ADIC Tool Storage 6-00025-01 User Manual

Accessing

Storage Devices

AMASS Version 5.3

August 2002

6-00025-01 Rev A

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Contents

Preface

Purpose of This Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P-3

Who Should Read This Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P-3

How This Book is Organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P-3

Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P-4

Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P-5

Contact Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P-5

Related Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P-6

Secured Web Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P-6

Connectivity and Media Preparation 1

Storage Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-3

Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-3

Prior to Installing AMASS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-4

Firmware Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-5

Tape Drive Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-5

Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-5

DLT Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-6

DLT 7000 Directory Fixes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-6

Prepare Media for SCSI Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-8

Load and Initialize New Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-8

Load Media into Multislot Mailbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-10

Unload Media - Multislot Mailbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-11

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Prepare Media for Network Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-11

Load and Initialize New Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-12

Unload Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-13

Useful Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-14

Library List 2

ADIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-3

Element Addressing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-4

Disable Drive Cleaning on Scalar 1000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-5

Making Scalar 1000 Operational . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-6

Load and Unload Tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-8

Load Tape into Scalar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-8

Unload Tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-9

ADIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-10

Network-attached . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-10

Load Tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-10

Unload Tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-12

Using DAS as a Library Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-13

Support for Mixed Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-13

Configure AMASS as a DAS Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-14

On the AMASS UNIX Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-14

On the AMU OS/2 PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-14

AMASS Must Manage Shared Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-16

Automated Drive Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-16

Ampex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-17

ASACA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-18

Tape Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-18

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Configure on AMASS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-18

Load and Unload Tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-18

DVD Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-19

ATL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-20

Load Tape in 520 Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-20

Unload Tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-21

Load Tape in StorLink, 2640, 7100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-21

Unload Tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-22

Overheating on 2/52 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-22

Breece Hill Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-23

Configure AMASS for Q Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-23

Magazine Positions on Q7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-23

Load Tape in Q7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-24

Unload Tape from Q7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-24

BHT Q47 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-25

Load and Unload Tape in Q47 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-25

Configure QS Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-26

Load and Unload Tape in QS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-26

COMPAQ/DEC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-27

DISC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-28

Optical Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-28

Load Optical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-28

Unload Optical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-29

CD Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-29

Load CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-29

Unload CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-30

Hewlett Packard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-31

Optical Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-31

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Load Optical in FX-600 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-31

Unload Optical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-32

Tape Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-33

Load Tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-33

Unload Tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-33

IBM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-34

Network-attached Tape Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-34

Using LMCPD as Library Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-34

Load Tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-35

Unload Tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-36

Power Outage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-37

SCSI-attached Optical Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-38

Load Optical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-38

Unload Optical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-38

SCSI-attached Tape Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-39

IDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-40

Load Optical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-40

Unload Optical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-40

Kodak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-41

Load Optical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-41

Unload Optical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-41

Maxoptix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-42

Load Optical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-42

Unload Optical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-42

MountainGate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-44

Configure AMASS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-44

Load and Unload Tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-46

Pioneer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-47

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Load CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-47

Unload CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-47

Plasmon-LMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-49

Load Optical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-49

Unload Optical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-50

Configure G Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-50

Configure LF Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-51

LF Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-51

Configure AMASS for LF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-51

Sony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-52

Optical Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-52

SCSI Addresses for WDA Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-53

Load Optical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-53

Unload Optical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-54

CD Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-54

Load CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-54

Unload CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-54

Tape Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-55

Load Tape on DMS Libraries w/o Mailbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-55

Unload Tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-55

Storage Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-57

Network- attached Tape Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-57

Load Tape in Network-attached Libraries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-57

Unload Tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-58

Using ACSLS as a Library Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-59

Support for Mixed Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-59

Client Requests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-60

SCSI-attached Tape Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-61

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Load Tape in SCSI-attached Libraries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-61

Unload Tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-62

Restrict Media Ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-62

Automatic CAP Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-62

Manual CAP Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-63

CAP Priorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-63

CAP IDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-63

Drive List 3

Ampex Tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-3

ATG Optical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-5

Configure ATG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-5

Hewlett Packard Optical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-6

Hitachi GF-2050 DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-7

IBM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-8

Tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8

Optical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-11

Kodak Optical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-12

Maxoptix Optical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-13

Panasonic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-14

Optical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-14

DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-14

Pioneer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-15

Optical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-15

CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-15

Plasmon-LMS Optical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-16

Quantum Tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-17

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Sony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-18

Optical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-18

Tri-Function Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-19

CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-19

Tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20

Factory Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-22

Configure GY-2120 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-23

Recovery Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-23

Storage Technology Tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-25

Define Tape Length for Redwood SD-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-26

Toshiba CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-28

Interface to Standalone Drives 4

Interface Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-3

How to Run the Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-3

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Preface

P

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NOTES

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Purpose of This Book

Who Should Read This Book

This book:

• Provides an alphabetical list of supported libraries and
drives

• Includes any AMASS-specific configuration, loading, and
unloading information essential for the successful archiving
of data onto media in these storage devices

• Describes how to use a special AMASS interface for
standalone drives

This book is written for the system administrator who needs to
know the following:

• Specific configuration and operation requirements for a
storage device

• How to interface AMASS with a standalone drive

How This Book is Organized

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This book contains the following chapters:

Chapter 1: Connectivity and Media
Preparation — Network- and SCSI-connections, tape

drive features, and summary of steps to prepare media for use
by AMASS

Chapter 2: Supported Libraries — Alphabetical
list of supported robotic libraries and juke boxes

Chapter 3: Supported Drives — Alphabetical list of
supported drives, including standalone drives

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Chapter 4: Interface to Standalone Drive —

How to use the Standalone Operator Interface, run with the

sysop command

Conventions

The conventions used throughout the AMASS technical books
are listed in the following table:

Convention Example

The word “library” usually includes “jukebox”
and “standalone drive” and is a generic way to
reference a storage device.

Screen text, file names, program names, and
commands are in Courier font.

The root prompt is shown as a number
symbol.

What you should type in is shown in Courier

bold font.

Site-specific variables are in a Ti me s italics
font.

A backward slash ( \ ) denotes the input is
continued onto the next line; the printed page
is just not wide enough to accommodate the
line.

If using HP SunSpot jukeboxes, install patch

1234.

Request to add a new volume:
Volume group will be “20”
Volume position will be “A123”

# su root

bulkinlet 1,2-10,21,23

tar -xvf tapedevicename

#

rsh nodename -n dd \
f=/cdrompath/amass/load.tar\
bs=20b | tar xvBfb - 20

(Type the entire command without the
backward slash.)

Pressing <Return> after each command is
assumed.

A menu name with an arrow refers to a
sequence of menus.

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Books

The CD contains the AMASS books formatted as PDF files,
which can be read by using Adobe® Acrobat® Reader®. To
download a free copy of the most recent version of Adobe®
Acrobat® Reader® software, visit the Adobe web sit at
http://www.adobe.com/.

The books described below are part of the technical
documentation set:

AMASS Overview

An introduction to AMASS (Archival
Management and Storage System).
Contains a glossary.

Accessing Storage Devices

Alphabetically lists supported libraries and
drives and provides AMASS-specific
operating information. Describes how to use
AMASS with standalone drives.

Installing AMASS

Describes: server requirements, installation
and troubleshooting procedures, and
configuration parameters.

Managing the AMASS File
System

Perform system administrative tasks with
AMASS commands and troubleshoot
problems with AMASS utilities and
scripts.

Errors and Corrective
Action

Provides corrective action for system log
errors.

Quick Reference Guide

Summarizes commands and utilities.

Contact Publications

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To make corrections or to comment on AMASS publications,
please contact Technical Publications at [e-mail].

