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Published: May 2006 Document Number: 6-00658-03 Rev. A

Table of Contents

1 About This Guide and Your Product 1

Explanation of Symbols and Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Other Documents You Might Need . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Getting More Information or Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

2 Description 3

System Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Logical Library Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

PC System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Redundant Solution Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Tape Library Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Remote Browser Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Graphical User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Command Line Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Service and Maintenance Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

3 Configuration 9

Autostart Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Scalar DLC Management GUI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Resizing Windows and Panes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Browser Pre-Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Launch the Management GUI from a Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Launch the Management GUI as an Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Automatic Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Manual Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Advanced Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Additional Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Operating the Tape Library Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Managing the Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

4 Management GUI 29

Main Menu Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Scalar DLC Reference Guide iii

Screen Refresh Icon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Wizards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Extended Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

GUI Tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Tabs Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

GUI Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

5 Library Tab 71

Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Library Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Library Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Cartridge State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Home Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Move Cartridge to Element . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Drag and Drop Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Pool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Mailbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

6 Configuration Tab 87

Logical Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Pool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Mailbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Storage Slot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Mailbox Slot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Create Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Assign Partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Create Pool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Create Mailbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Physical Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Robot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Offline Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Storage Slots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Mailboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Create Partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Users Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Create User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Clients Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

DAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

DAS Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

iv Table of Contents

Create DAS Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

SCSI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

SCSI Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Create SCSI Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

ROBAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

ROBAR Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Create ROBAR Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

SCSI Target Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Target . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Logical Unit Number (LUN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Create Target . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Create LUN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

7 Events Tab 173

Queue Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Monitoring Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Acknowledge Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

History Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Rules Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

8 Service Tab 183

Logs Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Command Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Error Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Diagnostic Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

ATAC Calls Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Operator Panel Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Cluster Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

SNMP Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Agents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

Traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

9 Tools and Utilities 205

Database Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

Database Backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Extended Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

Database Compact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

Database Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

Database Save . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

SCSI Target Port Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Cluster Configurator Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

Problem Report Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

Log Viewer Utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Trace Manager Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

Trace Viewer Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Scalar DLC Software Licensing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

Scalar DLC Reference Guide v

Standard License. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

Cluster License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

A Application Notes 239

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Element Addressing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

Application Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

Media Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

Storage Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

Mailbox Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248

Drive Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

Error Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

B DAS Guide 259

System Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

Starting DAS Client Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260

Commands Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260

Media Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260

DAS Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260

Client Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

Scratch Pool Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

Define and Reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

DAS Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

C SCSI Guide 267

Installation and Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

General Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

SCSI Bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

SCSI Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

SCSI Message System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

SCSI Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

SCSI Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

D ROBAR Guide 277

Installation and Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

ROBAR Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

ROBAR Command Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

Command Header . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

Command Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

ROBAR Coordinates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

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Figures

Figure 1 Client Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Figure 2 Physical Libraries connected to the Scalar DLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Figure 3 Partitions and Logical Libraries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Figure 4 Clients and Logical Libraries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Figure 5 About Scalar DLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Figure 6 ADIC Scalar DLC Home Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Figure 7 Tools and Utilities Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Figure 8 Scalar DLC GUI Logon Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Figure 9 Host Connection Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Figure 10 Configuration Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Figure 11 Management GUI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Figure 12 Main Menu Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Figure 13 Select Physical Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Figure 14 Select Logical Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Figure 15 Select Configuration Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Figure 16 Select Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Figure 17 Select Library Prototype . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Figure 18 Select Mailbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Figure 19 Select Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Figure 20 Configuration Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Figure 21 Configuration Complete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Figure 22 Partitions Contained . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Figure 23 Partitions Not Contained . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Figure 24 Partition List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Scalar DLC Reference Guide vii

Figure 25 Partitions Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Figure 26 Ticket Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Figure 27 Ticket Priority and Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Figure 28 Ticket Category . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Figure 29 Ticket Device, Library, and Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Figure 30 Ticket Service Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Figure 31 Ticket Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Figure 32 Rule Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Figure 33 Rule Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Figure 34 Rule Event Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Figure 35 Rule Notification Sent Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Figure 36 Rule Notification Receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Figure 37 Rule Email Destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Figure 38 Rule Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Figure 39 Rule Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Figure 40 Registration Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Figure 41 Connect to RMU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Figure 42 View Log: standard mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Figure 43 View Log: advanced mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Figure 44 Log Message Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Figure 45 Scalar DLC Software Version Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Figure 46 GUI Tabs: Working Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Figure 47 GUI Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Figure 48 Library Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Figure 49 Library Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Figure 50 Library Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Figure 51 Stop Current Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Figure 52 Random Move: Select Media Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Figure 53 Random Mount: Select Media Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Figure 54 Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Figure 55 Multiple Mailbox Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

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Figure 56 Move Cartridge to Destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Figure 57 Pool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Figure 58 Mailbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Figure 59 Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Figure 60 Logical Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Figure 61 Logical Library Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Figure 62 Logical Library Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Figure 63 Logical Library Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Figure 64 Logical Partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Figure 65 Inventory Elements Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Figure 66 Normal Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Figure 67 Foreign Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Figure 68 Pool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Figure 69 Assign/Unassign Cartridges to Pool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Figure 70 Mailbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Figure 71 Assign/Unassign Slots to Mailbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Figure 72 Storage Slot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Figure 73 Mailbox Slot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Figure 74 Drive Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Figure 75 Drive Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Figure 76 Logical Library Creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Figure 77 Partition Assign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Figure 78 Pool Creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Figure 79 Mailbox Creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Figure 80 Physical Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Figure 81 Physical Library Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Figure 82 Media Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Figure 83 Media Rule Creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Figure 84 Apply Media Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Figure 85 Physical Library Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Figure 86 Robot Online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

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Figure 87 Robot Offline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Figure 88 Physical Partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Figure 89 Offline Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Figure 90 Offline Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Figure 91 Physical Storage Slots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Figure 92 Physical Mailboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Figure 93 Physical Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Figure 94 Partition Creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Figure 95 User Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Figure 96 User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Figure 97 User Creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Figure 98 DAS Interface Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Figure 99 DAS Client Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Figure 100 DAS Client Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Figure 101 Define Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Figure 102 DAS Client Volsers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Figure 103 Reserve/Define Volser Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Figure 104 DAS Client Aliasing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Figure 105 DAS Client Creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Figure 106 SCSI Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Figure 107 SCSI Client Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Figure 108 SCSI Client Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Figure 109 SCSI Client Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Figure 110 SCSI Client I/E Slots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Figure 111 SCSI Client Storages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Figure 112 SCSI Client Creation Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Figure 113 ROBAR Interface Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Figure 114 ROBAR Client Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Figure 115 ROBAR Client Creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Figure 116 Port: SCSI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Figure 117 Port: Fibre Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

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Figure 118 SCSI Target . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Figure 119 SCSI LUN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Figure 120 SCSI Target Creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Figure 121 SCSI LUN Creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Figure 122 Queue Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Figure 123 Monitoring Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Figure 124 Acknowledge Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Figure 125 History Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Figure 126 Rules Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Figure 127 Command Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Figure 128 Email Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Figure 129 Error Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Figure 130 Diagnostic Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Figure 131 Diagnostic Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Figure 132 ATAC Calls Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Figure 133 Start Repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Figure 134 Repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

Figure 135 Fixed Problem Confirmation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Figure 136 Not Fixed Problem Confirmation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Figure 137 Repair History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Figure 138 Operator Panel Tab for the Scalar 10K . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Figure 139 Operator Panel Tab for the Scalar 1000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Figure 140 Cluster Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Figure 141 SNMP Agents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

Figure 142 SNMP Service Configuration: Trap Destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Figure 143 SNMP Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Figure 144 SNMP Service Configuration: Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Figure 145 Log On Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

Figure 146 Database Backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Figure 147 Backup Schedule Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Figure 148 Database Extended Mode Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

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Figure 149 Backup Log Schedule Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

Figure 150 Database Compact Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

Figure 151 Compact Schedule Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Figure 152 Database Restore Dialog (by backup) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

Figure 153 Database Restore Dialog (restore from device) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

Figure 154 Database Save Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

Figure 155 SCSI Target Port Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Figure 156 Advanced Port Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

Figure 157 Cluster Configuration Utility: no configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

Figure 158 Cluster Configuration Utility: configuration complete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

Figure 159 Problem Report Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

Figure 160 Log Viewer Main Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Figure 161 Log Viewer: Command Tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222

Figure 162 View Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222

Figure 163 Result Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

Figure 164 Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

Figure 165 Goto Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

Figure 166 Logging Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

Figure 167 Filtering Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

Figure 168 Viewing Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

Figure 169 Trace Manager Main Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

Figure 170 Group Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

Figure 171 Class Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

Figure 172 Add Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

Figure 173 Add Existing Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

Figure 174 Object Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

Figure 175 Start Tracing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

Figure 176 Tracing Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

Figure 177 Trace Viewer Main Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Figure 178 View Trace Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Figure 179 Licensing Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

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Figure 180 About License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Figure 181 License Request File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Figure 182 Licensing Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

Figure 183 Send License via Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

Figure 184 Licensing Before Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

Figure 185 Authorization String . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

Figure 186 Time-based License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

Figure 187 Finishing License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

Figure 188 Element Addressing (single-aisle library) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

Figure 189 Element Addressing (dual-aisle library) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

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Tables

Table 1 SCSI and Fibre Channel Adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Table 2 Required Firmware Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Table 3 Scalar DLC Service State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Table 4 Scalar DLC Home Page Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Table 5 Management GUI Default Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Table 6 Object name limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Table 7 Wizard Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Table 8 Event Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Table 9 Tree Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Table 10 Logical Library States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Table 11 Physical Library States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Table 12 Robot States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Table 13 Partition Class and State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Table 14 Storage Slots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Table 15 Mailbox Slots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Table 16 Drive Slots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Table 17 Element Properties: Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Table 18 Operational Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Table 19 Cartridge States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Table 20 User Access Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Table 21 User Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Table 22 SCSI Target Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Table 23 SCSI and Fibre Channel Adapter Target-LUN Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Table 24 Event Classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

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Table 25 Event Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Table 26 Database Archive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

Table 27 Log Viewer Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

Table 28 Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Table 29 Element Mapping (Single-aisle libraries) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

Table 30 Element Mapping (Dual-aisle libraries) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

Table 31 Media Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

Table 32 Storage Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248

Table 33 Mailbox Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248

Table 34 Drive Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

Table 35 Error Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

Table 36 Usage of Define and Reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

Table 37 Media Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

Table 38 DAS Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264

Table 39 Client Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

Table 40 Scratch Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

Table 41 ROBAR Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

Table 42 Command Header format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

Table 43 Command format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

Table 44 ROBAR Coordinates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

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About This Guide and Your Product

This manual contains reference information and instructions for configuring and operating the Scalar Distributed Library Controller (Scalar DLC) software. This guide is intended for customers and administrators who use the Scalar DLC software.

Explanation of Symbols and Notes

The following symbols appear throughout this document to highlight important information.

WARNING

CAUTION

Note

INDICATES A POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS SITUATION WHICH, IF NOT AVOIDED, COULD RESULT IN DEATH OR BODILY INJURY.

Indicates a situation that may cause possible damage to equipment, loss of data, or interference with other equipment.

Indicates important information that helps you make better use of your system.

Getting More Information or Help

More information about this product is available on the Customer Service Center website at

www.adic.com/csc

frequently asked questions (FAQs). You can also access software, firmware, and drivers through this site.

For further assistance, or if training is desired, contact ADIC:

ADIC Technical assistance center (ATAC) in the USA: 800-827-3822

ADIC Technical assistance center (ATAC) in Europe and Japan: 00-800-9999-3822

For additional contact information: www.adic.com/contact

To open a Service Request: www.adic.com/techsup

. The Customer Service Center contains a collection of information, including answers to

2 About This Guide and Your Product

Description

This chapter provides an overview of the Scalar DLC software that supports the Scalar 1000 and Scalar 10K (single- and dual-aisle) tape libraries.

The sections contained are:

• System Description

• Graphical User Interface software.

• Command Line Interface

• Service and Maintenance Alerts

on page 3 provides the description of Scalar DLC system.

on page 8 briefly describes the main administration tool of the Scalar DLC

on page 8 provides an information about command line interface.

on page 8 describes the alert features of the Scalar DLC.

System Description

The Scalar DLC software runs as a service under Windows 2000/2003. It serves as a centralized library management tool that simplifies and automates the tracking and management of all system resources for optimal performance and maximum availability. The Scalar DLC software provides network and System Administrators with a Java-based interface that allows library monitoring from anywhere on the Web.

Note

The Scalar DLC also allows administrators to select parameters that define which library events provide notifications to customers and ADIC Technical Assistance Center (ATAC) via email and, sometimes, the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) alerts.

The main working tool of the Scalar DLC software is the Management GUI. Refer to Graphical User

Interface on page 8. This tool executes all the actions of management and configuration.

If a firewall is being used, outside access by Web browsers might be denied.

The Scalar DLC provides the connectivity between the library and the customer (client). The connection type depends on client configuration. See Figure 1

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on page 4.

Figure 1 Client Connection

The Scalar tape libraries are connected to the Scalar DLC software host via the SCSI bus or the Fibre Channel cable. See Figure 2

Figure 2 Physical Libraries connected to the Scalar DLC

For each tape library found during Scan SCSI Bus operation, the Scalar DLC software creates an object called physical library. This object represents all aspects of the real tape device.

