Managing Robot Inventory - VERITAS NetBackup White Paper

Libraries attached to a "NDMP media server" (direct-attached to the NAS NDMP host) can also be shared between multiple
NDMP NAS servers and one or more NetBackup servers, as shown in Figure 28 below. Drive sharing is not supported for
NDMP NAS hosts. As with the NetBackup server case above, the library robotics may be controlled by either the NetBackup
server or one of the NAS NDMP hosts.
Figure 28: Sharing robotics libraries between NetBackup and NDMP NAS servers.

Managing Robot Inventory

Managing the contents of robots is a critical task and can be very difficult when a site has a large number of robotic
volumes. Media Manager provides options that are designed to make this task much easier. Some of the important
capabilities that Media Manager gives to the administrator are:
• Automatically populate the volume database for a new robot.
In a new configuration, the administrator can load a robot with new media and then have Media Manager
automatically add the volumes to its volume database.
If barcodes are being used, Media Manager automatically registers the new media according to the barcodes. By
defining rules based on barcodes, the administrator can have the Media Manager initialize volume database entries
with specified values for volume pool, media type, maximum number of mounts, and volume description.
• Update the volume database after changing the contents of a robot.
After adding or removing volumes, the administrator can have Media Manager physically inventory a robot and then
automatically update the volume database so it coincides with the results of the inventory. When volumes are moved in
or out of the robot, Media Manager updates the database to show the new location.
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