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Related Publications

Secured Web Site

The publications described in the following table are created
and distributed on an as-needed basis:

Related

Publications

Release Notes For each version of AMASS, the Release

Notes contain:

• Summary of enhancements

•Describes:

- Fixed problems

- Known problems

Product Alerts Informs customers of technical problems

and solutions

Product Bulletins Conveys technical information — not

problems — to customers

Description

To receive access to the secured web site on the ADIC home
page containing technical product information (Release Notes,
Product Alerts, Product Bulletins, FAQs), visit
http://partners.adic.com/ and follow the password request
procedure. In return, ADIC will send instructions and a
password.

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Connectivity

and Media

Preparation

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NOTES

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Storage Systems

Connectivity

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AMASS supports a maximum of:

• 8 libraries

• 256 drives per library

• 65,000 volumes

Connectivity to storage systems include:

• SCSI-attached

• RS-232-attached

• Network-attached

• Fibre-attached

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The following figure illustrates AMASS connectivity:

Library

Jukebox

UNIX Application

Server where AMASS

Jukebox

Standalone Drive

Jukebox

Jukebox

SCSI

SWITCH

RS-232

FIBRE

BRIDGE

is installed

Network

Clients

Tip

For best performance, ADIC recommends that each standalone
drive be connected to its own SCSI host adapter board.

Prior to Installing AMASS

ADIC recommends that you connect the storage hardware
before installing AMASS. After the devices have been
connected, the AMASS installation script retrieves and displays
as much information as possible to aid in configuring AMASS.

If the storage devices are not connected, you can still install
AMASS but you must be prepared to locate the required
address information yourself.

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Firmware Levels

Tape Drive Features

Media

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For the current firmware levels for libraries, library interfaces,
and tape drives supported by AMASS, refer to the Release
Notes.

For the current tape drive features, refer to the Release Notes.

The entry for each storage device in this book describes:

• Specific loading and unloading instructions

• Specific AMASS inlet and outlet commands
These commands are connection-dependent
SCSI-attached devices use volinlet and voloutlet
commands and network-attached devices use bulkinlet
and bulkoutlet commands.

Caution

Even though you can manually insert media, you must use the
specified inlet and outlet commands to make sure the AMASS File
System Database keeps tracks of the media.

Note

AMASS assumes a compressed capacity of 2:1 ratio, but some
newer drives may have a compressed capacity of 3:1.
Consequently, the capacity displayed by the
after a

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volformat will currently show a 2:1 native GB capacity.

vollist command

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DLT Media

Tip

Manufacturing variations make “equal” tapes have variable lengths.
Consequently, AMASS does not check tape lengths before allowing
you to do the

The system administrator must make sure the source and
destination tapes are the same types.

However, AMASS will check MO and WORM lengths.

volcopy process.

Media formatted on DLT 7000 drives cannot be used by DLT
4000 drives. Currently, AMASS returns an error message
stating “Volume header verification failure.”

If your site uses both drive types, format media only on DLT
4000 drives so it can be used by both DLT 4000 and 7000
drives. As a consequence, the media will have a capacity of
25GB. (DLT 7000 tapes have a 35GB capacity.)

DLT 7000 Directory Fixes

To prevent any media or drive problems, AMASS will perform
the following tasks if a directory problem is reported by a DLT
7000 drive:

Step 1. Marks the volume INACTIVE and READONLY

and reports this action to the AMASS File System
Database.

Step 2. Prints a message to the system log stating: “E1035:

DLT drive directory error on specified
drive, on specified juke; rebuilding

directory for specified volume ....”

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Step 3. Attempts to rebuild the directory for the volume:

• If the rebuild is successful, AMASS prints the
following message to the system log: “E1036:

DLT drive directory rebuilt on
specified volume, in specified
drive, in specified juke; volume
left READONLY”

AMASS marks the volume
ACTIVE and updates the AMASS File System
Database.

• Otherwise, if the rebuild fails, AMASS prints the
following message to the system log: “E1041:

DLT drive directory NOT rebuilt on
specified volume, in specified
drive, in specified juke; volume
left INACTIVE & READONLY!”

AMASS
leaves the volume INACTIVE, and reschedules
any pending I/O requests to another volume. For
further action, call AMASS technical support.

Note

The status of the drive is not affected.

Step 4. If the rebuild is successful, use the AMASS

volcomp command on the affected media. Retire

the original media as “suspect.”

The volcomp command rewrites data on the source
volume to a different volume in the same volume
group. For more information on this command, refer
to the Command Reference chapter in Managing the
AMASS File System.

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Prepare Media for SCSI Devices

For detailed information on the commands in the following
tables, refer to the Command Reference chapter in Managing
the AMASS File System.

For detailed information on the utilities in the following tables,
refer to the Utility Reference chapter in Managing the AMASS
File System.

Load and Initialize New Media

The following table summarizes the AMASS commands
required to load and initialize media managed by AMASS in a
SCSI-attached storage system.

Step

1 volnew Create an entry in the AMASS database.

2 volinlet Load media through mailbox.

3 volloc Mark the volume “Online” in the AMASS

3A

Command

or Utility

For tracking purposes, AMASS gives the
media a unique volume number.

database.

Online = media is in storage device.

Description

Importing Media:

vgimport

NOTE: Must
have used
vgexport to
export
metadata file

cdimport Import a CD that already has data on it

Import metadata file for volume that
already has data on it

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Step

3B

3C

4 volformat

5 volstat Mark the volume “Active” in the AMASS

Command

or Utility

Description

For libraries without a mailbox:

mediamove
utility

volloc -n Mark the volume “Online” in the AMASS

Move media from drive to slot.

database

StorageTek Redwood tape drives only:

tapelength Enter the length of tape in the AMASS

database

Format the volume

NOTE: Not
valid for
CD-ROMs

NOTE: If you are using a standalone drive,
format the volume from the Standalone
Operator Interface that was run with the
sysop command. For information on this
interface, see the "Interface to Standalone

Drives" chapter.

database

• Active = allows AMASS to read and/or
write to media.

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Load Media into Multislot Mailbox

Step Command Description

For libraries with multislot mailboxes:

1 bulkinlet

volumegroup

2 bulkinlet -e

volumenumber

Assign volumes to a specified volume
group in a SCSI-attached, multislot
mailbox device

Reload existing volumes through the
multislot mailbox in a SCSI-attached
device

Volumes are marked Online in the
AMASS database.

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Unload Media - Multislot Mailbox

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Step

1 voloutlet Unload media from mailbox

2 volloc Mark the volume “Offline” in the AMASS

2A

3 volstat Mark the volume “Inactive” in the

Command

or Utility

For libraries without a mailbox:

mediamove
utility

volloc -o Mark the volume “Offline” in the AMASS

Prepare Media for Network Devices

For detailed information on the commands in the following
tables, refer to the Command Reference chapter in Managing
the AMASS File System.

Description

database

Offline = media is out of storage device

Move media from slot to drive

database

AMASS database

Inactive = AMASS
write to media

cannot

read and/or

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Load and Initialize New Media

The following table summarizes the AMASS commands
required to load and initialize media managed by AMASS in a
network-attached storage system.

Step Command Description

1 bulkinlet* Create an entry in the AMASS database

2 vollabel Enter the preprinted barcode label in the

A

and mark specified volumes “Online” in
the AMASS database

Online = media is in storage device

For tracking purposes, AMASS gives
each media a unique volume number.

AMASS database

Importing Media:

vgimport

NOTE: Must
have used
vgexport to
export
metadata file

B

StorageTek Redwood tape drives only:

tapelength Enter the length of tape in the AMASS

3 volformat

NOTE: Not
valid for
CD-ROMs

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Import metadata file for volume that
already has data on it

database

Format the volumes

NOTE: If you are using a standalone
drive, format the volume from the
Standalone Operator Interface that was
run with the sysop command. For
information on this interface, see the
"Interface to Standalone Drives" chapter.