Logical Library Concepts

In order for clients to have a flexible way to share common resources (physical library), the Scalar DLC uses virtual objects called logical libraries to represent the real device for the client. The Management GUI is used to create and configure these logical libraries. The connection between the logical library and the device is implemented by means of the partitioning features that are unique to the Scalar DLC software. The partitioning operation creates a number of element ranges called partitions that are used by the physical library. These ranges are then assigned to the logical libraries (see Figure 3 who uses a certain logical library can access the correct part of the physical library. This feature is very useful when clients use a single physical library while the client has access to only a certain resource. The logical library represents these resources, and the assigned partitions provide a connection between the logical library and its physical equivalent.

4 Description

on page 5) so that the client

This logical library concept is based on a partition containing the continuous range of elements of a single type (for example, storage) and media domain (for example, DLT). The partitions cannot overlap; however, a single partition can be assigned to two or more logical libraries. In that case, two logical libraries will have a shared area, and the clients of the first library can access this area as well as the clients of the second library.

CAUTION

Note

Figure 3 Partitions and Logical Libraries

Two or more clients either of the same type (for example, DAS-based) or of different types (for example, DAS-based and ROBAR-based) may use a single logical library. This means that they have rights to use common resources that are part of this library (cartridges, drives, and so forth). See Figure 4

Sharing the single partition between two or more logical libraries may cause access problems, so this feature must be used with extreme caution.

The partition cannot contain both storage tower and storage shelf elements, even if they consist of the identical storage slots (for example, Generic DLT). This means for the single-media library with a storage tower (for example, Scalar 10K), no less than two storage partitions should be created in order to cover its storage area completely; the first partition will cover the tower, and the second will cover the linear storage (storage shelves).

Figure 4 Clients and Logical Libraries

PC System Requirements

The minimum PC system hardware requirements are based on Microsoft PC 2000 System Design Guide Specifications. The following list summarizes the Scalar DLC system requirements:

Required:

• 800 MHZ or faster Inter Pentium

• 256K L2 Cache

• 256 MB RAM

• Dual matched Hard Drives (10GB or more)

• CD RW

• 3.5" Diskette Drive

or equivalent CPU (minimum 4 free PCI slots in chassis)

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• 15" or greater SVGA Display

• NT/2000 compliant SCSI adapter

• Standard keyboard and mouse

• Windows 2000 SP4 or Windows 2003 pre-installed

Optional:

• SCSI target HBA LSI 20860, LSI 8751D, and/or LSI 8951U

• Fibre Channel target HBA QLogic 2200F-33 and/or QLogic 23xxF

Refer to Table 1

for a description of SCSI and Fibre Channel adapters that can be used in the system.

Table 1 SCSI and Fibre Channel Adapters

Adapter Type Connection (external) Max cable length, m

LSI 20860 SCSI 50-pin high density SE 5

LSI 8751D SCSI 68-pin high density HVD 25

LSI 8951U SCSI 68-pin very high density LVD/SE 12(LVD), 5(SE)

QLA 2200 Fibre Channel SC duplex multi-mode -

QLA 23xx

Local

a. ‘xx’ means 00, 10, 40, and 42. No other models are currently supported. b. The driver is designed by ADIC to execute the SCSI backup applications right on the Scalar DLC server PC. No SCSI/FC

Fibre Channel Small form factor multi-mode optic LC -

hardware is required.

SCSI - -

Redundant Solution Requirements

The Scalar DLC Redundant (failover) solution is provided using the Microsoft Cluster service. The user has a shared disk with the Scalar DLC database and two hosts with the installed components of Scalar DLC software; for redundancy reasons, one host is online and the other is offline. If an error occurs and the online host goes offline, the other host turns online immediately, so the customer even does not notice a problem with the host. The customer engineer can repair the problem host without stopping the Scalar DLC software.

The Scalar DLC Redundant solution is based on Microsoft Cluster service. The special requirements are:

• Two PCs, each meeting the standards described in PC System Requirements

on page 5.

• Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server or Windows 2003 Server installed on each PC.

• Microsoft Cluster Service installed on each PC.

• For each PC, there should be a minimum of two disk controllers. The two disk controllers do not need to be the same type. For example, using on-board IDE and SCSI is acceptable.

• At least one external (shared) RAID disk. The disk partition should have NTFS formatting.

• RAID adapter (on each PC) to access a shared disk.

The Scalar DLC failover solution in a redundant configuration requires the

CAUTION

Windows 2000 Advanced Server or Windows 2003 Server operating system. By default, this system is configured without password protection for network access. So ADIC strongly urges companies using this product to use all customary procedures to protect Scalar DLC servers from external threats.

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For the details about Scalar DLC Redundant solution, refer to the Scalar DLC Installation Guide.

Tape Library Requirements

The library firmware and hardware requirements are described in this topic.

Operating mode

For the Scalar 1000 library, the following operating modes are supported:

•Native

• EXABYTE compatibility

• Storage Technology compatibility

• EMASS compatibility

For the Scalar 10K library only native mode is supported.

For the Scalar 10K DA (dual-aisle) library:

• Both medium changers (aisles) must run in native mode.

• Both medium changers (aisles) must operate in non-compressed mode.

• At the time of the first configuration, both medium changers (aisles) must be in the online state. Ready state is not required.

CAUTION

Additionally, for the libraries with towers (Scalar 10K and Scalar 10K DA):

• At the time of the first configuration all towers (if any) must be in the library (online) state.

The Scalar DLC software may not work properly if the tape library operates in the unsupported mode.

Firmware Version

Make certain the firmware version of each tape library meets the Scalar DLC requirements (Table 2).

Table 2 Required Firmware Version

Tape Library Required Firmware Comment

Scalar 1000 641A or later If the current version is 2.3 or earlier, contact

ATAC. A customer engineer will upgrade the library with the appropriate firmware version.

Scalar 10K 300A or later

Scalar 10K DA 300A or later (for both robots)

Remote Browser Requirements

The Scalar DLC Management GUI takes advantage of very advanced Java2 features that are not supported by all browsers. The browser updates can be initiated from the Scalar DLC software splash page by selecting the Tools and Utilities tab. Refer to Figure 7

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on page 13 and Browser Pre-Installation on page 11.

Graphical User Interface

The Scalar DLC software GUI (also called Management GUI) is based on Web browser technology that guarantees a consistent user interface across all UNIX and Windows platforms. The GUI is available to users, system administrators, and customer engineers. The Management GUI consists of the following components:

• Main Menu bar

•GUI Tabs

• Library tab

• Configuration tab

• Events tab

• Service tab

• GUI Log

Each component is covered in detail in the following chapters.

Command Line Interface

The command line interface is supported by the DAS version 3.12 SP2 application. The DAS interface supports numerous third party software applications.

Additional information about DAS is contained on this CD-ROM in the DAS Administration Guide document.

Service and Maintenance Alerts

The Scalar DLC software monitors all system resources and automatically notifies the ADIC Technical Assistance Center (ATAC) whenever a service call is required. The information supplied to ATAC includes:

• Error detection

• Event logging and tracing

• Error recovery

Notification is generated by means of applications in the following list:

• GUI Messenger

• Email Home

• Call Home

•SNMP

Each component is covered in detail in the following chapters.

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Configuration

This chapter provides information about logical configuration of the Scalar DLC system for the customer.

Note

The sections are:

• Autostart Installation

• S

calar DLC Management GUI on page 9 contains information on launching the Management GUI.

• Configuration

Local administrator rights are required to install the Scalar DLC software and all required components.

on page 9 describes the installation order.

on page 16 describes the configuration order.

Autostart Installation

To launch the autostart program, load the CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive. If the autostart program does not launch, use the Run option from the Start button on the task bar to execute the autorun.exe program.

For a description of the installation process, refer to Scalar DLC Installation Guide.

Note

The Adobe Acrobat Reader version 4.0 or later is required to view the documentation in PDF format. Download the most recent version of the software from the Adobe Web site at http://www.adobe.com

Scalar DLC Management GUI

The Scalar DLC Management GUI is started by either the browser-launched applet or the supervisory desktop application. Before using any of them, determine that the Scalar DLC service is running.

Note

To check the service state (refer to Table 3 the task bar.

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Before starting the Management GUI, verify that the display resolution setting is 800 x 600 pixels or higher and the display color setting is more

on page 10), examine either the Control Panel > Services or

than 256 colors

Table 3 Scalar DLC Service State

Task Icon Description

The Scalar DLC supervisor service is stopped (Offline for the Scalar DLC Cluster solution). Double click the icon to display Figure 5

The Scalar DLC supervisor service is started (Online for the Scalar DLC Cluster solution). Double click the icon to display Figure 5

The Scalar DLC supervisor service is either starting or stopping (turning online/offline for the Scalar DLC failover solution).

Figure 5 About Scalar DLC

The About dialog shows the version of installed Scalar DLC software and its internal components. All Scalar DLC hot fixes and service packs (if any) are enlisted here, too.

Resizing Windows and Panes

Some Management GUI panes contains data that cannot fit into the standard screen string (for example, long names of SCSI Adapter objects, or partitions), or a long list of properties that would be useful to see all in one screen without scrolling. Especially for such cases both the browser-based and application-based Management GUI allow you to modify the size of the main Scalar DLC window screen as well as to resize some internal Scalar DLC panes.

Note

Do not reduce the Scalar DLC screen below its original size.

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Browser Pre-Installation

Both Netscape Navigator  and Internet Explorer  browsers must be updated by installing the Java Plugin, as described in Java Plug-In a remote browser, the update is required before the browser can launch the Scalar DLC software. For a local browser, the update could be executed manually; but it is best practice to install the browser(s) before launching the Scalar DLC software installation. The update steps should be executed by either a system administrator or an expert PC user.

on page 14, to take full advantage of the Scalar DLC Management GUI. For

Note

Start the update procedure by entering the Host name location of the Scalar DLC software server on the browser address line (for example, http://computer). This establishes a connection with the Scalar DLC software home page. Refer to Table 4

CAUTION

Table 4 Scalar DLC Home Page Name

Name / ID Value (example only) Explanation

DNS host name

Cluster name sdlccluster The cluster virtual name (redundant solution only),

DNS address 192.168.1.14 The host network IP address, refer to the Scalar DLC

The Internet Explorer browser is a required component for the Scalar DLC software installation. If Internet Explorer is not present, the Scalar DLC CD autorun program installs Internet Explorer as a part of the Scalar DLC Installation process. No preinstallation is required for a complete installation.

and Figure 6 on page 12.

If the Scalar DLC software is installed with SSL support (refer to the Scalar DLC Installation Guide), always use https:// instead of http://.

computer The host network name used in DNS.

refer to the Scalar DLC Installation Guide.

Installation Guide.

Cluster DNS address

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192.168.1.10 The virtual cluster IP address (redundant solution only), refer to the Scalar DLC Installation Guide .

Figure 6 ADIC Scalar DLC Home Page

The only required component for the browser update is a Java Plug-in. Click the Launch Java Interface button when it appears. Refer to Java Plug-In

Selecting the Tools and Utilities tab displays the Tools and Utilities pane (see Figure 7

on page 14 for the description of update process.

on page 13).

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Figure 7 Tools and Utilities Page



The latest required versions of both Netscape Navigator downloaded from this page.

Note

The Scalar DLC Management GUI that is designed to launch the Scalar DLC software application from a remote host can be downloaded also. The installation steps of the Scalar DLC Management GUI are described on this page as well.

Do not download the browser unless your browser version (always shown under Help > About) is lower than required.

and Internet Explorer  browsers can be

Remote Management GUI

The Java-based GUI software is used as a Scalar DLC management tool. It is always installed on the Scalar DLC server, however the same software can be downloaded from server and launched from a remote host as well.

From the Tools and Utilities page (see Figure 7 archive containing all files for the remote Management GUI. The “How to install“ link contains the complete instruction on how to install the package and launch the application.

Also download and install the Java Plug-In, as described in Java Plug-In

) click on “Install Java Application" and download the zip

on page 14.

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Java Plug-In

When running versions of Netscape Navigator prior to version 4.7, the Scalar DLC Management GUI requires the Java 2 plug-in 1.4.2_09 release. Installing the plug-in enables direct Java2 applets to run while using Sun’s JRE (Java Remote Environment). Therefore, the j2re-1_4_2_09-windows-i586-p.exe file must be executed so that files are added to a specific directory.

Begin the procedure by selecting the hyperlink associated with the Java Plug-in. Save the file to a temporary directory and then launch it.

The same update procedure should be executed when the Management GUI is used with the remote Scalar DLC host.

Note

The Java plug-in patch is also required for both the Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator browsers when the user desires to use the applet-based GUI (refer to Launch the Management GUI from a Browser based (Launch the Management GUI as an Application

However, the MS IE browser installs the Java plug-in patch automatically when the browser-based Management GUI is launched for the first time.

The Netscape Navigator browser needs to be updated manually.

on page 14) rather than application-

on page 15).

Launch the Management GUI from a Browser

Enter the Hostname location of the Scalar DLC server on the browser. This procedure establishes a connection with the Scalar DLC home page. See Figure 6

Note

When the Scalar DLC home page appears, press the Launch Java Interface button. The Scalar DLC Logon dialog window appears (see Figure 8

Figure 8 Scalar DLC GUI Logon Dialog

Disk write operations (upload) are not allowed from the browser-launched Scalar DLC Management GUI due to security restrictions.

on page 12.

