Configuring Device on Media Server (Version 5.0)

There are several way for configuring device especially tape drive on one media server. Maybe the easiest way is using wizard, but sometimes is not going well so we have to configure manually. I try to summarize how device configuration is done. Here is :

1. Device Configuration wizard
2. Using tpconfig command
3. Shared Drive wizard
4. Using several command line

1. Using Wizard
Using "Device Configuration wizard" is recomended by Veritas rather than "Shared Drive wizard". This wizard performs device discovery, and adds robotic libraries and shared drives to any Media Manager configuration. To perform theese tasks, this wizard uses device serialization. This wizard should be run on a master server.
Here is dialog box for performing Device Configuration wizard :

2. Using tpconfig command
tpconfig command can be used as a command line interface or menu interface to configure robots and drives for use with Netbackup. This command (/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/tpconfig ) starts the Media Manager Device Configuration Utility. This menu-based utility creates and modifies identitiy database in the /usr/openv/volmgr/database directory. Theses database identify the robotics and drives that are under control of ltid (the Media Manager device daemon). ltid uses these files to correlate drives in the operator's drive status display to the device files in the /dev dirctory.
Here is an example when using tpconfig command :

3. Shared Drive wizard
The Shared Drive wizard has limited usage and does not configure robots. Since this wizard does not use device serialization, it requires prior configuration details from you about your configuration before starting. For example: the names of the hosts that will share a drive, drive paths, and the robotic drive parameters and number of the robot that will control the drive.
When using this wizard you can configure only one drive at a time. This may be beneficial if you want to add an individual shared drive without disrupting the other configured drives.
VERITAS recommends the following usage:
- Use the Device Configuration wizard when possible rather than the Shared Drive
Use the Shared Drive wizard with caution after initial device configuration.

4. Using several command line
Here are the steps for configuring device on a media server :
1. login as root
2. go to /usr/openv/volmgr/bin directory

3. execute command ./vmglob -set_gdbhost
4. execute command ./tpautoconf -upgrade
5. execute command ./vmglob -listall

Here is an example command result:

# pwd
/opt/openv/volmgr/bin
# ./vmglob -set_gdbhost master
# ./tpautoconf -upgrade
The NetBackup Installer is now upgrading your device configuration database
in order to maintain compatibility with device discovery...

Finished upgrading device configuration database.
MM host name is Media3, no action required
# ./tpautoconf -a

*some materials is taken from Veritas Netbackup 5.0 Shared Storage Option
System Administrator Guide for UNIX and Windows