Quantum SDLC 2.7 User Manual

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Scalar

Distributed Library Controller

Reference Guide

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2.7

Scalar Distributor Library Controller Reference Guide, 6-00658-04, September 2007, Made in USA.
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Reference Guide

Published: September 2007 Document Number: 6-00658-04 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 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Viewing Tape Alerts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Operating the Tape Library Doors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

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

Scalar DLC Reference Guide iii

4 Management GUI 31

Main Menu Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Screen Refresh Icon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Wizards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Extended Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

GUI Tabs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Tabs Structure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

GUI Log. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

5 Library Tab 77

Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Library Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Library Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Cartridge State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Home Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Move Cartridge to Element . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Drag and Drop Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Pool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Mailbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

6 Configuration Tab 93

Logical Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Pool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Mailbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Storage Slot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Mailbox Slot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Create Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Assign Partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Create Pool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Create Mailbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Physical Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Robot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Auto Clean Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Offline Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Storage Slots. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Mailboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Create Partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

iv Table of Contents

Users Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

User. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Create User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Clients Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

DAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

DAS Client. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Create DAS Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

SCSI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

SCSI Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Create SCSI Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

ROBAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

ROBAR Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Create ROBAR Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

SCSI Target Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Target . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Logical Unit Number (LUN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Create Target . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Create LUN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

7 Events Tab 189

Queue Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

Monitoring Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

Acknowledge Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

History Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Rules Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

8 Service Tab 199

Logs Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Command Log. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

Error Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Diagnostic Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Tickets Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Operator Panel Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

Cluster Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

SNMP Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

Agents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

Traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

9 Tools and Utilities 221

Database Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222

Database Backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

Extended Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

Database Compact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

Database Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Database Save . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

Scalar DLC Reference Guide v

SCSI Target Port Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Cluster Configurator Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

Problem Report Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

Log Viewer Utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

Trace Manager Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

Trace Viewer Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

Scalar DLC Software Licensing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248

Standard License. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248

Cluster License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

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Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

Element Addressing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260

Translating HCC Coordinates for ROBAR HACC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

Application Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

Media Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

Storage Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264

Mailbox Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

Drive Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

Error Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

B DAS Guide 277

System Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

Starting DAS Client Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

Commands Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

Media Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

DAS Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

Client Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

Scratch Pool Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

Define and Reserve. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

DAS Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

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Installation and Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285

General Characteristics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286

SCSI Bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287

SCSI Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288

SCSI Message System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289

SCSI Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290

SCSI Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292

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Installation and Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295

ROBAR Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296

ROBAR Command Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298

Command Header . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298

Command Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299

ROBAR Coordinates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301

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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 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Figure 12 Main Menu Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Figure 13 Select Physical Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Figure 14 Select Logical Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Figure 15 Select Configuration Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Figure 16 Select Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Figure 17 Select Library Prototype . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Figure 18 Select Mailbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Figure 19 Select Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Figure 20 Configuration Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Figure 21 Configuration Complete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Figure 22 Partitions Contained . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Figure 23 Partitions Not Contained . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Figure 24 Partition List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

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Figure 25 Partitions Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Figure 26 Ticket Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Figure 27 Ticket Priority and Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Figure 28 Ticket Category . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Figure 29 Ticket Device, Library, and Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Figure 30 Ticket Service Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Figure 31 Ticket Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Figure 32 Rule Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Figure 33 Rule Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Figure 34 Rule Event Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Figure 35 Rule Notification Sent Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Figure 36 Rule Notification Receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Figure 37 Rule Email Destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Figure 38 Rule Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Figure 39 Rule Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Figure 40 Select Physical Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Figure 41 Activate Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Figure 42 Slot Count . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Figure 43 Create Cleaning Partitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Figure 44 Waiting Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Figure 45 Create Cleaning Partitions Finish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Figure 46 Registration Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Figure 47 Connect to RMU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Figure 48 View Log: standard mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Figure 49 View Log: advanced mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Figure 50 Log Message Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Figure 51 Scalar DLC Software Version Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Figure 52 GUI Tabs: Working Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Figure 53 GUI Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Figure 54 Library Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Figure 55 Library Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

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Figure 56 Library Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Figure 57 Stop Current Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Figure 58 Random Move: Select Media Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Figure 59 Random Mount: Select Media Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Figure 60 Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Figure 61 Multiple Mailbox Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Figure 62 Move Cartridge to Destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Figure 63 Pool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Figure 64 Mailbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Figure 65 Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Figure 66 Logical Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Figure 67 Tape Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Figure 68 Report Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Figure 69 Logical Library Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Figure 70 Logical Library Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Figure 71 Logical Library Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Figure 72 Logical Partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Figure 73 Inventory Elements Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Figure 74 Normal Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Figure 75 Foreign Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Figure 76 Tape Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Figure 77 Report Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Figure 78 Pool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Figure 79 Assign/Unassign Cartridges to Pool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Figure 80 Mailbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Figure 81 Assign/Unassign Slots to Mailbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Figure 82 Storage Slot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Figure 83 Mailbox Slot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Figure 84 Drive Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Figure 85 Drive Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Figure 86 Tape Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

