HP Ultrium Tape Drive manual Contents

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The purpose of this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Related documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Documents specific to HP Ultrium drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Documentation map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 General documents and standardization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

1 Introduction

The Purpose of this Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Ultrium Drives in a Library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Backup Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

2 HP-UX Systems

HP Servers and Workstations—HP-UX 11.x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Determining the SCSI ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Creating the Device Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

What Next?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

3 HP Alpha UNIX

HP Alpha UNIX 5.x. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 What Next? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

4 IBM (AIX)

Determining the SCSI ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Configuring the Device Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

5 Linux

Determining the SCSI ID (Linux) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Configuring on Linux Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Using the Seek and Tell Features of mt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 What Next?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

6 Sun Systems, Solaris 8, 9, 10

Determining the SCSI ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Configuring the Device Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

HP-Data Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

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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 IDCreating the Device Files For an HP Ultrium drive, execute the followingSelect 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 characteristicsFor compressed mode default What Next?Hardware 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? Configuring the Device Files Determining the Scsi IDThis 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 typingDo a reconfigure boot When the system is down, rebootHP-Data Values Values for the parameters for name are as follows Specifies the Scsi ID target of the deviceSpecifies 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 ‘./’Compare the original with the restored version Change to the temporary directoryExtract 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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