The default login settings are shown in Table 5

Table 5 Management GUI Default Users

Default user name Default password Access level

admin password Admin (administrator)

atac guardian CE (customer engineer)

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CAUTION

For the details on user access level and settings refer to Users Tab on page 128.

Because of security reasons it is strongly recommended to change the default admin and CE passwords after the configuration is complete.

Firewall and Proxy Issues

If the Scalar DLC Management GUI starts but can not connect to the Scalar DLC server, a firewall or proxy server could be present between the browser and the Scalar DLC server. The remote methods invocation transport layer normally attempts to open a direct socket connection to the host on the Internet. However, many intranets have firewalls or proxies that do not allow this procedure.

The Management GUI cannot communicate with the Scalar DLC software server through a firewall if port 1099 is not open. Connections also are easier to make if the browser is not configured to use a proxy. If necessary, contact the System Administrator to resolve any connectivity issues.

Launch the Management GUI as an Application

From the Windows desktop, launch the Scalar DLC Manager shortcut (Start > Programs > ADIC Distributed Library Controller > Scalar DLC Manager, or double-click on the Scalar DLC Manager desktop icon) to enable the host connection window (see Figure 9

The operation can be executed either from local host where the Scalar DLC software is installed or from a remote host after installing the Management GUI, as described in Remote Management GUI

on page 13.

Figure 9 Host Connection Window

Enter the Scalar DLC hostname in the dialog window. Then the Scalar DLC log on dialog appears. See

Figure 8

on page 14.

Note

Disk write operations (upload, download) are allowed from the application-based Scalar DLC Management GUI.

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Configuration

When a user is logged into the Management GUI and no previously configured physical library has been found, a configuration selection pane opens automatically (see Figure 10 performed, this pane will not appear. Choose the configuration method.

Figure 10 Configuration Window

Either accept the default configuration or select the desired configuration method.

• A

utomatic Configuration on page 17 is recommended for the first-time users that have no

experience in configuring the Scalar DLC system.

); if the configuration has been

• Wizard-based Manual Configuration knowledge about the configuration of the Scalar DLC.

• Advanced Configuration experience to perform all configuration manually.

• After the basic configuration is finished, an Additional Configuration

Some client interfaces have certain limitations concerning the names of used objects, for example, some DAS-based applications do not recognize the mailbox name for Insert command other than Ixx (xx means any two alphanumeric characters). To avoid such issues, be sure that the objects created and configured by means of the Scalar DLC Management GUI are named as shown in the Table 6

Note

Table 6 Object name limitations

Object GUI Manager DAS / ACI ROBAR SCSI

Some customer (client) applications do understand the capitalization difference (A and a), the others do not. ADIC recommends using the common alpha-model (either capitals or small letters in all object names).

ADIC also strongly does not (“-”) and other symbols in the object names. Even when the Scalar DLC Management GUI permits this, the client application may not recognize the appropriate object.

on page 18 is designed for the advanced users that have enough

on page 18 is recommended for the users with basic

on page 23 could be performed.

recommend using spaces (“ “), underscores (“_”), hyphens

Host 40 an

Logical library 30 an, a first None (absent) None

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, a first 40 an, a first An None

None

(absent)

Table 6 Object name limitations (Continued)

Object GUI Manager DAS / ACI ROBAR SCSI

Partition 30 an, a first None (absent) None

(absent)

Client 80 an, a first 80 an, a first 80 an, a first None

Scratch pool 30 an, a first 16 an, a first None

(absent)

Clean pool 30 an, a first 16 an, a first Paa None

Data cartridge, volser 30 an 16 an (6

recommended)

Cleaning cartridge, volser

Mailbox area, eject operations

Mailbox area, insert operations

Drive 40 an, a first 30 an

a. alphanumeric; “a” means “alpha” (A-Z), “n” means “numeric” (0-9). b. Only for DAS ACI ver. 3.12 and higher.

30 an 16 an (CL + 4 an

recommended)

30 an, a first 3 an, Enn

recommended

30 an, a first 3 an, Inn

recommended

(9 an, a first

recommended)

6 an None

CL + 4 an None

Enn None

Inn None

Dnn None

None

Automatic Configuration

ADIC recommends the automatic configuration for typical or first time users. Using the automatic configuration, create a default Scalar DLC configuration for each detected physical library.

The automatic configuration creates the configuration by executing the following procedures:

Step 1 Scans the SCSI bus for physical libraries.

Step 2 Creates partitions for all the physical library elements.

Step 3 Creates a logical library.

Step 4 Assigns all created partitions to the logical library making it a representation of the whole

physical library.

Step 5 For the logical library, creates two identical mailboxes (I01 and E01) that include all the mailbox

slots.

Step 6 Creates a client and assigns it to the logical library.

Note

By default, if the DAS Client support is installed, the created client is the DAS Client; if not, no client can be created because the SCSI and ROBAR interfaces need certain preconfiguration.

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Manual Configuration

For advanced users, the wizard-based configuration automatically scans for libraries and creates physical library objects by executing the following step-by-step procedures:

Step 1 Scans the SCSI bus for physical libraries.

Step 2 Creates partitions for all the physical library elements.

Step 3 Creates a logical library. The library name can be specified. Also refer to Table 6

Step 4 Assigns the partitions to the logical library. It is possible to select a method of assignment:

single-media library, single-robot library, and the complete library selection are available for the first-time manual configuration.

Step 5 Creates two identical mailboxes covering all the mailbox slots. The mailbox names can be

specified. Also refer to Table 6

Step 6 Creates a client and assigns it to the logical library. The client name can be specified. Also refer

to Table 6

Note

Refer also to Create Configuration

on page 16.

By default, if the DAS Client support is installed, the created client is the DAS Client; if not, no client can be created because the SCSI and ROBAR interfaces need certain preconfiguration.

on page 32 for the detailed description of steps.

on page 16.

Advanced Configuration

ADIC recommends this mode for expert or administrator users. In this mode, only the icon associated with the Scalar DLC software system appears.

To enable all the Management GUI functions, create a working configuration by performing the procedures in the following sections:

Rescan SCSI Bus

Create the device objects associated with a physical library by using the Rescan SCSI Bus button on the Configuration > Physical > Controller pane. Refer to P

hysical Tab on page 112.

Create Partitions

Create the partition objects representing desired parts of the Physical Library. That can be done on Configuration > Physical > Library pane (Add new Partition button). Refer to C

127.

Note

The partition properties can be modified later, even after the partition is assigned to a logical library, via the Configuration > Physical > Partition pane. Refer to Partition

There should be at least three partitions created for each physical library: storage, I/E, and drive. Refer to Partition

on page 119 for the details.

on page 119.

reate Partition on page

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Create a Logical Library

Create a logical library. That can be done on the Configuration > Logical pane (Add new Library button). Refer to C

Immediately after creation, the logical library is shown as Invalid. That is correct: Invalid state indicates that the library does not contain a proper set of partitions.

reate Library on page 107.

Assign Partitions to a Library

Assign the previously created partitions to the new logical library. That can be done through the

Configuration > Logical > Library pane (Assign new Partition button) or Assign Partitions wizard in Main Menu > Wizards section. Refer to Assign Partition

on page 108 or Assign Partitions on page 38.

Note

The partitions can also be assigned or unassigned at a later time.

There should be at least three partitions assigned to each logical library: storage, I/E, and drive. The partition can be shared between two or more logical libraries. Refer to

Partition

on page 93 for details.

Create Mailbox

Create one or more mailboxes for a logical library. They will represent its insert/eject areas. This can be done through the Configuration > Logical > Library pane (Add new Mailbox button). Refer to Create

Mailbox on page 110.

Note

The mailbox name and assigned range of insert/eject slots also can be changed later through the Configuration > Logical > Mailbox pane (Add/Remove new Slots button). Refer to Assign Slots to

Mailbox on page 100.

Although Management GUI does not have name restrictions for the mailbox name, some backup applications do have them. Refer to Table 6

on page 16.

Create Client

Create the client object(s) that will represent the customer(s) that will work with the library. Depending on the interface used, the clients are DAS Clients, SCSI Clients, or ROBAR Clients. Some clients may share a single logical library.

CAUTION

Setting up the SCSI client to share the logical library with any DAS- or ROBARbased client may cause problems in the work of the client application. Both DAS and ROBAR interfaces do have the same concept of the cartridge home position (refer to Home Position uses only ‘move’ commands.

on page 79) but the SCSI does not because it

DAS

The DAS Client can be created via the Configuration > Clients > DAS pane (Add new Client button). Refer to Create DAS Client

on page 144.

SCSI

The SCSI Client can be created via the Configuration > Clients > SCSI pane (Add new Client button). Refer to Create SCSI Client

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on page 155.

Note that the Target and LUN objects must be created before via the Configuration > SCSI Target > Port pane (Add new Target button), and Configuration > SCSI Target > Port > Target pane (Add new LUN button). Refer to C

reate Target on page 169 and Create LUN on page 170.

Note

It is strongly recommended to create Targets and LUNs as a continuous range of elements starting from 0 (Target0, Target1, Target2, etc.; LUN 0, LUN1, etc.).

ROBAR

The ROBAR Client can be created via the Configuration > Clients > ROBAR pane (Add new Client button). Refer to Create ROBAR Client

Note that the ROBAR Port must be configured before the clients can send commands (refer to ROBAR page 156).

on page 160.

Initialize the Logical Library

The library must be initialized for its internal elements and cartridges to be created. It can be done by using the Inventory button. The same command can be done via the client interface.

Once the initialization process is completed, the library functions are available.

Assign Drives to Cartridges

After the cartridges are created, they may be assigned to the appropriate drives for use by the Generic mount operation. This will use the assigned drive as the first position in the list of possible mount

destinations. A cartridge can be assigned to one and only one drive, but the drive can be assigned to multiple cartridges.

The assignment executes (and can be changed later) through the Configuration > Logical > Cartridge pane (Cartridge properties > Assigned Drive >> Save changes). Refer to Cartridge

on page 94.

Note

This optional feature is not required for SCSI or ROBAR clients, but some DAS clients do use it.

Inserting New Media

After adding new cartridges to the library through the mailbox always execute Import (insert) operation (either via client interface or in Management GUI) before starting actually using the new media. The cartridge that was not inserted can not receive the valid home position (refer to Home Position and thus a lot of basic functions will be not available.

Note

Assigning a home position via import/insert operation is sometimes the only way to put the cartridge in the correct logical library.

Example: two libraries (Library1 and Library2) with two different clients (Client1 and Client2) have nonshared storage areas and a shared I/E area. The cartridge that should be accessed by Client2 is put to the shared mailbox. Client2 (or Admin from GUI in the Library2) must execute the import/insert operation so the cartridge will go to the storage area of Library2. But if the Client1 launches the import operation first cartridge will go to the Library1 and become not accessible for the Client2.

The Home Position feature is not used by SCSI clients, but for DAS and ROBAR the home position (home slot, home address) is a part of their concepse.

on page 79),

, the

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Create Scratch Pool

Create the required scratch cartridge pools for a logical library. The scratch pools should contain the data cartridges ready for writing. That can be done through the Configuration > Logical > Library pane (Add new Scratch Pool button). Refer to Create Pool

on page 109.

Note

In the same dialog it is possible to add data cartridges to the new pool (Assign/Unassign button). Refer to

Assign Media to Pool

CAUTION

The pool name and assigned cartridge range can be changed later through the Configuration > Logical > Pool pane. Refer to Pool

existing pool as well as remove them.

Note

Although Management GUI does not have name restrictions for the pool name, some backup applications do have them. Refer to Table 6

on page 98.

Sharing a single data cartridge between two or more scratch pools is not allowed.

on page 97. Some DAS and ROBAR clients may also assign cartridges to the

It is possible to create pools before Inventory, but the cartridges will appear in the library only after it is initialized.

on page 16.

Mark Cleaning Cartridges

After the Inventory is performed, the logical library recognizes all cartridges that it contains. However, the library cannot say which cartridge is of data type (readable and writable data carrier), and which is of cleaning type (the tool used for drive cleaning). By default, all cartridges are recognized as data, so it is up to Admin to mark the correct cartridges as cleaning.

This can be done through the Configuration > Logical > Cartridge pane (Cartridge properties > Type (data/clean) >> Save changes). Refer to Cartridge

If the cartridge is marked as cleaning by mistake, and in fact it is data, change its type back the same way.

Note

The type of cartridges that are already assigned to the scratch or clean pool cannot be changed.

on page 94.

Create Clean Pool

Create the required clean pools for a logical library. The clean pools should contain the cleaning cartridges ready to perform drive cleaning operations. That can be done through the Configuration > Logical > Library pane (Add new Clean Pool button). Refer to Create Pool

Note

In the same dialog it is possible to add cleaning cartridges to the new pool (Assign/Unassign button). Refer to Assign Media to Pool

Although Management GUI does not have name restrictions for the pool name, some backup applications do have them. Refer to Table 6

on page 98.

on page 109.

on page 16.