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Figure 87 Report Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Figure 88 Logical Library Creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Figure 89 Partition Assign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Figure 90 Pool Creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Figure 91 Mailbox Creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Figure 92 Physical Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Figure 93 Physical Library Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Figure 94 Media Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Figure 95 Media Rule Creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Figure 96 Apply Media Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Figure 97 Physical Library Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Figure 98 Robot Online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Figure 99 Robot Offline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Figure 100 Auto Clean Cartridges Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Figure 101 Auto Clean Cartridges Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Figure 102 Physical Partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Figure 103 Offline Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Figure 104 Offline Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Figure 105 Physical Storage Slots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Figure 106 Physical Mailboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Figure 107 Physical Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Figure 108 Partition Creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Figure 109 User Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Figure 110 User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Figure 111 User Creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Figure 112 DAS Interface Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Figure 113 DAS Client Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Figure 114 DAS Client Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Figure 115 Define Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Figure 116 DAS Client Volsers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Figure 117 Reserve/Define Volser Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

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Figure 118 DAS Client Aliasing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Figure 119 DAS Client Creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Figure 120 SCSI Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Figure 121 SCSI Client Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Figure 122 SCSI Client Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Figure 123 SCSI Client Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Figure 124 SCSI Client I/E Slots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Figure 125 SCSI Client Storages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Figure 126 SCSI Client Creation Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Figure 127 ROBAR Interface Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Figure 128 ROBAR Client Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Figure 129 ROBAR Client Creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Figure 130 Port: SCSI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Figure 131 Port: Fibre Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Figure 132 SCSI Target . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Figure 133 SCSI LUN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Figure 134 SCSI Target Creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Figure 135 SCSI LUN Creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Figure 136 Queue Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

Figure 137 Monitoring Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

Figure 138 Acknowledge Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Figure 139 History Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Figure 140 Rules Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

Figure 141 Command Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

Figure 142 Email Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Figure 143 Error Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Figure 144 Diagnostic Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Figure 145 Diagnostic Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Figure 146 Tickets Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Figure 147 Start Repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Figure 148 Repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

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Figure 149 Fixed Problem Confirmation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

Figure 150 Not Fixed Problem Confirmation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

Figure 151 Repair History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

Figure 152 Operator Panel Tab for the Scalar 10K . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

Figure 153 Operator Panel Tab for the Scalar 1000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Figure 154 Cluster Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

Figure 155 SNMP Agents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

Figure 156 SNMP Traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Figure 157 SNMP Service Configuration: Trap Destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

Figure 158 SNMP Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

Figure 159 SNMP Service Configuration: Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

Figure 160 Log On Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222

Figure 161 Database Backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

Figure 162 Backup Schedule Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

Figure 163 Database Extended Mode Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

Figure 164 Backup Log Schedule Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

Figure 165 Database Compact Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

Figure 166 Compact Schedule Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

Figure 167 Database Restore Dialog (by backup) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Figure 168 Database Restore Dialog (restore from device) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Figure 169 Database Save Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

Figure 170 SCSI Target Port Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Figure 171 Advanced Port Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

Figure 172 Cluster Configuration Utility: no configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

Figure 173 Cluster Configuration Utility: configuration complete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

Figure 174 Problem Report Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

Figure 175 Log Viewer Main Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

Figure 176 Log Viewer: Command Tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

Figure 177 View Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

Figure 178 Result Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

Figure 179 Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

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Figure 180 Goto Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

Figure 181 Logging Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

Figure 182 Filtering Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

Figure 183 Viewing Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

Figure 184 Trace Manager Main Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

Figure 185 Group Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

Figure 186 Class Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

Figure 187 Add Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

Figure 188 Add Existing Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

Figure 189 Object Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

Figure 190 Start Tracing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

Figure 191 Tracing Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

Figure 192 Trace Viewer Main Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

Figure 193 View Trace Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

Figure 194 Licensing Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248

Figure 195 About License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

Figure 196 License Request File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

Figure 197 Licensing Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

Figure 198 Send License via Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

Figure 199 Licensing Before Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

Figure 200 Authorization String . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

Figure 201 Time-based License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

Figure 202 Finishing License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

Figure 203 Element Addressing (single-aisle library) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260

