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  2. NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I
  3. Section III. Configuring storage
  4. Configuring robots and tape drives
  5. Adding a robot to NetBackup manually
  6. Robot properties and configuration options
NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I

Robot properties and configuration options

This topic describes the robot properties.

Device host

The host to which the device is attached.

Robot type

The type of robot. To locate the robot type to use for specific vendors and models, See the NetBackup Enterprise Server and Server - Hardware and Cloud Storage Compatibility List.

Robot number

The unique, logical identification number for the robotic library. This number identifies the robotic library in displays (for example, TLD (21)) and is also used when you add media for the robot.

Note the following:

  • Robot numbers must be unique for all robots on all hosts in the configuration, regardless of the robot type or the host that controls them. For example, if you have two robots, use different robot numbers even if different hosts control them.

  • If the robot has its robotic control and drives on different hosts, specify the same robot number in all references to that library. That is, use the same robot number on the hosts with the drives as you do on the host that has the robotic control. A tape library DLT robot is one that allows separate robotic control and drive hosts.

    Examples are available in the NetBackup Device Configuration Guide.

Robot control

The robot control properties that you can configure depend on how the robot is controlled.

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