Drive Status pane

The Drive Status pane shows the status of the drives that NetBackup controls on a particular server.

Table: Drive status pane describes the columns in this pane.

Table: Drive status pane

Column	Description
Drive Name	The name that is assigned to the drive when it was added to NetBackup.
Drive Type	Use the contents of this column to find a drive that supports the requested media. 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)
Control	Control mode for the drive can be any of the following: robot_designation (Robotic drives only) For example, TLD. The robotic daemon that manages the drive that is connected to ltid (the device daemon and Device Manager service). The daemon is running. The drive is in the usable state. AVR is assumed to be active for the drive; all robotic drives must be in AVR mode (not OPR mode). DOWN-robot_designation (Robotic drives only) For example, DOWN-TLD. The drive is in an unusable state due to the following reasons: It was downed by an operator or by NetBackup. When the drive was configured, it was added as a down drive. DOWN (standalone drives only) In this mode, the drive is not available. A drive can be in a DOWN mode because of problems. Or, the drive can be down because a user set it to that mode. AVR (Robotic drives only) The drive is in a usable state. Automatic volume recognition is enabled, but the robotic daemon that manages the drive is not connected or is not functional. Media mounts do not occur automatically, but an operator can insert a tape in the drive. Alternatively, you can use the robtest utility to force a tape mount. AVR (standalone drives only) The drive is running with automatic volume recognition enabled. OPR (standalone drives only) The drive is running in OPR mode. In NetBackup 6.0, OPR mode is functionally equivalent to AVR mode for automatic drive assignment. Drive paths in OPR mode can be assigned if they satisfy the mount request. SCAN (NetBackup Enterprise Server only) A drive is configured for Shared Storage Option but has no available scan host. To be considered available, a host must have an SSO_SCAN_ABILITY factor of non-zero and have the drive in the UP state. SCAN may be caused if all available scan hosts have the drive in the DOWN state. Other hosts (that are not scan hosts) may want to use the drive, but have a scan factor of zero. The drive is unusable by NetBackup until a scan host is assigned. <Mixed> (NetBackup Enterprise Server only) The control mode for a shared drive may not be the same on all hosts that share the drive. For shared drives each host can have a different status for the drive. The status of individual paths to the drive appears in the Drive Path column. If the control modes are all the same, that mode appears.
Recorded Media ID	The ID that is recorded on the volume that is mounted in this drive. This identifier is the same as the media ID and should match the external media ID. If no volume or a Backup Exec volume is mounted, this column is blank.
External Media ID	External ID of the volume that is mounted in this drive. This identifier should match the recorded media ID. If no volume is mounted, this column is blank.
Ready	The status of the drive, as follows: Yes, ready for the operation on the loaded volume. No, not ready. If the drive does not become ready automatically, see the vendor's manual for the drive for instructions to make it ready.
Writable	Shows whether the volume currently mounted on this drive is write-enabled, as follows: Yes, the volume is write-enabled. No, the volume is write-protected. A dash (-), no volume is in the drive.
Assigned Host	The current device host for the drive. If the selected drive is not assigned, this column is blank.
Request ID	If this drive is assigned to a request, this column contains the ID of the request.
Media Label	Shows whether a labeled volume or unlabeled volume is mounted in this drive: Yes, the volume is labeled. Labeled volumes can also be Backup Exec volumes. No, the volume is unlabeled. A dash (-), no volume is in the drive.
Drive Comment	Comments that have been added for this drive. See Changing a drive comment .
Shared	Shows whether the drive is a shared drive (Yes) or not (No).
Device Host	The name of the device host to which the drive is connected. If a drive is configured as shared, this column contains <Multiple>.
Drive Path	The device path to the drive. If a drive is configured with multiple paths to it, this column contains <Multiple>. See Drive Paths pane.
Port	The SCSI port number of the drive. (NetBackup Windows servers only.)
Bus	The SCSI bus number of the drive. (NetBackup Windows servers only.)
Target	The SCSI target number (or SCSI ID) of the drive. (NetBackup Windows servers only.)
LUN	The SCSI logical unit number of the drive. (NetBackup Windows servers only.)
NDMP Host	The name of the NDMP control host. (Requires an NDMP license.) If the multiple drive paths are configured, this column contains Multiple. If the drive is configured as a shared drive (Shared Storage Option), this column contains Multiple. (NetBackup Enterprise Server only.)
Drive Index	The drive index that was assigned during configuration. Contains <Multiple> for shared drives.
Cluster Name	For a Virtual Cluster, displays the cluster name. (Applies only to supported cluster environments.) Additional information is available. See the NetBackup High Availability Administrator's Guide.
Drive Use History	Shows a graph of relative drive usage. The data for the graph is obtained from the Windows performance monitor. The graph is shown only if the following are true: The drive is connected to a Windows media server (or SAN media server). A NetBackup job is active (the drive is in use). The user has permissions to read the Windows registry. Performance data collection is enabled (expand Host Properties > Media Servers > Universal Settings).