Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I
- Section I. About NetBackup
- Section II. Configuring hosts
- Configuring Host Properties
- About the NetBackup Host Properties
- Access Control properties
- Bandwidth properties
- Busy File Settings properties
- Client Attributes properties
- Client Settings properties for UNIX clients
- Client Settings properties for Windows clients
- Data Classification properties
- Default Job Priorities properties
- Encryption properties
- Exchange properties
- Exclude Lists properties
- Fibre Transport properties
- Firewall properties
- General Server properties
- Global Attributes properties
- Logging properties
- Login Banner Configuration properties
- Media properties
- Network Settings properties
- Port Ranges properties
- Preferred Network properties
- Resilient Network properties
- Restore Failover properties
- Retention Periods properties
- Scalable Storage properties
- Servers properties
- SharePoint properties
- SLP Parameters properties
- Throttle Bandwidth properties
- Universal Settings properties
- User Account Settings properties
- Configuration options for NetBackup servers
- THROTTLE_BANDWIDTH option for NetBackup servers
- Configuration options for NetBackup clients
- IGNORE_XATTR option for NetBackup clients
- VXSS_NETWORK option for NetBackup clients
- Configuring server groups
- Configuring host credentials
- Managing media servers
- Configuring Host Properties
- Section III. Configuring storage
- Configuring disk storage
- Configuring robots and tape drives
- About configuring robots and tape drives in NetBackup
- Adding a robot to NetBackup manually
- Managing robots
- Adding a tape drive to NetBackup manually
- Adding a tape drive path
- Correlating tape drives and SCSI addresses on Windows hosts
- Correlating tape drives and device files on UNIX hosts
- Managing tape drives
- Performing device diagnostics
- Configuring tape media
- About NetBackup volume pools
- About WORM media
- About adding volumes
- Configuring media settings
- Media settings options
- Media type (new media setting)
- Media settings options
- About barcodes
- Configuring barcode rules
- Configuring media ID generation rules
- Adding volumes by using the Actions menu
- Configuring media type mappings
- Managing volumes
- About exchanging a volume
- About frozen media
- About injecting and ejecting volumes
- About rescanning and updating barcodes
- About labeling NetBackup volumes
- About moving volumes
- About recycling a volume
- Managing volume pools
- Managing volume groups
- Inventorying robots
- About showing a robot's contents
- About updating the NetBackup volume configuration
- About the vmphyinv physical inventory utility
- Configuring storage units
- About the Storage utility
- Creating a storage unit
- About storage unit settings
- Absolute pathname to directory or absolute pathname to volume setting for storage units
- Maximum concurrent jobs storage unit setting
- Staging backups
- Creating a basic disk staging storage unit
- Configuring storage unit groups
- Section IV. Configuring storage lifecycle policies (SLPs)
- Configuring storage lifecycle policies
- Storage operations
- Index From Snapshot operation in an SLP
- Snapshot operation in an SLP
- Retention types for SLP operations
- Capacity managed retention type for SLP operations
- Storage lifecycle policy options
- Using a storage lifecycle policy to create multiple copies
- Storage lifecycle policy versions
- Section V. Configuring backups
- Creating backup policies
- Planning for policies
- Policy Attributes tab
- Policy storage (policy attribute)
- Policy volume pool (policy attribute)
- Take checkpoints every __ minutes (policy attribute)
- Backup Network Drives (policy attribute)
- Cross mount points (policy attribute)
- Encryption (policy attribute)
- Collect true image restore information (policy attribute) with and without move detection
- Use Accelerator (policy attribute)
- Enable optimized backup of Windows deduplicated volumes