Figure 204 Element Addressing (dual-aisle library) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Table 8 Event Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Table 9 Tree Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Table 10 Logical Library States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Table 11 Physical Library States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Table 12 Robot States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Table 13 Partition Class and State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Table 14 Storage Slots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Table 15 Mailbox Slots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Table 16 Drive Slots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Table 17 Element Properties: Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Table 18 Operational Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Table 19 Cartridge States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Table 20 User Access Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Table 21 User Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Table 22 SCSI Target Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Table 23 SCSI and Fibre Channel Adapter Target-LUN Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Table 24 Event Classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

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Table 25 Event Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Table 26 Database Archive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

Table 27 Log Viewer Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Table 28 Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

Table 29 Element Mapping (Single-aisle libraries) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260

Table 30 Element Mapping (Dual-aisle libraries) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

Table 31 ROBAR Client - Re-mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262

Table 32 Media Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

Table 33 Storage Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264

Table 34 Mailbox Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

Table 35 Drive Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

Table 36 Error Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

Table 37 Usage of Define and Reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

Table 38 Media Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

Table 39 DAS Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282

Table 40 Client Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

Table 41 Scratch Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

Table 42 ROBAR Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296

Table 43 Command Header format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298

Table 44 Command format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299

Table 45 ROBAR Coordinates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301

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About This Guide and Your Product

WARNING

CAUTION

Note

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.

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.

Other Documents You Might Need

The following documents are also available for this product. These documents ca n be found on the pro duct
CD or at www.quantum.com/support

• Scalar DLC Installation Guide

• Scalar DLC Release Notes (6-00335-xx)

• DAS Administration Guide (6-00345-xx)

• DAS/ACI Interfacing Guide (6-00346-xx)

• Scalar 10K SCSI Reference Guide

• Scalar 1000 SCSI Reference Guide

Scalar DLC Reference Guide 1

:

• SCSI Primary Commands 2 (SPC-2)

• SCSI Primary Commands 3 (SPC-3)

• ROBAR Interfacing Guide

• Scalar 10K Operator Guide

• Scalar 1000 Operator Guide

• RMU Reference Guide

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 Handling 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

Description

Note

This chapter provides an overview of the Scalar DLC software th at supports the Scalar 10K (single- and
dual-aisle) tape library.

This chapter includes the following sections:

• System Description

• Graphical User Interface

• Command Line Interface on page 8

• Service and Maintenance Alerts

on page 3

on page 8

on page 8

System Description

The Scalar DLC software runs as a service under Windows 2000/2003. It serves as a centralized librar y
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.

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 Quantum Service 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 mana gement and configuration.

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

To provide clients with a flexible way of sharing common resources (physical library), the Scalar DL C 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 partitions are then assigned to the logical libra ries (see Figure 3
who uses a certain logical library can access the appropriate part of the physical library. This feature is
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

CAUTION

Note

type (for example, storage) and media domain (for example , DLT). The partitio ns 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.

Sharing the single partition between two or more logical libraries may cause
access problems, thus it recommended you use this feature with caution.

The partition cannot contain both storage towe r 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 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

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)

TM

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

• CD RW

• 3.5" Diskette Drive

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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 to execute the SCSI backup applications right on the Scalar DLC server PC. No SCSI/FC hardware

a

b

is required.

Fibre Channel Small form factor multi-mode optic LC ­SCSI - -

Redundant Solution Requirements

The Scalar DLC Redundant (failover) solution is provided using the Micr osoft 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, thus it is a seamless transition. The problem can
be resolved 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.

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CAUTION

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. It is recommended that companies using this product use all
customary security procedures to protect Scalar DLC servers from external
threats.

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

The Scalar 10K library supports only native mode.
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.

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

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.

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 10K 320A or later
Scalar 10K DA 320A or later (for both robots)

Remote Browser Requirements

The Scalar DLC Management GUI takes advantage of Java 2 features that are not supported by all
browsers. The browser updates can be initiated fr om the Scalar DLC software splash page by selecting the
Tools and Utilities tab. Refer to Figure 7

on page 13 and Browser Pre-Installation on page 10.

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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 cus t om e r engin e e rs. The Management GUI consists of the following
components:

• Main Menu bar

•GUI Tabs

• Library tab

• Configuration tab

• Events tab

• Service tab

• GUI Log

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 Global Call Center
whenever a service call is required. The information supplied 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

8 Description

Configuration

Note

Note

Note

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

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

The sections are:

• Autostart Installation

• S

calar DLC Management GUI on page 9

• Configuration

on page 16

on page 9

Autostart Installation

To launch the autostart program, insert the CD-ROM into the CD-ROM dr ive. If the autostart progr am 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.

