Spectra Logic 12000 User Manual

Spectra 12000™ Library User Guide

This Guide

This guide describes the installation and operation of the Spectra 12000 automated tape library, including troubleshooting inform ation.

Related Publications

These publications are also available from Spectra Logic:

 Release Notes: Spectra 12000, Spectra 64000 (90910852): provides

last-minute information about the library.

 Developer Guide: Spectra 12000, Spectr a 64000 (90910850): provides

SCSI reference material and other reference information useful to application developers.

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Notices

Except as expressly stated herein, Spectra Logic Corporation makes available the Spectra 12000 library and associated documentation on an “as is” basis, without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. In no event shall Spectra Logic be liable for any loss of profits, loss of business, loss of use or data, interruption of business, or for indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages of any kind, even if Spectra Logic has been advised of the possibility of such damages arising from any defect or error.

Information furnished in this manual is believed to be accurate and reliable. However, no responsibility is assumed by Spectra Logic for its use. Due to continuing research and development, Spectra Logic may revise this publication from time to time without notice, and reserves t he right to change any product specification at any time without notice.

Some products or services mentioned in this manual are provided by companies other than Spectra Logic. Inquiries about one or more of these products or services should be sent directly to the company in question. This manual refers to the following brand or product names, registered trademarks, and trademarks that are listed according to their respective owners. These trademarks may be registered in this country, other countries, or both.

Spectra Logic Corporation

Spectra Logic Gator

Spectra 12000™

Spectra 64000™ RackPac™

Exabyte Corporation Quantum Corporation

Exabyte EXB-210 Mammoth

Hewlett Packard

Red Hat Microsoft

Microsoft® Windows 2000 Windows NT

DLT

Quantum

Seagate Corporation

Seagate

Silicon Graphics Incorporated

IRIX

Sun Microsystems

Java

Solaris

Sun

SunOS

X/Open Company, Ltd., licenses the following:

UNIX

License

You have acquired a Spectra 12000 Library that includes software owned or licensed by Spectra Logic from one or more software licensors (“Software Suppliers”). Such software products, as well as associated media, printed materials and “online” or electronic documentation (“SOFTWARE”) are protected by copyright laws and international copyright treaties, as well as other intellectual property laws and treaties.

If you do not agree to this end user license agreement (“EULA”), do not use the Spectra 12000 Library; instead, promptly contact Spectra Logic for instructions on return of the Spectra 12000 Library for a refund. Any use of the SOFTWARE, including but not limited to use on the Spectra 12000 Library, will constitute your agreement to this eula (or ratification of any previous consent).

Notices 3

Grant of License. The SOFTWARE is licensed on a non-exclusive basis, not sold. This EULA grants you the followin g ri g h t s to th e S OFTWARE:

You may use the SOFTWARE only on the Spectra 12000 Library. Not Fault Tolerant. The SOFTWARE is not fault tolerant. Spectra Logic has independently determined

how to use the SOFTWARE in the Spectra 12000 Library, and suppliers have relied upon Spectra Logic to conduct sufficient testing to determine that the SOFTWARE is suitable for such use.

No Warranties For the SOFTWARE. Except as expressly stated herein, the SOFTWARE is provided “AS IS” and with all faults. The en ti re ri sk as t o sa ti sf ac t ory qual i t y, per for man c e, ac cu r a cy, an d e ff ort ( inc l udi ng l ack of ne gl i ge nce ) i s w ith you. Also, there is no war ranty against interference with your enjoyment of the SOFTWARE or against infringement. If

you have received any w arranties regarding the SOFTWARE, those warranties do not originate from, and are not binding on SOFTWARE suppliers.

Note on Java Support. The SOFTWARE may contain support for programs written in Java. Java technology is not fault tolerant and is not designed, manufactured, or intended for use of resale as online control equipment in hazardous environments requiring fail-safe performance, such as in the operation of nuclear facilities, aircraft navigation or communications systems, air traffic control, direct life support machines, or weapons systems, in which the failure of Java technology could lead directly to death, personal injury, or severe physical or environmental damage.

No Liability for Certain Damages. Except as prohibited by law, SOFTWARE suppliers shall have no liability for any indirect, special, consequential or incidental damages arising from or in connection with the use or performance of the SOFTWARE. This limitation shall apply even if any remedy fails of its essential purpose. In no event shall SOFTWARE suppliers, individually, be liable for any amount in excess of U.S. two hundred fifty dollars (U.S. $250.00).

Limitations on Rever se Engineering, Decompilation, and Disassembly. You may not reve rse engineer,

decompile, or disassemble the SOFTWARE, except and only to the extent that such activity is expressly permitted by applicable law notwithstanding this limitation.

Software transfer allowed with restrictions. You may permanently transfer rights under this EULA only as part of a permanent sale or transfer of the Spectra 12000 Library, and only if the recipient agrees to this EULA. If the SOFTWARE is an upgrade, any transfer must also include all prior versions of the SOFTWARE.

Export restrictions. Export of the SOFTWARE from the United States is regulated by the Export Administration Regulations (EAR, 15 CFR 730-744) of the U.S. Commerce Department, Bureau of Export Administration. You agree to comply with the EAR in the export or re-export of the SOFTWARE: (i) to an y country to which the U.S. has embargoed or restricted the export of goods or services, which as May 1999 include, but are not necessarily limited to Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, S udan , Syr ia , an d t he F e deral R epub li c o f Yugoslavia (includi ng Ser bia , b ut not Mont e neg ro ), or to any national or any such country, wherever located, who intends to transit or transport the SOFTWARE back to such country; (ii) to any person or entity who you know or have reason to know will utilize the SOFTWARE or portion thereof in the design, development or production of nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons; or (iii) to any person or entity who has been prohibited from participating in U.S. export transactions by any federal agency of the U.S. government. You warrant and represent that neither the BXA nor any other U.S. federal agency has suspended, revoked or denied your export privileges.

