Quantum SDLC 2.7 User Manual

Scalar

Distributed Library Controller

Installation Guide

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2.7

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Published: September 2007 Document Number: 6-00659-04 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 System Description 3

Platforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Standard Solution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Failover Solution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Self-Domain Solution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Compatibility Matrix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

3 Setting Up the Scalar DLC 9

Setting Up the Standard Solution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Single-aisle Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Dual-aisle Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Setup Roadmap. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Collecting Setup Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Setting Up the Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Installing the Scalar DLC Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Configuring the Logical Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Setting Up the Failover Solution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Single-aisle Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Dual-aisle Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Setup Roadmap. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Collecting Setup Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Installing the Nodes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Installing ADTX RAID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Configuring SCSI for RAID and Library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Setting Up IP Address, Node Name, and Joining Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Setting Up the RAID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Configuring Cluster Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Installing Scalar DLC Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Configuring the Logical Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Post-install checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

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Setting Up the Self-Domain Solution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Setup Roadmap. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Collecting Setup Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Installing ADTX RAID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Configuring SCSI for RAID and Library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Setting Up Network, IP Address and Computer Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Configuring Domain Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Setting Up the RAID disk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Configuring Cluster Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Installing Scalar DLC Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Post-install Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Common Setup Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

4 Installing the Scalar DLC 51

Solution Checkup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Software Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Silent Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Windows Service Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Microsoft Internet Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Java 2 Runtime Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Apache HTTP Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Engine 2000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

MSDE 2000 Service Pack 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Scalar DLC Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

5 DAS Client 71

Installing DAS Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Installing the DAS Administration Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Installing the DAS/ACI Firewall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Removing DAS Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

6 Upgrade, Remove, Repair 77

Add/Remove Scalar DLC Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Remove. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Modify . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Upgrading the Scalar DLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Using Database from a Previous Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Upgrading from 2000 to 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Simple Upgrade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Advanced Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Upgrade Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Installing Scalar DLC Service Packs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Renaming and Repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Change Cluster IP Address and Domain Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Change Scalar DLC Node Names. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Change Cluster Name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Replacing Old RAID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

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Startup and Shutdown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Manually Rebuilding RAID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Back up Scalar DLC Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Restore Scalar DLC Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Updating Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Failure Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Downgrading the Scalar DLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

7 SCSI/FC Target Drivers 115

SCSI and Fibre Channel Hardware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Two-channel Adapters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Initiator Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Installing the SCSI/FC Target Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Activating Target Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Add/Remove SCSI Target Drivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

8 Troubleshooting 125

Troubleshooting Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Scalar DLC Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Scalar DLC Database Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Scalar DLC Online Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

SCSI and Fibre Channel Target Mode Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

SQL Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Client Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Force Restart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Scalar DLC Force Removing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

A Advanced Setup Instructions 131

Setting Up the Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Host/Library Communication using Fibre Channel and SNC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Installation and Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

SNC Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Standard Solution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Failover and Self-Domain Solution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Building Client Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

DAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

SCSI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

ROBAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Installing SCSI/FC Target Adapters on a Live Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Securing the Scalar DLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Antivirus Strategy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

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About This Guide and Your Product

WARNING

CAUTION

Note

This manual contains reference information and instructions for setting up, installing, and upgrading the Scalar Distributed Library Controller (Scalar DLC) software. This guide is intended for customers, customer engineers, and administrators who use the Scalar DLC software.

Explanation of Symbols and Notes

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

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 Service and Support website at

www.quantum.com/support

frequently asked questions (FAQs). You can also access software, firmware, and drivers through this site. For further assistance, or if training is desired, contact Quantum:

. The website contains a collection of information, including answers to

Global Call Center 1-800-284-5101 For additional contact information: www.quantum.com/support To open a Service Request: www.quantum.com/esupport

2 About This Guide and Your Product

System Description

Note

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 Systems Administrators with a Java-based interface that allows library monitoring from anywhere on the Web.

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

The Scalar DLC also allows administrators to select parameters that define which library events provide notifications to customers and the Global Call Center (GCC) via email and Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) alerts.

The main working tool of the Scalar DLC software is the Managemen t GUI. All the actions of management and configuration are executed via this tool. See the Scalar DLC Reference Guide for details.

Figure 1

Figure 1 Scalar DLC Structure

illustrates the structure of a typical Scalar DLC system.