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 ap plet or the supervisory
desktop application. Before launching the GUI, determine that the Scalar DLC service is running.

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

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

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

than 256 colors

Table 3 Scalar DLC Service State

Note

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 contain 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. 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.

To avoid display problems, do not reduce the Scalar DLC screen below its o riginal size.

Browser Pre-Installation

To take full advantage of the Scalar DLC Management GUI, both Netscape Navigator ™ and Microsoft
Internet Explorer

Plug-In on page 14.

10 Configuration

™

browsers must be updated by installing the Java Plug-in. For more information, see Java

For a remote browser, the update is required before the browser can launch the Scalar DLC software. For

Note

CAUTION

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 .

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.

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

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://.

Table 4 Scalar DLC Home Page Name

Name / ID Value (example only) Explanation

DNS host

computer The host network name used in DNS.

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

refer to the Scalar DLC Installation Guide.

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

Installation Guide.

Cluster DNS
address

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

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Figure 6 Scalar DLC Home Page

The only required component for the browser update is a Java Plug-in. Click th e 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).

12 Configuration

Figure 7 Tools and Utilities Page

Note

™

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

Only download the browser if your browser version does not meet the current version
requirements. To view the browser requirements, go to Help > About.

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

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 rem ote 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
instructions on how to install the package and then 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

Note

Note

The Scalar DLC Management GUI requires the Java 2 plug-in 1.5.0_10 release. Installing the plug-in
enables direct Java 2 applets to run while using Sun’s JRE (Java Remote Environment). Therefore, the
j2re-1_5_0_10-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 Manageme nt GUI is used with the remote Scalar
DLC host.

The Java plug-in patch is also required for both the Microsoft Internet Explorer and
Netscape Navigator browsers if you want to use the applet-based GUI (refer to Launch

the Management GUI from a Browser on page 14) rather than application-based

(Launch the Management GUI as an Application
However, the Internet Explorer browser installs the Java plug-in patch automatically

when the browser-based Management GUI is launched for the first time.
You must update the Netscape Navigator browser manually.

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

on page 12.

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

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

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

Because of security reasons it is strongly recommende d to change the default

Note

admin and CE passwords after the configuration is complete.

For the details on user access level and settings refer to Users Tab on page 144.

Firewall and Proxy Issues

If the Scalar DLC Management GUI starts, but can not connect to the Scalar DLC server, a firewall or p roxy
server could be present between the browser and the Scalar DLC serv er. The rem ote methods invo ca tion
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 Scal ar DLC softwa re is in stalle d 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.

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

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Configuration

Note

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 comman d 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

Some customer (client) applications do understand the capitalization difference (A and
a), the others do not. It is recommended that you use the common alpha-model (either
capitals or small letters in all object names).

Avoid using spaces (“ “), underscores (“_”), hyphens (“- ”) 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.

Table 6 Object name limitations

Object GUI Manager DAS / ACI ROBAR SCSI

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

on page 18 is recommended for the users with basic

on page 24 could be perfo rmed.

.

Host 40 an
Logical library 30 an, a first None (absent) None

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a

, a first 40 an, a first An None

None

(absent)

Note

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

b

(9 an, a first

recommended)

6 an None

CL + 4 an None

Enn None

Inn None

Dnn None

None

None

Automatic Configuration

It recommended that you use the automatic configuration for t ypical or firs t 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 mailbo x

slots.

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

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

Note

Note

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

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 34 for the detailed description of steps.

on page 16.

on page 16.

Advanced Configuration

It is recommended that only expert or administrator users use Advanced Configuration mode. 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 pro cedures
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 126.

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

143.

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

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

on page 136 for the details.

on page 136.

reate Partition on page

18 Configuration

Create a Logical Library

Note

Note

Note

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 120.

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

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

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

on page 101 for details.

on page 122 or Assign Partitions on page 40.

Create Cleaning Partitions

Create a cleaning partition in the physical library. This can be don e through the Create Cleaning Partitions
wizard in Main Menu > Wizard or Configuration > Physical > Library pane (Add new Partit ion button).
For more information, refer to Create Clean Partitions

on page 57.

Cleaning partitions contain only cleaning cartridges designated for auto-cleaning operations. Assigned
cartridges in a cleaning partition are not considered part of the logical library.

You can create cleaning partitions during the initial configuration and at any time after that, as long as
unassigned slots are available. If no slots are available, you can still create a cleaning partition using the
Create Cleaning Partitions wizard. By default, the wizard uses twenty slots for the cleaning partition from
the most recent storage partition.