Unload Media

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Step Command Description

4 volstat Mark the volumes “Active” in the AMASS

database

Active = allows AMASS to read and/or
write to media

* Otherwise, use the bulkload command if you: (1) Already have
media residing in the library. Typically, this happens when you install
AMASS at a site that already has volumes in an existing library. (2)
Load media manually, without using the mailbox.

Step Command Description

1 bulkoutlet

See following
NOTE.

2 volstat Mark the volumes “Inactive” in the

NOTE: To unload just one piece of media through the mailbox and
mark it “Offline” in the AMASS database, you can also use the
voloutlet command.

Unload media through mailbox. Mark
specified volumes “Offline” in the AMASS
database.

Offline = media is

AMASS database.

Inactive = AMASS
write to media

out

of storage device

cannot

read and/or

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Useful Tools

Command

or Utility

vollist
Command

init_element
Utility

medialist
Utility

Description

Lists volumes and their status.
Slot addresses appear in the
“POS” field

Determines which home
storage slots and drives
contain media

Displays the status of all the
library elements, such as drive,
mailbox, transport, and home
storage slot numbers

Slot addresses appear as a
line item, displayed as,

A03 EMPTY

,” for example.

“SLOT

More

Information

For detailed
information on the

commands,

refer
to the Command
Reference chapter
in Managing the

AMASS File
System.

For detailed
information on the

utilities,

refer to
the Utility
Reference chapter
in Managing the

AMASS File
System.

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ADIC

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The following table lists the supported Advanced Digital
Information Corporation (ADIC) models for tape media:

ADIC Scalar

for Tape

Scalar Series:

•100

• 218*

•220

•224

• 448*

•458

•480

Scalar 1000* AMASS supports AIT, DLT, and 3590 media in

Scalar 10K For newest information about the Scalar 10K,

†

• * Use the
utility to load and unload media in these
libraries.

• Scalar 100: The mailbox must be configured
for “Storage”, not “Import/Export.”

• If a Sony AIT drive is connected to an ADIC
Scalar 480 library, make sure the
Configuration Menu on the front panel is set
to “Use Sony AIT.”

this library.

NOTE: If this library has an attached AMU,
AMASS manages the library using DAS
(Distributed AML Server). For information, see

“Using DAS as a Library Interface” on

page 2-13.

refer to the Release Notes.

volloc command and mediamove

Caveats

FastStor 7 Uses a single DLT drive. Therefore, AMASS

commands that require two drives, for example,

volcopy, are not supported for this library.

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Element Addressing

Because ADIC does not support source storage element
addressing, the AMASS medialist utility cannot identify the
home storage slot for volumes in a drive.

To identify and return media from a drive to its home storage
slot, perform the following steps:

ADIC Scalar

for Tape

FastStor 22 You must configure the library as 22 slots with

† If a power outage, hang, or reboot occurs, power off the ADIC
libraries, power on the ADIC libraries, and then run the AMASS
init_element utility.

†

one Import/Export slot. To create this
configuration with the “Diagnostic Menu” on the
front panel, use the “CFG SLOTS” function.
Access the Diagnostic Menu by pressing and
holding first the NEXT button and then the
MODE button for about 5 seconds.

Caveats

Step 1. Use the mediaread utility to read the slot number

from the label as shown below and display the
output to the screen:

# cd /usr/amass/utils

Block number

Display output
to screen

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# mediaread drivenumber 0
# cat /tmp/mediaread

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Output similar to the following example is displayed
on the screen:

_AFS3❍048SALES3555¬||6SGI000000033-97062010304MDT#

Step 2. Use the mediamove utility to move the media from

the drive to its correct home storage slot.

Flip media to side A

To slot 048

Move volume number 6

# mediamove 6 048 0

For information on this utility, refer to the Utility
Reference chapter in Managing the AMASS File
System.

Disable Drive Cleaning on Scalar 1000

AMASS does not support automatic drive cleaning on the
Scalar 1000 with firmware older than level 2.10. Consequently,
the Cleaning Mode must be disabled as follows:

Step 1. Enter the Main menu by pressing the Escape

button on the operator panel.

Step 2. Scroll the Main menu using the following navigation

buttons; or .

Step 3. Select the Setup menu by pressing the Enter

button.

Step 4. Scroll the Setup menu using the navigation buttons,

and select the Cleaning menu by pressing Enter.

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Step 5. Scroll the Cleaning menu using the navigation

buttons, and select the Drives dialog box by pressing
Enter.

Step 6. Determine if the first line in the box shows that

automatic drive cleaning is disabled. If “Auto Clean:
N”, then no further action is required.

If “Auto Clean: N”, then press the Escape button
until you reach the Status Display menu (the initial
screen).

However, if the first line shows that automatic drive
cleaning is enabled, “Auto Clean: Y”, change the Y
to an N with the navigation buttons.

Move to the “ACCEPT:N” part of the screen by
pressing Enter, and change the N to a Y with the
navigation buttons.

Step 7. Save the changed cleaning state by pressing Enter.

Step 8. Press Escape until you reach the Status Display

menu (the initial screen).

Making Scalar 1000 Operational

The Scalar 1000 cannot inform the AMU of its status.
Therefore, if a Scalar 1000 has been taken offline, return the
library to an operational state by performing the following
steps:

The AMU polls the Scalar 1000 at regular intervals to
determine the operational status.

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The Scalar 1000 is taken OFFLINE-NOT READY perhaps
because a door is open. The AMU automatically stops polling
the AML/S whenever the library is offline.

Step 1. Close the door, or take the appropriate steps to get

the library to the ONLINE READY state.

Step 2. Inventory the Scalar 1000 to ensure that only valid

database information is uploaded.

Although the Scalar 1000 becomes operational, the
AMU cannot initiate polling.

Step 3. Run the HOME command from the AMU to establish

communication with the Scalar 1000.

Step 4. Activate polling by running the STATUS command

with the appropriate option to select the correct
robot.

After the Scalar 1000 is online, the database is automatically
uploaded.

Note

If the Scalar 1000 is not inventoried in Step 1., the AMU database
will contain invalid status information. Consequently, you must
erase the AMU database and then recreate the database to clear
this condition. (When changing the AMU configuration or database,
stop the communication between the AMU and the Scalar 1000.)

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Load and Unload Tape

Use the volloc command and mediamove utility to load and
unload media in the libraries; exceptions are noted below. For
instructions, see “Prepare Media for Network Devices” on
page 1-11. For information on this utility, refer to the Utility
Reference chapter in Managing the AMASS File System.

Load Tape into Scalar

For instruction on preparing media for use by AMASS, see
either:

“Prepare Media for SCSI Devices” on Page 1-8.

“Load Media into Multislot Mailbox” on Page 1-10.

Step 1. Load media using the volinlet command.

Step 2. Load media into the mailslot so the barcode for side

A is nearest to the top.

Top of Mailslot

Side A

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4
5
C
7
8
A

B
8
7
C
5

4

Unload Tape

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Outlet media only when media does not reside in the mailbox.

Step 1. Unload media using the voloutlet command.

Step 2. Remove the media after the library moves the

volume to the mailbox.

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ADIC

Network-attached

Supported ADIC storage devices include both network-attached
and SCSI-attached libraries.

The following table lists supported network-attached models for
tape and optical media:

ADIC Models Caveats

Load Tape

•AML/2

•AML/E

•AML/J

S10K

AMASS manages these libraries using DAS
(Distributed AML Server) on the OS/2 PC. For
information, see “Using DAS as a Library

Interface” on page 2-13.