Figure 2 illustrated the data flow and the Scalar DLC components.

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Figure 2 Scalar DLC Components

As shown on figure 2, the client (user/backup application) sends the request/command to the Scalar DLC host (server) via the client interface; several interfaces are used (SCSI/FC, DAS, and ROBAR).

Depending on the request, the Scalar DLC either should search the information in the database and send the response back to the client, or transfer the command to the library via the libr ary inte rf ac e.

After the library has executed the requested op er a tion , th e re sp on se is sent ba ck to the Scala r DLC indicating that the operation was executed.

The Scalar DLC server updates the database according to the information received from the library and transfers the response (operation executed) back to the client.

The Management GUI serves as the configuration tool to create a working configuration for clients, and also as the monitoring tool for the Administrator when it is necessary to watch the system activity.

The details for using Management GUI and other tools of the Scalar DLC software are described in the

Scalar DLC Reference Guide.

4 System Description

Platforms

The Scalar DLC software can be installed on the operating systems (platforms) listed in table 1.

Table 1 Scalar DLC Platforms

OS/Platform Service Pack Referred as

32-bit Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition

32-bit Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition

Windows 2000 Advanced Server

Windows 2000 Server

The OS update with the required hot fixes and/or service packs is performed on regular basis, see Securing

the Scalar DLC on page 135.

SP1 Windows 2003 Server

SP1 Windows 2003

SP4 Windows 2000 Advanced Server

SP4 Windows 2000

Solutions

According to the customer requirements, the Scalar DLC introduce a basic (standar d) solution or a failover (redundant, cluster) solution. The latter can be provided in plain version and in self-domain version, also called the self-domain solution. See <Teal underline>Standard Solution on page 4, <Teal underline>Failover Solution on page 5, and <Teal underline>Self-Domain Solution on page 5.

Depending on the library used by the customer, the solution and system co nfiguration shou ld be sele cted, as shown in table 2

Table 2 Libraries, Solutions, and OS/Platform

Library Scalar DLC Solution OS/Platform

Scalar 10K Failover / Self-domain Windows 2000 Advanced Server

Windows 2003 Server

Standard Windows 2000 (all platforms)

Windows 2003 (all platforms)

Scalar 10K dual-aisle (DA)

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Failover / Self-domain Windows 2000 Advanced Server

Windows 2003 Server

Standard (only as an exception)

Windows 2000 (all platforms) Windows 2003 (all platforms)

Standard Solution

The Scalar DLC standard (basic) solution keeps all Scalar DL C components (server, database) on a single host / PC that is connected to both the library and client(s). The client can work with the library when the Scalar DLC software is started and the library is online.

The Scalar DLC standard solution requires a single PC, the libr ary , an d the in te rfac e cabl es to provide the connection between PC (Scalar DLC host) and lib r ary. Additional cabling may be required to provide the client connections (SCSI/FC) and using SNC.

For the requirements and installation instructions see Setting Up the Standard Solution

on page 7.

Failover Solution

The Scalar DLC Failover (redundant, cluster) solution is provided for the clients using the Microsoft Cluster service. This solution allows the user to have a shared disk with the Scalar DLC database and two hosts containing 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 Scalar DLC host turns offline, the other host is immediately online, so the user may not even notice there has been a problem with the host, and the customer engineer can work with the problem host without stopping the work of Scalar DLC software.

The Scalar DLC failover solution requires two identical PCs, a RAID system, the library, and the interface cables to provide the connections between PCs (Scalar DLC hosts), RAID (shared database) , and librar y. Additional cabling may be required to provide the client connections (SCSI/FC) and using SNC.

For the requirements and installation instructions, see Setting Up the Failover Solution

on page 13.

Self-Domain Solution

From version 2.5, Scalar DLC also offers a self-domain solution. This configuration of the Scalar DLC acts the same way as basic failover solution and has the same har dw ar e requ ir em e nts , ho wever it is installed without an external domain controller, thus the setup does not exactly duplicate the failover solution instructions.

In terms of the network security, the self-domain solution is the most reliable method that Scalar DLC currently can provide.

For the details see Setting Up the Self-Domain Solution

6 System Description

on page 33.

Compatibility Matrix

The Scalar DLC compatibility with other hardware and third-party applications is described in table 1.

