About the wizard screens

Table: Screens in the Device Configuration Wizard provides an overview of each screen of the wizard.

Table: Screens in the Device Configuration Wizard

Wizard screen

What to expect

Welcome

Configure the hardware and operating system before you start the wizard. The wizard does not do any of these tasks.

Device Hosts screen

You select the NetBackup media servers that the wizard scans for devices.

See Device Hosts screen .

SAN Client screen

SAN Client license only. If your environment includes NetBackup SAN clients, the Device Configuration Wizard discovers those clients and displays them in this screen.

See SAN Clients screen .

NDMP Servers screen

If a media server controls an NDMP device, you must provide the NDMP authentication information for each media .

See NDMP servers screen .

ACS Hosts screen

If a media server controls an ACS robot, you must provide the ACS device configuration information.

See ACS hosts screen .

TLM Hosts screen

If a media server controls a TLM robot, you must provide TLM configuration information.

See TLM hosts screen .

Scanning Hosts screen

All hosts that you selected in the previous screens are scanned.

See Scanning hosts screen .

Conflict Detected screen

The hosts that you selected to have the wizard scan do not agree on which host stores the global device information.

See Conflict detected screen .

Backup Devices screen

Verify the list of the devices that the wizard discovers.

See Backup devices screen .

Drag and Drop Configuration screen

A tree diagram of the devices lets you verify the device relationships. If you have to fix the relationships, you can drag drives from one robot and drop them on another.

If you continue past this screen, you can no longer roll back your configuration to the original settings.

See Drag and drop configuration screen .

Updating Device Configuration screen

The wizard saves any configuration changes, restarts the daemons or services, and generates a progress report.

See Updating device configuration screen .

Configure Storage Units screen

Storage units are created for each media server (or SAN media server) and device found. This storage unit information is saved in NetBackup. If your configuration has no storage devices, you can configure a disk storage unit for NetBackup. This screen is skipped if all storage units are already configured.

See Configure storage units screen .

Device Configuration Wizard Finished screen

The wizard is finished.

See Device Configuration Wizard Finished screen .