For instruction on preparing media for use by AMASS, see

“Prepare Media for Network Devices” on page 1-11.

Step 1. Use the bulkload command if your library already

contains volumes that the library interface knows
about but AMASS does not.

Otherwise, use the bulkinlet command. Both
commands perform the following tasks:

• Loads multiple volumes

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• Creates an entry in the AMASS database and
populates the entry with a unique volume
number (assigned by AMASS), a preprinted
barcode, and a volume group assignment

• Marks the volumes Online

For specific command options,refer to the Command
Reference chapter in Managing the AMASS File
System.

Step 2. Determine the volume placement. Loading media

into the mailslot (known as the EIF on the AML)
depends on whether volumes are placed vertically or
horizontally.

• For horizontal placement—place the media into
the mailslot so the barcode for side A is closest
to the right.

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• For vertical placement—place the media into the
mailslot so the barcode for side A is nearest to
the top.

Vertical Placement

Horizontal Placement

Side A

4
5
C
7
8
A

B

Side B

8
7
C
5

4

Side B

4

5C7

8

B

A

Side A

4

5

C

7

8

Unload Tape

Outlet media only when media does not reside in the mailboxes.

Step 1. Use the bulkoutlet command to unload and mark

the volume Offline in the AMASS database.

Note

If you specify more volumes with the

bulkoutlet command than the number of

available mailboxes, AMASS waits until all
mailboxes are cleared before continuing.

Step 2. Remove the media after the library has moved the

volume to the mailbox.

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Using DAS as a Library Interface

AMASS manages the AML through Distributed AML Server
(DAS). DAS is an ADIC software product with both client and
server components.

• The server component is installed on the Archive
Management Unit (AMU).

• The client component is embedded in the AMASS software
and is installed when you install AMASS.

Support for Mixed Media

AMASS supports mixed media in a network-attached AML
using DAS. During the AMASS installation, configure each
different media type with its own authorization string for the
two logical libraries. For example, if your AML contains both
DLT and 3590 media, configure AMASS with two
authorization strings. For installation script information, refer to
Mixed Media in Installing AMASS.

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.

UNIX Server

DAS

Mixed media in AML

AMU library interface
installed on OS/2 PC

Clients

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AMASS

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Configure AMASS as a DAS Client

AMASS must be identified as a DAS client. This requires that
tasks be performed on both the UNIX server and on the OS/2
PC. See the following instructions:

On the AMASS UNIX Server

The steps to configure AMASS as a DAS client on the UNIX
server follows.

AMASS uses the configured JUKEBOX numbers from the
installation script to generate default ranges for the EIF (eject
and insert mailboxes) IDs. For example:

- JUKEBOX #1 uses E01 and I01

- JUKEBOX #2 uses E02 and I02

- JUKEBOX #10 uses E10 and I10

Step 1. To change these defaults, modify the

/usr/amass/.juke/eif_file_jukebox-

number file.

Step 2. Restart AMASS after modifying the .juke files.

On the AMU OS/2 PC

The steps to configure AMASS as a DAS client on the OS/2 PC
follows.

Step 1. Set both the EIF and home storage slots to AMU

Dynamic

.

Step 2. Configure the following information found in the

\das\etc\config file:

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• Enter the AMASS client name. To generate this
client name, run the following command on the
UNIX server where AMASS is installed:

# echo “amass‘uname -n | awk

-F. ’{print $1}’ ‘”

client_name = amassrockies

• Enter the address for AMASS. This address is
located in the /etc/hosts file on the UNIX
server, where AMASS is installed.

# /etc/hosts

ip_address = 192.168.30.211

• The remaining options for the AMASS client
should always be defined as follows:

requests = complete

avc

options =

dismount

volumes = ALL

drives = ALL

inserts = ALL

ejects = ALL

ALL

scratchpools =

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AMASS Must Manage Shared Drives

If more than one client (besides AMASS) is sharing a drive
through DAS, the drives must be allocated to AMASS for the

install_tests script to successfully complete.

• To determine which client currently has the drive, select an
OS/2 window on the PC, change to the DAS\bin directory,
and use the following command option.

cd \DAS\bin

DASADMIN listd

• To allocate the management of the drive to AMASS, run the

DASADMIN command with the DOWN option and then use the
UP option with the specified AMASS drive name and client

name. In our example below, the AMASS client name is

amassrockies and the drive name is Optical01.

DASADMIN allocd Optical01 DOWN client2name

DASADMIN allocd Optical01 UP amassrockies

Automated Drive Cleaning

To use automated drive cleaning by AMASS, disable DAS drive
cleaning in the \das\etc\config file by commenting out any
cleaning-related configuration information. For information on
automated drive cleaning, refer to “driveclean” in the Command
Reference chapter in Managing the AMASS File System.

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Ampex

Accessing Storage Devices

The following table lists the supported models for tape media:

Ampex for

Tape

DST Models:

• 412

• 712

• 812

Caveats

• For successful operation by AMASS, the drives
in these libraries must be in sequential order.
For example, you cannot have drives 1, 2, and

4. They must be in sequential order; 1, 2, 3, 4.

• If the drives are not at full capacity, the

mediamove and medialist utilities will not

work correctly.

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ASACA

Tape Storage

Supported ASACA libraries include the following models for
tape media.

The following table lists the supported models for tape media:

Configure on AMASS

Load and Unload Tape

ASACA

for Tape

•V-120

•V-240

• D-360

• D-480

• N-300

• N-540

• The mediamove utility will move media from a drive

to a home storage slot and from one home storage
slot to another. Use the library’s command for
handling the mailslot door.

• If the medialist utility returns “UNKNOWN”

instead of indicating a slot is either FULL or EMPTY,
run the init_element utility to update the library’s
database and then rerun medialist.

Caveats

Solaris only: If you are using the isp SCSI bus adapter, disable
the wide transfer parameter in the SCSI passthrough driver
AAPjuke’s configuration file. For instructions, refer to the

/usr/kernel/drv/juke.conf file after installing AMASS.

Step 1. Inactivate the AMASS system with the amassstat

command before adding or removing media to
prevent the transport mechanism from moving.

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DVD Storage

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Step 2. Use the mediamove utility to load and unload

media. For information on this utility, refer to the
Utility Reference chapter in Managing the AMASS
File System. and see “Prepare Media for SCSI

Devices” on Page 1-8.

To manually open the door of the library, refer to your specific
library manual.

The following table lists the supported models for DVD-RAM
media:

ASACA for DVD

• AM-250

• AM-750

• AM-1450

Note

ONLY two-sided DVD-RAM media are supported

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ATL

The following table lists the supported Automated Tape Library
(ATL) products for tape media:

ATL for Tape

Load Tape in 520 Series

520 Series:

-2/28

-2/52

-4/52

StorLink Series:

-3/528

-6/528

-9/440

- 18/176

2640 Series:

-3/2640

-6/176

-9/88

7100 Series:

-2/68

-4/68

-7/68

-2/100

-4/100

-7/100

For instruction on preparing media for use by AMASS, see

“Prepare Media for SCSI Devices” on page 1-8.

Step 1. Load media using the volinlet command.

Note

This command is valid only for media entered in the
top slot, even though the library has four mailboxes.

Step 2. Press <OPEN> and insert the media.

Step 3. Press <CLOSE> to close the mailbox.

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Step 4. Respond yes to the prompt after the library is

Unload Tape

Outlet media only when media does not reside in the mailbox.

Step 1. Unload media using the voloutlet command.

Step 2. Remove the media after the library has moved the

Load Tape in StorLink, 2640, 7100

Note

7100 7/68 and 7/100 only: From the control panel, disable
“Auto Inventory.”

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online.

volume to the mailbox.

