Adding Tape Devices to an Administrative Domain
Configuring and Managing the Administrative Domain 5-17
Configuring a Tape Drive
This section explains how to configure a tape drive for use with Oracle Secure Backup.
If the tape drive you want to configure is attached to a tape library, then you must
configure the tape library first, as described in "Configuring a Tape Library" on
page 5-14.
To configure tape drives for use with Oracle Secure Backup:
1. Disable any system software that scans and opens arbitrary SCSI targets before
adding a tape device to an administrative domain. If Oracle Secure Backup has to
contend with other system software (such as monitoring software) for access to
tape libraries and tape drives, then unexpected behavior can result.
2. From the Home page, click the Configure tab.
3. Click Devices in the Basic section to display the Devices page.
4. Click Add to add a tape device.
5. In the Device field, enter a name for the tape device.
The name must start with an alphanumeric character. It can only contain letters,
numerals, dashes, underscores, or periods. It can contain at most 127 characters.
The tape device name is of your choosing. It must be unique among all Oracle
Secure Backup device names. It is unrelated to any other name used in your
computing environment or the Oracle Secure Backup administrative domain.
6. In the Serial number field, enter the serial number of the tape drive.
This step is not required. But if you do not enter a serial number, then Oracle
Secure Backup reads and stores the tape drive serial number the first time it opens
the tape drive.
If the checkserialnumbers policy is enabled and you change the tape drive
hardware, then you must enter the serial number of the tape drive before using it.
7. In the Type list, select tape.
8. In the Status list, select one of these options:
■ in service
Select this option to indicate that the tape device is available to perform Oracle
Secure Backup backup and restore operations.
■ not in service
Select this option to indicate that the tape device is unavailable to perform
backup or restore operations.
■ auto not in service
This option indicates that the tape device is unavailable to perform backup or
restore operation and is set automatically for a failed operation.
See Also: "Adding a Tape Device Attachment" on page 5-21
See Also:
■ "Editing Device Properties" on page 5-25
■ Oracle Secure Backup Reference for more information on the
checkserialnumbers policy
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