Quantum CP3100 Installation Guide

Release Notes for Certance CP3100

Supplement to the User’s Guide dated November 2003

• The CP3100’s internal management software (DPWare) contains a "duty cycle" that runs
every few seconds, checking for any outstanding requests and executing them. These
requests may originate from the Device Status and or any Virtual Tape Cartridge Properties
menu commands that are entered. When entering a request on these menus, the CP3100
may not process the request immediately. When making changes in the Device Status
menu, it is recommended to allow the system about 15 seconds to process the new change.

• The default behavior of the CP3100 is to report a virtual tape cartridge size of 54GB when
you view the it through the RemoteAdmin web browser interface. With some backup
software, the size will be shown differently. For example, where a DAT 72 tape drive is
attached to the CP3100, the virtual tape cartridge will report a size of 36GB (uncompressed
capacity). When a DDS-4 tape drive is attached to the CP3100, the virtual tape cartridge will
report a size of 20GB to the backup software.

• If a virtual tape cartridge is set to a specific size via the RemoteAdmin web browser interface,
the CP3100 may still report the maximum physical cartridge size to the backup software.
However, the amount of data that can be backed up to the virtual tape cartridge will be limited
to the value that was set via RemoteAdmin.

• If your backup software is set up to reserve an autoloader slot for a cleaning cartridge, it will
be necessary to remove that reservation. The CP3100 does not require cleaning and will n ot
recognize a "cleaning" tape.

• On the Device Status page of the RemoteAdmin Web browser interface, there is a Configure
button under Virtual Loader that can be used to create a tape name of your choice. The limit
on the number of characters for the tape name is 31.

• Some backup software programs allow you to view the serial number of attached devices.
The CP3100 passes the serial number of the attached physical tape drive to the host if the
host should query. Currently, the CP3100 may insert a spurious character in front of the serial
number, e.g., SHV00029 instead of HV00029. This does not affect the compatibility of the
CP3100 to the backup software in any way.

• You can view the status of an Archive operation on the physical tape drive by viewing the
Device Status page in the RemoteAdmin web browser interface. When you see a green tape
icon next to a slot number, no unreported errors exist on that slot. You also may see an
Archive icon on the right hand side of the Virtual Loader section of the web page for that slot.
This icon may be ignored.

• Currently, the CP3100 may not pass through to RemoteAdmin a "need to use cleaning tape"
message from the physical tape drive. The Administrator should check the LEDs on the
physical tape drive to determine if there is a need to use a cleaning tape in the tape drive.

• When choosing Shutdown or Restart from the RemoteAdmin System Tools menu, there will
be no indication of when the CP3100 is shut down or when a restart occurs. To cycle power
off after choosing Shutdown for the CP3100, be sure to allow two full minutes between
choosing Shutdown and turning off power. In order to know when the unit has restarted, you

will need to logout of the Remote Admin and then log back in. If the login is successful, the
Restart has completed.

• When archiving a virtual tape cartridge for the first time, it is necessary to insert a completely
blank or erased physical tape cartridge into the tape drive. If a non-blank physical tape
cartridge is used, it will be ejected (to avoid accidentally overwriting valuable data that may
be on that tape cartridge). You can use the RemoteAdmin tool to perform an erase of the
physical tape cartridge as follows:

o Eject the physical tape cartridge from the tape drive.
o Click on the erase icon in the Physical Drive section of the Device Status page. You

will see a confirmation message for the erase.

o Insert the physical tape cartridge to erase into the tape drive when requested.
o After the erase is complete, the physical tape cartridge will be ejected.
o Insert the tape again, and the archive will complete.

• When archiving a virtual tape cartridge when it has already been successfully archived, you
must insert the same physical tape cartridge you used for the previous archives of that
particular virtual tape cartridge. If that tape no longer exists, it is still possible to perform the
archive operation.

o If you do not have a blank physical tape cartridge, first perform an erase as outlined

above.

o Go to the RemoteAdmin web interface and click on the Device Status icon.
o Go to the Virtual Loader section and click on the Configure button next to the slot

number you wish to archive.

o When the Configuration page opens, go to Advanced Operations and choose "Use

New Physical Cartridge."

o Click Submit. Now insert the blank physical tape cartridge and the archive sho uld

continue as normal. The archive will only write the current data for the virtual tape
cartridge to the physical tape. Any data that was previously archived, even if not
migrated off the virtual loader, will not be written to the physical tape cartridge.

• The CP3100i RemoteAdmin includes an automatic refresh option on the Device Status page.
When set to OFF, to see updates of the CP3100 device status page it is necessary to
manually refresh the page using your browser’s Refresh or Reload button. The drop-down
controller can be found in the upper left portion of the main status display screen. This drop­down option allows the user to select the timing interval for subsequent screen refreshing. To
change or deactivate this option, click on the drop-down arrow and choose either an interval
refresh rate (in seconds) or the ON/OFF options.

• Troubleshooting when a Physical Tape Cartridge is lost, destroyed or rejected:

o Physical Tape is rejected for unknown reason (could be that it contained trace

data, or a previous archive attempt was aborted): Simply click on the virtual tape

cartridge folder Properties. Click on Advanced Operations and select “Use New
Physical Cartridge”. Resume physical tape cartridge archive by inserting a blank
tape in the DAT drive.

o Physical Tape is lost or not recoverable (data NOT MIGRATED): The virtual tape

cartridge is ready to archive to a physical tape cartridge. The new physical tape
cartridge is rejected because the system is looking for the original tape. Click o n the
virtual tape cartridge folder Properties. Click on Advanced Operations and select
“Use New Physical Cartridge.” Resume the physical tape cartridge archive by
inserting the tape into the DAT drive.

o Physical Tape is lost or not recoverable (data WAS MIGRATED). The data was

archived to a physical tape cartridge and then migrated off the virtual tape cartridge.
This means that the archived data is only recoverable from the original physical tape