Configuring robots in Vault

Use the Vault Robot dialog box to specify and configure the robots from which Vault ejects media. Vault robots contain the media that has images to be stored off-site. That media is ejected so it can be transferred to the vault. The images can be original images created during a backup job or duplicate images created by a Vault duplication job.

You can select any robots that are recognized by NetBackup and that have storage units associated with them. NetBackup assigns a number to each robot that it recognizes, and eligible robots are recognized by Vault.

To configure a robot in Vault

  1. In the NetBackup Administration Console, select Vault Management.

  2. Open the Actions menu and select New > New Vault Robot.

  3. In the New Vault Robot dialog box, enter information or select values as appropriate.

Table: Robot configuration information contains the field descriptions of the New Vault Robot dialog box.

Table: Robot configuration information

Property

Description

Robot Number

The robot number assigned by Media Manager. Media Manager assigns a number to each robot that it recognizes, and eligible robots are recognized by Vault. Based on the robot number that you select, the other fields are filled in automatically

Robot Name

The name the robot. The name is configured in Media Manager, and Vault uses that information to populate the Robot Name field.

Robot Type

The robot type as configured in Media Manager. Vault uses that information to populate the Robot Type field.

Robot Control Host

The name of the host that controls the robot. Enter the name of the media server that controls the robot.

Use email address from Vault Management Properties for eject notification

Select to use the global eject notification email address or enter email addressees, separated by commas, semicolons, or spaces, that will receive notification when eject begins and ends.

Eject notification is configured for each profile on the Eject tab, for each robot on the Vault Robot dialog box, and globally for Vault on the Vault Management Properties dialog box General tab. Vault sends the notification to the first email addresses found in that order. You can configure different addresses in each place.