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Veritas NetBackup™ Device Configuration Guide

Last Published: 2018-02-16

Product(s): NetBackup (8.1.1, 8.1)

Adding tapes to ACS robots

ACS robotic control software supports the following characters in a volume ID that are not valid NetBackup media ID characters. (Volume ID is the ACS term for media ID).

Therefore, do not use any of the following characters when you configure ACS volumes:

Dollar sign ($)
Pound sign (#)
The yen symbol
Leading and trailing spaces

The following tables is an overview of how to add tapes to an ACS robot and then add those tapes to NetBackup.

Table: Adding tapes to ACS robots process

Task	Description
Add barcode labels to the media and insert the media into the robot by using the media access port.	The Library Manager reads the bar codes and classifies the media by media type. A category is assigned to each volume. Some volume categories restrict application access to certain volumes. The Library Manager tracks volume locations.
Define the media in NetBackup by using the ACS volume IDs as media IDs.	To define the media, do one of the following: Update the volume configuration by using the robot inventory function. Add new volumes by using the Volume Configuration Wizard. See the NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume I: http://www.veritas.com/docs/DOC5332 Because the ACS volume IDs and bar codes are the same, NetBackup has a record of the bar codes for the media. Note that you do not enter slot locations because the ACS library software manages slot locations.
Verify the volume configuration	Use Show Contents and Compare Contents with Volume Configuration from the Robot Inventory dialog.

Task

Description

Add barcode labels to the media and insert the media into the robot by using the media access port.

The Library Manager reads the bar codes and classifies the media by media type. A category is assigned to each volume. Some volume categories restrict application access to certain volumes. The Library Manager tracks volume locations.

Define the media in NetBackup by using the ACS volume IDs as media IDs.

To define the media, do one of the following:

Update the volume configuration by using the robot inventory function.
Add new volumes by using the Volume Configuration Wizard.

See the NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume I:

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

Because the ACS volume IDs and bar codes are the same, NetBackup has a record of the bar codes for the media. Note that you do not enter slot locations because the ACS library software manages slot locations.

Verify the volume configuration

Use Show Contents and Compare Contents with Volume Configuration from the Robot Inventory dialog.