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CAUTION

The pool name and assigned cartridge range can be changed later through the Configuration > Logical > Pool pane. Refer to Pool

existing pool as well as remove them.

Sharing a single clean cartridge between two or more cleaning pools is allowed. Watch however the state of that cartridge with extreme caution.

on page 97. Some DAS and ROBAR clients may also assign cartridges to the

Note

The cartridges appear in the library during Inventory, but only Admin can mark the cartridge as cleaning, as described in Mark Cleaning Cartridges ‘insert cleaning cartridges to pool’ operation can be executed via DAS by DAS Client.

on page 21. Also the

Configure Clean Manager

After the cleaning pools are created and configured, they can be assigned to the appropriate drives for the drive cleaning operation. Cleaning can be executed either automatically or by client request. This can be done via the Configuration > Logical > Drive pane (Drive properties > Cleaning). Refer to Drive

104. Specify the correct cleaning time according to the drive type and model. Specify also the cleaning rate (the number of mounts between cleanings).

on page

Configure Aliasing

Some DAS Clients use old vertions of backup application that cannon correctly recognize the newest models of media and drives, but must work with such models nevertheless. To fix this issue, Scalar DLC provides an Aliasing feature.

Using Configuration > Clients > DAS > DAS Client pane > Aliasing (refer to Aliasing either drive or media (or both) select the alias that the backup application ’understands’ instead of its default type that the application cannot recognize. Then press Save button to update the client properties. The Scalar DLC restart is not

Note

This feature is optional and used only by some DAS clients.

required, the client application restart is not required, too.

on page 143) for

Reserve Drives and Cartridges

Some DAS clients may reserve the drives and the cartridges which means no one but the client will access the appropriate resource.

CAUTION

Enter the appropriate values through the Configuration > Clients > DAS > DAS Client pane (Reserved Drives > (Select Drive) >> Reserve; Reserved Volsers >> Add Volserrange, Remove Volserrange). Refer to Drives reserve operation by using the special commands (allocd, allocv) from the client side.

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on page 138 and Reserve or Define Volsers on page 142. Also the customer may perform a

The drives and cartridges reserved/allocated by Client1 cannot be accessed by other clients. The allocation must be removed before the other client can access the reserved resource.

Removing the allocation made by another client is also possible from the client side by the special command (allocd, allocv) if the client has Supervisor privileges.

Note

This feature is optional and used only by some DAS clients.

Note

Using the Management GUI Admin can execute any operation whether the used medium and/or drive is reserved or not.

Also Admin can remove the allocation, either through Configuration > Clients > DAS > DAS Client pane (Reserved Drives >> Specify >> Save changes; Reserved Volsers >> Add Volserrange, Remove Volserrange), or through Configuration > Logical >

Drive (Drive properties > Owner >> None >> Save changes) and Configuration > Logical > Cartridge (Cartridge properties > Owner >> None >> Save changes).

Define Drives and Cartridges

Some DAS clients may define the drives they will use and the cartridges they may access.

CAUTION

Define the appropriate values through the Configuration > Clients > DAS > DAS Client pane (Defined Drives >> Specify >> Save changes; Defined Volsers >> Add Volserrange, Remove Volserrange). Refer to

Define Drives

temporary define operation by using the special command (scop2) from the client side.

on page 140 and Reserve or Define Volsers on page 142. Also the customer may perform a

The drives and cartridges defined by Client1 are in common use, but the Client1 itself can access only the defined drives and media. ‘None defined’ means the Client1 can use all drives and all media in the library it is assigned to.

Note

This feature is optional and used only by some DAS clients.

Configure Additional Libraries

Follow the sequence of the previous procedures to configure additional logical libraries.

Note

A re-initialization of the library is necessary if the library properties are changed.

Additional Configuration

The following actions can be performed to make the Scalar DLC more user-friendly.

Create User

By default, the Scalar DLC contains two pre-defined users to work with Management GUI: default administrator (admin) and default customer engineer (atac). More users can be created.

Step 1 Log on the Management GUI as administrator.

Step 2 Using Users Tab (Configuration > Users tab >> Add new User) create the new user selecting

the user access level and user rights, and specifying login, password, and email settings. Refer to C

reate User on page 132 and Table 21 on page 129.

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Update ATAC Settings

All problem reports (tickets) created by the customer will be sent by default to ATAC on “watchman@adic.com“. This can be changed if required. Do the following:

Step 1 Log on the Management GUI as administrator. Check the Scalar DLC email notification settings

on Main Menu > Extended Service > Registration Information pane. Refer to R

Information on page 55. The “Email Notification“ field must be checked, and the “SMTP server”

and “port” parameters must contain valid information. Contact the local network administrator for details.

egistration

Step 2 Open Configuration > Users Tab and select the default CE “atac“ (refer to U

Change the email settings from “watchman@adic.com“ to the required value.

Step 3 Restart the Scalar DLC service for the changes take effect.

ser on page 131).

Configure Email Notifications

To notify the customer via email that the given operation has been performed:

Step 1 Log on the Management GUI as administrator. Create the working configuration. Refer to

utomatic Configuration on page 17 or Advanced Configuration on page 18.

Step 2 Using the Rule Wizard (Main Menu > Wizards > Create Rule) create the rule that will react

when a certain event occurs in the system and will send a notification about this event to a certain email address. Refer to Create Rule

Note

Step 3 After creating the rule, go to Events > Rules Tab and ensure that the rule is correct and active.

The Scalar DLC database contains the email addresses of all users (refer to User on page 131) and the email addresses that were entered manually during rule creation (see

Figure 37

in this list, it can be selected during the rule creation process; if not, it can be entered manually and will be thereby added to the database.

Refer to R

on page 53 and Figure 38 on page 53). If the required email address is present

ules Tab on page 179.

on page 45.

Step 4 Check the Scalar DLC email notification settings on Main Menu > Extended Service >

Registration Information pane. Refer to R

Notification“ field must be checked valid information. Contact the local network administrator for the details.

Step 5 Restart the Scalar DLC service for the changes to take effect.

The received email shall look as follows:

Packet Type: <Automatically Open Ticket> Packet Revision Level: <2.6 build 3> Current Time: <Friday, Nov 19, 2005 04:07:08 PM> Scalar DLC s/n: <DLC12345> Packet Number: <{AFC3A8D1-EE87-4C45-913B-A949907E1D63}.92.3> Site ID: {} Source: <Automated: DLC12345> Total call Time: <N/A> # of times packet was sent: <0> ===================================

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, and the “SMTP server” and “port” parameters must contain

egistration Information on page 55. The “Email

Site ID: {} Caller Name: <Automated: DLC12345> Caller Phone: <none> Modem Phone: {} Call-In Enabled: {yes} Company Name: {Scalar DLC Installation} Call Type: {not available} Call Subtype: {not available} Device: {not available} System Serial Number: {ADIC Scalar 1000 #111111111} Item Serial Number: {not available} Service Action Code: 80 Service Action Code Modifier: <12345678> Service Action Code Description: <Failures detected in the X-axis Servo system.> Priority: <not available> Description: <General hardware problem> Configuration Table: <not available> Physical Library Name <ADIC Scalar 1000 #11111>

Note

Some fields may be empty, or contain <none> or <not available> which is correct especially in case of the automatically created/opened tickets with the appropriate email notification.

Installing New Slots

When the new slot (for example, drive) is installed in the physical library, perform the following actions so that the Scalar DLC logical libraries have the correct reflection of the current hardware.

Step 1 Install the slot(s), make all proper connections according to the library Operator Guide.

Step 2 Execute Teach command from the robot Operator Panel. After the command is finished (that

may take some time) the slot will appear in appropriate range of the physical library.

Step 3 For each newly installed slot, verify the partition settings.

a. If the new slot has appeared in the unpartitioned space, then everything is correct and it can be

used as any other slot after adding to the appropriate partition.

b. If the new slot has appeared in the partitioned space and its type and media domain match the

existing partition properties, it is accessible for every client that can access the appropriate partition.

c. If the new slot has appeared in the partitioned space and its type and media domain do not

match the existing partition properties (for example, SDLT 220 Drive appeared in the middle of IBM LTO Drive partition), the newly installed slot becomes incompatible, and the Management GUI shows it (see Table 16 Admin must manually correct the situation by changing the range of the existing partition until it will not cover the new (not compatible) slot. Then another partition must be manually created and assigned to the appropriate logical libraries. Perform a complete inventory after all assignments are done.

on page 67 and Table 15 on page 66).

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Operating the Tape Library Doors

It is possible to stand up right before the tape library device and manipulate its doors when the Scalar DLC is in work. Moreover, it is required sometimes.

The Scalar DLC will reflect as much as it could, but some operations (especially executed by the clients who use backup applications and do not monitor the resource before launching the command) are to be failed when the doors are opened.

Front Door

When the front door is in open state, the Scalar DLC resources can be described as follows:

Element State, single-aisle library State, dual-aisle library

Robot Offline Offline

Physical library Offline Online

Partition, drive, storage, mailbox Offline Online / offline

Logical library Offline Online / offline

a. That is, online if the second front door is closed and the second robot is online. b. Depends on the state of the robot where the partition is physically located on, whether it is offline or online. c. Depends on the partitions the library contain, whether all of them are offline or some are online.

When the front door of Robot1 on the dual-aisle system is opened, the Robot2 may still perform operations that do not use resources managed by Robot1 (for example, mount from <Robot2 storage> to <Robot2 drive> shall pass). If the customer-requested resource is in Robot1 control, the Scalar DLC marks the resource as ‘not accessible’ and the operation shall fail.

BE VERY CAREFUL WHEN OPENING THE FRONT DOOR. THE AISLE

WARNING

MECHANICS WILL GO OFFLINE WHEN THE DOOR IS OPENED BUT IT TAKES TIME.

After the front door is closed the robot must be manually turned online from the operator panel. Then the robot starts the complete inventory operation to check whether the new elements are installed, and if so, map them correctly.

I/E Station Door

When the door of insert/eject station is opened the Scalar DLC marks the elements of this station as ‘not accessible’. Any operation that involves the non-accessible resource (for example, move to the nonaccessible mailbox slot) will fail. The other operations (for example, dismount, clean, move to the mailbox slot of the other insert/eject station) shall pass.

Closing the insert/eject door starts the partinventory (partial inventory) of the appropriate insert/eject station to check whether the new cartridges were put in the library or the cartrigdes ejected to the mailbox were removed.

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Managing the Database

The separate Database Tool (refer to Database Tool on page 206) is used for every operation that is allowed with the Scalar DLC database. The tool is launched from Start > Programs > ADIC Distributed

Library Controller > Scalar DLC DB Tool (or right-click on Scalar DLC tray icon and then Tools > Scalar DLC DB Tool).

Set Up Database Backup Mode

Step 1 Launch DB tool, log in and open Extended mode tab (refer to Extended Mode on page 209).

Step 2 Check Full recovery mode box if the database is to be backed-up with full information. Uncheck

the box if only the database itself is to be backed-up.

Step 3 Press Apply button to apply settings, them Exit to close DB tool.

Schedule Database Backup

Step 1 Launch DB tool, log in and open Backup tab (refer to Database Backup on page 207).

Step 2 Set up the Backup destination in automatic backup. Check the Time-generated file names box

if the backup files are to be named according the backup date.

Step 3 Set up the Backup schedule and then check Enable schedule box.

Step 4 Press Apply button to apply settings, them Exit to close DB tool.

Schedule Transaction Logs Backup

Step 1 Launch DB tool, log in and open Extended mode tab (refer to Extended Mode on page 209).

Step 2 Set up the Destination in automatic transaction logs backup.

Step 3 Set up the Schedule and then check Enable schedule box.

Step 4 Press Apply button to apply settings, them Exit to close DB tool.

Backup Database Manually

Step 1 Launch DB tool, log in and open Backup tab (refer to Database Backup on page 207).

Step 2 Set up the Backup destination in Manual backup.

Step 3 Press Execute button to backup the database to a file, them Exit to close DB tool.

Schedule Database Compact

Step 1 Launch DB tool, log in and open Compact tab (refer to Database Compact on page 212).

Step 2 Set up the Compact schedule and then check Enable schedule box.

Step 3 Press Apply button to apply settings, them Exit to close DB tool.

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Compact Database Manually

Step 1 Launch DB tool, log in and open Compact tab (refer to Database Compact on page 212).

Step 2 Press Execute button to compact the database, them Exit to close DB tool.

Restore Database from Backup

Step 1 Launch DB tool, log in and open Restore tab (refer to Database Restore on page 214).

Step 2 Stop the Scalar DLC software (bring offline for a failover solution).

Step 3 Select Database to restore from a regular backup, then select a backup from a database

backup list.

Step 4 To restore the database with transaction logs, check also Restore with logs box and select the

transaction log.

Step 5 Press Restore button to restore the database, them Exit to close DB tool.

Step 6 Start/bring online Scalar DLC again.

Restore Database from File

Step 1 Launch DB tool, log in and open Restore tab (refer to Database Restore on page 214).

Step 2 Stop the Scalar DLC software (bring offline for a failover solution).

Step 3 Select From device to restore from a file, then select a device name (file) to restore the

database from.