For additional information see http://www.microsoft.com/exporting/

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Warranty

The Spectra 12000 library is warranted for one year from date of shipment from the factory. This warranty includes a Next Business Day (On-Site) service contract for sites loca ted in North America and the European Union, and is explained as follows:

Access to a Spectra Logic support representative any business day (not including evenings, weekends or holidays) from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Mountain Time

Service visit from a field service representative-upon verification that the unit purchased has malfunctioned, Spectra Logic must be notified by 4:00 p.m. (local time) for a field service representative to be dispatched that day for arrival the following business day.

Firmware Support Process

The support model for Spectra Logic firmware will be based on the father-grandfather scheme. It will be implemented as follows:

Current Shipping Release Any issues found in the current release of firmware will be resolved either with a new patch or a new release, depending on the types of changes needed. The current release will be completely supported.

One Release Prior to the Current Release Suppor t w il l st ro ng ly recommend that customers us ing the prev iou s release of firmware upgrade to the current release. If the customer is unwilling or unable to do this, Spectra Logic will provide patches to the previous release.

Two Releases Prior to the Current Release Customers will be asked to upgrade to the current release. There must be a compelling reason to avoid upgrading. Patches to firmware that is two releases prior to the current release will be rare.

Warnings and Cautions

Tapes

Caution: Use only the data cartridges approved for use with the drives in the Spectra 12000 li brary. Improper data cartridges can cause damage to the drives, library and cartridges.

AC Power

Notices 5

Warning: Risk of electrical shock. Do not remove the library cover. To remove AC power from the library, unplug the power cord from the power inlet. There are no user serviceable parts within the library.

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Contents 7

Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Firmware Support Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Warnings and Cautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Chapter 1. Introduction 15

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

About the Gator Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Option Enablement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

A Tour of the Spectra 12000 Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

The Library Controller Stylus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

A Tour of the Library Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

IP Address and User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Exception Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Toolbars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

General Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Configuration Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Maintenance Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Security Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

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Chapter 2. Installing the Spectra 12000 Library 29

Preparing a Controlled Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Media and Hardware Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Air Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Unpacking the Spectra 12000 Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Connecting the SCSI Cables and Terminators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Connecting the Fibre Channel Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Connecting the Ethernet Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Turning the Library On and Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Chapter 3. Using Security 37

Setting Up Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

To Set Up a User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

To Delete a User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Chapter 4. Partitioning the Spectra 12000 Library 41

Displaying the Configuration Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Partitioning the Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Chapter 5. Configuring the Spectra 12000 S-QIP 47

Displaying the Configuration Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Configuring S-QIPs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

S-QIP Configure Controller Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

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Chapter 6. Configuring the Spectra 12000 Library F-QIP 55

Displaying the Configuration Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Configuring F-QIPs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

F-QIP Configure Controller Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

About Serverless Backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Configuring the F-QIP for Serverless Backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Enabling Serverless Backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Serverless Backup F-QIP Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Chapter 7. Configuring the Spectra 12000 E-QIP 65

About TAOS™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

TAOS ITP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

NDMP Enabled by TAOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Sharing Tape Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

TAOS User Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Connecting to the Serial Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Setting Up the E-QIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Password Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Ethernet Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Setting Up TAOS ITP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

TAOS ITP Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

TAOS ITP Driver Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Setting Up NDMP Enabled by TAOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Enabling TAOS NDMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Configuring NDMP Enabled by TAOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

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Chapter 8. Configuring the Drives 107

Configuring SCSI IDs, Emulation and Dip Switch Settings . . . . . . . . 108

Chapter 9. Using the Spectra 12000 Library 113

Checking Library Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Checking Robotics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

To Enable Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

To Set IP Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Checking Inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Inserting and Ejecting Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Insert New Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Eject Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Checking Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Checking Drive Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

The Maintenance Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Checking Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Updating Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Accessing Firmware from a Remote Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Accessing Firmware from an Alternate Location . . . . . . . . . . 125

Reset Picker Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Viewing the F-QIP Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Checking Resources in Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Deleting a Partition Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

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Chapter 10. Using the Drive 133

Bar Code Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Using AIT Data Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Write-Protecting and Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Storing Cartridges Outside the Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Caring for Data Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Cleaning the AIT Drive Heads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Chapter 11. Maintaining the Spectra 12000 Library 141

Changing the Spectra 12000 Library Air Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Adding Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Adding QIPs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Troubleshooting the Spectra 12000 Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Troubleshooting Library Initialization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Troubleshooting SCSI Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Troubleshooting Fibre Channel Device Problems . . . . . . . . . 152

Purchasing Additional Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Purchasing Custom Bar Code Label Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Purchasing CoD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

To enable CoD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

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Appendix A. Fibre Channel Cable Requirements 157

Fibre Channel Cable Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Appendix B. SCSI Cable and Terminator Requirements 159

SCSI Cable Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

SCSI Terminator Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Appendix C. Specifications 161

Sony AIT Tape Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161

Sony AIT-2 Tape Drive Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Sony AIT-3 Tape Drive Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Power Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Spectra 12000 Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Operating Environment Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Acoustic Noise Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Shock and Vibration Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Appendix D. Regulatory and Safety Standards 167

Safety Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

FCC Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

EU Declaration of Conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Japan VCCI Class A Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Taiwan BSMI Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

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Appendix E. Using the TAOS ITP Control Panel to View Settings 171

Opening the TAOS ITP Configuration Control Panel . . . . . . 171

Device Discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Installed Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Ethernet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Appendix F. Using the Serial Port Interface 173

Password Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Fibre Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Ethernet Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

TAOS ITP Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

TAOS NDMP Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Enable Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Save Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Discard Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Reboot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Glossary of Terms 181 Index 187

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1Introduction

This guide is written for Spectra 12000 library users and reviews the library’s installation and use. This chapter covers:

 Introduction  About the Gator Architecture  Option Enablement  A Tour of the Spectra 12000 Library  A Tour of the Library Controller  Getting Started

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Introduction

The Spectra 12000 library provides a combination of high reliability, speed, large capacity, ease of use, and built-in redundancy to minimize or eliminate downtime. The Spectra 12000 library’s features include:

 Hot swappable tape drives—you can easily switch drives without

tools and without interrupting other backups.

