Veritas NetBackup™ Device Configuration Guide
- Introducing device configuration
- Section I. Operating systems
- Linux
- Before you begin on Linux
- About the required Linux SCSI drivers
- Verifying the Linux drivers
- About configuring robot and drive control for Linux
- Verifying the device configuration on Linux
- About SAN clients on Linux
- About SCSI persistent bindings for Linux
- About Emulex HBAs
- Utilities to test SCSI devices
- Linux command summary
- Solaris
- Before you begin on Solaris
- About the NetBackup sg driver
- Determining if the NetBackup sg driver is installed
- Special configuration for the StorEdge Network Foundation HBA driver
- About binding Fibre Channel HBA drivers
- Configuring Solaris 10 x86 for multiple drive paths
- Installing/reinstalling the sg and the st drivers
- Configuring 6 GB and larger SAS HBAs in Solaris
- Preventing Solaris driver unloading
- About Solaris robotic controls
- About Solaris tape drive device files
- Configuring Solaris SAN clients to recognize FT media servers
- Uninstalling the sg driver on Solaris
- Solaris command summary
- Windows
- Linux
- Section II. Robotic storage devices
- Robot overview
- Oracle StorageTek ACSLS robots
- About Oracle StorageTek ACSLS robots
- Sample ACSLS configurations
- Media requests for an ACS robot
- About configuring ACS drives
- Configuring shared ACS drives
- Adding tapes to ACS robots
- About removing tapes from ACS robots
- Robot inventory operations on ACS robots
- NetBackup robotic control, communication, and logging
- ACS robotic test utility
- Changing your ACS robotic configuration
- ACS configurations supported
- Oracle StorageTek ACSLS firewall configuration
- Device configuration examples
NetBackup robot types
A robot is a peripheral device that moves tape volumes into and out of tape drives. NetBackup uses robotic control software to communicate with the robot firmware.
NetBackup classifies robots according to one or more of the following characteristics:
The communication method the robotic control software uses; SCSI and API are the two main methods.
The physical characteristics of the robot. Library refers to a large robot, in terms of slot capacity or number of drives.
The media type commonly used by that class of robots. HCART (1/2-inch cartridge tape) is an example of a media type.
Table: NetBackup robot types in release 8.1.2 lists the NetBackup robot types that are supported in release 8.1.2, with drive and slot limits for each type.
To determine which robot type applies to the model of robot that you use, see the hardware compatibility list for your NetBackup version:
http://www.netbackup.com/compatibility
Table: NetBackup robot types in release 8.1.2
Robot type | Description | Drive limits | Slot limits | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
ACS | 1680 | No limit | API control. The ACS library software host determines the drive limit. | |
TLD | Tape library DLT | No limit | 32000 | SCSI control. |
Note:
The user interface for NetBackup may show configuration options for the peripheral devices that are not supported in that release. Those devices may be supported in an earlier release, and a NetBackup master server can manage the hosts that run earlier NetBackup versions. Therefore, the configuration information for such devices must appear in the user interface. The NetBackup documentation also may describe the configuration information for such devices. To determine which versions of NetBackup support which peripheral devices, see the hardware compatibility list:
For information about the robots that NetBackup supports, see the hardware compatibility for your release available through the following URL: