Netbackup

Adding New media volumes

01. On the LHS pane, epand Media and device management

02. Click on Media and expand it

03. Top menu bar, Actions --> New --> Volumes

04. Choose the number of Volumes, type the Media ID (if you are importing from other servers)

05. Click OK

Importing Netbackup tape From another netbackup server

01. Login to the Netbackup Administration Console. This administration control software can be installed on a windows PC and accessed from the PC. In Solaris, this can be accessed using the following command.

 /opt/openv/netbackup/bin/jnbSA

02. To import, Click catalog on the LHS Pan

03. Click Actions --> Intiate Import

04. Click the appropriate Media ID to import

05. Click OK to continue

steps 06 through 10 are optional if you do not have automated tape library.

06. Load the media on the tape drive if not already loaded

07. On the LHS pan, Click on Device Monitor

08. On the top RHS, Select the appropriate Tape drive

08. On the top menu bar, Click Actions --> UP Drive, Operator Control

09. On the bottom RHS, select the appopriate media to import. Right click and select "assign request"

10. This will start the "initiate import" process. This may take up to five minutes. Once, this is completed, we need to do the actual import and update the catalog.

To start the actual import continue doing the follows.

11. On the LHS side, Click on Catalog again

12. On the RHS side, select the right date range and click search now.

13. On the bottom RHS, the new media will appear now.

14. Select the new media to import on the bottom side.

15. Right click and select Import or Actions --> Import

16. Continue steps 6 thru 10 if automatic tape library is not present.