- Use Replication Director (policy attributes)
- Schedule Attributes tab
- Type of backup (schedule attribute)
- Frequency (schedule attribute)
- Multiple copies (schedule attribute)
- Retention (schedule attribute)
- Media multiplexing (schedule attribute)
- Start Window tab
- Include Dates tab
- How open schedules affect calendar-based and frequency-based schedules
- About the Clients tab
- Backup Selections tab
- Adding backup selections to a policy
- Verifying the Backup Selections list
- Pathname rules for UNIX client backups
- About the directives on the Backup Selections list
- ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES directive
- Files that are excluded from backups by default
- Disaster Recovery tab
- Active Directory granular backups and recovery
- Synthetic backups
- Using the multiple copy synthetic backups method
- Protecting the NetBackup catalog
- Parts of the NetBackup catalog
- Protecting the NetBackup catalog
- Archiving the catalog and restoring from the catalog archive
- Estimating catalog space requirements
- About the NetBackup relational database
- About the NetBackup relational database (NBDB) installation
- Using the NetBackup Database Administration utility on Windows
- Using the NetBackup Database Administration utility on UNIX
- Post-installation tasks
- About backup and recovery procedures
- Managing backup images
- Creating backup policies
- Section VI. Configuring replication
- About NetBackup replication
- About NetBackup Auto Image Replication
- Viewing the replication topology for Auto Image Replication
- About the storage lifecycle policies required for Auto Image Replication
- Removing or replacing replication relationships in an Auto Image Replication configuration
- About NetBackup replication
- Section VII. Monitoring and reporting
- Monitoring NetBackup activity
- About the Jobs tab
- About the Daemons tab
- About the Processes tab
- About the Drives tab
- About the jobs database
- About pending requests and actions
- Reporting in NetBackup
- Using the Logging Assistant
- Monitoring NetBackup activity
- Section VIII. Administering NetBackup
- Management topics
- Accessing a remote server
- Using the NetBackup Remote Administration Console
- Run-time configuration options for the NetBackup Administration Console
- About improving NetBackup performance
- About adjusting time zones in the NetBackup Administration console
- Alternate server restores
- About performing alternate server restores
- Managing client backups and restores
- About client-redirected restores
- Powering down and rebooting NetBackup servers
- About Granular Recovery Technology
- About configuring Services for Network File System (NFS) on Windows 2012, 2012 R2, or 2016
- About configuring Services for Network File System (NFS) on Windows 2008 and 2008 R2
Default and allowable media types
Applies to API robots only. Robot types are described in a different topic.
The default media types on the Media Type Mappings tab are the media types provided by each robot vendor.
The following tables contain the default and allowable media types for the API robots as follows:
NetBackup ACS type robots: Table: Default and allowable media types for ACS robots
NetBackup TLH type robots: Table: Default and allowable media types for TLH robots
NetBackup TLM type robots: Table: Default and allowable media types for TLM robots
The following items provide information to help you understand the tables:
The first column of each table shows the vendor's media type.
The second column of each table shows the default media type in NetBackup.
The third column shows the media types to which you can map the defaults. To do so, first add the allowable mapping entries to the vm.conf file.
Some map entries are not allowed. For example, you cannot specify either of the following map entries for ACS robots:
ACS_DD3A = DLT ACS_DD3A = HCART4
The following table shows the default media types and the allowable media types for ACS robots.