Step 4 Change the names for a database file and transaction log file if the default values are not good

enough.

Step 5 Press Restore button to restore the database, them Exit to close DB tool.

Step 6 Start/bring online Scalar DLC again.

Archive Database

Step 1 Launch DB tool, log in and open Save tab (refer to Database Save on page 216).

Step 2 Set up the Destination.

Step 3 Press Save button to save the database archive to a file, them Exit to close DB tool.

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Management GUI

This chapter describes the structure of Scalar DLC Management GUI and provides a brief description of its functionality.

The Management GUI screen is divided into three areas (see Figure 11

• The upper portion of the screen contains the Main Menu bar. Refer to Main Menu Bar

• The center portion of the screen contains the library related menus, configuration and service tabs, and more. Refer to GUI Tabs

• The lower portion of the screen holds the GUI Log. Refer to GUI Log

on page 61.

on page 30).

on page 30.

on page 69.

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Figure 11 Management GUI

Main Menu Bar

The Main Menu Bar contains five sections. See Figure 12 on page 30. The sections are:

• Screen Refresh Icon. Forces the Management GUI screen to refresh. Refer to Screen Refresh Icon on page 31.

• Connection. Contains the user connection options. Refer to C

• Wizards. Contains the wizard-based engines for configuring logical libraries, assigning partitions, creating tickets, and creating rules. Refer to Wizards

• Extended Service. Contains some service panes like registration information, online log viewer etc. Refer to E

• Help. Contains Management GUI help panes. Refer to H

Figure 12 Main Menu Bar

xtended Service on page 54.

on page 32.

onnection on page 31.

elp on page 60.

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Screen Refresh Icon

The broad black bar containing the red ADIC logo is a screen refresh icon. It also contains the user-to-host connection status (as at the example picture, User admin connected to computer, where admin is the user name and computer is either the Scalar DLC host name or the Scalar DLC cluster name). This button forces the Management GUI screen to refresh.

Icon Description

Refresh the Management GUI screen. The black bar itself acts as the refresh button, too.

Note

Depending on the PC performance and the current Scalar DLC configuration, the refresh may take up to several minutes.

Some update (for example, library statistic) is not performed by the global refresh but requires special refresh operarion initiated by an appropriate button.

Connection

This section contains the basic Log off and Exit operations.

Options Name Description

Log Off Log off the Management GUI. A new log on dialog appears.

Exit Close and exit the current applet or application and log off the user.

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Wizards

The Wizards section contains the wizard-based engines used to create some Scalar DLC internal elements. It contains the following options:

Options Wizard Description Access

Create Configuration

Assign Partitions

Create Ticket Creates the report issue (ticket) which will be

Create Rule Creates the rule that will notify the specified

All wizards contain the same operational buttons (Table 7

Table 7 Wizard Buttons

Name Icon Operation Description

First Click Return to the first dialog (disabled at the first wizard dialog).

Creates the logical library according to the user-specified values (library name, assigned client, etc.). Refer to Create Configuration page 32.

Either assigns a number of partitions to the logical library, or removes a number of partitions from the logical library (without deleting these partitions physically). Refer to

Assign Partitions

immediately sent to the ADIC Technical Support Center (ATAC). Refer to Create

Ticket on page 40.

user or person that a certain event has been occurred. Refer to Create Rule

on page 38.

on page 45.

Admin only

All users

Admin only

Previous Click Return to the previous dialog (disabled at the first wizard

dialog).

Next Click Go to the next wizard dialog.

Create/Finish Click Create (only at the last dialog).

Cancel/Exit Click Cancel creation or exit wizard after successful creation.

Create Configuration

The Configuration wizard: creates a logical library that covers all the parts of the selected physical library; creates two identical mailboxes (I01 and E01) that cover the entire insert/eject area; and assigns a client to the created library. The wizard automatically creates the required partitions in the ranges of a physical library and assigns them to the logical library.

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Selecting the Create Configuration option activates the Configuration wizard. The first dialog is Physical Library selection. See figure below.

Figure 13 Select Physical Library

Name Operation Description

Select Physical Library

Select Select the physical library from the combo box. The created

library will be based on the selected device.

The next dialog is Logical Library Selection. See figure below.

Figure 14 Select Logical Library

Accept the default name or enter the desired name. ADIC recommends accepting the default name while being sure not to duplicate the name of existing libraries.

Name Operation Description

Name of new Logical Library Enter Enter the new logical library name.

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The next dialog is Configuration Method selection. See figure below.

Figure 15 Select Configuration Method

Name Operation Description

Define the method of creating a Logical Library

Select by Media

Type

analogously to existing library

from unused elements

from elements by R1

from elements by R2

from elements by R1 & R2

Create the single-media library. The Next button will show the Figure 16

on page 35

with the media selection dialog.

Create the copy of already created library. Enabled only when there is at least one logical library already. The Next button will show the Figure 17

on page 35

with the prototype selection dialog.

Create the library from the elements that are currently not

assigned to any other logical library. Enabled only when there is at least one not assigned element in a physical library.

Create the library from the elements available for the Robot1.

Create the library from the elements available for the Robot2. Enabled only for the dual-aisle physical library.

Create the library from the elements available for both Robot1 and Robot2 Enabled only for the dual-aisle physical library.

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Figure 16 Select Media

Name Operation Description

Detect media type Select Select the media type for the single-media library. Refer to

Media Type

s on page 246.

Figure 17 Select Library Prototype

Name Operation Description

Select logical library Select Select the existing logical library which will be the prototype for

the new library.

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The next dialog is Mailbox selection.

Figure 18 Select Mailbox

Accept the default names or enter the desired names. ADIC recommends accepting the default names.

Name Operation Description

Name of new Maibox Enter Enter the name of the new mailbox (E01 for export).

Name of new Maibox Enter Enter the name of the new mailbox (I01 for import).

The next dialog is Client selection. See figure below.

Figure 19 Select Client

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Name Operation Description

Select the type of new Client

Select DAS Client creates the DAS client with all parameters by default.

Always available if the DAS Client support is installed.

SCSI Client creates the SCSI Client assigned to the first free LUN of the first existing Target. Available only after the SCSI is configured (at least one target is created and at least one LUN is free). Refer to

reate Target on page 169 and Create LUN on page 170.

ROBAR Client selects the ROBAR Client. Available only after the ROBAR interface is configured (non-zero port is specified). Refer to

Name of new

ROBAR

Enter Enter the name of the new client.

on page 156.

Client

Accept the default name or enter the desired name. ADIC recommends accepting the default name while being sure not to duplicate an existing client name.

The next dialog is Configuration Summary. See figure below.

Figure 20 Configuration Summary

Name Operation Description

Summary Supplied Be sure that the data entered from the previous dialogs is correct.

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The final configuration dialog then appears.

Figure 21 Configuration Complete

Name Operation Description

Operation list Supplied The list of operations executed by configuration wizard.

Assign Partitions

The Partition Assignment wizard assigns the partition(s) to the logical library or executes the backward operation. The logical library and the partitions to assign must be created before launching the wizard.

Selecting the Assign Partitions option activates the Partition Assignment wizard.

There are two types of Partition Assignment wizard first screens. Figure below appears when the selected logical library contains at least one partition.

Figure 22 Partitions Contained

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Figure below appears when the selected logical library contains no partitions.

Figure 23 Partitions Not Contained

Name Operation Description

Select Logical Library Select The logical library to assign/unassign partition(s).

Select Physical Library

Supplied The physical library whose partition(s) are already assigned to

the selected logical library.

Select The physical library whose partition(s) should be assigned to

the selected logical library.

The next wizard screen shows the assign/unassign dialog.

Figure 24 Partition List

Name Operation Description

Library name Supplied The logical library to assign/unassign partition(s).

Partition(s) Check The checked partitions are, or should be, assigned to the logical

library. The not checked partitions currently are not assigned to the library or should be unassigned from it. The changes are marked with asterisks.

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Name Operation Description

Partition properties

Figure 25 Partitions Summary

Supplied Name Partition name.

Class Partition class (Storage, I/E, Drive). See Table 13

page 65.

Type Partition media type. Refer to S

247, Mailbox Type page 249.

Start Starting address in the range of the partition elements.

End Ending address in the range of the partition elements.

s on page 248, or Drive Types on

torage Types on page

Name Operation Description

Summary Supplied Shows the summary for the assign/unassign partition(s)

Create Ticket

Ticket is a brief report of the problem encountered by the user that should be solved by ADIC Technical Assistance Center (ATAC). After the ticket that describes the problem is created, the email notification is sent to ATAC. The ATAC solution will allow the CE (customer engineer) to begin working toward a solution of the problem. Information supplied to the ticket becomes a part of the ATAC Calls pane. Refer to A

Calls Tab on page 189.

Selecting the Create Ticket option activates the Ticket wizard.

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Figure 26 Ticket Registration

Name Operation Description

Enter your name Enter The issue originator name.

Enter your phone

Enter The issue originator contact phone number.

number

System Serial Number

Supplied The system serial number (taken directly from the Scalar DLC

Database).

The Ticket Priority and Description dialog is the next step in the wizard process. A priority is selected, and a description of the problem is entered.

Figure 27 Ticket Priority and Description

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Name Operation Description

Select a priority for the ticket

Select Critical means the problem must be solved immediately. Highest

priority.

Urgent means that solving the problem is very important but not critical. High priority.

Major means that the problem should be solved. Medium priority.

Minor means that the problem should be solved. Low priority.

Enhancement means that the problem should be solved. Lowest priority

Enter a brief description of

Enter

A description of the problem.

the problem

The Ticket Category dialog is used to select a category for the problem. The frequency of the problem is established.

Figure 28 Ticket Category

Name Operation Description

Select a

Select Do not know means the problem category is unknown. problem category that describes the problem

Operator means the problem source is an operator error.

Hardware means the problem source is a hardware error.

Firmware means the problem source is a software error.

Service call means the user has asked for service help.

Configuration means the problem source is a wrong system

configuration.

Statistical means the problem source is statistical data.

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Name Operation Description

Did the problem occur once or repeatedly?

Select Do not know means the problem frequency is unknown.

Temporary means the problem occurred once and was not reproduced.

Permanent means the problem appeared several times.

The Ticket Device, Library, and Client dialog selects the problematic device, details the location of the logical library that contains the device, and identifies the associated client.

Figure 29 Ticket Device, Library, and Client

Name Operation Description

Select the device where the problem is

Select the logical library where the device is located

Is the problem related to a specific client

Select Select the device from the combo box if the problem is

somewhere in the device.

Select Select the logical library from the combo box if the

problem is with the logical library.

Select Select the client from the combo box if the problem

related with a client.

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The Ticket Service Code dialog establishes the service code associated with the problem.

Figure 30 Ticket Service Code

Name Operation Description

Select the Service Code for the problem

Select Do not know means the code is unknown.

Unscheduled Repair means an unexpected repair is required.

Scheduled Repair means a pre-arranged time has been allocated for

the repair.

Information Call means information is sent to ATAC.

Customer Resp. means the problem is caused or belongs to the

customer.

Preventive Maint. means routine preventive maintenance is scheduled.

Installation means the ticket is generated to notify ATAC about the

installation of the system.

De-Installation means the ticket is generated to notify ATAC about a system de-installation.

EC/Field Bill means a service call is the result of an EC/Field build installation.

Feature Code Change means a new feature or function is added to the system.

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The Ticket Summary dialog contains selected information from the previous dialogs. The wizard assembles the data and requires a verification.

Figure 31 Ticket Summary

Name Operation Description

Summary Supplied Be sure that the data entered from the previous dialogs is correct.

Note

The Create button is disabled while the ticket is in the creation process. During this

period, the data is being integrated into the ATAC Calls pane.

Create Rule

The Scalar DLC software contains rules for monitoring system events either by sending notification via email or directly to the Management GUI. In addition, system rules are generated by the Scalar DLC software itself. The user can define rules that will operate in a similar manner. See Table 8 of the events and matching rules configuration.

Note

Table 8 Event Specification

Event Event Group Specific Event

Start supervisor

In the table that follows, (Any) means selection “Any,” (None) means selection “None”,

(#) means exact selection (for example, Library1, or Client2).

For the details on Error code, if any, refer to Error Codes

Statistical SDLC supervisor has

been started

Error code

0 None None None

Physical

Library

for the detailed description

on page 251.

Logical Library

Client

Stop supervisor

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Statistical SDLC supervisor has

been stopped

0 None None None

Table 8 Event Specification (Continued)

Event Event Group Specific Event

License expiration

Statistical License is to expire in a

few days

warning

Physical library is

Statistical New physical library is

created

Physical library is

Statistical Physical library has

been deleted

deleted

Physical library state

Statistical The library state has

changed

Logical library state

Statistical The library state has

changed

Library Tape Alert

Statistical Message about Drive

Tape Alert Flag

Error code

Physical

Library

Logical Library

Client

0 None None None

0 Any None Any

0 None # None

0 Any None Any

Drive Tape Alert

Front door closed

Inventory (GUI)

Inventory (auto)

Inventory (common)

Move cartridge (common)

Move cartridge (client)

Move cartridge (GUI)

Statistical Message about Drive

Tape Alert Flag

Statistical Library door closed.