 Multiple logical libraries partitioned within a single physical library  Color touchscreen interface (Library Controller).  A single Spectra 12000 library can communicate via Fibre Channel,

SCSI, Ethernet or any combination of the three.

 Scalable to eight drives an d 120 cartridge s .  Support for AIT drives.  High reliability-system redundancy allows the library to continue

operating while it is being serviced.

 Import and export tapes either individually or in removable cartridge

packs of 15.

Chapter 1. Introduction 17

About the Gator Architecture

Both the Spectra 12000 and Spectra 64000 libraries utilize the Gator™ architecture for robotic tape libraries developed by Spectra Logic. Gator architecture in the Spectra 12000 library can be configured with 60 to 120 cartridges and from two to eight tape dr ives. Gator architecture in the Spectra 64000 library can be configured with up to 640 cartridges and 32 tape drives in a single rack. Gator architecture is based on hot swappable Quad Interface Processor (QIP) boards (S-QIP for HVD SCSI, L-QIP for LVD SCSI, F-QIP for Fibre Channel and E-QIP for Ethernet). The heart of Gator architecture is a counter-balanced rack-and-pinion picker mechanism that can perform more than 600 tape handling operations per hou r. Ga tor architecture includes Shared Library Services™ that allows users to allocate the library’s resources across various platforms, software applications and tape drives. Gator architecture off ers a color t ouchscreen user interface t hat provi des access to status information, configuration parameters, and diagnostics.

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Option Enablement

Spectra Logic has added a new feature to the Spectra 1200 0 library called Option Enablement. Option Enablement allows the user to add several functions to their library:

CoD™ is a capacity on demand system that allows you to add library storage capacity in increments as small as 15 slots, virtually instantaneously . Slots are k ey a ctivated and can be purchased in adv ance or as needed. CoD allows you to efficiently manage your data growth, while eliminating the need for long-range forecasting and expensive retrofits.

NDMP Enabled by TAOS in your library provides a simple and effective storage networking solution for the network attached storage (NAS) filer environment. In this solution, the NDM P (N etwork Data Management Protocol) feature enables shared backup and restore between multiple filers via your library, which can also be attached directly to the network. The need for dedicated hardware and shared storage software is eliminated, reducing risk and complexity, and lowering the total cost of ownership.

Serverless Backup Enabl ed by T AOS in your library shifts management of the backup and restore process from the server to the library. With this feature enabled, the library is able to communicate directly with other storage devices and can backup data from a disk device directly to tape. The server is no longer needed to manage the data input/output (I/O), therefore freeing up the central processing unit for other tasks. Additionally, now that there is one less device/step in the process , backup and restore performance is improved.

Remote Library Controller (RLC) allows for convenient, remote (off-site) access to your library. The Remote Library Controller can manage all library actions, including moving tapes, creating par t itions, ma na g ing library inventory, monitoring drive and library status and performing configurations. In addition, feature modules, such as CoD and TAOSenabled NDMP and Serverless Backup can be activated with the Remote Library Controller.

T o add any of these functions to your library contact Spectra Logic Technical Support at (800) 227-4637. You will n eed to know the serial number of your device (as display ed in the Serial # f ield after tapping the Robotics bar) when you call. Or, go to the Spectra Logic Web site: http://www.spectralogic.com, for ordering information.

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A Tour of the Spectra 12000 Library

Library

Entry/Exit Port

Figure 1-1 Spectra 12000 library, front view.

The illustration of the front of the Spect ra 12000 library (Figure 1-1) shows the Entry/Exit (E/E) ports, through which you can insert and remove cartridges individually or using cartridge packs. Each pack holds up to 15 cartridges at a time. The Library Controller (also called the Gator Control Panel) simplifies the library’s use and main tenance.

Controller

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The Library Controller Stylus

Figure 1-2 The Library Controller stylus.

Stylus Use the stylus to navigate the Library Controller. Touch the screen with the stylus to make a selection. The stylus is designed for safe use with the Library Controller touchscreen.

Store the stylus in the slot located on the top right -hand corner of the Library Controller.

Caution: Do not use metal objects to navigate the Library

Controller. Metal objects may damage the screen.

A Tour of the Library Controller

Toolbars

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IP Address and User

Figure 1-3 General Status screen.

Exception Bar

IP Address and User

The IP Address and User at the bottom of the Library Controller displays the library’s IP address and the current user of the library.

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Exception Bar

The Exception Bar contains the Except ion, Home, Inventory and Trace Log icons.

Exception

Figure 1-4 Library Controller Exception Bar.

Exception The Exception icon, a exclamation point, will appear with a yellow background only if the library experiences a problem. Tap the icon to bring up a window where you can view the problem.

Home Tap to return to the General Status screen. Inventory Tap to go to the Inventory screen.

Home

Inventory

Trace Log

Toolbars

The Library Controller has multiple toolbars; the General toolbar displa ys by default. To see the list of other toolbars, and to select one, tap Toolbars, then select from the pull-down menu.

Figure 1-5 Toolbars pull-down menu.

General To olbar

The General toolbar displays commonly used options, including:

Inventory Shows transport locations: Use this to move tapes between slots and drives. Select the Inventory icon to access logical libraries and slot inventory information.

Status Shows information about robotics, drives and media elements.

Drive Config Shows drive configuration information, and lets you configure drives. Drive information includes the emulation of th e d r ive, th e fi rmware level, and the SCS I ID assigned to each drive. Use th is screen to remove drives or replace them in case of drive problems.

Help This button displays online help for the Library Controller.

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Figure 1-6

General toolbar.

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Configuration Toolbar

Use the Configuration toolbar to conf ig ure the lib r ary: Partition Shows partition status. This lets you set up and

alter library partitions, assign drives to each partition, assign the number of slots, and name the partition.

