Sharing Tape Libraries - VERITAS NetBackup White Paper

Figure 26 – Sharing tape drive resources between NetBackup servers.

Sharing Tape Libraries

VERITAS Media Manager, included with NetBackup, provides the capability for multiple backup servers to share a multi-drive
tape library. One NetBackup server acts as the "robotics controller," and other NetBackup servers request tape mount and
dismount services from the robotics controller. In this configuration, each NetBackup server maintains dedicated data paths
to maximize performance without sacrificing the cost effectiveness and economies of scale of large tape libraries.
Figure 27: Sharing large robotics libraries between NetBackup servers.
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