Table: Default and allowable media types for ACS robots
ACS media type | Default media type | Allowable media types through mappings |
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3480 | 1/2-inch cartridge (HCART) | HCART, HCART2, HCART3 |
3490E | 1/2-inch cartridge (HCART) | HCART, HCART2, HCART3 |
DD3A | 1/2-inch cartridge tape 2 (HCART2) | HCART, HCART2, HCART3 |
DD3B | 1/2-inch cartridge tape 2 (HCART2) | HCART, HCART2, HCART3 |
DD3C | 1/2-inch cartridge tape 2 (HCART2) | HCART, HCART2, HCART3 |
DD3D | 1/2-inch cartridge cleaning tape 2 (HC2_CLN) | HC_CLN, HC2_CLN, HC3_CLN |
DLTIII | Digital Linear Tape (DLT) | DLT, DLT2, DLT3 |
DLTIIIXT | Digital Linear Tape (DLT) | DLT, DLT2, DLT3 |
DLTIV | Digital Linear Tape (DLT) | DLT, DLT2, DLT3 |
EECART | 1/2-inch cartridge (HCART) | HCART, HCART2, HCART3 |
JLABEL | 1/2-inch cartridge (HCART) | HCART, HCART2, HCART3 |
KLABEL | 1/2-inch cartridge (HCART) | HCART, HCART2, HCART3 |
LTO_100G | 1/2-inch cartridge (HCART) | HCART, HCART2, HCART3 |
LTO_10GB | 1/2-inch cartridge (HCART) | HCART, HCART2, HCART3 |
LTO_200G | 1/2-inch cartridge (HCART2) | HCART, HCART2, HCART3 |
LTO_35GB | 1/2-inch cartridge (HCART) | HCART, HCART2, HCART3 |
LTO_400G | 1/2-inch cartridge tape 3 (HCART3) | HCART, HCART2, HCART3 |
LTO_400W | 1/2-inch cartridge tape 3 (HCART3) | HCART, HCART2, HCART3 |
LTO_50GB | 1/2-inch cartridge tape (HCART) | HCART, HCART2, HCART3 |
LTO_800G | 1/2-inch cartridge tape (HCART) | HCART, HCART2, HCART3 |
LTO_800W | 1/2-inch cartridge tape (HCART) | HCART, HCART2, HCART3 |
LTO_1_5T | 1/2-inch cartridge tape 2 (HCART2) | HCART, HCART2, HCART3 |
LTO_1_5W | 1/2-inch cartridge tape 2 (HCART2) | HCART, HCART2, HCART3 |
LTO_2_5T | 1/2-inch cartridge tape 3 (HCART3) | HCART, HCART2, HCART3 |
LTO_2_5W | 1/2-inch cartridge tape 3 (HCART3) | HCART, HCART2, HCART3 |
LTO_6_4T | 1/2-inch cartridge tape (HCART) | HCART, HCART2, HCART3 |
LTO_6_4W | 1/2-inch cartridge tape (HCART) | HCART, HCART2, HCART3 |
LTO_CLN1 | 1/2-inch cartridge cleaning tape (HC_CLN) | HC_CLN, HC2_CLN, HC3_CLN |
LTO_CLN2 | 1/2-inch cartridge cleaning tape (HC_CLN) | HC_CLN, HC2_CLN, HC3_CLN |
LTO_CLN3 | 1/2-inch cartridge cleaning tape (HC_CLN) | HC_CLN, HC2_CLN, HC3_CLN |
LTO_CLNU | 1/2-inch cartridge cleaning tape (HC_CLN) | HC_CLN, HC2_CLN, HC3_CLN |
SDLT | Digital Linear Tape 3 (DLT3) | DLT, DLT2, DLT3 |
SDLT_2 | Digital Linear Tape (DLT) | DLT, DLT2, DLT3 |
SDLT_4 | Digital Linear Tape (DLT) | DLT, DLT2, DLT3 |
SDLT_S1 | Digital Linear Tape 2 (DLT2) | DLT, DLT2, DLT3 |
SDLT_S2 | Digital Linear Tape (DLT) | DLT, DLT2, DLT3 |
SDLT_S3 | Digital Linear Tape (DLT) | DLT, DLT2, DLT3 |
SDLT_S4 | Digital Linear Tape (DLT) | DLT, DLT2, DLT3 |
STK1R | 1/2-inch cartridge (HCART) | HCART, HCART2, HCART3 |
STK1U | 1/2-inch cartridge cleaning tape (HC_CLN) | HC_CLN, HC2_CLN, HC3_CLN |
STK1Y | 1/2-inch cartridge cleaning tape (HC_CLN) | HC_CLN, HC2_CLN, HC3_CLN |
STK2P | 1/2-inch cartridge tape 2 (HCART2) | HCART, HCART2, HCART3 |