If you fail to disable this parameter, AMASS returns “an

internal error”

message when you attempt to load
media. And, if you view the status of elements in the library
with the AMASS medialist utility, it returns a

0x2/0x4/0x2 sense code error.

For instruction on preparing media for use by AMASS, see

“Load Media into Multislot Mailbox” on Page 1-10.

For instruction on preparing media for use by AMASS, see

“Prepare Media for SCSI Devices” on Page 1-8.

Step 1. Push the green button to open the mailbox. Insert the

media, and close the port.

Step 2. Respond yes to the prompt.

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Unload Tape

Overheating on 2/52

Outlet media only when media does not reside in the mailbox.

Step 1. Unload media using the voloutlet command.

Step 2. Remove the media after the library moves the

volume to the mailbox.

Overheating affects the operation of this library in the following
ways:

SCSI

Temperature Result

Sense

Code

86.0 F Warning message appears. Behavior
of the library is unpredictable.

96.8 F AMASS functions are disabled. For

example, the medialist utility fails.

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4 88 01

Breece Hill Technologies

The following table lists the supported models for tape media:

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BHT for Tape

Q Series:

-2.15

-7

-47

Configure AMASS for Q Series

Configure the parameters on AMASS for the Q Series as shown
below:

AMASS Parameter Value

MINLTIME 30

MAXLTIME 300

Magazine Positions on Q7

The magazine positions on the Q7 carousel are logically
numbered 0 through 3 (corresponding to home storage slots
beginning with A through D, respectively).

QS Series:

-70

-140

-210

Note

Although the home storage slots in the magazine are logically
numbered from 0 through 6, AMASS references the slots from 1
through 7.

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Load Tape in Q7

For instruction on preparing media for use by AMASS, see

“Prepare Media for SCSI Devices” on page 1-8.

Step 1. Load media using the volinlet command.

Step 2. Slide the mailbox door open after the “Door

Unlocked

” message displays on the control panel.

Step 3. Insert media into the correct magazine home storage

slot. Slide the mailbox door closed.

To lock the mailbox door, press <MENU> on the
control panel. The library may reinitialize itself at
this point.

Step 4. Respond yes to the prompt.

Unload Tape from Q7

Step 1. Use the voloutlet command to unload media.

The library moves the correct magazine to the
mailbox.

Step 2. Slide the mailbox door open after the “Door

Unlocked

” message displays.

Step 3. Remove the exposed magazine from the library.

Slide the mailbox door closed.

To lock the mailbox door, press <MENU> on the
control panel. The library may reinitialize itself at
this point.

Step 4. Respond yes to the prompt.

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BHT Q47

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The following table shows the relationships between the
physical numbers of the home storage slots and the AMASS
slot numbering system.

When you open the front door of the library, there is a
four-sided carousel with a top half consisting of four, removable
seven-slot magazines and a bottom half of four sets of eight
fixed slots. Each side of the carousel has a number label on it,
ranging from zero through three.

The following table lists the home storage slot numbers:

Magazine Slots

Side 0, Magazine Slots 0 - 6 A01 - A07

Side 1, Magazine Slots 0 - 6 A08 - A14

Side 2, Magazine Slots 0 - 6 A15 - A21

Side 3, Magazine Slots 0 - 6 A22 - A28

Fixed Slots

Side 0, Fixed Slots 0 - 7 A29 - A36

Side 1, Fixed Slots 0 - 7 A37 - A44

Side 2, Fixed Slots 0 - 7 A45 - A52

Side 3, Fixed Slots 0 - 7 A53 - A60

Load and Unload Tape in Q47

For instruction on preparing media for use by AMASS, see

“Prepare Media for SCSI Devices” on page 1-8.

Q47 Slot Number

Slot Address, Minimum

Configuration

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Step 1. Determine the correct step to perform; for magazine

Step 2. For magazine slots: Use the front panel of the

Step 3. For fixed slots: Open the front door and turn the

Configure QS Series

The following configuration is done from the touch screen
located on the front of the QS Series library:

slots or fixed slots. See the following steps:

library and the AMASS mediamove utility.

carousel to the desired side.

Library Parameter Value

Library configuration Mode 1

First import and export magazine Import only

Second import and export magazine Export only

Load and Unload Tape in QS

Step 1. Load media using the volinlet command.

The library moves the volume to its home storage
slot.

Step 2. Unload media using the voloutlet command.

Step 3. Remove the media after the library has moved the

volume to the mailbox.

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COMPAQ/DEC

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The following table lists the supported Compaq Computer
Corporation (formerly Digital Equipment Corporation) models
for tape media:

Compaq/DEC for Tape

DS Series:

- TL893

- TL895

- TL896

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DISC

Optical Storage

Supported DISC libraries include models for both optical and
CD media.

The following table lists the supported models for optical
media:

Load Optical

DISC for

Optical*

D Series:

•20

•40

• 150-U Orion

• 245 Orion

• 280-U Orion

• 525 Orion

• 525-U Orion

• 1050 Orion

U = upgradable

The number of home storage slots depends
on the number of installed drives. To
determine the number of storage slots, use
the number that displays during the
installation process. Slot addresses usually
start at “001” and increase sequentially until
the total number equals the number displayed
during installation.

Caveats

For instruction on preparing media for use by AMASS, see

“Prepare Media for SCSI Devices” on page 1-8.

Step 1. Load media using the volinlet command.

Step 2. Wait for prompt then open the mailbox door and

insert media with side A facing left.

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Unload Optical

CD Storage

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After you respond yes to the prompt, the library
moves the media to its home storage slot.

Outlet media only when media does not reside in the mailbox.

Step 1. Unload media using the voloutlet command.

Step 2. Remove the media after the library has moved the

volume to the mailbox.

The following table lists the supported models for CD media:

DISC for CD

D Series:

- 210-U1

- 300-1

- 300-U1

- 420-U1

- 600-2

- 630-1

- 1260-2

Load CD

For instruction on preparing media for use by AMASS, see

“Prepare Media for SCSI Devices” on page 1-8.

Load media using the volinlet command.

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Unload CD

Outlet media only when media does not reside in the mailbox.

Step 1. Unload media using the voloutlet command.

Step 2. Remove the media after the library has moved the

volume to the mailbox.

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Hewlett Packard

Optical Storage

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Supported H-P storage devices include both optical and tape
libraries.

The following table lists the supported models for optical
media:

H-P Optical

SureStore FX Series:
(2.6 GB)

Load Optical in FX-600

SureStore MX Series:
(9.1 GB)

- 220

- 300

- 600

- 700

- 1200

- 2200

-40

-80

-160

-200

-330

-600

SureStore EX Series:
(5.2 GB)

-80

-125

-160

-320

-400

-660

- 1200

For instruction on preparing media for use by AMASS, see

“Prepare Media for SCSI Devices” on page 1-8.

Step 1. Load media using the volinlet command.

Step 2. Push <LOAD> on the front panel of the library and

insert media with side A up.

NOTE: After about 20 seconds, the door

automatically closes.

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Unload Optical

If successful, the front panel displays a "Load Slot xx --

DO NOT press ENTER"

message.

NOTE: However, if unsuccessful, the library may

load the volume in a home storage slot
different from the position you entered.

If this happens, use the mediamove utility to
move the volume to the correct home storage
slot.

For information on this utility, refer to the
Utility Reference chapter in Managing the
AMASS File System.

Outlet media only when media does not reside in the mailbox.

Step 1. Unload media using the voloutlet command.

Step 2. Remove the media after the library has moved the

volume to the mailbox.