Context defined below.

Statistical Library elements have

been inventoried

Statistical Library elements have

been inventoried

Statistical Library elements have

been inventoried

Statistical A cartridge has been

successfully moved

Statistical A cartridge has been

successfully moved

Statistical A cartridge has been

successfully moved

0 # None Any

0 None # None

0 # None Any

0##Any

0None##

0None#Any

Physical element state

Statistical Library elements

changed its state

0##Any

changed

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Table 8 Event Specification (Continued)

Event Event Group Specific Event

Logical element state

Statistical Library elements

changed its state

changed

New firmware loaded

Drive cleaning

Statistical New firmware has

been loaded to physical library

Statistical New firmware has

been loaded to physical library

Statistical Message from Clean

Manager about drive cleaning

Clean pool requires service

Element(s) allocated by client

Statistical A clean’s pool

condition has become critical

Statistical Logical library element

has changed its allocation state

Error code

Physical

Library

Logical Library

Client

0 None # None

0 # None Any

0None#Any

0None##

0 None # None

0None##

Cluster node changed

Hardware error: generic, and so forth

Hardware error: accessor cannot pick a cartridge

Hardware error: accessor cannot put a cartridge

Hardware error: destination full

Hardware error: source empty

Statistical Cluster node has been

changed

Hardware An erroneous situation

has been encountered

Hardware An erroneous situation

has been encountered

Hardware An erroneous situation

has been encountered

Hardware An erroneous situation

has been encountered

Hardware An erroneous situation

has been encountered

0 None None Any

217 Any Any Any

216 Any Any Any

215 Any Any Any

223 Any Any Any

222 Any Any Any

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Table 8 Event Specification (Continued)

Event Event Group Specific Event

Hardware error:

Hardware An erroneous situation

has been encountered accessor cannot move

Hardware error:

Hardware An erroneous situation

has been encountered common

General failure:

General An erroneous situation

has been encountered common

Not ready: common

Not ready: device is

General An erroneous situation

has been encountered

General An erroneous situation

has been encountered becoming ready

Illegal request:

General An erroneous situation

has been encountered destination full

Error code

Physical

Library

Logical Library

Client

360 Any Any Any

220 Any Any Any

217 Any Any Any

205 Any Any Any

248 Any Any Any

223 Any Any Any

Illegal request: source empty

Illegal request: destination is accessor

Illegal request: invalid CDB field

Illegal request: I/E station door open

Abort: command aborted

General failure (Scalar 1000)

General An erroneous situation

has been encountered

General An erroneous situation

has been encountered

General An erroneous situation

has been encountered

General An erroneous situation

has been encountered

General An erroneous situation

has been encountered

General An erroneous situation

has been encountered

222 Any Any Any

358 Any Any Any

363 Any Any Any

368 Any Any Any

376 Any Any Any

247 Any Any Any

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Table 8 Event Specification (Continued)

Event Event Group Specific Event

General failure (Scalar 1000)

Internal error Internal An erroneous situation

License expired

General An erroneous situation

has been encountered

General An erroneous situation

has been encountered

General An erroneous situation

has been encountered

General An erroneous situation

has been encountered

General An erroneous situation

has been encountered

Configuration License has been

expired

Error code

212 Any Any Any

354 Any Any Any

221 Any Any Any

355 Any Any Any

226 Any Any Any

0 Any Any Any

0 None None #

Physical

Library

Logical Library

Client

Configuration changed

Manually created ticket

Automatic created ticket

Ticket in work

Close ticket Ticket Close ticket 0 None None Any

Note

Configuration Configuration changed 0 None None #

Ticket Open ticket (manually) 0 None None Any

Ticket Open ticket (auto) 0 None None Any

Ticket Continue ticket 0 None None Any

An incorrect rule cannot be created. Only the selections matching the selected event group, event, and so forth, are enabled in the Rule wizard.

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Selecting the Create Rule option opens the Rule Name dialog. Specify the rule name here.

Figure 32 Rule Name

Entry Operation Description

Enter the name for the new rule

Enter The rule name. ADIC recommends using names describing

the meaning of the rule.

The Rule Event dialog continues the wizard process. The event group and specific event are specified here.

Figure 33 Rule Event

Entry Operation Description

Event group Select Event group selection. See Table 8

Notification of events Select Event selection. See Table 8

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on page 45.

on page 45

The Rule Event dialog continues the wizard process The device, library, and client must be specified here.

Figure 34 Rule Event Location

Entry Operation Description

Device Select Device (Physical library) selection. See Table 8

Library Select Logical library selection. See Table 8

Client Select Client selection. See Table 8

Specific error situation

The Rule Notification Sent dialog continues the wizard process. The way to send notification is specified here.

Figure 35 Rule Notification Sent Dialog

Enter An error code listing. Refer to Error Codes

page 45.

on page 45.

on page 251 and Table 8 on

Note

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Although there exist some predefined rules that send notification via SNMP, the usercreated rules other than predefined cannot deliver SNMP notification because of interface properties.

Entry Operation Description

Deliver notification by Select EMAIL sends notification via email.

GUI sends a notification to the Management GUI.

Generate ticket by acknowledge

Check Enable/disable a service ticket generation request

(enable only when GUI selected).

Next Click If EMAIL is selected, the Rule Email Destination dialog

appears. See Figure 37

on page 53.

If GUI is selected, the Rule Notification Receiver dialog appears. See Figure 36

The Notification Receiver dialog pane identifies the user who receives the notification.

Figure 36 Rule Notification Receiver

Entry Operation Description

Notification receiver Select A selection from the user list.

Next Click Go to the next wizard dialog (Summary).

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The Rule Email Destination dialog identifies the user who receives the notification via email.

Figure 37 Rule Email Destination

Entry Operation Description

Choose/ create destination

Select A selection from the current list of email destinations. The default

entries in the list that cannot be removed are atac (default CE) and the

“contact person,” as shown in Figure 40

on page 55.

Delete Click Delete the entry from the list.

Add Click Add an entry to the list. See Figure 38

Choose template

Select Choose a selection from the combo box. Only valid template (matched

the rule) could be selected.

Next Click Go to the next wizard dialog (Summary).

The Rule Email dialog identifies the user who should receive the notification.

Figure 38 Rule Email

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Entry Operation Description

Name Enter Email sender name.

To Enter Email recipient address.

From Enter Email sender address.

Host To Enter Recipient email server.

Host From Enter Sender email server.

Port Enter Sender email port (the default is shown).

The last Rule wizard dialog displays the Rule Summary.

Figure 39 Rule Summary

Entry Operation Description

Summary Supplied Be sure that the data entered from the previous dialogs is correct.

Extended Service

This section contains the extended service operations.

Operations Name Description

Registration Information

Connect to RMU RMU connection window. Refer to Connect to RMU

View Log Online log viewer window. Refer to View Log

Scalar DLC registration information. Refer to

egistration Information on page 55.

page 56.

57.

on page

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Registration Information

Selecting the Registration Information opens the Registration Information pane. It shows the customer’s personal information that was entered during installation of the Scalar DLC software.

Figure 40 Registration Information

Review the registration information and change it if necessary.

Name Operation Description

Company name Enter The company name.

Company address Enter The company mailing address.

Contact name Enter The contact person name.

Contact email Enter The contact email address.

Email Notification Check Check this box to receive notifications via email.

SMTP Server Enter The SMTP server name.

Port Enter The SMTP server port number.

Contact telephone Enter The contact phone number.

Fax Enter The contact fax number.

Service contract Check Marks the service contract feature as “signed.”

Site ID Enter The site ID (for the signed service contract).

SDLC serial number Supplied The Scalar DLC serial number.

SDLC location Enter The Scalar DLC location.

SDLC dial-in number Enter The Scalar DLC dial-in number.

ATAC contact Select The Scalar DLC ATAC contact region (North America or

Europe).

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Name Operation Description

Reset Click Clear all the fields and restore the registration information from

the Scalar DLC database

Update Click Update the Scalar DLC database with the registration

information entered in this pane.

Cancel Click Close the pane without saving changes.

CAUTION

If the Email Notification field is not checked, the Scalar DLC will never send notifications via email.

Connect to RMU

Selecting the Connect to RMU opens the Remote Management Unit (RMU) connection pane (Figure 41). It allows to connect to the remote management unit.

Figure 41 Connect to RMU

Note

The factory installed RMU in each system uses a standard Web browser for remote library access. The supported browsers are:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4.0 and above

The down arrow will open a list of previously connected RMUs.

• Netscape Navigator version 4.01 and above.

You can do the following by means of the RMU:

• Update RMU firmware

• Access the library status

• Make configuration changes

• Access the library Operator Panel

• Update the library controller firmware

• Retrieve library command and error logs

• Use the ADIC website to access Scalar documentation

The RMU supports Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) version 2.0 and acts as an SNMP server. The RMU acquires Tape Alert 3.0 compatibility information from the library over the serial interface port and sends that information to a SNMP server. The RMU also detects a power loss and generates a SNMP trap for notification.

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View Log

Figure 42 View Log: standard mode

Selecting the View Log opens the online log viewer window. Refer also to the L

221.

Name Operation Description

Scalar DLC log file Select The log file to view can be selected (current session by

default).

Record Filter Select The filter of records can be specified.

Max records Enter The maximum number of records to show can be specified.

Advanced mode Check Pressing the Submit filter button shows the View Log

advanced mode window. See Figure 43

Reversed sort order Check Not supported in current version.

Download Click Downloads the current log file.

Help Click Open Log help screen.

Home Click Go to the first record page.

End Click Go to the last record page.

Next Click Go to the next record page.

og Viewer Utility on page

on page 58.

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Name Operation Description

Prev Click Go to the previous record page.

Submit filter Click Refresh the current screen to apply changes.

Record messages Double-click Open the log message detail window. See Figure 44

on page

59.

Double-clicking on the record message opens the log message detail window. See Figure 44 on page 59.

Figure 43 View Log: advanced mode

Name Operation Description

Time Check/Enter Specify the time range of the record to show using the From and To

fields. Empty fields specify all records.

Command

Check/Enter Specify the command type of the record to show.

Type

Command Id Check/Enter Specify the command ID of the record to show.

Client Check/Enter Specify the client of the record to show.

Class Check/Enter Specify the class of the record to show.

Object Click/Enter Specify the object of the record to show.

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Name Operation Description

Description Check/Enter Specify the description of the record to show.

Data Check Specify the record data to show.

Information Check Show information messages.

Warnings Check Show warning messages.

Errors Check Show error messages.

Critical errors Check Show critical error messages.

Double-click on the record message to open the log message details window.

Figure 44 Log Message Details

Name Description

Log Log file the record message is taken from.

Date The record date.

Time The record time.

Severity The record severity.

Command Id The record command id.

Command type The record command type.

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Name Description

Client The record client.

Class The record class.

Object The record object.

Description The record description

Data The record additional data.

Help

This section contains the information that can be helpful for the customer.

Options Name Description

Help Content Contains browser-based HTML help files that cover

installation, operation, and service. This information appears in a separate window. The contents, index, search engine, and bookmarks are accessed from this window.

License Agreement A copy of the Scalar DLC software license agreement

can be viewed from this pane.

About The Scalar DLC software and component code

Figure 45 Scalar DLC Software Version Code

versions can be viewed from this pane. All Scalar DLC hot fixes and service packs (if any) are enlisted here, too. See Figure 45

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GUI Tabs

This topic describes the main area of the Scalar DLC Management GUI screen, the GUI Tabs. All extended configuration and management is executed from this area.

The detailed structure is described in Tabs Structure

Figure 46 GUI Tabs: Working Areas

on page 68.

While using the GUI Tabs, clicking the expand/collapse button on the left of the branch in the Select Components area of the pane expands or collapses that branch of the tree. Selecting the actual branch displays the associated properties.

Note

The top of the tree always indicates the Scalar DLC controller. As each branch of the tree is expanded and selected, the properties for that branch of the tree appear. An explanation of the tree objects is described in Table 9

on page 62.

Note

Expanding the tree does not select branches from the tree.

Some elements are present on all the panes of the Scalar DLC Management GUI, while other are not.

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Table 9 Tree Objects

Object Icon Color Description

Controller • Black The name (Hostname) of the Scalar DLC server controller.

All the example screens of this manual use either computer, or sdlccluster (failover solution).

Logical library

• Green

•Dark yellow

•Red

Physical library

• Green

•Dark yellow

•Red

Robot • Black

•Gray

Partition • Black

•Gray

The name of the logical library object that represents the actual library to the client. The color of the library indicates the state of the library. The state of the library also is indicated in parenthesis next to the name of the library. Table 10

on page 63 explains the

definition of the states.

The name of the physical tape library device. The color of the library indicates the state of the library. The state of the library also is indicated in parenthesis next to the name of the library. Table 11

on page 64 explains the

definition of the states.

The robotic accessor inside the physical device. Most devices contain only one robot (single aisle libraries), however some devices contain two robots (dual aisle libraries). The color of the robot indicates the state of the robot. See

Table 12

on page 64.

