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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume II
  3. Additional configuration
  4. About the vm.conf configuration file
Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume II

About the vm.conf configuration file

The vm.conf file contains configuration entries for media and device management. NetBackup can create this file, but if it does not exist, you must create it.

On Windows, the pathname is install_path\Volmgr\vm.conf.

On UNIX, the pathname is /usr/openv/volmgr/vm.conf.

Various NetBackup components read this configuration file on the host where the component runs. The NetBackup component is a command, daemon, process, or utility. The host can be a NetBackup administration client or a server where administration operations are requested.

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Example vm.conf file

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