Creating and adding a virtual standalone drive (4038397)

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To create and add a Virtual Standalone Drive

1	Start the configuration wizard:

•	In the Navigation pane, click Guided Configuration, and then on the NetVault Configuration Wizard page, click Add Storage Devices.

•	Alternatively, in the Navigation pane, click Manage Devices, and then click Add Device.

2	Select the Single virtual disk device option, and click Next.

3	In the list of NetVault Backup machines, select the machine on which you want to create the device, and click Next.

4	On the Add Single Virtual Disk Device page, provide the following details.


Option	Description
Choose the location on disk where you wish to create the new device	Specify the location where you want to create the device. Verify that the path is already created on the selected machine. NetVault Backup does not create any non-existing directories in the path.
Choose a name for the device	Specify a unique name for the device.
Choose a 5 character media barcode prefix	The NetVault Backup Server automatically generates a barcode prefix and assigns it to the virtual tape. If you want to change it, type a unique code for the device.
Specify the media capacity	Type or select the size of the virtual tape. The media size is specified in GiB. Verify that sufficient space is available on the disk to create the virtual media. The default value is 32GiB.

5	Click Next to create and add the device.

6	After the device is successfully added and initialized, a message is displayed.

Please see the administrator's guide for more information on how to create and add a virtual stand-alone drive.

https://support.quest.com/technical-documents/netvault-backup/10.0.1/administration-guide/16#TOPIC-229675

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