Drive information

The drive information properties you can specify depend on drive type, server platforms, or NetBackup server types.

See Drive type.

See Cleaning frequency.

See Drive is in a robotic library.

See Serial number.

See Robotic library.

See Robot drive number.

See ACS, LSM, Panel, Drive.

See IBM device number.

See DAS drive name.

Drive type

This property specifies the type of drive.

The following are the valid drive types:

  • 4MM (4mm cartridge)

  • 8MM (8mm cartridge)

  • 8MM2 (8mm cartridge 2)

  • 8MM3 (8mm cartridge 3)

  • DLT (DLT cartridge)

  • DLT2 (DLT cartridge 2)

  • DLT3 (DLT cartridge 3)

  • DTF (DTF cartridge)

  • HCART (1/2-inch cartridge)

  • HCART2 (1/2-inch cartridge 2)

  • HCART3 (1/2-inch cartridge 3)

  • QSCSI (1/4-inch cartridge)

Drive is in a robotic library

This property specifies that the drive is in a robot. If the drive is a stand-alone drive (not in a robot), do not select this option.

If you select this option, configure the Robotic library and Robot drive number fields.

See Robotic library.

See Robot drive number.

Cleaning frequency

The following applies only to tape drives. NetBackup does not support drive cleaning in some robot types.

If you want to set up a frequency-based cleaning schedule for the drive, set the number of mount hours between each drive cleaning. When you add a drive or reset the mount time to zero, NetBackup records the amount of time that volumes have been mounted in that drive. The default frequency is zero.

When the accumulated mount time exceeds the time you specify for cleaning frequency, drive cleaning occurs if the following are true:

  • If the drive is in a robotic library that supports drive cleaning

  • If a cleaning cartridge is defined in that robotic library

  • If the cleaning cartridge is compatible with the drive that needs to be cleaned

  • If the cleaning cartridge has a nonzero number of cleanings that remain

NetBackup resets the mount time when the drive is cleaned.

If you do not specify a cleaning frequency, you can still use automated drive cleaning with the TapeAlert feature if the following are true:

  • The drive supports TapeAlert.

  • You configured a cleaning volume for the robot.

  • The host platform, robot type, and drive support drive cleaning.

  • If the cleaning cartridge is compatible with the drive that needs to be cleaned

  • If the cleaning cartridge has a nonzero number of cleanings that remain

Drives can also be cleaned from the Device Monitor.

Additional information about drive cleaning is available.

See the NetBackup Administrator's Guide for Windows, Volume II.

Serial number

This read-only field shows the serial number of the drive.

Robotic library

The robot that controls the drive.

You can select any configured robot that can control the drive.

Robot drive number

Note:

Robot drive number does not apply when you add drives to API robots. API robots are ACS, TLH, and TLM type in NetBackup.

See ACS, LSM, Panel, Drive.

See IBM device number.

See DAS drive name.

Specifies the physical location in the robot of the drive. When you add more than one drive to a robot, you can add the physical drives in any order. For example, you can add drive 2 before drive 1.

The correct robot drive number is critical to the proper mounting and utilization of media. You must determine which logical device name (Windows) or the device file (UNIX) identifies which physical drive in the robot. You should correlate the drive serial number with drive serial number information from the robot.

You must determine which physical drive in the robot is identified by the logical device name.

See Correlating tape drives and SCSI addresses on Windows hosts.

NetBackup does not detect incorrect drive number assignment during configuration; however, an error occurs when NetBackup tries to mount media on the drive.

ACS, LSM, Panel, Drive

ACS robot drive only.

The physical location of the drive within the robot.

During installation, the correlation between the physical drive in the robot and the device file you specified earlier represents. You establish this correlation during installation.

Table: Drive location properties

   

ACS Number

The index (in ACS library software terms) that identifies the robot that has this drive.

LSM Number

The Library Storage Module that has this drive.

Panel Number

The robot panel where this drive is located.

Drive Number

The physical number of the drive (in ACS library software terms).
IBM device number

TLH robot drive only.

The IBM device number of the drive within the robot.

DAS drive name

TLM robot drive only.

The DAS/SDLC drive name of the drive within the robot.