Table 1 Scalar DLC Compatibility Matrix

Software/Hardware SW/FW Level

Scalar 10K (both single- and dual-aisle models) 320A.00004 SNC 5100 4.45.22 Scalar DLC 2.7 RMU 210A AMC 4.5.1 SNMS (StorNext Management System) 2.7 LTO-1 5AU1 (SCSI/FC) LTO-2 67U1 (SCSI/FC) LTO-3 64D0 (FC) LTO-4 75X2 AIT-2 0203 001 AIT-3 0209_0001 DLT8000 V80 SDLT 220 V94 SDLT 320 V96 3590 D0IF_2D4 3592 D310_A0D TS1120 D3I1_B25

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8 System Description

Setting Up the Scalar DLC

Depending on the configuration used, follow the setup instructions:

• Setting Up the Standard Solution

• Setting Up the Failover Solution

• Setting Up the Self-Domain Solution

Review also Common Setup Notes solutions only, other instructions are for all solutions.

on page 13.

on page 33.

on page 44. Some instructions are for Failover and Self-domain

Setting Up the Standard Solution

The Scalar DLC standard solution can be installed on any Windows 2000 or Windows 2003-b ased system.

• Check the system requirements. Depending on the tape device used with the Scalar DLC, Single-

aisle Requirements on page 7 is for the single-aisle library, and Dual-aisle Requirements on page

8 is for the dual-aisle library.

• Follow the Setup Roadmap

Single-aisle Requirements

Figure 1 Scalar DLC Basic Solution: Single-aisle

on page 9 to set up the Scalar DLC.

The minimum PC system hardware requirements are summarized in following list.

•A single PC:

• 1G MHZ or faster Intel Xeon or equivalent CPU

• 512 MB RAM

• Dual 18Gb SCSI Hard Drives

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• Single On-Board NICS (build-in Ethernet)

CAUTION

Note

• CD-RW

• 3.5” inch Diskette Drive

*Required for 2.5 installation only

• Redundant AC Power

• 15" or greater SVGA Display

• Standard keyboard & mouse

• NT/2000 compliant LVD/HVD SCSI initiator adapter, library connection

Do not use anteries (brand) SCSI adapters that do not allow setting reset on startup via BIOS.

Adaptec 39160 is an LVD/SE adapter, so note Table 16 on page 71 when choosing SCSI adapter for the library.

• 1 middle length (2-3 m) SCSI cable (68 pins) for the library connection.

• Recovery CD (Windows 2000 or 2003)

The following hardware (not shown on the scheme) is optional.

• SCSI/FC target adapter(s)

• Appropriate SCSI/FC cable(s)

• Fibre Channel switch

•SNC

Dual-aisle Requirements

Figure 2 Scalar DLC Basic Solution: Dual-aisle

Although it is not recommended to use DA libraries in a Scalar DLC standard solution, this configuration is possible.

The minimum PC system hardware requirements are summarized in following list.

•A single PC:

• 1G MHZ or faster Intel Xeon or equivalent CPU

• 512 MB RAM

• Dual 18Gb SCSI Hard Drives

• Single On-Board NICS (build-in Ethernet)

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• CD-RW

CAUTION

• 3.5” inch Diskette Drive

*Required for 2.5 installation only

• Redundant AC Power

• 15" or greater SVGA Display

• Standard keyboard & mouse

• NT/2000 compliant LVD/HVD SCSI initiator adapter, library connection

Do not use anteries (brand) SCSI adapters that do not allow setting reset on startup via BIOS.

Adaptec 39160 is an LVD/SE adapter, so note Table 16 on page 71 when choosing SCSI adapter for the library.

• 1 middle length (2-3 m) SCSI cable (68 pins) for the library connection.

• 1 middle length (4-5 m) SCSI cable (68 pins) for the aisle connection. The total length of two SCSI cables required for the dual-aisle library connection (see Figure 4 page 8) must not exceed 12 m for LVD adapters and 25 m for HVD adapters.

• 2 SCSI Y-block connectors (Y-cable) to terminate the SCSI Bus on library.

• 1 SCSI Terminator, LVD/HVD for the library connection.

• Recovery CD (Windows 2000 or 2003)

The following hardware (not shown on the scheme) is optional.

