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NetVault 12.3 - Administration Guide for Managed Service Providers

Introduction Getting started Configuring clients Managing catalog search Configuring storage devices Backing up data Managing policies Restoring data Managing NetVault Backup dashboard Managing jobs Monitoring logs Managing storage devices
Role-based access to manage storage devices Monitoring device activity Managing disk-based storage devices in list view Managing disk-based storage devices in tree view Managing the Snapshot Array Manager Managing tape libraries in list view Managing tape libraries in tree view Managing tape drives in list view Managing tape drives in tree view Adding shared devices
Managing storage media Managing user and group accounts Managing Tenant Monitoring events and configuring notifications Reporting in NetVault Backup Working with client clusters Configuring default settings for NetVault Backup
About configuring default settings Configuring encryption settings Configuring plug-in options Configuring default settings for post-scripts Configuring default settings for Verify Plug-in Configuring Deployment Manager Settings Configuring Job Manager settings Configuring Logging Daemon settings Configuring Media Manager settings Configuring Network Manager settings Configuring Process Manager settings Configuring RAS device settings Configuring Schedule Manager settings Configuring Web Service settings Configuring Auditor Daemon settings Configuring firewall settings Configuring general settings Configuring security settings Synchronizing NetVault Time Configuring the reporting utility Configuring NetVault Backup WebUI default settings Configuring NetVault Backup to use a specific VSS provider Configuring default settings using Txtconfig
Diagnostic tracing Managing diagnostic data Using the deviceconfig utility NetVault Backup processes Environment variables Network ports used by NetVault Backup Troubleshooting

Optimal transfer buffer size

The following table provides examples of the optimal values that can be used for some drive types.

 
Table 100. Optimal transfer buffer size of different drive types
Drive type
Optimal transfer buffer size (in KiB)

Fast Modern Tape Drives

For example, LTO series, SDLT, and SAIT

65537 (64MiB + 1KiB)

Medium Speed Tape Drives

For example, DLT8000, DLT7000, and AIT-3

32769 (32MiB + 1KiB)

Older Professional Tape Drives

For example, DLT2000, DLT4000, and AIT-2

16385 (16MiB + 1KiB)

Older Low Capacity Low-end Drives

For example, EXB-8505, AIT-1, and DAT

8193 (8MiB + 1KiB)

Checking the status of a tape drive

To check the status of an offline tape drive:
1
In the Navigation pane, click Manage Devices.
2
In the list of devices, locate and click the drive.
3
Click Check, and then in the confirmation dialog box, click OK.
If the device is operational, its status is changed to “Available.”

Changing the status of a tape drive

To change the drive status to online or offline:
1
In the Navigation pane, click Manage Devices.
2
In the list of devices, locate and click the drive.
3
Click Online or Offline:
•
If the device is offline, click Online to bring it back online.
•
If the device is online, click Offline to mark it offline.
This operation does not physically take the device offline; it just makes the device unavailable for use in NetVault Backup.

Configuring cleaning slots

Before loading cleaning tapes, you must configure the slots that can hold the cleaning media. You can configure cleaning slots from Edit Device page. For more information, see Modifying a library.

 
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NOTE: If cleaning slots are not defined, cleaning tapes without barcodes are loaded every time the library is initialized.
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