management Configuration Utility

1) Drive Configuration
2) Robot Configuration
3) Credentials Configuration
4) Print Configuration
5) Help
6) Quit

Enter option:

Table: tpconfig main menu selections describes the main menu selections.

Table: tpconfig main menu selections

Menu choice

Description

Drive Configuration

Opens a menu to add, delete, or update drive definitions; list definitions of drives and robots; or configure drive paths.

Robot Configuration

Opens a menu to add, delete, or update robot definitions or list definitions of drives and robots

Credentials Configuration

Opens a menu to add, delete, update, or list credentials for the following:

  • NDMP filer

  • Disk array

  • OpenStorage server

  • Virtual machine

Print Configuration

The List Configuration commands on subsequent menus let you display the current configuration on the screen or write it to a file.

If you specify the -d option only on the tpconfig command, tpconfig writes the current configuration to stdout (the screen) without invoking the menus.

Other command options are available. Run tpconfig -help.

See the NetBackup Commands Reference Guide, available at the following URL:

http://www.veritas.com/docs/DOC5332

Help

Online Help is available on the main menu and most submenus.

Quit

Terminates the utility and returns you to the UNIX prompt.

You can return to the main menu from anywhere in the utility by entering Ctrl C or by using the Escape key.

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