Drive Config Shows drive configuration information, and lets you configure drives. Drive information includes the emulation of th e d r ive, th e fi rmware level, and the SCS I ID assigned to each drive. Use this to rem ove drives or replace them in case of drive problems.

Contro l ler This shows QIP information and lets you configure controllers.

Help This button displays online help for the Library Controller.

Figure 1-7

Configuration toolbar.

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Maintenance Toolbar

Use the Maintenance toolbar to handle various library upkeep tasks, including:

Diagnostics Field service engineers use diagnostics to identify possible system problems and run tests.

Update Firmware Displays Firmware Update screen where you can update the front panel, front panel operating system, library robotics and controller firmware.

Traces The traces button is used to help diagnose library problems by tracking th e library’s activities.

Help This button displays online help for the Library Controller.

Figure 1-8

Maintenance toolbar.

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Security Toolbar

Use the Security toolbar to handle various library upkeep tasks, including:

Users Use the Users button to access the security s creen. This allow s the user to set up different users with different levels of access and delete users.

Switch Users This button allows a new u ser to l og on i n place of the previous user.

Help This button displays online help for the Library Controller.

Figure 1-9

Security toolbar.

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Getting Started

If your Spectra 12000 library is already insta lled and configured, review Using the Spectra 12000 Library on page 113.

To install and configure the Spectra 12000 library, read the chapters in this book in sequence, referring to the Release Notes: Spectra 12000, Spectra 64000, as directed.

On the back of the Spectra 12000 library, you’ll find the On/Off switch, power cable socket, and the ports for SCSI, Fibre Channel, or Ethernet cables. The Spectra 12000 library holds up to two QIPs (Quad Interface Processors). Each QIP can support up to four drives.

Note: Spectra 12000 library QIPs and Drives are numbered

from the bottom up. QIP #3, for example, would be the

third QIP from the bottom.

LCM

Power Supply

AC Power Cable Socket

Figure 1-10 Spectra 12000 library, rear view.

QIPs Quad Inter f ace Processors conn ect the library to a host using either Fibre Channel (F-QIPs), High Voltage Differential SCSI (S-QIPs), Low

Host/ Network Cabling (QIPs, SCSI displayed)

On/Off Switch

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V oltage Differential SCSI (L-QIP s), Ethernet (E-QIPs), or any combination of the above.

To check the status of the F-QIPs on the bac k of the QIP. In the upper right-hand corner of the F-QIP you can see two lights, labelled Fibre and QIP, corresponding to the Fibre processor and QIP processor. Both lights should be li t up green, indi c ating the processor’s status as good.

Library Control Module The Library Control Module (LCM) is a multipurpose controller module with six primary functions. The six functions are to:

 Control the Entry/Exit Port.  Issue diagnostics commands via the diagnostics menu.  Control the front door locking solenoids.  Run the Library Controller interface program and provide outputs to

the main display/touch screen.

 Issue move commands.  Interface with QIPs for the programming of logical libraries, drive

configurations and controller configurations.

The LCM connects to the QIPs and robotics via the Control le r Ar ea Network (CAN) bus. CAN is a super-robust, low-noise bus technology. Spectra Logic’s CAN bus eliminates a QIP as a single point of failure. I f a single QIP fails, other QIPs can be configured to take over .

2 Installing the Spectra 12000 Library

This chapter reviews:

 Preparing a Controlled Environment  Unpacking the Spectra 12000 Library  Connecting the SCSI Cables and Terminators  Connecting the Fibre Channel Cables  Connecting the Ethernet Cables  Turning the Library On and Off

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Preparing a Controlled Enviro nment

Media and Hardware Environment

When planning the Spectra 12000 library installation, note that the library, drives and media must be maintained in a controlled environment. Environmental ex tr em e s ca u se erratic opera ti on and possible failures.

The Spectra 12000 library is typically mounted in a rack. Make sure t he temperature in the rack does not exceed the maxi mum ambient operating temperature of t he library and that th e library is w ell vent ilated with adequate air flow at all times.

Library operating specifications are:

 Temperature: +35°F to +86°F (+2°C to +30°C)  Relative humidity: 20 percent to 80 percent (non-condensing)  Maximum wet bulb temperature: +77° F (+25°C)

Caution: Before using any new media, expose media to the

local operating environment for 24 hours. This let s the

media adjust to the local temperature and humidity.

See Specifications on page 161 for additional information on the drives and media.

Air Quality

Large quantities of airborne particles can cause erratic operation of the drives and library. The Spectra 12000 library comes with three intak e air filters on the inside of the front door to reduce the airborne particulates in the library.

The table below shows the maximum amount of particulate contamination per cubic foot and cubic meter of air that the library’s

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filter can handle. If you exceed these limits, filter the air in the room in which the library is housed.

Part icle Size (microns)

0.1 8.8 x 10

0.5 3.5 x 10

5.0 2.5 x 10

Number of Particles ≥ Particle Size per Cubic Meter

Number of Particles ≥ Particle Size per Cubic Foot

2.5 x 10

1.0 x 10

7.0 x 10

Unpacking the Spectra 12000 Library

Use the Spectra 12000 Insta llation and Unpac k ing Guide, P.N. 90910884 to unpack and install the library.

Caution: The Spectra 12000 library is heavy. Use extreme

caution when unpacking and lifting the library. You will

need more than two people to position the library.

The Spectra 12000 library is shipped with the following items:

 Spectra 12000 Installation and Unpacking Guide  Release Notes: Spectra 12000, Spectra 64000.  Spectra 12000 Library User Guide (this guide).

 15-slot cartridge pack, with cover.  AC power cord.  Front panel filter element.  One or two Quad Interface Processors (QIPs) already installed for

Fibre Channel, SCSI, Ethernet, or some combinati on; with two SCSI terminators per S-QIP or L-QIP.

