Installation guide

Configuring Your IP4700 Device for Use with Backup Software
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Configuring Veritas NetBackup Software
The following table explains the states shown above.
Performing a Test
Backup
Now that you have configured NetBackup for your standalone tape
drive, it is a good idea to perform a test backup by following these
steps:
1. From the Backup Management Policy window, click the class
you just created, and then select.
2. From the pull-down menu, select Class
→ Manual Backup.
The Manual Backup window displays the schedules and class
available for backup.
If Manual Backup is not selectable, make sure that the backup class is
active. To do this, highlight the class, then right-click and choose change.
Make sure that the Active box is checked.
3. Click the full type of backup, and then click OK.
You can check the backup progress by selecting the Activity
Monitor from the NetBackup Administration window. The tape
drive is active for a few seconds as the tape label is verified and
possibly written, but tape activity may stop for a few minutes as
the internal backup command in the IP4700 begins processing. If
the volume contains a lot of data, you may want to alter the class’
files so that you back up only a small folder (directory). The
backup should finish with status code 0, meaning good status.
When completed (successfully or not), the tape is unloaded.
State Reason
The first two drives are DOWN. Assuming everything else is set up properly,
this usually indicates a hardware problem. In
this case these two drives were removed
from the SCSI bus.
The third drive is ready and writable, but no
media ID is listed.
A blank tape is in the drive.
The fourth drive is ready and writable, and
the media ID is listed.
The drive contains a previously written
NetBackup tape.
The last drive is not ready, but is not
DOWN.
No tape is in the tape drive.