• SCSI/FC target adapter(s)

• Appropriate SCSI/FC cable(s)

• Fibre Channel switch

•SNC

Setup Roadmap

Complete the following steps to set up the basic solution.

1 Collecting Setup Data 2 Setting Up the Host 3 Installing the Scalar DLC Software 4 Configuring the Logical Library

For the optional additional activity, see Setting Up the Library page 131, and Host/Library Communication using Fibre Channel and SNC

Remove, Repair on page 81.

on page 9.

on page 10.

on page 12.

on page 123, Building Client Connections on

on page 127. See also Upgrade,

Collecting Setup Data

Collect the following information before starting setup.

• Computer

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• computer name (max 14 symbols)

Note

• public IP address

• public Subnet mask

• public default Gateway

• public preferred DNS

• public Alternate DNS

• public Primary WINS

• public Secondary WINS

• private IP address

• private subnet mask

• Local administrator login name and password

• Scalar DLC serial number

• Domain

• domain name

• domain admin login name and password

Table 3 Standard Solution: Installation Time

Installation procedure Time

Provide cabling and setup for PC system 10 min Set IP address and computer name 10 min Install Scalar DLC on PC 50 min

Setting Up the Host

Step 1 Set up the host hardware (network adapters, SCSI and FC ada pters if required). Note Table 18

on page 72.

Step 2 Connect the PC to a local network. Install Windows 2000 / 2003. Resolve the network name

and TCP/IP. Join the PC to the domain, if required (domain admin password is required).

Enter BIOS. Go to Chipset section. Hyper threading parameter should be disabled.

Step 3 Install all required software services, for example, antivirus packages and firewall. Install all

required device drivers (for example, initiator SCSI and RAID). Install the latest Microsoft Service Pack (SP4 for Win2000 and SP1 for Windows 2003 is required).

For installation and re-installation of all 2.6 configurations, use the Recovery CD. The Recovery CD contains the appropriate drivers and the requ ire d SP1 installations.

Step 4 When the operation system is installed successfully, reboot and ensure all services work

correctly.

12 Setting Up the Scalar DLC

Note

Unplug the target card SCSI cable if the server has trouble booting (may be a termination

Note

problem).

Configuring SCSI for Library

Step 1 Configure the SCSI ID's for the LVD/HVD adapter connected to the library.

•Set termination mode to automatic

•Set Reset SCSI Bus parameter to disabled

• Set the SCSI ID of this board to 5

Adapter ID must not overlap with the single aisle LIBRARY SCSI ID. Adapter ID must not overlap with the either

libraries. Any number could be used as SCSI IDs as long as it follows the rules above.

Step 2 Log on. Update drivers (Adaptec, QLA, etc.) as described in Updating Drivers

Step 3 Reboot host PC.

of the LIBRARY SCSI IDs for the dual-aisle

Setting Up IP Address, Host Name, and Joining Domain

Step 1 Log in host PC as administrator.

Step 2 Set up Public network.

• <pause> Right click “My Network Places” and select “Properties”.

• Right click “Local Area Connection” and rename it to ‘Public’. Select “Properties”.

• Select “Show Icon in the Task Bar when Connected”.

• Select “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)” and select “Properties”.

• Select “Use the Following IP Address”

•Set IP Address (208.230.5.100 in lab)

on page 110.

•Set Subnet Mask to 255.255.255.0

•Set Preferred DNS Server to 208.230.5.4 (in lab)

Also enter any additional customer networking information (additional DNS, WINS etc.).

• Press “OK” and “OK”.

Step 3 Join computer to the domain

• Right click “My Computer” and select “Properties”.

• (on Windows 2000) Open “Network Identification” and select “Properties”.

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• (on Windows 2003) Open Computer Name > Change > More. Ensure that the checkbox

CAUTION

‘Change primary DNS suffix when domain membership changes’ is enabled (see Figure 5 on page 12). Press OK.

Figure 3 Windows 2003: DNS suffix enabled

• Set “Computer name” (SDLC)

Computer name must not be longer than 14 symbols.

• Select “Domain” and enter <domain name without postfix> and OK (“domain” for lab)

• Enter domain admin name and password and OK (“adicuser” and “pa$$w0rd”)

•Wait for Welcome to domain.

• Press “OK” and then “OK” to reboot. Press “OK” and then “Yes”.