 Optionally, up to eight drive sleds ordered with this library. Drives

are boxed separately and shipped in the crate with the Spectra 12000 library. See Adding Drives on page 144 for more information.

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Connecting the SCSI Cables and Terminators

After you ha ve placed th e l ibrary care full y and prepared it for operation, you are ready to connect the Spectra 12000 library to the host bus.

There are four 68-pin micro-SCSI connectors per S-QIP or L-QIP on the rear panel to connect the library to the system SCSI buses. The SCSI connectors are labeled SCSI Port 1, IN and OUT; SCSI Port 2, IN and OUT.

To attach SCSI connections between the libr ary and the host:

1. Put in the QIP controller cards, if they are not already installed. For more information on installing QIPs, refer to Adding QIPs on page

149.

2. Cable each host adapter to a unique bus on the QIP or daisy-chain it to the next bus.

3. Terminate each SCSI bus.

Note: All SCSI buses must be terminated at the output of the final SCSI device on the bus (see SCSI Terminator Requirements on page 160).

4. Connect the AC power cord supplied with the Spectra 12000 library to the AC connector on the rear of the library. Connect the other end to a 110V AC outlet .

5. Put in drive sleds, if they are not already installed. For more information on adding drives, refer to Adding Drives on page 144.

6. Go to Turning the Library On and Off on page 36 to power up the Spectra 12000 library.

Connecting the Fibre Channel Cables

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Figure 2-1 Spectra 12000 F-QIP in library.

After you have place d the libra ry carefull y and prepared it for operation, you are ready to connect the Spectra 12000 library to the SAN.

There are two G igabit I nterface Conv erter (G BIC) p orts per F-QIP on the rear panel to connect th e lib r a ry to the host system. The GBIC ports are labeled Fibre Chnl A and Fibre Chnl B.

The Spectra 12000 library has one of two different kinds of GBICs, either optical with an SC connector or copper wire with an HSSDC serial connector as specified when ordered. The different GBIC types and correspond in g ca b l es and connectors are s h ow n be l ow. Contact your Spectra Logic representa tive for infor m at ion about c onver tin g to a different GBIC type.

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Figure 2-2 Optical cable for SC GBIC connector.

Figure 2-4 SC GBIC connector.

Figure 2-3 Copp e r ca bl e for HSSDC GBIC connector.

Figure 2-5 HSSDC GBIC connector.

To attach the Fibre Channel cables:

1. Consult the documentation for your host operating systems and Fibre Channel adapter cards for information on adding new devices. In particular, look for details on creating and configuring de vice fil es or drivers, and whether your system must b e restarted before using new devices.

2. Put in the QIP controller cards, if they ar e not al re a dy instal led. For more information on installing QIPs, refer to Adding QIPs on page

149.

3. Insert the GBICs into the GBIC ports on your library (and in your host HBAs ir switch ports, if necessary).

4. Insert the Fibre Channel cables into t he GBIC ports according to your configurati on a nd ne tw or k dia gram. R ef er t o Partitioning the Spectra 12000 Library on page 41.

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5. Connect the AC power cord supplied with the Spectra 12000 library to the AC connector on the rear of the library. Connect the other end to a 110V AC outlet.

6. Put in the drive sleds, if they are not already installed. See Adding Drives on page 144 for more information.

7. Go to Turning the Library On and Off on page 36 to power up the Spectra 12000 library.

Connecting the Ethernet Cables

After you have place d the libra ry carefull y and prepared it for operation, you are ready to connect the Spectra 12000 library to the SAN.

T o attach Ethernet connection between the library and the network:

1. Put in the QIP controller cards, if they ar e not al re a dy instal led. For more information on installing QIPs, refer to Adding QIPs on page

149.

2. Attach appropriate fibre optic cables to the Gigabit Ethernet Ports on the E-QIP.

3. Connect the AC power cord supplied with the Spectra 12000 library to the AC connector on the rear of the library. Connect the other end to a 110V AC outlet.

4. Put in drive sleds, if they are not already installed. For more information on adding drives, refer to Adding Drives on page 144.

5. Go to Turning the Library On and Off on page 36 to power up the Spectra 12000 library.

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Turning the Library On and Off

The Spectra 12000 library power switc h is in the lower , lef t corner of the library’s rear panel (Figure 2-6).

LCM

Power Supply

AC Power Cable Socket

Figure 2-6 Spectra 12000 library, rear view.

Host/ Network Cabling (QIPs, SCSI displayed)

On/Off Switch

3Using Security

Before you begin to configure your library, you should set up the security feature of the Spectra 12000 library.

The Spectra 12000 library has a security feature that allo ws for three types of users:

 Super User—A Super User is allowed ultimate control of the library and

controls who has access to the library.

 Administrator—An Administrator is allowed control of the library, but

cannot control who has access to the library.

 Operator—An Operato r is allow ed only limi ted access to the library . The

Operator can move, remove and add inventory via the Entry/Exit port, but is denied access to more sensitive areas of the library, such as configuration and diagnostics.

Setting Up Security

Before you set up security, determine who is going to be allowed access to the library, and what level of security that user will have.

To Set Up a User

1. On the Library Controller, tap Toolbars and then tap Security. The Security

toolbar displays.

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2. Tap Users, to display the Security screen (Figure 3-1).

Figure 3-1 The Security screen .

3. Select the type of user you want to create in the Group Permissions

box.

4. Tap the white text box next to User Name to display the virtual keyboard.

5. Type whatev er name you w ould lik e to use for the user on t he virtual keyboard and then tap OK. The name will appear in th e U ser Name box.

6. Using the virtual keyboard, type a password for the user.

Note: Take care when selecting a passw ord, make a note of it and keep it in a safe place.

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7. Tap the Add/Edit User arrow, the confirmation window will confirm that your security settings have been saved (Figure 3-2). Tap OK.

Figure 3-2 The confirmation window.

Note: If this is the first time using your library, you should delete the default Super User (SU) from your library before continuing.

