VERITAS NetBackupTM 5.0, User Manual And Product Specifications

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The Media Manager Configuration File (vm.conf)
322 NetBackup Media Manager System Administrator’s Guide for Windows
For example STK 9940A and STK 9940B drives use STK1R media, but write data at
different densities. The drive must be configured as hcart or hcart2. You can specify a
barcode rule for a series of barcodes to configure some of the media as hcart2. Other
STK1R media not in this barcode range will be configured as hcart (the default for
STK1R). Without an
API_BARBODE_RULES
entry, a robot inventory operation would
configure all media of type STK1R as either hcart or hcart2, depending on how the drive
was configured.
Authorization Required
AUTHORIZATION_REQUIRED
If this entry is specified in
vm.conf
, Media Manager and NetBackup utilities must have
authorization to connect to
vmd
; or a
SERVER
entry must be present in the
vm.conf
file.
This entry is recommended for maximum security, and is read and interpreted on the
hosts where
vmd
is running.
If this entry is not specified, Media Manager and NetBackup utilities may connect to
vmd
without specific authorization, except in the case when a non-matching
SERVER
entry is
present in
vm.conf
.
Automatically Empty Robot MAP
AUTO_UPDATE_ROBOT
If this entry is specified in the
vm.conf
file of the media server with a TL8 or TLD robotic
control daemon, the Media Access Port (MAP) of the robot will be emptied into the
robotic library and the volume database will be updated.
This entry only operates with TL8 or TLD robots that post a unit attention when their
MAP has been opened. Since most robotic libraries with multiple partitions do not post a
unit attention when the MAP has been accessed, using this entry is not recommended
with partitioned libraries.
AVRD Scan Delay
AVRD_SCAN_DELAY = number_of_seconds
If this entry is specified in
vm.conf
,
avrd
will wait number_of_seconds between normal
scan cycles. This entry is read and interpreted on the host where
avrd
is running.
You can use this entry to minimize tape mount times. Without this entry present, a mount
request is delayed by an average of 7.5 seconds.