Step 4 Press ‘Yes’ to reboot now. Wait until reboot completes.

14 Setting Up the Scalar DLC

Installing the Scalar DLC Software

CAUTION

Step 1 Log in as administrator or as a domain user with the local administration rights. Step 2 If it has not already been done, set up the library media changer. See Setting Up the Library

page 123.

Step 3 Install the Scalar DLC software with all required components (see Installing the Scalar DLC

page 45).

Do not install Scalar DLC Clustering until both nodes are fully installed with Scalar DLC.

Configuring the Logical Library

Step 1 Log in as administrator or as a domain user with the local administration rights and start the

Scalar DLC software if it is not started automatically.

Step 2 Double click Scalar DLC Manager to start the Scalar DLC Management GUI from a local

computer. From a remote computer, use

http://ScalarDLC-machine-name in current browser.

Step 3 The first start of the Scalar DLC Management GUI launches the configuration engine. Select

either the Automatic or Manual configuration option to configure the logical library automatically. If more than one logical library should be created, select the Advanced configuration option. Refer to the Configuration chapter of the Scalar DLC Reference Guide for the instructions.

Setting Up the Failover Solution

The Scalar DLC Failover (Redundant, Cluster) solution can be installed only on a Windows 2000 Advanced Server or Windows 2003 Enterprise Server because it uses the Microsoft Cluster Service that is not available under Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 20 00 Server, an d Windows 2003. Cluster ing is only provided on the Windows 2003 Enterprise CD.

• Check the system requirements. Depending on the tape device used with the Scalar DLC, Single-

aisle Requirements on page 13 is for the single-aisle library, and Dual-aisle Requirements on page

14 is for the dual-aisle library.

• Follow the Setup Roadmap

on page 15 to set up the Scalar DLC.

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Single-aisle Requirements

CAUTION

Figure 4 Scalar DLC Failover Solution: Single-aisle

The minimum PC system hardware requirements are summarized in following list.

• Two PCs with identical hardware and software:

• 1G MHZ or faster Intel Xeon or equivalent CPU

• 512 MB RAM

• Dual 18Gb SCSI Hard Drives

• PERC3-DI, 128MB Battery Backed Cache, two Internal Channel - Embe dded RAID Controlle r

(1, 2 Drives connected to on-board RAID)

• Dual On-Board NICS (build-in Ethernet)

• CD-RW

• 3.5” inch Diskette Drive

*Required for 2.5 installation only

• Redundant AC Power

• 15" or greater SVGA Display

• Standard keyboard & mouse

• NT/2000 compliant LVD SCSI initiator adapter, RAID connection

• NT/2000 compliant LVD/HVD SCSI initiator adapter, library connection

Do not use anteries (brand) SCSI adapters that do not allow setting reset on startup via BIOS.

Adaptec 39160 is an LVD/SE adapter, so note Table 16 on page 71 when choosing SCSI adapter for the library.

• 1 ArrayMasStor P-Series ADTX RAID System.

• 1 Network cross cable (twisted-pair) (~1 m), for the internal cluster network.

• 2 short (~1 m) SCSI cables (68 pins), for the RAID connections.

• 2 middle length (2-3 m) SCSI cable (68 pins), for the library connections.

• 2 Y-Block connectors to terminate the SCSI Bus on library.

• 2 LVD SCSI Terminators for the RAID connections.

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• 2 LVD/HVD SCSI Terminators for the library connections.

CAUTION

• Recovery CD (Windows 2000 Advanced Server or 2003 Server)

The hardware configuration of both cluster nodes must be identical, and they must remain identical. For example, all cards/adapters must be identical and need to be placed in identical slots.

The following hardware (not shown on the scheme) is optional.

• SCSI/FC target adapter(s)

• Appropriate SCSI/FC cable(s)

• Fibre Channel switch

•SNC

Dual-aisle Requirements

Figure 5 Scalar DLC Failover Solution: Dual-aisle

The minimum PC system hardware requirements are summarized in following list.