To Delete a User

1. Tap the user name in the Supported Users box to select it.

2. Tap Delete User.

Note: You cannot delete the last Super User listed in the Supported Users box.

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4 Partitioning the Spectra 12000 Library

This chapter includes:

 Displaying the Configuration Toolbar  Partitioning the Library

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Displaying the Configuration Toolbar

The Library Controller lets you configure the library through the Configuration toolbar. This toolbar provides buttons you can use to configure all aspects of the library:

 Partitioning the physical library into logical libraries.  Configuring drives.  Configuring QIPs.

The Library Controller also provide s online help for e ach of the configuration tasks.

To display the Configuration toolbar:

 Using your finger or a stylus, tap the Toolbars button on

the Library Controller.

 Select the Configuration toolbar. The following buttons

display (Figure 4-1).

Figure 4-1

Configuration toolbar.

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Partitioning the Library

The Spectra 12000 library provides Shared Library Services (SLS). You may partition the library so that it performs and looks like more than one partition up to a total of four partitions. Each library can be dedicated for a specific host or application. You always need to set up partitioning on a new library, even if you are using only one partition.

To create a partition on a new library , you will have to unassign slots from the default partition. You must have at least one unassigned set of 15 slots and one unassigned drive to create a new partition. To do this use the following steps.

To set up partitioning:

1. On th e L i brary Controll er, tap Toolbars, then tap Configuration. The Configuration toolbar displays.

2. Tap the Partition icon on the Configuration toolbar.

3. The Shared Library Services screen displays a button for the entire

library and a button for each configured partition (Figure 4-2).

Note: On a new librar y you will see an All Partitions bar and a Library 1 bar.

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4. You can partition the library by editing the default partition (Library 1), and/or creating a new partition.

Figure 4-2 Shared Library Services screen.

5. To create a new partition, tap New. T o edit an existing partition, select

the library and tap Edit. This displays the Edit Partition Configuration window (Figure 4-3).

Figure 4-3 Edit Partition Configuration window.

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6. Create or edit a part ition using this window.

Name... Tap the Name... button and enter the name in the keyboard dialog. Slots Tap the +/- buttons to add/remove slots in increments of 15. As you

add or remove slots, the number of slots in the partition will appear between the +/- buttons, while the Slots Remaining field displays the number of unassigned slots available. When creating multiple partitions, make sure you have enough unassigned slots remaining for other partitions you may be creating.

Drives Displays the drives in the partition listed. Add To add a drive, select a drive or pair of drives from the Available

Drives Window and tap Add. The drive or drives will move to the This Partition box and the assigned controller bus will move to the controller

list. Remove T o remove a drive or pair of drives , select the driv e from the list in

the This Partition box and tap Remove. The driv e(s) will move to the available list and the bus will be removed from the controller list.

Note: All drives on a bus must be allocated to the same partition, but all d ri ve location s do not need to be populated.

A controller configured to export a library shows an asterisk next to it. Only one controller in each partition can be configured to export a librar y.

Enable Queued Unloads and Defer Queued Unloads We strongly recommend you leave both of thes e checked.

 When Enable Queued Unloads is checked, your library responds

immediately to the host software that an eject was successful. The front panel then moves the “queued” tapes to the E/E port as slots become available.

If all E/E port slots are full, the tapes are marked as having bee n logically ejected, and it will be reported to the software that they have bee n ejected. They will then be physicall y ejected as E/E slots

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become availabl e. This is different when Defer Queued Unloads is checked.

 When Defer Queued Unloads is checked, the library waits until you

have tapped the Eject Queued Tapes in the Inventory screen before moving the cartridges you have ejected to the E/E port. Queued ejects allow the library to share the E/E resource and also allow the host software to eject more tapes than a single E/E pack holds.

7. Tap Save to save the changes you hav e made, or Cancel to exit without saving any changes.

Now that the partition has been created, proceed to the appropriate chapter for the controller (QIPs) you have assigned to the new partition.

 To configure the Spectra 12000 S-QIP, go to Configuring the Spectra

12000 S-QIP on page 47. You will then need to configure any drives assigned in Configuring the Drives on page 107.

 To configure the Spectra 12000 F-QIP, go to Con fig ur in g the Spectra

12000 Library F-QIP on page 55. You will then need to configure any drives assigned in Configuring the Drives on page 107.

 To configure the Spectra 12000 E-QIP, go to Configuring the Spe ctra

12000 E-QIP on page 65. You will then need to configure any drives assigned in Configuring the Drives on page 107.

5 Configuring the Spectra 12000 S-QIP

This chapter includes:

 Displaying the Configuration Toolbar  Configuring S-QIPs  S-QIP Configure Controller Screen

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Displaying the Configuration Toolbar

The Library Controller lets you configure the library through the Configuration toolbar. This toolbar provide s buttons you can use to configure all aspects of the library:

 Partitioning the physical library into libraries.  Configuring drives.  Configuring library QIPs.

The Library Controller also provides online help f or e ach of the configuration tasks.

To display the Configuration toolbar:

 Using your finger or a stylus, tap the Toolbars button on

the Library Controller.

 Select the Configuration toolbar (Figure 5-1).

Figure 5-1

Configuration toolbar.

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Configuring S-QIPs

The Library Controller allows the user to configure SCSI controllers (SQIPs) in a number of ways. To conf igure S-QIPs:

1. From the Configuration toolbar, select the Partitions icon. This brings up the Shared Library Services screen.

Figure 5-2 The Shared Library Services screen.

2. Select the partition with the controller you want to configure.

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3. Tap Edit. The Edit Partition Configuration window appears (Figure 5-3).

Figure 5-3 Edit Partition Configuration window.

4. In the Drives section, select the controller you would like to

configure by tapping the drive it is connected to. Tap Configure Controller. This brings up the Configure Controller window

(Figure 5-4).

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S-QIP Configure Co ntroller Screen

S-QIP Default ID Settings

Note: Each S-QIP bus must have an ID unique to that bus. This allows the S-QIP to initiate commands to the drive.

