If you use a file device, you must enter it as a directory path (the same as other device types) rather than as just a filename. The path/tmpfsis not allowed on Solaris servers.

Storage Devices and Media Types Supported by

Backup

Backup ships with the following list of supported storage devices and corresponding backup media types:
*Half-inch magnetic tape drives (himt)
*Quarter-inch cartridge tape drives (qic)
*Four-millimeter (DAT) tape drives (4mm)
*Eight-millimeter tape drives (8mm)
*Eight-millimeter five GB tape drives (8mm 5GB)
*3480 tape drives (3480)
*4890 tape drives (4890)
*9490 Timberline tape drives (9490)
*SD3 high-speed tape drives (SD3)
*Digital linear tape drives (dlt)
*VHS tape drives (VHS)
*Optical disk drives (optical)
*Magnetic disk drives (optical)
*Filesystem (file)
*dst high-speed tape drives (dst)
*dtf high-speed tape drives (dtf)
*3590 high-speed tape drives (3590)
*3570 tape drives (3570)
*Logical volumes (logical)

Standalone Device Configuration

If you have a standalone device attached to the Backup server or storage node, display the Devices resource on the Backup server and enter or change the settings in that resource's attributes.

Autochanger Device Configuration

Machines such as autochangers and silos contain several devices. The way to configure devices in a machine that contains several devices involves a number of steps, which differ depending on whether the machine is an autochanger or silo.

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