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Version	Date	Changes
Edition 6	September 2004	Generation 3 SCSI and FC drive version
Edition 6.1	December 2004	Reformatted and updated

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HP Ultrium Tape Drive manual Version Date Changes

Contents

Generation 3 drives Version Date Changes Contents Verifying the Installation Documents specific to HP Ultrium drives Purpose of this manualRelated documents Documentation map Drives-general Interface How error correction works General documents and standardization Tel 800 854 7179 or 714 261 Irvine, CAPage Ultrium Drives in a Library Backup ApplicationsIntroduction Introduction HP-UX AIX Introduction Determining the Scsi ID HP-UX SystemsHP Servers and Workstations-HP-UX HP-UX Systems Select the following Creating the Device FilesFor an HP Ultrium drive, execute the following When you have exited sam, run ioscan to see the tape drive Where To create a device file with the following characteristics Run insf as follows Hardware path can be found from previous ioscan output For compressed mode defaultWhat Next? HP-UX Systems HP Alpha Unix HP Alpha UnixHP Alpha Unix Add the following entry to your /dev/ddr.dbase file What Next? This will produce output that looks similar to Configuring the Device FilesDetermining the Scsi ID Device Filenames under AIX Determining the Scsi ID Linux Configuring on Linux SystemsLinux Linux This should find a number of lines. One should look like Using the Seek and Tell Features of mt Where /dev/stp is the device file Linux This will produce output similar to the following Sun Systems, Solaris 8, 9Sun Systems, Solaris 8, 9 This produces a list similar to Determine the device file by typing Ls -l /dev/rmt/*m grep st@X HP-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 To verify the installation Verifying the InstallationVerifying the Installation of the Drive Unix Verifying the Installation File The name of the file to archive, prefixed with ‘./’ Read the file back from tape Extract the file from the tape Compare the original with the restored versionChange to the temporary directory Verifying the Installation Glossary Glossary Features required by that standard Response to a filemark commandFibre Channel switching technology Point-to-point connection between itself and the fabric Glossary Glossary AIX IndexIndex Index