Each S-QIP uses two SCSI busses, and each bus must have a SCSI ID unique to that SCSI bus.

Figure 5-4 The Configure Controller window.

In the Configure Controller window, you can implement the following options.

Name The assigned bus name displays here. SCSI ID Use the +/- buttons to set SCSI ID of the controller. Exports a Logical Library Check here to configure this S-QIP as having robotic

control for a logical library.

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Note: When configuring the Spectra 12000 library as one logical library, one bus on any QIP must have the option Exports a L o g ic al Lib rary enabl ed to pr ov i d e th e rob o ti c s control interface to a host. The Exports a Logical Library check box indicates that this bus is the one that will be assigned to control robotics

When partitioning the Spectra 12000 library into more than one logical library, each of the partitions must have one QIP bus export a logical library for robotics interface. The bus which exports a library must also be configured so that the QIP SCSI ID is unique from all drives on the QIP bus, and any device on the host bus it is attached to.

Emulation Select an identity you want the library to emulate here. Recommended only if software does not have native support.

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You can also use the Controller Configuration screen to configure the QIPs. To do this, tap Controllers on the Configuration T oolbar . This opens the Controller Configuration screen (Figure 5-5).

Figure 5-5 Controller Configuration screen.

The Controller Configuration screen displays the following information:

 Controllers detected by the library.  Bus on which the controller resides, and the controller’s SCSI ID.  Buttons allowing you to scroll through more controllers.  Buttons you can use to configure and replace the controllers. (To

configure a controller, select the controller and tap Configure.)

Go to Configuring the Drives on page 107 to complete the configuration procedure.

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6 Configuring the Spectra 12000 Library F-QIP

This chapter includes:

 Displaying the Configuration Toolbar  Configuring F-QIPs  F-QIP Configure Controller Screen  About Serverless Backup  Configuring the F-QIP for Serverless Backup

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Displaying the Configuration Toolbar

The Library Controller lets you configure the library through the Configuration toolbar. This toolbar provide s buttons you can use to configure all aspects of the library:

 Partitioning the physical library into logical libraries.  Configuring drives.  Configuring library QIPs.

The Library Controller also provides online help f or e ach of the configuration tasks.

To display the Configuration toolbar:

 Using the stylus, tap the Toolbars button on the Library

Controller.

 Select the Configuration toolbar (Figure 6-1).

Configuring F-QIPs

The Library Controller allows the user to configure Fibre Channel controllers (F-QIPs) in a number of ways. To configure F-QIPs:

1. Go to the Library Controller. Select the Toolbars drop down menu and select the Configuration.

Figure 6-1

Configuration toolbar.

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2. From Configuration toolbar, select the Partitions icon. This brings up the Shared Library Services screen.

Figure 6-2 Shared Library Services screen.

3. Select the partition that contains the controller you want to configure.

4. Tap Edit. The Edit Partition Configuration window appears

(Figure 6-3).

Figure 6-3 Edit Partition Configuration window.

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5. In the Drives window, select the controller you want to configure by tapping the drive it is connected to.

6. Tap Configure Controller. This brings up the Controller Configuration window.

F-QIP Configure Con troller Screen

In the F-QIP Configure Controller window (Figure 6-4), you can implement the following option s.

Figure 6-4 F-QIP Configure Controller window.

Name The assigned bus name displays here. Loop ID/ Soft Address Soft Address enabled is the default. Otherwise, disable

Soft Address and use the +/- buttons to configure desired Hard Address. Soft Address enabled is the default.

Soft and Hard Addresses When a Fibre Channel loop initializes, it tries to assign requested ID numbers to devices that use hard addresses. It then dynamically assigns soft addresses to other devices from remaining available nu mbers. Each device must have a unique address on the loop

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ID from 0 to 125. Conflicts arise if two devices t ry to use the same loop ID, or if more than 126 devices and hosts are connected to the loop.

When the library’s address type is set to “soft,” the library’s loop ID is assigned dynamically whenever the Fibre Channel loop is initialized. When the library’s address type is set to “hard,” the library always requests the loop ID number yo u specify in the Configuration screen. If you assign a hard address to the library, make sure no other device on the loop uses the same hard address. If two devices on the same loop have hard addresses set to the same number , only one of the tw o devices will be accessible. Setting the libra ry address type to “soft” avoids duplication of addresses, but the library address is subject to change any time the Fibre Channel loop initializes.

A hard address is recommended.

Disable Fabric Select this box to have the F-QIP switch login as a loop ID instead of on fabric.

Disable Initiator Check to disable the F-QIP as an initiator on the Loop or Fabric Switch. Initiator disabled is the default. Unless you are absolutely sure you have an environment that supports multi-initiators, you must disable the F-QIP as initiator. If you don’ t, this could cause conflicts on the loop.

Exports a Logical Library Check here to configure a bus on th e F-QIP to export a logical library.

When partitioning the Spectra 12000 library into more than one logical library, each of the partitions must have one QIP bus export a logical library for robotics interface.

Emulation Select an identity you want the library to emulate. This is recommended only if software does not have native support.

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GBIC Ports Tap GBIC Ports to configure the GB IC ports. The Configur e GBIC Ports window appears (Figure 6-5).

Figure 6-5 Controller GBIC Ports window.

This determines which drives and libraries are a vailable from each GBIC. Side A includes Library 1 and you can assign any or all of the four available drive s by checking them. Side B includes Library 2 and you can assign any drives you have not assigned to Side A by checking them. Or, for redundancy and failover, you can check both sides to see all drives.

If multiple hosts are configured to access an overlapping set of drives, access to those drives must be restricted/managed through the backup software.