• Two PCs with identical hardware and software:

• 1G MHZ or faster Intel Xeon or equivalent CPU

• 512 MB RAM

• Dual 18Gb SCSI Hard Drives

• PERC3-DI, 128MB Battery Backed Cache, two Internal Channel - Embe dded RAID Controlle r

(1, 2 Drives connected to on-board RAID)

• Dual On-Board NICS (build-in Ethernet)

• CD-RW

• 3.5” inch Diskette Drive

*Required for 2.5 installation only

• Redundant AC Power

• 15" or greater SVGA Display

• Standard keyboard & mouse

• NT/2000 compliant LVD SCSI initiator adapter, RAID connection

• NT/2000 compliant LVD/HVD SCSI initiator adapter, library connection

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CAUTION

Do not use anteries (brand) SCSI adapters that do not allow setting reset on

CAUTION

startup via BIOS.

Adaptec 39160 is an LVD/SE adapter, so note Table 16 on page 71 when choosing SCSI adapter for the library.

• 1 ArrayMasStor P Series ADTX RAID System.

• 1 Network cross cable (twisted-pair) (~1 m), for the internal cluster network.

• 2 short (~1 m) SCSI cables (68 pins), for the RAID connections.

• 2 middle length (2-3 m) SCSI cable (68 pins), for the library connections.

• 2 middle length (4-5 m) SCSI cable (68 pins), for the aisle connections. The total length of two SCSI cables required for the dual-aisle library connection (see Figure 7 page 14) must not exceed 12 m for LVD adapters and 25 m for HVD adapters.

• 4 Y-Block connectors to terminate the SCSI Bus on library.

• 2 LVD SCSI Terminators for the RAID connections.

• 2 LVD/HVD SCSI Terminators for the library connections.

• Recovery CD (Windows 2000 Advanced Server or 2003 Server)

The hardware configuration of both cluster nodes must be identical, and they must remain identical. For example, all cards/adapters must be identical and need to be placed in identical slots.

The following hardware (not shown on the scheme) is optional.

• SCSI/FC target adapter(s)

• Appropriate SCSI/FC cable(s)

• Fibre Channel switch

•SNC

Setup Roadmap

Complete the following steps to set up the Failover solution.

1 Collecting Setup Data 2 Installing the Nodes 3 Installing ADTX RAID 4 Configuring SCSI for RAID and Library 5 Setting Up IP Address, Node Name, and Joining Domain

on page 16.

on page 17.

on page 18.

on page 20.

on page 22.

6 Setting Up the RAID 7 Configuring Cluster Service 8 Installing Scalar DLC Software 9 Configuring the Logical Library

18 Setting Up the Scalar DLC

on page 24.

on page 26

on page 28. on page 31.

For the optional additional activity, see Setting Up the Library on pa ge 123, Building Client Connections on page 131, Installing SCSI/FC Target Adapters on a Live Machine

Communication using Fibre Channel and SNC on page 127. See also Upgrade, Remove, Repair on page

81.

on page 134, and Host/Library

Collecting Setup Data

Collect the following information before starting setup.

• Nodes

• Node1 computer name (14 symbols max)

• Node1 public IP address

• Node2 computer name (14 symbols max)

• Node2 public IP address

• public Subnet mask

• public default Gateway

• public preferred DNS

• public alternate DNS (optional)

• public primary WINS (optional)

• public secondary WINS (optional)

• Node1 private IP address

• Node2 private IP address

• private subnet mask

• Local administrator login name and password (same on both nodes)

• Scalar DLC serial number (same on both nodes

• Cluster

• name (14 symbols max)

• IP address

• Subnet mask = public subnet mask

• Domain

•name

• domain admin name and password

• directory services restore mode password

Table 4 Failover Solution: Installation Time

Installation procedure Time

Provide cabling and setup for dual PC failover system 30 min SCSI configuration for RAID and library 20 min Set IP addresses and computer names 30 min Configure primary and secondary domain controllers 45 min

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Table 4 Failover Solution: Installation Time (Continued)

Installation procedure Time

Setup RAID 10 min Configure cluster service 20 min Install Scalar DLC on both PC 120 min

Active Directory Account Information

Contact the local network administrator and ensure that the following settings are performed.

• User account created with domain admin rights and the following options:

• User must not change password under next logon.

• User cannot change password.

• Password never expires.

• All other options are disabled.

• Logon hours for this user are set to 24/7.

• Log on rights are set either to all computers or to all Scalar DLC nodes.

Installing the Nodes

Step 1 Turn off external RAID.

