Symantec NetBackup, Manual

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How you define a policy for a media server depends on your
media server license, as follows:
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For a media server that is licensed for Shared Storage
Option, the policy can back up the media server and any
other NetBackup clients.
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For a NetBackup SAN media server, only the SAN media
server can be backed up.
A license for a regular media server provides the greatest
flexibility; a license for a NetBackup SAN media server is
more restrictive.
For a policy for the clients that you want to back up
anywhere in your configuration, you can choose any
available storage unit. Alternatively, you can use storage
unit groups (prioritized storage units).
Configuring a backup policy
for each media server
Verifying your Shared Storage Option configuration
In a Shared Storage Option configuration, a shared drive must have the same
logical name (drive name) on all of the NetBackup media servers. If the drive
resides in a robotic library, it also must use the same drive number in the library.
This section describes some tools you can use to verify your configuration.
How you verify that your configuration is set up correctly depends on your devices
and how you configured Shared Storage Option, as follows:
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If you have serialized devices, Symantec recommends that you use the Device
Configuration Wizard. The wizard verifies your configuration.
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If you have non-serialized devices, see the Symantec support site for a tech
note with instructions about how to verify your configuration. The tech note
title is "Verifying a Shared Storage Option (SSO) Configuration with
Non-Serialized Devices."
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If you have serialized devices but you did not use the Device Configuration
Wizard , use the following procedure to verify your configuration.
The verification procedures use the NetBackup
scan
and
tpconfig
commands.
These commands are located in the following directory:
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usr/openv/volmgr/bin (UNIX and Linux)
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C:\Program Files\VERITAS\Volmgr\bin (Windows)
In the following example the ADIC robotic library has six drives, but only drives
5 and 6 are configured on this particular host.
153 Configuring the Shared Storage Option
Verifying your Shared Storage Option configuration