Until you create at least one other logical library, you cannot create a cleaning partition.

Auto Clean Cartridges

If Auto Clean is enabled, you can import and export cleaning cartridge s. To import cleaning cartridges, g o
to Configuration > Physical > Auto Clean Cartridge pane, and then click Import Clean Cartridges
button. To remove expired cleaning cartridges, click on Export expired Cleaning Mediums.

To use the auto clean functionality, you must have already created at least one cleaning partition. If you
choose to use the Auto Clean Cartridges feature, you do not need to configure clean pools.

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 125.

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

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on page 16.

The mailbox name and assigned range of insert/eject slots also can be changed later through the

CAUTION

Note

Configuration > Logical > Mailbox pane (Add/Remove new Slots button). Refer to Assign Slots to

Mailbox on page 111.

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.

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 85) 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 160.

SCSI

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

on page 171.

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

reate Target on page 185 and Create LUN on page 186.

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 C

Note that the ROBAR Port must be configured before the clients can send commands (refer to ROBAR
page 172).

reate ROBAR Client on page 176.

on

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, which uses 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

20 Configuration

on page 103.

Note

This optional feature is not required for SCSI or ROBAR clients, but some DAS clients

Note

Note

CAUTION

Note

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 p osition (refer to Home Position
and thus a lot of basic functions will be not available.

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 concepts.

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.

on page 85),

, the

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

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

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

Assign Media to Pool

The pool name and assigned cartridge range can be cha nged later through the Configuration > Logica l >
Pool pane. Refer to P
existing pool as well as remove them.

on page 108.

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

ool on page 107. 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 123.

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 cartrid ges are reco gnized as data, so it is up
to Admin to mark the correct cartridges as cleaning.

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This can be done through the Configuration > Logical > Cartridge pane (C artridge properties > Type

Note

Note

CAUTION

Note

(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.

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

on page 103.

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

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

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

on page 108.

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 123.

on page 16.

The pool name and assigned cartridge range can be cha nged later through the Configuration > Logica l >
Pool pane. Refer to P
existing pool as well as remove them.

ool on page 107. Some DAS and ROBAR clients may also assign cartridges to the

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 a ppropria te 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 D

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

rive on page

Configure Aliasing

Some DAS Clients use old versions 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 backu p 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

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

on page 159) for

22 Configuration

Note

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

CAUTION

Note

Note

CAUTION

Note

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.

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 clien t has Supervisor
privileges.

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.

on page 155 and Reserve or Define Volsers on page 158. Also the customer may perform a

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

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.

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.

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

D

efine Drives on page 156 and Reserve or Define Volsers on page 158. Also the custom er ma y perfor m a

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

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

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Configure Additional Libraries

Note

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

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 Us er) create the new user selecting

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

Update Global Call Center Settings

on page 149 and Table 21 on page 145.

All problem reports (tickets) created by the customer will be sent by default to the Global Call Center on
“[e-mail]“. This can be changed if required. Do the following:

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

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

Information on page 60. 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.

Step 2 Open Conf iguration > Users Tab and select the default CE “atac“ (refer to User

Change the email settings from “[e-mail]“ to the required value.

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

egistration

on page 147).

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

A

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

on page 47.

24 Configuration

Note

The Scalar DLC database contains the email addresses of all users (refer to User on

Note

page 147) and the email addresses that were ente red 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.

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

Refer to R

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>
===================================
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>

on page 55 and Figure 38 on page 56). If the requ ired email address is present

ules Tab on page 195.

egistration Information on page 60. The “Email

, and the “SMTP server” and “port” para meters must contain

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.

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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 ap peared in the partitione d 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 73 and Table 15 on page 72).

Viewing Tape Alerts

A drive issues a tape alert whenever there is a problem in the drive that relates to a tape cartridge. The
problem can be with the drive or with the tape cartridge. You can view the tape ale rts on the Tape Alert tab
of your library or you can directly create and view tape alert reports using the Report button. For more
information, see Tape Alert

You can access the Tape Alert tab in the following ways:

• To view all tape alerts for your Host PC, use Configuration > Logical, in the Select Components
pane, select the Host PC

• To view cartridge tape alerts, use Configuration > Logical > in the Select Components pane,
select Cartridges and then choose the appropriate car t r idg e.

• To view drive tape alerts, Configuration > Logical, in the Select Components pane, select Drives
and then choose the appropriate drive.

on page 106.