Step 2 Insert the RAID SCSI HBA into the PCI slot of Node1 according to Table 18

Connect it and RAID SCSI channel (S11) with the short SCSI cable. Terminate the second RAID SCSI channel (S21) with the SCSI terminator (see Figure 8

Step 3 Insert the RAID SCSI HBA into the PCI slot of Node2 according to Table 18 on page 72.

Connect it and RAID SCSI channel (S12) with the short SCSI cable. Terminate the second RAID SCSI channel (S22) with the SCSI terminator (see Figure 8

Figure 6 RAID SCSI cabling

on page 18).

on page 72.

20 Setting Up the Scalar DLC

Step 4 Connect the monitor, keyboard, mouse, and KVM.

Note

Step 5 Boot Node1. Log on (administrator / password).

Enter BIOS. Go to Chipset section. Hyper threading parameter should be disabled.

Step 6 <pause> select “I will configure the server later” and press Next. Clear “Show This Screen on

Startup” and close window.

Step 7 Shutdown Node1. Step 8 Repeat steps 4 to 7 for Node2. Step 9 Connect ethernet cables LAN 1 (public network) and LAN 2 (private network).

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Installing ADTX RAID

Step 1 Power on RAID.

Step 2 Set SCSI ID.

• The default setting is SCSI ID 0 for both channels. In order to verify the SCSI ID for both

channels use the Operator Panel on the RAID. RAID SUBSYSTEM

•MAIN MENU

• [MAIN MENU]

♥ SYSTEM INFO

• [MAIN MENU]

♥ VIEW CONFIG

• [VIEW CONFIG]

♥ SCSI

• [SCSI]

♥ CHANNEL 1 ♥ SCSI ID

♥ 0

The same steps for channel 2.

• In order to change the SCSI ID for both channels use the following steps.

RAID SUBSYSTEM

•MAIN MENU

• [MAIN MENU]

♥ SYSTEM INFO

• [MAIN MENU]

♥ CHANGE CONFIG

• ENTER PASSWORD 1234

• [CHANGE CONFIG]

♥ SCSI

• [SCSI]

♥ CHANNEL 1 ♥ SCSI ID

♥ SET 0

The same steps for channel 2.

Step 3 Change the RAID 'WRITE CACHE' setting.

• In order to change the RAID 'WRITE CACHE' setting via Operator Panel use the following

steps. RAID SUBSYSTEM

•MAIN MENU

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• [MAIN MENU]

♥ SYSTEM INFO

• [MAIN MENU]

♥ CHANGE CONFIG

• ENTER PASSWORD 1234

• [CHANGE CONFIG]

♥ OPTION SETTING

• [OPTION SETTING]

♥ CACHE SETTING

• [CACHE SETTING]

♥ WRITE CACHE

• [WRITE CACHE]

♥ SET 'DISABLE'

Step 4 Reset RAID by turning it off.

Configuring SCSI for RAID and Library

Step 1 Plug the SCSI cable directly in to the RAID vhdci connector. Step 2 Power on Node1, then power on RAID.

If Write Signature does not appear, the RAID is not initialized.

Step 3 <Ctrl>+A to enter Bios for Adaptec SCSI card at Bios 3.10.0 (see Figure 9 Figure 7 Adaptec SCSI Bios

• Select B for RAID configuration.

•Select SCSI disk utilities to scan for RAID device.

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• Press “Esc”.

Note

• Select “Configure / view SCSI settings”.

• Set SCSI controller ID (14 for Node1 and 15 for Node2).

• Set SCSI termination to Automatic.

•Go to Advanced configuration.

• Set “Reset SCSI bus at IC Initialization” to Disabled.

• Set “SCSI controller Int 13 Support“ to Disabled: NOT scan.

• Press “Esc”.

• Go to “SCSI device configuration” (see Figure 10

Figure 8 Adaptec SCSI Bios: SCSI Device Configuration

on page 21).

• Set “Sync Transfer Rate” to 40

Rate is 160 for L and P series RAIDs

• Set “Start unit command” to No for #0.

• Set “Include in Bios scan” to Yes for Node1 and No for Node2 for #0.

• Press “Esc”, and “Esc”, and “Save changes”.

• Press “Esc”.

• Select A for library configuration

• Select “Configure / view SCSI settings”

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