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Tape Storage

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The following table lists the supported models for tape media:

H-P for Tape

Load Tape

Unload Tape

SureStore DLT 15-slot Series:

- 4115

- 4215

- 4228

- 4448

- 7115

- 7215

- 7448

SureStore E Series:

- E 3/30

- E 6/100

- E 10/558

- E 20/700

For instruction on preparing media for use by AMASS, see

“Prepare Media for SCSI Devices” on page 1-8.

Load media using the volinlet command.

After you insert media with side A up, the library
moves the media to its home storage slot.

Outlet media only when media does not reside in the mailbox.

Step 1. Unload media using the voloutlet command.

Step 2. Remove the media after the library has moved the

volume to the mailbox.

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IBM

Supported IBM storage devices include both network-attached
and SCSI-attached libraries.

Network-attached Tape Storage

The following table lists the supported network-attached
models for tape media:

IBM for

Tape

3494 • AMASS supports one tower with a maximum of two

drives in the tower.

• NOTE: AMASS manages this library using LMCPD.
See “Using LMCPD as Library Interface” on

Page 2-34.

• Because the IBM 3494 has native drive cleaning
capabilities, automated drive cleaning by AMASS is
not applicable. To schedule drive cleaning, refer to
your IBM documentation.

Using LMCPD as Library Interface

Identify AMASS as a client to the IBM 3494 with the LMCPD
software on the PC. A summary of configuration steps follows:

Step 1. Using the LMCPD GUI, select commands›LAN

options➝Add LAN host. A menu similar to what is

shown in the following illustration appears:

Caveats

Host alias

_______________

(optional):

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Host IP address: _______________

Host Name: _______________

Step 2. Enter a valid IP address and host name for AMASS.

Step 3. Press <OK> to save the information.

For specific information on installing and
configuring LMCPD library interface, refer to your
IBM documentation.

For instruction on preparing media for use by AMASS, see

“Prepare Media for Network Devices” on page 1-11.

Step 1. Use the bulkload command if your library already

contains volumes that the library interface knows
about but AMASS does not.

Otherwise, use the bulkinlet command. Both
commands perform the following tasks:

• Loads multiple volumes

• Creates an entry in the AMASS database and
populates the entry with a unique volume
number (assigned by AMASS), a preprinted
barcode, and a volume group assignment

• Marks the volumes Online

For specific command options, refer to the Command
Reference chapter in Managing the AMASS File
System.

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Unload Tape

Step 2. Place media into the mailbox with the barcode

facing the picker and close the sliding door. The
picker scans the volumes in the mailboxes and
moves the volumes to their home storage slots.
Make sure this completes before going to the next
step.

Outlet media only when media does not reside in the mailbox.

Step 1. Use the bulkoutlet command to unload and mark

the volume Offline in the AMASS database.

NOTE: If you specify more volumes with the

bulkoutlet command than the

number of available mailslots, AMASS
waits until all mailslots are cleared
before continuing.

Step 2. Remove the media after the library has moved

each volume from its home storage slot to the
mailbox.

ADIC has found the following situations typically cause
AMASS to hang when you try to remove media or cause an
error that indicates hardware intervention is required:

• The I/O port has not closed; manually close it.

• See if a cleaning cycle has started on the same
drive that AMASS is attempting to dismount.

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Power Outage

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If the IBM 3494 experiences a temporary power
outage, but the server has not gone down, the
following error message may display in syslog.

If it does not appear, it will appear after you enter the
stop command in Step 2:

Jukebox 1 LMCPD Server is not
active, please start.

Step 1. Enter the following to recycle the Library Manager

Control Point Daemon (LMCPD) after power is
restored to the hardware:

# sh /etc/init.d/ibm3494 stop

# sh /etc/init.d/ibm3494 start

After the lmcpd daemon starts, the following
message appears in syslog:

IBM Automated Tape Library Daemon
Loaded

Step 2. Rerun the AMASS command, if one was in

progress.

If you were using the bulkinlet command when
the library lost power:

- Remove the media from the port

- Close the port

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- Reinsert the media into the port

-Run the bulkinlet command again

SCSI-attached Optical Storage

The following table lists the supported SCSI-attached models
for optical media:

IBM for Optical

3995 Series:

-C60

-C62

-C64

-C66

-C68

Load Optical

For instruction on preparing media for use by AMASS, see

“Prepare Media for SCSI Devices” on page 1-8.

Load media using the volinlet command.

After you insert media with side A up, the library
moves the media to its home storage slot.

Unload Optical

Outlet media only when media does not reside in the mailbox.

Step 1. Unload media using the voloutlet command.

Step 2. Remove the media after the library has moved the

media to the mailbox.

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SCSI-attached Tape Storage

The following table lists the supported SCSI-attached models
for tape media:

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IBM for

Tape

Magstar MP:

3570 C
Series

Magstar MP:

3575 L
Series

Caveats

• Supported: Base configuration, which is
Random Mode

• Not supported: Stacker Mode and Multi-host
Mode

• Drive cleaning is performed by the library, not
AMASS

NOTE: On the MP 3570, slot 1 is the mailbox;
therefore, slot 19 in the library appears as slot 20
on AMASS output.

• Supported: dual picker

• Not supported: Multi-host Mode

• Drive cleaning is performed by the library, not
AMASS

NOTE: During AMASS installation, the 3575
libraries use LUN (logical unit number) 1.

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IDE

The following table lists the supported models for optical
media:

IDE for Optical Caveats

Load Optical

Unload Optical

Multi Series:

• 7220

• 8034

• 8734

Because these libraries are responsible for
ejecting the media from the drives as part of
a media move operation, enable the
Changer Ejects option. For instructions on
enabling this option, refer to the hardware
manual for your specific IDE model.

For instruction on preparing media for use by AMASS, see

“Prepare Media for SCSI Devices” on page 1-8.

Load media using the volinlet command.

After you insert media with the nonopening or label
end first, side A up, the library moves the media to its
home storage slot.

Step 1. Unload media using the voloutlet command.

Step 2. Remove the media after the library has moved the

volume to the mailbox.

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Kodak

Load Optical

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The following table lists the supported models for optical
media:

Kodak for Optical

ADL Series:

- 556

- 5160

The inlet procedures are the same for all models.

For instruction on preparing media for use by AMASS, see

“Prepare Media for SCSI Devices” on page 1-8.

Load media using the volinlet command.

After you insert media, the library moves the media
to its home storage slot.

Unload Optical

Outlet media only when media does not reside in the mailbox.

Step 1. Unload media using the voloutlet command.

Step 2. Remove the media after the library has moved the

volume to the mailbox.

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Maxoptix

The following table lists the supported models for optical
media:

Maxoptix for Optical Caveats

Load Optical

Unload Optical

MX Series:

• 520*

• 540*

• 5258

MX Series:

• 620

• 640

• 6126

• 6202

• 6278

* When using the AMASS
mediamove utility, wait until the
library beeps before placing a platter
in the mailslot.

AMASS supports a maximum of two
Maxoptix T6-5200 drives.

For instruction on preparing media for use by AMASS, see

“Prepare Media for SCSI Devices” on page 1-8.

Load media using the volinlet command.

Outlet media only when media does not reside in the mailbox.

Step 1. Unload media using the voloutlet command.

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NOTE: MX520 and MX540 only: Press

<UP> to move the platter into the
mailslot when the LED on the
library so instructs.

Step 2. Remove the media from the mailbox.

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MountainGate

The following table lists the supported MountainGate (formerly
Metrum) models for tape media.

MountainGate for Tape

Configure AMASS

• D-360

• D-480

• D-900

•N-300

•N-540

Step 1. Configure the parameters for this device as shown in

the following table:

Parameter Value

MINLTIME 10

MAXLTIME 300

Step 2. Attach the MountainGate to any TTY port on the

AMASS server.

