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HP Alpha UNIX 5.x

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 drives Drives-general Interface General documents and standardization How error correction works Irvine, CA Tel 800 854 7179 or 714 261Page Introduction Backup ApplicationsIntroduction Ultrium Drives in a Library HP-UX AIX HP-UX Systems HP-UX SystemsHP Servers and Workstations-HP-UX Introduction Determining the Scsi ID For 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 drive Run insf as follows To create a device file with the following characteristics What 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 Unix What 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 Linux This should find a number of lines. One should look like Where /dev/stp is the device file Using the Seek and Tell Features of mt Linux This produces a list similar to Sun Systems, Solaris 8, 9Sun Systems, Solaris 8, 9 This will produce output similar to the following Ls -l /dev/rmt/*m grep st@X Determine the device file by typing When 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 installation Read 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 Glossary Point-to-point connection between itself and the fabric Response to a filemark commandFibre Channel switching technology Features required by that standard Glossary Glossary Index IndexAIX Index

3 HP Alpha UNIX

HP Alpha UNIX 5.x

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

PARAMETERS:

DENSITY:

MODESELECT:

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