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  2. NetBackup Web UI Vault Administrator's Guide
  3. Configuring Vault
  4. About Vault configuration
  5. Configuration information about primary servers, media servers, and storage units
NetBackup Web UI Vault Administrator's Guide

Configuration information about primary servers, media servers, and storage units

Collect the following information about primary servers, media servers, and robotic devices, which are used in various configuration options in Vault:

Table: Configuration information

Property

Description

Primary server host name

The name of the host server on which the NetBackup primary server and Vault are installed.

Operating System level of primary server

The release of the operating system residing on the system on which the NetBackup primary server is installed.

Number of media servers

The number of media servers that are associated with the primary server.

Media server name

The name of each media server that controls the drives you want to use for the vault process. This server should also be bound to a storage unit within the NetBackup configuration. For NetBackup, all drives (of a given media type) that are attached to a server are defined as one storage unit, which is the recommended configuration for NetBackup.

For every media server, configure alternate media server names.

See Adding alternate media server names.

Operating System level of media servers

The release of the operating system on the host machines on which the NetBackup media server or servers are installed.

Types of Robotic Devices

The robotic devices that are associated with each media server. Use the appropriate NetBackup terminology to identify the devices (for example, TLD and ACS) or specify the actual hardware manufacturer and model names for each device.

Storage unit name

The NetBackup storage units that are associated with each media server. Consider how many drives in each storage unit you want to use for vault sessions. You may choose to keep some drives available for restores or backups while duplication is running.

Number of drives

The number of drives in each storage unit. Tape to tape duplication requires drives in pairs: one to read and one to write.

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