Step 3. Write down the port number. The script asks you to

enter this TTY port. __________

Step 4. Select from the following additional

platform-specific instructions; AIX, IRIX, and
Solaris:

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2

AIX only: If the library configured in AMASS is
connected to a TTY port, disable the getty on that
port—if it is not already—by entering the following
command

# smit chgtty

When the smit menu appears, select the following:

Field Value

TTY Device select appropriate device

Under Change/Show TTY Program:

Name of initial program to

run

Enable Program OFF

[]

IRIX only: If the library configured in AMASS is
connected to a TTY port, disable the getty on that
port—if it is not already—by editing the

/etc/inittab file. Find the statement referencing

the TTY port where the library is connected and
make sure the word off is in the first field. For
example, if the library is connected to TTY port 2,
the entry would be as shown as follows:

TTY port is “off ”

# cd /etc/inittab

~
t2:23:off: /sbin/getty -N ttyd2 co_9600 # port
~

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Load and Unload Tape

Solaris only: If the library configured in AMASS is
connected to a TTY port, disable the ttymon getty
on that port—if it is not already—by using the
admintool/serial port manager. For
information on using this tool, refer to your Sun
administration manual.

Solaris only: If you are using the isp SCSI bus
adapter, disable the wide transfer parameter in
the SCSI passthrough driver AAPjuke’s
configuration file. For instructions, refer to the

/usr/kernel/drv/juke.conf file.

For instruction on preparing media for use by AMASS, see

“Prepare Media for SCSI Devices” on page 1-8.

Step 1. Inactivate the AMASS system with the amassstat

command before adding or removing media to
prevent the transport mechanism from moving.

Step 2. Load and unload media by manually opening the

door of the library. For a description of the door
operations, refer to your specific library manual.

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Pioneer

Load CD

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The following table lists the supported models for CD media:

Pioneer for CD

DRM Series:

• 1004X

• 5004X

For instruction on preparing media for use by AMASS, see

“Prepare Media for SCSI Devices” on page 1-8.

Step 1. Move the transport to the mailbox with the AMASS

mediamove utility.

For information on this utility, refer to the Utility
Reference chapter in Managing the AMASS File
System.

Step 2. Insert media into the mailbox with the AMASS

volinlet command.

Step 3. Move media from the transport to a home storage

slot with the AMASS mediamove utility.

Unload CD

Outlet media only when media does not reside in the mailbox.

Step 1. Move media from the home storage slot to the

transport with the AMASS mediamove utility.

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Step 2. Move the transport to the mailbox with the AMASS

mediamove utility.

Step 3. Remove media with the AMASS voloutlet

command.

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Plasmon-LMS

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The following table lists the supported models for optical
media:

Plasmon for Optical

680 Series:

- RF20J

- RF46J

- RF92J

- RF138J

- RF240J

695 Series:

- RF22J

- RF30J

- RF60J

- RF120J

- RF180J

- RF300J

1800 Series:

-ASM-123W

-ASM-149W

694 Series:

-RF20J

-RF26J

LMS Series:

- LF-6600

- LF-6602

G Series

- G164

- G238

- G638

Load Optical

For instruction on preparing media for use by AMASS, see

“Prepare Media for SCSI Devices” on page 1-8.

Step 1. Load media using the volinlet command.

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Unload Optical

Step 2. Open the mailbox by pressing the button on the right

side of the front panel.

Step 3. Insert media into the home storage slot with the

nonlabel end first, side A up.

Step 1. Enable the “Changer Ejects” option (because the

library unloads media from the drive.).

For instructions on enabling this option, refer to the
hardware manual for your specific model.

Step 2. Unload media using the voloutlet command.

Step 3. Remove the volume from the drive.

Step 4. Close the mailbox by pressing the right hand button

again.

Step 5. Press <RETURN> when prompted by the library.

Configure G Series

To successfully work with AMASS, configure the following
parameters in the Change Options submenu of the Setup
Library menu:

• Changer Ejects: No

• Wait on Load: No

• Open on Export: No

• Address Scheme: 1

• Enable Mail Slot: Yes

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Configure LF Model

LF Firmware

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• Enable Magazine: Yes

To successfully work with AMASS, configure the following
parameters on the LMS library:

Library Parameter Value

Autoload MRU

Load SW Disabled

The following firmware levels (and earlier) require an upgrade
from Plasmon LMS:

Firmware Level Firmware Level

DPC 350729 RWSB 450816

RWSA 450816 WOODI 050728

Configure AMASS for LF

During the AMASS installation process when the script asks for
the SCSI addresses, the Plasmon LMS autochanger consists of
one target ID, which is the drive target ID.

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Sony

Optical Storage

Supported Sony storage devices include optical, CD, and tape
models.

The following table lists the supported models for optical
media:

Sony for Optical Caveats

OSL Series:

• 2500

• 10000

• 15000

• 25000 AMASS supports a maximum of 4 drives.

WDA Series:

•E-330

• E-930 AMASS supports a maximum of 4 drives.

AMASS supports a maximum of 2 drives.

AMASS supports one drive. Therefore
AMASS commands that require two drives,
for example,
library.

volcopy, are not valid for this

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SCSI Addresses for WDA Series

Use the following table for specific SCSI address requirements
when configuring AMASS:

WDA Series SCSI Address

E-330 • One target ID for the library

E-930 • One target ID

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• One target ID for each drive in the library

For specific information about SCSI
addresses, refer to either the

Writable Disk Auto Changer User’s Guide

the

Sony WDA-610 Specifications and

Operating Instructions

• Each drive is identified by the LUN
assigned to it

manual.

Sony WDA-330

or to

For specific information about SCSI
addresses, refer to the

Writable Disk Auto Changer User’s Guide

Sony WDA-930

.

Load Optical

For instruction on preparing media for use by AMASS, see

“Prepare Media for SCSI Devices” on page 1-8.

Step 1. Load media using the volinlet command.

Step 2. Insert media into the mailbox, A side up.

NOTE: WDA E-330 and E-930 only:

Push <IN> and insert the media, side A
up, into the port to open the inlet port.
The library moves the media to its
home storage slot.

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Unload Optical

CD Storage

Outlet media only when media does not reside in the mailbox.

Step 1. Unload media using the voloutlet command.

Step 2. Remove the media after the library has moved the

volume to the mailbox.

The following table lists the supported models for CD media:

Sony for CD

CDL Series:

- 2100

- 2200

Load CD

For instruction on preparing media for use by AMASS, see

“Prepare Media for SCSI Devices” on page 1-8.

Load media using the volinlet command.

Unload CD

Outlet media only when media does not reside in the mailbox.

Step 1. Unload media using the voloutlet command.

Step 2. Remove the media after the library has moved the

volume to the mailbox.

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Tape Storage

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The following table lists the supported models for tape media:

Sony for Tape Caveats

DMS Series:

•B9

•B35

•24

• PetaSite 8400

• PetaSite 8800

Load Tape on DMS Libraries w/o Mailbox

Step 1. Press <Door Open> on the upper left corner of the

DMS library.

Step 2. Create an entry in the File System Database by using

the volnew slot volumelabel jukeboxnumber
command.

AMASS assigns the media a unique volume number.

Step 3. Mark the media online in the Database by using

volloc -n volnumber.

Step 4. Close the door on the DMS library.

NOTE: AMASS does not support the

Sony ADI-1150 drive.

Unload Tape

Step 1. Take the media offline by using volloc -o

volnumber.

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Step 2. Press <Door Open> on the upper left corner of the

DMS library.

Step 3. Take the volume out of the mailbox.

Step 4. Close the door on the DMS library.

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Storage Technology

Supported Storage Technology storage devices include both
network-attached and SCSI-attached libraries.