You can use the tape alert report functionality to cross-reference tape alerts for drives and tape cartridges
over a specified period of time, in order to determine if the problem belongs to the drive or to a specific tape
cartridge. For more information on the Report tool, refer to Figure 68

In the Report Criteria dialog box, choose how you want to sort the report and how you want to group the
report. It is possible to limit the report by selected objects:

•Cartridge

• Tape Alert

•Drive

You can export the report into either a spreadsheet file or into a PDF file.

26 Configuration

on page 96.

Operating the Tape Library Doors

WARNING

There are times when you must manipulate the tape library doors while the Scala r DLC is in operation. The
Scalar DLC handles this as much as possible, but some operations will fail when the doors are opened. This
is especially true if operations are executed by clients who use backup applications and do not monitor the
resource before launching the command.

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.

a

b

c

BE VERY CAREFUL WHEN OPENING THE FRONT DOOR. THE AISLE
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 ma ilbox
slot of the other insert/eject station) shall pass.

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

Managing the Database

The separate Database Tool (refer to Database Tool on page 222) 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 > Sca lar
DLC DB Tool).

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Set Up Database Backup Mode

Step 1 Launch DB tool, log in and open Extended mode tab (refer to Extended Mode on page 225).
Step 2 Check Full recovery mode box if the database is to be backe d-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 223).
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 225).
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 223).
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 228 ).
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.

Compact Database Manually

Step 1 Launch DB tool, log in and open Compact tab (refer to Database Compact on page 228 ).
Step 2 Press Execute button to compact the database, them Exit to close DB tool.

28 Configuration

Restore Database from Backup

Step 1 Launch DB tool, log in and open Restore tab (refer to Database Restore on page 230).
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 230).
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 232).
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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30 Configuration

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 67.

on page 32).

on page 32.

on page 75.

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Figure 11 Management GUI

Main Menu Bar

The Main Menu Bar contains five sections. See Figure 12 on page 32. The sections are:

• Screen Refresh Icon. Forces the Management GUI screen to refresh. Refer to Screen Refresh Icon
on page 33.

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

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

Figure 12 Main Menu Bar

xtended Service on page 60.

onnection on page 33.

on page 34.

on page 66.

32 Management GUI

Screen Refresh Icon

Note

Note

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, wh ere 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.

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

Some updates (for example, library statistic) are not performed by the glo bal refresh but
require special refresh operations 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

Create Clean
Partition

All wizards contain the same operational buttons (Table 7

Table 7 Wizard Buttons

Creates the logical library according to the
user-specified values (library name, assigned
client, etc.). Refer to Create Configuration
page 34.

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 Global Call Center
(GCC). Refer to Create Ticket

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

Specifies the settings for the partition cleaning
process.

Admin only

on

Admin only

on page 40.

All users

on page 42.

Admin only

on page 47.

Admin only

).

Name Icon Operation Description

First Click Return to the first dialog (disabled at the first wizard dialog).
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 Create Configur ation wizard: creates a logical library that covers all the parts of the selected physical
library; creates two identical mailboxes (I01 and E01) t hat cover the e ntire inser t /eject are a; and assign s 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 n ame. Accepting the default name is recomme nded, but make
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 37

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 37

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 263.

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. Accepting the default names is recommended.

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

C

reate Target on page 185 and Create LUN on page 186.

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 172.

Client

Accept the default name or enter the desired name. Accepting the default name is recommended, but be
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 Assign Partitions 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 Assign Partitions wizard first screens, depending upon the number of partitions in

the selected logical library. 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 p artition (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 71.

Type Partition media type. Refer to S

264, Mailbox Types
page 266.

Start Starting address in the range of the partition elements.
End Ending address in the range of the partition elements.

on page 265, or Drive Types on

torage Types on page

on

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 the Global Call
Center. After the ticket that describes the problem is created, the email notification is sent to Global Call
Center. The Global Call Center 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 Tickets pane. Refer to

Tickets T

Selecting the Create Ticket option activates the Ticket wizard.

ab on page 205.

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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.

Once means the problem occurred once and was not reproduced.
Repeatedly means --NEED INFO
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 bo x 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 GCC.
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 GCC about the

installation of the system.
De-Installation means the ticket is generated to notify GCC 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

Note

Note

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.

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

period, the data is being integrated into the Tickets pane.

Create Rule

The Scalar DLC software contains rules for m onitoring 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.

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

Table 8 Event Specification

Event Event Group Specific Event

Start
supervisor

Statistical SDLC supervisor has

been started

Error
code

0 None None None

Physical

Library

for the detailed description

on page 267.

