HP Ultrium Tape Drive manual Introduction, Backup Applications, Ultrium Drives in a Library

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1 Introduction

The Purpose of this Manual

This manual provides basic information on configuring the drives with various operating systems.

Please see the top-level release notes that accompany the drive for expected functionality and features.

Ultrium drives are supported on the following platforms:

•HP UNIX systems (HP-UX) (Chapter 2)

•HP Alpha UNIX (Chapter 3)

•IBM (AIX) (Chapter 4)

•Linux (Chapter 5)

•Sun Systems, Solaris 8, 9, 10 (Chapter 6)

For platforms not mentioned here, please contact HP because there may be new connectivity details available that arrived after the release notes were published.

See Chapter 7 for details of how to verify the installation.

Ultrium Drives in a Library

Ultrium drives may also be used in a library. However, instructions about installing device drivers for automatic robotics are not included in this manual.

Backup Applications

For optimum performance it is important to use a backup application that supports the drive’s features within your system’s configuration. Please see the “Getting Started Guide” for more information about usage models.

The following applications are suitable for use within an enterprise environment and have been tested with Ultrium drives. They use the operating system’s standard, built-in device drivers, as

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Contents Generation 3 drives Version Date Changes Contents Verifying the Installation Documentation map Purpose of this manualRelated documents Documents specific to HP Ultrium drivesDrives-general Interface General documents and standardization How error correction worksIrvine, CA Tel 800 854 7179 or 714 261Page Introduction Backup ApplicationsIntroduction Ultrium Drives in a LibraryHP-UX AIX HP-UX Systems HP-UX SystemsHP Servers and Workstations-HP-UX Introduction Determining the Scsi IDSelect the following Creating the Device FilesFor an HP Ultrium drive, execute the following Where When you have exited sam, run ioscan to see the tape driveRun insf as follows To create a device file with the following characteristicsHardware path can be found from previous ioscan output For compressed mode defaultWhat Next? HP-UX Systems Add the following entry to your /dev/ddr.dbase file HP Alpha UnixHP Alpha Unix HP Alpha UnixWhat Next? This will produce output that looks similar to Configuring the Device FilesDetermining the Scsi ID Device Filenames under AIX Linux Configuring on Linux SystemsLinux Determining the Scsi ID LinuxThis should find a number of lines. One should look like Where /dev/stp is the device file Using the Seek and Tell Features of mtLinux This produces a list similar to Sun Systems, Solaris 8, 9Sun Systems, Solaris 8, 9 This will produce output similar to the followingLs -l /dev/rmt/*m grep st@X Determine the device file by typingHP-Data Values Do a reconfigure bootWhen the system is down, reboot Specifies the LUN for the device Values for the parameters for name are as followsSpecifies the Scsi ID target of the device Verifying the Installation Verifying the InstallationVerifying the Installation of the Drive Unix To verify the installationRead the file back from tape File The name of the file to archive, prefixed with ‘./’Extract the file from the tape Compare the original with the restored versionChange to the temporary directory Verifying the Installation Glossary GlossaryPoint-to-point connection between itself and the fabric Response to a filemark commandFibre Channel switching technology Features required by that standardGlossary Glossary AIX IndexIndex Index