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  2. NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I
  3. Section III. Configuring storage
  4. Configuring robots and tape drives
  5. Managing tape drives
NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I

Managing tape drives

You can perform various tasks to manage tape drives.

To manage tape drives, open the NetBackup web UI. Then on the left click Storage > Tape storage.

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Adding a tape drive to NetBackup manually

Changing a drive comment

About downed drives

Changing a drive operating mode

Changing a tape drive path

Changing the operating mode for a drive path

Changing tape drive properties

Changing a tape drive to a shared drive

Cleaning a tape drive from the Device monitor

Deleting a drive

Resetting a drive

Resetting the mount time of a drive

Running a tape drive diagnostic test

Setting the drive cleaning frequency

Viewing drive details

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