A segment of Physical library. It contains the continuous range of slots of single type and single media domain. Also the storage partition always contains either linear shelve slots or tower slots, but not both of them even when they have the same media domain and type. The created partition should be assigned to a Logical library. The Logical library should contain at least one storage partition, one mailbox partition, and one drive partition of the same media domain for the complete configuration. In dual aisle libraries, the partition also must be in the range of one robot only. If the robot is offline, its partitions are offline, too. The color of the partition indicates the state of the partition. See Table 13

on page 65.

Scratch pool • Black The name of the scratch cartridge pool. Contains the data

cartridges available for writing. The pool content may be either the continuous range or a discrete set. Only the cartridges of a single media type can be assigned to the pool.

Clean pool • Black The name of the clean cartridge pool. Contains the cleaning

cartridges. The pool content may be either the continuous range or a discrete set. Only the cartridges of a single media type can be assigned to the pool.

Cartridges • Black This list indicates cartridges currently contained in the library.

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Table 9 Tree Objects (Continued)

Object Icon Color Description

Offline cartridges

• Black This list indicates cartridges that were removed from the

physical library and their image is remained for archive purposes.

Data cartridge

Cleaning cartridge

• Dark green For a dark green cartridge text, the list indicates the data

•Dark yellow

cartridges. See Table 19

For a dark yellow cartridge text, the list indicates the cleaning cartridges. See Table 19

on page 78 for the details.

Storage slots • Black This list indicates the storage area in the physical library.

Storage slot • Blue

•Gray

•Black

•Gray

For a blue storage slot name, a cartridge is present in the slot. See Table 14

on page 65.

For a black storage slot name, the slot is empty. See Table 14 on page 65.

Mailbox • Black The name of the insert/eject area of the logical library.

Contains a set of insert/eject slots that are also called mailboxes or mailbox slots. The mailbox content may be either a continuous slot range or a discrete set.

Mailboxes • Black This list indicates the whole mailbox (insert/eject) area in the

physical library.

Mailbox slot • Blue

•Gray

•Black

•Gray

For a blue mailbox slot name, a cartridge is present in the slot. See Table 15

on page 66.

For a black mailbox slot name, the slot is empty. See Table 15 on page 66.

Drives • Black This area contains the drive slots for executing the read/write

operations

Drive slot • Blue

•Gray

•Black

•Gray

For a blue drive slot name, a cartridge is present in the slot. See Table 16

on page 67.

For a black drive slot name, the slot is empty. See Table 16 page 67.

The following tables describe the states and properties of the objects mentioned above.

Table 10 Logical Library States

State Icon Color Description

Online Green The library is online and accepts all commands

Online, alarm

Green The library is online and accepts all commands.

An error has been encountered.

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Table 10 Logical Library States

State Icon Color Description

Diagnostic (Service) Dark yellow Either the library diagnostic or the firmware update is

being executed.

Disabled Dark yellow The library is logically switched off (Home operation

executed).

Invalid Red The library configuration is invalid (one or more

required partition(s) missing).

Not ready Red The library is not available (either the connection is

lost or the admin has manually changed the library state).

a. Alarm flag indicates that an error has occurred but it does not specify the error. To find out what has happened, use the

Log Viewer, as described in L

og Viewer Utility on page 221.

Table 11 Physical Library States

State Icon Color Description

Online Green The library is online and accepts all commands

Online, alarm

Green The library is online and accepts all commands.

An error has been encountered.

Diagnostic Dark yellow The library diagnostic is being executed.

Service Dark yellow The library is in service mode (firmware update

process is being executed).

Not ready Red The library is not ready (service needed).

Offline Red The library is offline (connection lost).

a. Alarm flag indicates that an error has occurred but it does not specify the error. To find out what has happened, use the

Log Viewer, as described in L

og Viewer Utility on page 221.

Table 12 Robot States

State Icon Color Description

Normal (Online) Black The robot is online and functioning. All elements and

slots of the robot are accessible.

Offline Gray The robot is offline. All elements and slots of the robot

are temporary not accessible.

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Table 13 Partition Class and State

Class and State Icon Color Description

Storage, online Black Contains the continuous range of storage slots that

are either the linear storages or the tower storages. The robot is online.

Storage, offline Gray Contains the continuous range of storage slots that

are either the linear storages or the tower storages. The robot is offline.

Import/Export, online Black Contains the continuous range of mailbox slots.The

robot is online.

Import/Export, offline Gray Contains the continuous range of mailbox slots.The

robot is offline.

Drive, online Black Contains the continuous range of drives. The robot is

online.

Drive, offline Gray Contains the continuous range of drives. The robot is

offline.

Table 14 Storage Slots

State Icon Color Description

Occupied, online Blue The slot contains a cartridge. The robot is online.

Occupied, offline Gray The slot contains a cartridge. The robot is offline.

Occupied, online,

alarm

Blue The slot contains a cartridge. The robot is online.

An error is encountered (for example, the robot did not get a cartridge).

Occupied, offline, alarm

Gray The slot contains a cartridge. The robot is offline.

An error is encountered (for example, the robot did not get a cartridge).

Empty, online Black The slot is empty and free. The robot is online.

Empty, offline Gray The slot is empty and free. The robot is offline.

Empty, online, alarm Black The slot is empty and free. The robot is online.

An error is encountered (for example, the robot did not put a cartridge).

Empty, offline, alarm Gray The slot is empty and free. The robot is offline.

An error is encountered (for example, the robot did not put a cartridge).

Home position, online Black The slot is empty but it remains a home position of a

cartridge that is currently in a drive or mailbox slot. The robot is online.

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Table 14 Storage Slots (Continued)

State Icon Color Description

Home position, offline Gray The slot is empty but it remains a home position of a

cartridge that is currently in a drive or mailbox slot. The robot is offline.

Not available Gray The slot is currently unavailable (for example, tower

door is opened).

a. Alarm flag indicates that an error has occurred but it does not specify the error. To find out what has happened, use the

Log Viewer, as described in L

og Viewer Utility on page 221.

Table 15 Mailbox Slots

State Icon Color Description

Occupied, online Blue The slot contains a cartridge. The robot is online.

Occupied, offline Gray The slot contains a cartridge. The robot is offline.

Occupied, online,

alarm

Blue The slot contains a cartridge. The robot is online.

An error is encountered (for example, the robot did not get a cartridge).

Occupied, offline, alarm

Gray The slot contains a cartridge. The robot is offline.

An error is encountered (for example, the robot did not get a cartridge).

Empty, online Black The slot is empty and free. The robot is online.

Empty, offline Gray The slot is empty and free. The robot is offline.

Empty, online, alarm Black The slot is empty and free. The robot is online. An

error is encountered (for example, the robot did not put a cartridge).

Empty, offline, alarm Gray The slot is empty and free. The robot is offline. An

error is encountered (for example, the robot did not put a cartridge).

Home position, online Black The slot is empty but it remains a home position of a

cartridge that is currently in a drive slot. The robot is online.

Home position, offline Gray The slot is empty but it remains a home position of a

cartridge that is currently in a drive slot. The robot is offline.

Not compatible Gray The slot is not compatible with the library.

Missing Gray The slot is physically missing.

a. Alarm flag indicates that an error has occurred but it does not specify the error. To find out what has happened, use the

Log Viewer, as described in L

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og Viewer Utility on page 221.

Table 16 Drive Slots

State Icon Color Description

Occupied, online Blue The slot contains a cartridge. The robot is online

Occupied, offline Gray The slot contains a cartridge. The robot is offline

Occupied, online,

alarm

Blue The slot contains a cartridge. The robot is online.

An error is encountered (for example, the robot did not dismount a cartridge).

Occupied, offline, alarm

Gray The slot contains a cartridge. The robot is offline.

An error is encountered (for example, the robot did not dismount a cartridge).

Empty, online Black The slot is empty and free. The robot is online.

Empty, offline Gray The slot is empty and free. The robot is offline.

Empty, online, alarm Black The slot is empty and free. The robot is online.

An error is encountered (for example, the robot did not load a cartridge).

Empty, offline, alarm Gray The slot is empty and free. The robot is offline.

An error is encountered (for example, the robot did not load a cartridge).

Not available Gray The slot is unavailable.

Not installed Gray The slot is not installed.

a. Alarm flag indicates that an error has occurred but it does not specify the error. To find out what has happened, use the

Log Viewer, as described in L

og Viewer Utility on page 221.

The panes of element properties contain the property icons (Table 17).

Table 17 Element Properties: Icons

Property Icon Operation Description

Read-only Supplied The property or field is read-only and cannot be edited.

Editable Enter The property can be edited, checked, or selected. The icon is

Select

typically used for text fields, check boxes, and combo boxes.

Check

Disabled Supplied The property cannot be edited until another field is selected or

checked. Then becomes editable.

Forbidden Supplied The user is not authorized to change the property.

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Some Management GUI panes and pop-up windows also contain the typical operational buttons listed in

Table 18

Table 18 Operational Buttons

OK/Create Click • Create object (creation panes).

Cancel/Terminate Click • Cancel operation.

Save/Update Click • Save the element properties after edit.

Help Click • Open online help for the current pane.

(either all these buttons or several buttons or only one of them).

Button Icon Operation Description

• Execute operation.

• Close pop-up pane without creating an object.

• Close pop-up pane without executing an operation.

Tabs Structure

The internal structure of the Scalar DLC Management GUI tabs is summarized in the following list.

• Library Tab. Main operating area. Refer to L

• Configuration Tab. Managing and reviewing the library, SCSI Target, client, and user configuration. Refer to Configuration Tab

• Logical Tab. Managing library logical configuration, cartridges, pools, mailbox areas, drives.

Refer to Logical Tab

• Physical Tab. Managing the physical library and the library partitions. Refer to P

page 112.

• Users Tab. Managing user parameters. Refer to U

• Clients Tab. Managing clients. Refer to C

• SCSI Target Tab. Managing SCSI Targets and LUNs. Refer to S

• Events Tab. Managing the command queue and the created rules, monitoring the system events and acknowledging the notifications. Refer to Events Tab

• Queue Tab. Managing command queue. Refer to Queue Tab

• Monitoring Tab. Monitoring the current login session events. Refer to Monitoring Tab

176.

• Acknowledge Tab. Acknowledging the notifications. Refer to Acknowledge Tab

• History Tab. Monitoring the events during all sessions. Refer to History Tab

• Rules Tab. Managing the rules. Refer to R

on page 87.

on page 88.

ibrary Tab on page 71.

hysical Tab on

sers Tab on page 128.

lients Tab on page 134.

CSI Target Tab on page 162.

on page 173.

on page 174.

on page

on page 178.

on page 179.

ules Tab on page 179.

• Service Tab. Executing library diagnostics, view hardware logs, managing service request (tickets), command panel, and cluster. Refer to Service Tab

• Logs Tab. Monitoring the library command log and error log. Refer to Logs Tab

• Diagnostic Tab. Executing the library diagnostics. Refer to Diagnostic Tab

• ATAC Calls Tab. Managing the service requests (tickets). Refer to A

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on page 183.

on page 187.

TAC Calls Tab on page

• Operator Panel Tab. Executing operator panel commands from a remote console. Refer to

perator Panel Tab on page 195.

• Cluster Tab. Viewing and changing the cluster settings. Refer to C

• SNMP Tab. Managing the SNMP settings. Refer to S

The details for each tab are described in the appropriate sections.

NMP Tab on page 199.

luster Tab on page 198.

GUI Log

The GUI Log is located at the bottom portion of the screen. It shows the list of messages that reflects the operations executed in the Management GUI during the current session. Use the scroll bar if the list is large or the message is long.

Note

Figure 47 GUI Log

Icon Description

The GUI Log does not reflect the operations executed from a client side.

Indicates that the current message contains an information message.

Indicates that the current message contains a warning message.

Indicates that the current message contains an error message.

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Library Tab

The Library Tab is the main operational area. All media move commands and most logical library monitoring is executed from this tab.

Note

As the Library Tab is opened, in the Select Components area of the pane the Controller appears.

The Library Tab is accessible for all users. Some move commands require addinional rights.

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Figure 48 Library Controller

Field/Button Icon Operation Description

CPU Identifier Supplied The CPU identifier.

CPU Vendor ID Supplied The CPU vendor identifier.

CPU Speed Supplied The CPU speed.

Total Physical Memory Supplied The total physical memory size.

Free Physical Memory Supplied The free physical memory size.

Total Virtual Memory Supplied The total virtual memory size.

Free Virtual Memory Supplied The free virtual memory size.

Help Click Open online help for the current pane.

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Library

The Library Properties pane (right) contains two tab panes: Properties, with the library properties (refer to

Library Properties

(refer to Library Diagnostics

Library Properties

Figure 49 Library Properties

on page 73), and the Diagnostics, with the diagnostic information for the selected library

on page 74).

Field/Button Icon Operation Description

Name Supplied Logical library name.

ID Supplied Logical library identification number.

Number of cartridges Supplied Number of available cartridges.

Number of drives Supplied Number of available drives.

Number of slots Supplied Number of available storage slots.

Number of I/E slots Supplied Number of available mailbox slots.

State Supplied Logical library state. See Table 10

Clients Supplied The clients attached to the logical library.

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on page 63.