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

created
Physical

library is

Statistical Physical library has

been deleted

deleted
Physical

library state

Statistical The library state has

changed

changed
Logical

library state

Statistical The library state has

changed

changed
Library Tape

Alert

Statistical Message about Drive

Tape Alert Flag

Error
code

Physical

Library

Logical
Library

Client

0 None None None

0 None None None

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 Any

0 None # None

0 # None Any

0##Any

0None##

0None#Any

#

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

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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Note

Table 8 Event Specification (Continued)

Event Event Group Specific Event

General
failure
(Scalar 1000)

General
failure
(Scalar 1000)

General
failure
(Scalar 1000)

General
failure
(Scalar 1000)

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

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

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. It recommended that you use names

describing the meaning of the rule.

The Rule Event dialog continues the wizard process. The event group an d 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 47.

on page 47

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

Note

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 47.

on page 47.

on page 47.

on page 47.

on page 267 and Table 8 on

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.

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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 55.

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 46
Delete Click Delete the entry from the list.
Update Click Edit and update the current entry.
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).

on page 60.

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

Figure 38 Rule Email

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.

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Create Clean Partitions

Note

Cleaning partitions contain only cleaning cartridges designated for auto-cleaning operations. Assigned
cartridges in a cleaning partition are not considered part of the logical library. To enable the library’s Auto
Clean feature, you must create at least one cleaning partition.

Cleaning partitions are NOT assigned to the logical library; they are different than the
regular partitions in the library. Until you create at least one other logical library, you
cannot create a cleaning partition.

You can create cleaning partitions during the initial configuration and at any time after that, as long as
unassigned slots are available. If no slots are available, you can still create a cleaning partition using the
Create Cleaning Partitions wizard.

By default, the wizard uses the last twenty slots of the physical library. If there is a partition that already
covers this range, the wizard crops the existing partition and then creates the cleaning partition form the last
twenty; if the range is available (unpartitioned space), the wizard creates the cleaning partition within the
defined range. You can modify this number during set up.

Example 1:
The library has 1000 storage slots. Partition1 covers the storage range 1-1000

• The Create Cleaning Partitions wizard crops Partition1 to 1-980 and creates Cleaning Pa rtition1 at
981-1000

Example 2:
The library has 1000 storage slots. Partition1 covers storage range 1-800. The Create Clean Partitions

wizard creates Cleaning Partition1 at 981-1000.
Selecting the Create Clean Partition activates the wizard. From the drop-down menu, select the appro priate

physical library where you want the new cleaning partitions to reside. See the following figure.

Figure 40 Select Physical Library

Entry Operation Description

Select Physical
Library

After selecting the Physical Library, choose which media types that you want to activate the cleaning
functionality on. Click the check box to enable or disable cleaning. See the following figure.

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Supplied Select the physical library from the drop-down menu. The created

cleaning partitions will reside in the selected library.

Figure 41 Activate Cleaning

Name Operation Description

Activate

Check Enables cleaning on the corresponding media domain.

Cleaning
Media Type Supplied Cartridge media type

After activating the clean function according to media types, you can enter the slot count.

Figure 42 Slot Count

Entry Operation Description

Media Type Supplied Type of media in the cleaning partition.
Partition

Supplied Name of the partition.

Name
Slot Count Enter Number of slots assigned to the cleaning partition.

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After reviewing and/or updating the slot count, confirm your changes and then create the new cleaning
partitions.

Figure 43 Create Cleaning Partitions

Name Operation Description

Create Click Displays the details of the new cleaning partitions.

As the system processes and creates the new cleaning partitions, the Waiting message appears.
Figure 44 Waiting Message

To stop the process, click Cancel. After the cleaning partitions are created, click Finish.
Figure 45 Create Cleaning Partitions Finish

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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

R

egistration Information on page 60.

page 61.

62.

on

on page

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 46 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.

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CAUTION

Note

Name Operation Description

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.
GCC contact Select The Scalar DLC GCC contact region (North America or

Europe).

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.

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 (Figu re 47). It
allows to connect to the remote management unit.

Figure 47 Connect to RMU

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

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

• Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6. 0 and ab o v e

• Netscape Navigator version 4.01 and above.

You can do the following by means of the RMU:

• Update RMU firmware

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• 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 Quantum 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.

View Log

Figure 48 View Log: standard mode

Selecting the View Log opens the online log viewer window. Refer also to the L

237.

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.

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og Viewer Utility on page

Name Operation Description

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 49

on page 64.
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.
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 50

on page

65.