STK2W | 1/2-inch cartridge cleaning tape 2 (HC2_CLN) | HC_CLN, HC2_CLN, HC3_CLN |
T10000CC | 1/2-inch cartridge tape 3 (HCART3) | HCART, HCART2, HCART3 |
T10000CL | 1/2-inch cartridge cleaning tape 3 (HC3_CLN) | HC_CLN, HC2_CLN, HC3_CLN |
T10000CT | 1/2-inch cartridge tape 3 (HCART3) | HCART, HCART2, HCART3 |
T10000T1 | 1/2-inch cartridge tape 3 (HCART3) | HCART, HCART2, HCART3 |
T10000T2 | 1/2-inch cartridge tape 3 (HCART3) | HCART, HCART2, HCART3 |
T10000TS | 1/2-inch cartridge tape 3 (HCART3) | HCART, HCART2, HCART3 |
T10000TT | 1/2-inch cartridge tape 3 (HCART3) | HCART, HCART2, HCART3 |
UNKNOWN (for unknown ACS media types) | 1/2-inch cartridge tape 2 (HCART2) | HCART, HCART2, HCART3, DLT, DLT2, DLT3 |
VCART | 1/2-inch cartridge tape (HCART) | HCART, HCART2, HCART3 |
VIRTUAL | 1/2-inch cartridge tape 2 (HCART2) | HCART, HCART2, HCART3 |
The following table shows the default and allowable media types for TLH robots.
Table: Default and allowable media types for TLH robots
TLH media type | Default Media Manager media type | Allowable media types through mappings |
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3480 | 1/2-inch cartridge (HCART) | HCART, HCART2, HCART3 |
3490E | 1/2-inch cartridge (HCART) | HCART, HCART2, HCART3 |
3590J | 1/2-inch cartridge (HCART) | HCART, HCART2, HCART3 |
3590K | 1/2-inch cartridge (HCART) | HCART, HCART2, HCART3 |
3592JA | 1/2-inch cartridge tape 2 (HCART2) | HCART, HCART2, HCART3 |
3592JB | 1/2-inch cartridge tape 2 (HCART2) | HCART, HCART2, HCART3 |
3592JX | 1/2-inch cartridge tape 2 (HCART2) | HCART, HCART2, HCART3 |
3592JJ | 1/2-inch cartridge tape 2 (HCART2) | HCART, HCART2, HCART3 |
3592JR | 1/2-inch cartridge tape 2 (HCART2) | HCART, HCART2, HCART3 |
3592JW | 1/2-inch cartridge tape 2 (HCART2) | HCART, HCART2, HCART3 |
UNKNOWN (for unknown TLH media types) | 1/2-inch cartridge tape 2 (HCART2) | HCART, HCART2, HCART3 |
The following table shows the default and allowable media types for TLM robots.
Table: Default and allowable media types for TLM robots
TLM media type | Default media type | Allowable media types through mappings |
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3480 | 1/2-inch cartridge (HCART) | HCART, HCART2, HCART3 |
OD_THICK | NONE (OD_THICK is translated to media type REWR_OPT for robot contents reports. OD_THICK is ignored for all other robotic inventory operations) | NONE |
DECDLT | Digital Linear Tape (DLT) | DLT, DLT2, DLT3 |
8MM | 8mm cartridge (8MM) | 8MM, 8MM2, 8MM3 |
4MM | 4mm cartridge (4MM) | 4MM |
3590 | 1/2-inch cartridge (HCART) | HCART, HCART2, HCART3 |
DTF | DTF cartridge (DTF) | DTF |
SONY_AIT | 8mm cartridge (8MM) | 8MM, 8MM2, 8MM3 |
LTO | 1/2-inch cartridge (HCART) | HCART, HCART2, HCART3 |
UNKNOWN (for unknown TLM media types) | 1/2-inch cartridge tape 2 (HCART2) | HCART, HCART2, HCART3, DLT, DLT2, DLT3, 8MM, 8MM2, 8MM3 |
Note:
The following TLM media types are not supported: OD_THIN, D2, VHS, CD, TRAVAN, BETACAM, AUDIO_TAPE, BETACAMCL, DVCM, and DVCL.