Field/Button Icon Operation Description

Inventory

Click Initialize all the library elements and assign home

positions if necessary. See Figure 3

on page 5.

Help Click Open online help for the current pane.

a. The physical library is covered with a set of partitions. These partitions are assigned to some logical libraries. A single

partition can be assigned to two or more logical libraries. It is in the concepts of the Scalar DLC. Such apparitions are called “shared”, and the inventory operation affects all partitions assigned to the logical library.

Note

If a new library has been created, an inventory must be executed to avoid problems with the cartridge home positions.

Library Diagnostics

Figure 50 Library Diagnostics

The Diagnostics pane is designed for testing purposes.

Field/Button Icon Operation Description

Procedure Supplied The global test procedure.

In progress Supplied The test step currently in progress.

Passages Supplied Number of passages.

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Field/Button Icon Operation Description

Errors Supplied Number of errors, if any.

Random move test

Mount test Click Launch Random mount test. Refer to Random Mount Test

Click Launch Random move test. Refer to Random Move Test

page 75.

page 76.

Element status verification test

Click Launch Inventory test.

This test initializes element status command for the logical library and verifies whether the starting picture of the library corresponds the picture received (total number of elements, empty elements, occupied slots, etc.). Any single operation is inventory command.

Element position test

Click Launch Move Gripper test.

This test initializes move gripper command, it randomly moves the robot gripper to any slot assigned to the logical library and checks the element position. No media is moved within this test.

Terminate Click Stop current test. The temporary warning pane appears, see

Figure 51

Help Click Open online help for the current pane.

CAUTION

use the library because this testing will interfere the client work.

All Library diagnostic tests are cyclic, when started, they are executed

Running Library diagnostic tests must not be executed when any of the clients

CAUTION

endlessly until the Admin stops diagnostics by the Cancel button (see Figure

51).

Figure 51 Stop Current Test

Random Move Test

Figure 52 Random Move: Select Media Type

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This test moves the cartridges of the selected media type either from Storage to Storage, or from Storage to I/E (and vice versa), or from I/E to I/E. Any single operation is move command (refer to Move Cartridge

to Element on page 80), the cartridge and target slot are selected at random by media type.

Random Mount Test

Figure 53 Random Mount: Select Media Type

This test mounts the cartridges of the selected media type and dismounts them from drives. Any single operation is mount or dismount command, the cartridge and target drive are selected at random by media type.

Cartridges

In the Select Components area of the pane, selectable Cartridges are displayed. Clicking the expand/ collapse button causes an element expansion.

Figure 54 Cartridges

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Field/Button Icon Operation Description

Volser Select The volume serial number, a cartridge name. Each cartridge

has one volser. The optical disks are represented with two cartridges because each optical disk has two volsers.

Media Type Select Cartridge media type. Refer to Media Types

on page 246.

State Select A cartridge state, empty means stored. Refer to Cartridge

State on page 78.

Import Click Transfer the cartridge from a mailbox slot to a storage area.

The target slot is a cartridge home position. The button is enabled for a cartridge stored in a mailbox.

Export Click Transfer the cartridge to a mailbox. If more than one mailbox

exists, an additional export selection appears. See Figure 55 Select an appropriate mailbox from the combo box. This operation saves the cartridge home position. The button is enabled for a cartridge not in a mailbox, when a mailbox exist.

Mount Click Insert a cartridge into the first available tape drive of the

appropriate media type (Generic Mount). The button is enabled for a stored cartridge.

Dismount Click Move a cartridge from a tape drive to the cartridge home

position. This button is enabled for a mounted cartridge.

Move Click Open a pop-up Move window. Refer to Move Cartridge to

Element on page 80.

The move operation transfers a cartridge from its current position to a selected destination slot.

Help Click Open online help for the current pane.

By default, the cartridges are sorted by media type, in ascending order. Click on the appropriate column title to change the sorting order.

To select cartridge for the operation, click on it. <Ctrl>+Click allows multiple cartridge selection, for the multiple Export/Import operations. Multiple Mount/Dismount/Move operations are not allowed in the Scalar DLC Management GUI.

Figure 55 Multiple Mailbox Selection

After a cartridge has been moved to the mailbox slot through the Export command and become ejected, it cannot be manipulated again until Inventory has been completed. After an inventory is completed, the cartridges are recognized as stored.

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The Management GUI also allows drag and drop cartridge operations. Refer to Drag and Drop Operations on page 81.

Cartridge State

The cartridges contained in the library have a different state. The state indicates a cartridge availability to accept commands, and so forth.

Table 19 Cartridge States

Cartridge

state

Stored (shown as empty)

Mounted Active The cartridge is moved to the drive slot and is ready for the

Reverse mounted

Ejected Not active The cartridge is exported into a mailbox slot, and a home

Unloaded Not active The cartridge is exported into a mailbox slot, and a home

Command

status

Active The cartridge is stored in mailbox or in storage slot. A cartridge

Not active The optical disk is moved to the drive, and its other side is

Icon Description

in a storage slot is active for Move, Mount and Export operations, a cartridge in a mailbox slot is active for Move, Mount and Import operations.

read/write operations. The cartridge is active for Move, Export and Dismount operations.

ready for the read/write operations. The cartridge is not active until the Dismount is done.

position has been saved. The cartridge is not active for any operations until the Inventory is finished.

position is lost. The cartridge is not active for any operations until the Inventory is finished.

In problem box

Offline Not active The cartridge is removed from the library. The cartridge was

Being ejected

Being inserted

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Not active The cartridge is moved to a problem box. The cartridge is not

active for any operation and remains not active after the Inventory. Operator can only physically remove this cartridge from the library (a home position will be lost then).

not found after the Inventory has been executed.

Not active The cartridge is moving into a mailbox slot. No commands are

accepted. Temporary state.

Not active The cartridge is moving from the mailbox slot. No commands

are accepted. Temporary state.

Table 19 Cartridge States (Continued)

Cartridge

state

Being mounted

Being reverse mounted

Being moved Not active The cartridge is moving to another slot (low-level command is

Being dismounted

Being reverse dismounted

Command

status

Not active The cartridge is moving to a drive slot. No commands are

Not active The optical disk is moving to a drive slot. After the operation is

Not active The cartridge is moving from the drive slot. No commands are

Not active The optical disk is moving from a drive slot. The cartridge was

Icon Description

accepted. Temporary state.

executed, the cartridge will be reverse mounted. No commands are accepted. Temporary state.

being executed). No commands are accepted. Temporary state.

accepted. Temporary state.

reverse mounted. No commands are accepted. Temporary state.

Being flipped Not active The optical disk in drive slot is being flipped. If the cartridge

state was mounted, after the operation is executed it will be reverse mounted, and vice versa. No commands are accepted. Temporary state.

Being in problem box

If the cartridge is not found in the library after the Inventory has been executed, its state changes to offline. After that, the cartridge is removed from the Cartridge list of Logical library (both Library tab and Configuration > Logical tab, Cartridges) and goes to archive list, or the list of the offline cartridges. It is shown under the Physical tab of the Configuration area and contains the information about cartridges that were removed from the physical library. Refer to Offline Cartridge

Not active The cartridge is moving to a problem box. No commands are

accepted. Temporary state.

on page 121.

Home Position

The cartridge home position concept is a basis of cartridge move operations in the Scalar DLC Management software. Every cartridge impoting in the library immediately gets a home position in the first free storage slot of appropriate type (for example, Generic DLT slot for DLT IV or SDLT cartridges; refer to Storage Types on page 247 for the details). Each cartridge has one and only home position. The slot can be a home position for one and only one cartridge (the only exception is optical disk — the two sides of an optical disk are represented with two volsers and one home position is assigned to both sides).

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CAUTION

After the home position is assigned to the cartridge, it becomes available for move operations. The Import operation inserts the cartridge from a mailbox to the home position; the Dismount operation moves the cartridge from a drive to the home position. If the Mount operation has been executed and the cartridge is moved to a drive, the home position is saved and cannot be occupied by another cartridge. If the Export operation has been executed, the cartridge is ejected from the library and becomes unavailable. However, it saves the home position and if the Inventory operation finds the ejected cartridge, it becomes available again. Refer to Table 19

The cartridge relinquishes the home position only after the eject complete operation is executed from a client side. The cartridge state is unloaded then. Refer to Table 19

The home position cannot be changed after it is assigned. Every operation returning the cartridge to a library storage area puts it into the home position. The only exception is the Move operation (it can be executed from a client side as well); if the move destination is a storage slot, it will become a new home position of a cartridge. The old home position is lost in that event.

Always import cartridges when they are first appeared in the mailbox area. Otherwise there could be issues with a cartridge home position being the mailbox slot.

on page 78.

CAUTION

The DAS and ROBAR clients mostly use the analog of Mount, Dismount, Import, and Export commands, although they can execute Move command, too. The SCSI clients use Move command only and therefore do not have the home position-related features.

Move Cartridge to Element

The Move operation transfers a cartridge from its current position to a selected destination. If the move destination is a storage slot, it will become a new home position of a cartridge. The old home position is lost then. Refer to Home Position

After the Move button is pressed, a Move Cartridge to Destination pop-up window appears.

Note

Figure 56 Move Cartridge to Destination

This operation is allowed only for the users with Expert move rights.

on page 79 for details.

Select the destination area on the left. The list of slots for this area will be shown on the right (both partitionname and LSCI coordinates are indicated).

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Note

Select the slot and press OK to complete the move operation. Press Cancel to exit without executing a move.

Only available slots are shown that means they are to be compatible, empty, and not marked as a home position for another cartridge. The destination and target slot can be the same element.

For the 3590 cartridge the target can be only 3590-compatible slot; refer to Storage

Types on page 247, Mailbox Types on page 248, and Drive Types on page 249).

Drag and Drop Operations

Drag and Drop operation mostly serves the same function as the Import, Export, Mount, and Dismount buttons. However there are some extestions (described below).

Drag source Source Status Drop target Operation

Cartridge Mounted Library Dismount

Cartridge Stored Drives Generic Mount

Cartridge Stored Drive Mount to the specified drive

Cartridge Mounted or stored in

Storage slot

Cartridge Stored in I/E slot Mailbox Move to the specified Mailbox, the cartridge

Drive slot Occupied Mailbox Export the cartridge to the specified Mailbox

Drive slot Occupied Cartridges Dismount drive

Drive slot Occupied Library Dismount drive

Drive slot Occupied No target Dismount drive

Mailbox - Library Import the entire contents of the Mailbox

Mailbox Export to the specified Mailbox

remains stored

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Pool

In the Select Components area of the pane, selectable Pools appear. Clicking the expand/collapse button causes an element expansion.

Figure 57 Pool

The pool contains a set of cartridges, so the pool properties and operational buttons are the same as those of a cartridge.

Field/Button Icon Operation Description

Volser Select The volume serial number, a cartridge name. Each cartridge

has one volser. The optical disks are represented with two cartridges because each optical disk has two volsers.

Media Type Select Cartridge media type. Refer to Media Types

State Select A cartridge state, empty means stored. Refer to Cartridge

State on page 78.

Import Click Transfer the cartridge from a mailbox slot to a storage area.

The target slot is a cartridge home position. The button is enabled for a cartridge stored in a mailbox.

on page 246.

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Field/Button Icon Operation Description

Export Click Transfer the cartridge to a mailbox. If more than one mailbox

exists, an additional export selection appears. See Figure 55

. Select an appropriate mailbox from the combo box. This operation saves the cartridge home position. The button is enabled for a cartridge not in a mailbox, when a mailbox exist.

Mount Click Insert a cartridge into the first available tape drive of the

appropriate media type (Generic Mount). The button is enabled for a stored cartridge.

Dismount Click Move a cartridge from a tape drive to the cartridge home

position. This button is enabled for a mounted cartridge.

Move Click Open a pop-up Move window. Refer to Move Cartridge to

Element on page 80.

The move operation transfers a cartridge from its current position to a selected destination slot.

Help Click Open online help for the current pane.

By default, the cartridges are sorted by media type, in ascending order. Click on the appropriate column title to change the sorting order.

To select a cartridge for the operation, click on it. <Ctrl>+Click allows multiple cartridge selection, for the multiple Export/Import operations. Multiple Mount/Dismount/Move operations are not allowed in the Scalar DLC Management GUI.

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Mailbox

In the Select Components area of the pane, selectable Mailboxes appear. Clicking the expand/collapse button causes an element expansion.

Figure 58 Mailbox

Field/Button Icon Operation Description

Volser Select The volume serial number, a cartridge name. Each cartridge

has one volser. The optical disks are represented with two cartridges because each optical disk has two volsers.

Media Type Select Cartridge media type. Refer to Media Types

State Select A cartridge state, empty means stored. Refer to Cartridge

State on page 78 for the details.

Import Click Transfer the cartridge from mailbox slot to a storage area. The

target slot is a cartridge home position. The button is enabled for a cartridge stored in a mailbox.

Export Click Disabled for a mailbox.

Mount Click Insert a cartridge into the first available tape drive of the

appropriate media type (Generic Mount). The button is enabled for a stored cartridge.

Dismount Click Disabled for a mailbox.

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on page 246.

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