Double-clicking on the record message opens the log message detail window. See Figure 50 on page 65.

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Figure 49 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.
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.

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Double-click on the record message to open the log message details window.

Figure 50 Log Message Details

Name Description

Log Log file the record message is taken from.
Date The re cord date.
Time The record time.
Severity The record severity.
Command ID The record command id.
Command type The record command type.
Client The record client.
Class The record class.
Object The record object.
Description The record description
Data Th e record additional data.

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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 infor m at ion
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

versions can be viewed from this pane. All Scalar DLC
hot fixes and service packs (if any) are enlisted here,
too. See Figure 51

Figure 51 Scalar DLC Software Version Code

.

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GUI Tabs

Note

Note

This topic describes the main area of the Scalar DLC Management GUI screen, the GUI tabs. All extend ed
configuration and management is executed from this area.

The detailed structure is described in Tabs Structure
Figure 52 GUI Tabs: Working Areas

on page 74.

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.

Expanding the tree does not select branches from the tree.

The top of the tree always indicates the Scalar DLC cont roller. 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 68.

Some elements are present on all the panes of the Scalar DLC Ma nagement GUI, while
other are not.

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Table 9 Tree Objects

Object Icon Color Description

Controller • Blac k T he nam e (Ho stn am e ) of the Sca l ar DLC serve r co ntr o lle r.

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 69 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 70 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 70.

A segment of Physical library . It cont ains the co ntinuous 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 whe n the y 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 71.

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 retained 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 84 for the details.

on page 84 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 71.

For a black storage slot name, the slot is empty. See Table 14
on page 71.

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 72.

For a black mailbox slot name, the slot is empty. See Table 15
on page 72.

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 73.

For a black drive slot name, the slot is empty. See Table 16
page 73.

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

on

Online, alarm

a

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 237.

Table 11 Physical Library States

State Icon Color Description

Online Green The library is online and accepts all commands

Online, alarm

a

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 237.

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,

a

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 237.

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,

a

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 237.

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,

a

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 237.

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 on e of the m).

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 Library Tab

• 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 L

• Physical Tab. Managing the physical library and the library partitions. Refer to P

page 126.

• 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

192.

• 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

ogical Tab on page 93.

on page 93.

lients Tab on page 150.

ules Tab on page 195.

on page 77.

hysical Tab on

sers Tab on page 144.

CSI Target Tab on page 178.

on page 189.

on page 190.

on page

on page 194.

on page 195.

• Service Tab. Executing library diagnostics, view hard ware logs, managing service req uest (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

• Tickets Tab. Managing the service requests (tickets). Refer to Tickets T

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on page 199.

on page 199.

on page 203.

ab on page 205.

• Operator Panel Tab. Executing operator panel commands from a remote console. Refer to

Note

O

perator Panel Tab on page 211.

• 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 215.

luster Tab on page 214.

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.

The GUI Log does not reflect the operations executed from a client side.

Figure 53 GUI Log

Icon Description

Indicates that the current message contains an info r ma tio n m ess ag e .
Indicates that the current message contains a warning message.
Indicates that the current message contains an erro r me ssa g e.

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Library Tab

Note

The Library Tab is the main operational area. All media move commands an d most logical library monitoring
is executed from this tab.

The Library Tab is accessible for all users. Some move commands require additional
rights.

As the Library Tab is opened, in the Select Components area of the pane the Controller appears.

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Figure 54 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 55 Library Properties

on page 79), and the Diagnostics, with the diagnostic inform ation for the selected lib rary

on page 80).

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
Auto-cleaning Supplied Indicates if auto-cleaning is enabled or turned off.

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on page 69.

Note

Field/Button Icon Operation Description

Clients Supplied The clients attached to the logical library.
Inventory

a

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.

If a new library has been created, an inventory must be executed to avoid problems with
the cartridge home positions.

Library Diagnostics

Figure 56 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.

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CAUTION

CAUTION

Field/Button Icon Operation Description

Passages Supplied Number of passages.
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 81.

on

on

page 82.

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 57

.

Help Click Open online help for the current pane.

To avoid interfering with client work, do not execute the Library Diagnostics
tests while the library is in use by a client.

All Library Diagnostics tests are cyclic, when started, the tests are executed
endlessly until the Admin clicks Cancel. (see Figure 57

Figure 57 Stop Current Test

Random Move Test

Figure 58 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 86), the cartridge and target slot are selected at random by media typ e.

Random Mount Test

Figure 59 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 selecte d 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 60 Cartridges

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