Discover New Devices

Scan for devices is used for tape devices only (and libraries/silos/VTLs). Disk device is always defined manually. You need to have disk backup option license to use it.

I got it.

The Networker documentation is excessively verbose without saying anything most of the time. The device section is 30 pages and never mentions how to add a new device other than to scan and even then it does not mention that it only applies to tape. 800+ page pdf of annoying verbosity!

Thanks for your help

It is done when you add or create a device from the gui and for device path give the absolute path to the dir_name that you want to use for the DBO and select the advance or standard file type device depending on your desire and use a block_size 256kn or >
this is all you have to do to create disk based devices

Why do you believe for disk bs of 256 or more would be good?

Hi GPX,

It is good to have backup on the SAN that is right But i think you need to check the restore also from the SAN Disc to On of the client server .I think some time it will give the error "Can't Recover the Secure Data to different System Files"



Please also reply Backto me if it will work
Thanks