HP Ultrium Tape Drive manual HP Alpha Unix, Add the following entry to your /dev/ddr.dbase file

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1.Add the following entry to your /dev/ddr.dbase file:

SCSIDEVICE

 

 

Type = tape

 

 

Name = “HP” “Ultrium”

 

#

 

 

PARAMETERS:

 

 

TypeSubClass

= lto

# Linear Tape Open

BlockSize

= 262144

 

TagQueueDepth

= 0

 

MaxTransferSize

= 0xffffff

# 16Mb - 1

ReadyTimeSeconds

= 120

# Seconds

SyncTransfers

= enabled

 

WideTransfers

= enabled

 

InquiryLength

= 0x20

 

DENSITY:

 

 

DensityNumber

= 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7

OneFileMarkOnClose

= yes

 

DensityCode

= 0x44

 

Blocking

= 0

 

CompressionCode

= 1

 

Buffered

= 1

 

Speed

= 0

 

MODESELECT:

 

 

ModeSelectNumber

= 0

 

SavePage

= No

 

PageFormat

= scsi2

 

BlockDescriptor

= yes

 

TransferLength

= 16

 

Hdr.Tape.BufferMode = 0x1

 

Hdr.MediumType

= 0

 

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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 IDFor an HP Ultrium drive, execute the following Creating the Device FilesSelect 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 characteristicsWhat Next? For compressed mode defaultHardware path can be found from previous ioscan output HP-UX Systems Add the following entry to your /dev/ddr.dbase file HP Alpha UnixHP Alpha Unix HP Alpha UnixWhat Next? Determining the Scsi ID Configuring the Device FilesThis will produce output that looks similar to 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 typingWhen the system is down, reboot Do a reconfigure bootHP-Data Values Specifies the Scsi ID target of the device Values for the parameters for name are as followsSpecifies the LUN for 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 ‘./’Change to the temporary directory Compare the original with the restored versionExtract the file from the tape 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 Index IndexAIX Index
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