Network- attached Tape Storage

The following table lists the supported network-attached
models for tape media:

StorageTek

Network-attached for

Tape

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Caveats

• Silo ACS 4400

• PowderHorn ACS 9310

• WolfCreek ACS 9360

Load Tape in Network-attached Libraries

For instruction on preparing media for use by AMASS, see

“Prepare Media for Network Devices” on page 1-11.

Step 1. Use the bulkload command if your library already

contains volumes that the library interface knows
about but AMASS does not.

Otherwise, use the bulkinlet command. Both
commands perform the following tasks:

• Loads multiple volumes

AMASS manages all these libraries
using Automatic Cartridge System
Library Software (ACSLS) for
StorageTek. See “Using ACSLS as a

Library Interface” on Page 2-59.

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• Creates an entry in the AMASS database and
populates the entry with a unique volume
number (assigned by AMASS), a preprinted
barcode, and a volume group assignment

• Marks the volumes Online

For specific command options, refer to the Command
Reference chapter in Managing the AMASS File
System.

Step 2. Place media into the mailbox with the barcode

facing the picker and close the sliding door.

The picker scans the volumes in the mailboxes and
moves the volumes to their home storage slots. Make
sure this completes before going to the next step.

Unload Tape

Outlet media only when media does not reside in the mailbox.

Step 1. Use the bulkoutlet command to unload and mark

the volume Offline in the AMASS database.

NOTE: If you specify more volumes with the

bulkoutlet command than the

number of available mailslots, AMASS
waits until all mailslots are cleared
before continuing.

Step 2. Remove the media after the library has moved

each volume from its home storage slot to the
mailbox.

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Using ACSLS as a Library Interface

AMASS manages the Storage Technology libraries through
Automatic Cartridge System Library Software (ACSLS).

For specific information on installing and configuring ACSLS,
refer to your StorageTek documentation.

AMASS-specific information is described in the following
section.

Note

Beginning with AMASS Version 4.11, two separate StorageTek
libraries that have two separate ACSLS hosts are supported.

Support for Mixed Media

AMASS supports mixed media in a network-attached ACS
using ACSLS. During the AMASS installation, configure each
different media type with its own authorization string for the
two logical libraries.

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For example, if your ACS contains both DLT and 3590 media,
configure AMASS with two authorization strings.

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For installation script information, refer to “Mixed Media” in
Installing AMASS.

UNIX Server

Client Requests

ACSLS

Mixed media in

StorageTek

ACSLS library interface

Clients

AMASS

The ACSLS accepts network-wide requests from the respective
CSC client software running on various client machines.

This client software is implemented via an ssi daemon process
started from a special startup script (usually /etc/init.d/stk_N,
where N is the library number, which is also linked with
/etc/rc2.d/S49stk).

This script must successfully be run before the AMASS startup,
and it must be successfully executed by the Amass installation
process during the Amass installation. Otherwise, the install
will fail.

After a successful startup, the ps -ef command lists an entry
similar to the following:

root 9445 1 0 date time /usr/bin/ssi_daemon
9443 60004 23

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If you receive an error similar to the message shown below it
indicates the ssi daemon did not start:

cl_ipc_write: Sending message to socket
60004 failed on “Connection refused”

SCSI-attached Tape Storage

The following table lists the supported SCSI-attached models
for tape media:

StorageTek

SCSI-attached for

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Caveats

Tape

Timberwolf Series:

• 9710

• 9714

• 9730

• 9738

• 9740

L Series:

• L180

• L700

Because the Timberwolf and L Series
libraries have native drive cleaning
capabilities, automated drive
cleaning by AMASS is not applicable.
To schedule drive cleaning, refer to
your StorageTek documentation.

NOTE: These are SCSI-attached
libraries; therefore, AMASS does not
support mixed media.

Load Tape in SCSI-attached Libraries

For instruction on preparing media for use by AMASS, see

“Prepare Media for SCSI Devices” on page 1-8.

Load media using the volinlet command.

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Unload Tape

Outlet media when media does not reside in the mailbox.

Step 1. Unload media using the voloutlet command.

Step 2. Remove the media after the library has moved each

Restrict Media Ranges

Prior to running install_tests or starting AMASS, restrict
the media ranges used by AMASS by editing the

/usr/amass/.juke/media_file_libname file.

Automatic CAP Mode

When the cartridge access port (CAP) is in “set cap mode

automatic 0,0,0

physically move media in and out of the library.

volume from its home storage slot to the mailbox.

”, this allows the ACSLS software to

To synchronize the media locations with the AMASS File
System Database, use the AMASS bulkload command
afterwards:

• Using bulkload -s 0 will synchronize the AMASS
database with the actual contents of the library by adding all
new tapes found in the library to the database. Existing
media in the database will not have their volume group
assignments changed. But newly added media will not be
assigned to any volume group.

• After using either bulkoutlet or voloutlet, the media
is moved to the CAP. Open the CAP door and remove the
media from the door cell. After the door has been closed,
the voloutlet command successfully terminates.

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Manual CAP Mode

CAP Priorities

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When the cartridge access port (CAP) is in “set cap mode

manual 0,0,0
bulkinlet or volinlet commands. However, the
bulkoutlet or voloutlet commands work as described

”, the ACSLS does not support the AMASS

above.

If the AMASS init_element utility fails and displays an

“I/O STATION is in use” error, change one of the CAP

IDs so that one CAP has priority over the other. To change CAP
ID priorities, perform the following steps:

Step 1. Use the ACSLS Server Software’s accsa

cmd_proc

interface to change priorities. For
information, refer to your StorageTek
documentation.

Step 2. Run set cap to process these changes.

CAP IDs

To change the CAP IDs of the mailbox for a specific jukebox,
edit the /cap_file_jukeboxnumber file, which is created the
first time AMASS attempts to use the library. To edit this file,
perform following steps:

Step 1. Edit the following file to change the CAP IDs of the

mailbox:

# vi
/usr/amass/.juke/cap_file_jukeboxnumber

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Caution

To avoid unexpected results, edit this file
carefully!

Although this file lists all CAP identifiers separated
by white space, the volumes that you request to load
and eject occur through the first CAP listed in this
file. This is called the priority CAP.

Step 2. Restart AMASS to process these changes after

modifying the .juke files.

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Ampex Tape

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The following table lists the supported tape drive models:

DST Tape

Drives

Model 312 • AMASS supports:

- A single volume partition, only

- Tape block size configured with the volformat

command applicable for this drive

For command information,

Command Reference chapter in Managing
the AMASS File System.

• AMASS does not support:

- Simultaneous dual hosts
(Therefore, disable SCSI Port B with the toggle
switch on the back panel.)

- Automatic drive cleaning

- Compression

- Tape streaming

Caveats

refer to the

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Tip

For optimizing performance with AMASS installed on an SGI Origin
200 or 2000 follow the instructions below:

1) Make sure the device being used for cache has a total
bandwidth of at least 26 Mbytes/sec. (a RAID-3 or RAID-5 stripe is
suggested).

2) After running the

/usr/amass/sys/config_prod -o as described in Appendix D

“Optional Parameters” in

2A) Set the MAXIOSZ to

2B) Enable

CFG_OPT_AIO.

installamass script per instructions, run

Installing and Configuring AMASS

4096.

.

3) When formatting volumes, use the volformat -b 128k
command to set a 128K byte block size. For example:

-b 128k 2.

volformat

Using an Origin 2000, running IRIX Version 6.4, and a Ciprico 6500
RimFire RAID array, ADIC tests saw an average throughput to a
DST 312 tape drive of about 12 Mbytes/sec. with file sizes ranging
from 100MB to 1GB.

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