how to configure drives in windows

[NagaRamesh]

Hi All,

Could you please advise how to configure the drives in master server and media server?

[Marianne]

What drives? Tape drives perhaps? Check device compatibility guide to ensure devices are supported on your OS for the NBU version. First task is to ensure that the OS can see the drives. (This is not NBU task). Then install vendor tape driver. (Again, not NBU task). From NBU GUI, run Device config wizard. Please read up in Device Config Guide as well as Admin Guide I. Links to all manuals in 'Handy Links' in my signature. ,

[vedara]

Hi Ramesh

We can configure the tape drives either by using Device Wizard, Command Line Interface or by using Media and Device Management under Devices tab.

Before configuring the tape drives, as Marianne said above, the drives should visible from OS level and should have compatible tape drives installed on the respective master and media servers, then only Netbackup allows us to configure the drives.

From Command line Interface:

Use tpconfig command to configure the tape drives.

First configure the robot and then the tape drives.

To Configure the Robot:

  tpconfig -add -robot <robnum> -robtype <robtype>  -port <port> -bus <bus> -target <target> -lun <lun>

To add a new Tape Drive: Use the below command

   tpconfig -add -drive -type <drvtype>  [-port <port> -bus <bus> -target <target> -lun <lun>] |-path <drivepath>  [-asciiname <asciidrvname>] [-index <drvindex>] [-shared [yes|no]]  [-drstatus UP|DOWN|DISABLED] [-robot <robnum> -robtype <robtype>]   [-robdrnum <robdrvnum> | 

[NagaRamesh]

Thanks for useful links

[Marianne · Accepted solution]

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