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About Serverless Backup

Serverless Backup is sometimes referred to as Third Party Copy or Extended Copy (X c o py) . Serverless Backup is a bac ku p arc h itecture in which data flows directly from one storage device to another, bypassing the server . Serverless Backup is made possible when storage devices support the Xcopy commands as specified in the SCSI protocol. The Xcopy command set al lo ws a de vice to read blo cks of da ta fro m ano the r compliant device. In a Serverless backup environment the Spectra Logic library reads data from the disk device and writes it directly to tape.

This backup process requires a backup application that has Xcopy functionali ty. Serverless backups are normally performed in Storage Networking environments since data can be shared by multiple hosts or initiators. The backup application is responsible for determining which blocks on the disk get backed up to tape.

Configuring the F-QIP for Serverless Backup

Setup of Serverless Backup requires the following steps:

 Enabling Serverless Backup.  Serverless Backup F-QIP Setup.

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Enabling Serverless Backup

1. From the General Status screen, tap Robotics. The System Setup

screen appears.

Figure 6-6 The System Setup screen.

2. To enable Serverless Backup, you will need to obtain an ac tivation

key from Spectra Logic. Contact Spectra Logic with the serial number of the device, as displayed in the Serial # field, to obtain the activation key.

3. Tap the blank field to the righ t o f Submit Key.

4. A virtual keyboard appears. Enter the key.

5. Tap OK on the virtual keyboard.

6. Tap Submit Key.

Serverless Backup F-QIP Setup

To use Serverless Backup the F-QIP must be configured as an initiator/ target. To enable this mode you will need to uncheck the Disable Initiator box in the Edit F-QIP Configuration menu on the Libr a ry Controller.

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1. Open the Configuration toolbar and tap Controller. The Configure Controller screen appe ars

2. Select the F-QIP you want to enable Serverless Backup on. The Configure Controller window appears

Figure 6-7 The Configure Controller window.

3. Tap the box next to Disable Initiator to uncheck it.

Go to Configuring the Drives on page 107 to complete the configuration procedure.

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7 Configuring the Spectra 12000 E-QIP

This chapter includes:

 About TAOS™  TAOS User Interfaces  Connecting to the Serial Port  Setting Up the E-QIP  Setting Up TAOS ITP  Setting Up NDMP Enabled by TAOS

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About TAOS

The Spectra Logic TAOS operating system architecture is an innovative approach to sharing tape back up resources among hosts. The TAOS enabled Spectra 12000 E-QIP ha s an ethernet interface and the ability to enable one of two components: TAOS ITP or TAOS NDMP.

™

TAOS ITP

TAOS Internet Tape Protocol (ITP) is enabled on every TAOS enabled EQIP shipped from the factory. TAOS ITP is used by installing ITP drivers on all hosts that require access to the library. Once the ITP drivers are installed and configured the host sees the E-QIP as a locally attached SCSI device. All applications that work with your existing SCSI device s will work seamlessly with all TAOS enabled devices.

When an application runs, SCSI commands are issued to the ITP driver— a virtual SCSI HBA. These SCSI commands are converted to IP packets by the ITP driver, sent across the network to the E-QIP, then re-assembled into SCSI commands before being sent to the drives.

NDMP Enabled by TAOS

T AOS Ne twork Data Management Protocol (NDMP) is an optional feature that can be purchased and enabled with an activation key. TAOS NDMP includes an NDMP agent built directly into the E-QIP, so that NetworkAttached Storage (NAS) devices that support NDMP can talk directly to the library across the network.

Typically, a backup application host will initiate a backup job and instruct the NAS file syste m and th e l ibr a ry to get ready. They are then instructed to talk to each other to co mplete the backup. Metadata and management commands may involve the backup server, but the bulk of the data—the information being re ad/w r itte n to tap e—p asse s direc tly from the NAS device to the tape drives, without detouring through the backup server.

The E-QIP supports versions 2 and 3 of NDMP.

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Sharing Tape Devices

TAOS ITP and TA OS NDMP both allow a set of tape resources to be shared between multiple hosts. Care must be taken to ensure that multiple requests are not being sent to same tape drive at the same time.

With TAOS NDMP, there is typically a backup application server that manages access to the tape drives. Even though mult iple NAS devic es can access the tape device directly these requests are routed through a single backup server. This ser ver, then, is responsible for managing access to the drives. As long as the devices and NAS clients are configured properly in the software, resource contention is eliminated. Access to TAOS NDMP functionality is also password protected--any NAS host wishing to write to the Spectra 12000 library must authenticate themselves with the correct username and password. This is also generally set up in the backup software.

With TAOS ITP, there may be many backup applications on many hosts, all responsible for managing their own access to the tape drives, and as the E-QIP looks like a locally attached resource to each configured host, each host has no idea that other hosts also have access. There are three ways to manage resource contention with TA OS ITP. First, the E-QIP will only be visible to hosts where the TAOS ITP driver has been installed. Second, the TAOS ITP configuration utilities in the E-QIP allow you to configure IP address ranges of hosts that can access the library. Finally, devices can be locked during use by going through on e of the available configuration interfaces. When a device has been locked, no other host can gain access to the drive until it is unlocked.

In any case, if multiple hosts will be accessing the library, some access management scheme must be implemented to prevent stored data written by one host from being overwritten by another.

TAOS User Interfaces

There are two user interfaces available to access and change TAOS options: a serial port interface and a TAOS ITP control panel (available on Windows systems only). The serial interface is the only way to set the Ethernet configuration of the library, however, once the Ethernet parameters have been set and the unit is connected to your network, the TAOS ITP control panel can be used to view settings.

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This chapter will guide you through the installation process for TA OS ITP and TAOS NDMP, using both interfaces. Both are described in further detail in the appendices.

Connecting to the Serial Port

Connect a serial cable to t he E-QIP diagnosti c port, labeled DIAG 1, with a serial port terminal emulation application like HyperTerminal running on a host computer. The serial port settings are as follows:

Figure 7-1 Serial port settings.

 Bits per second (BAUD): 115200  Data bits: 8  Parity: None  Stop bits: 1  Flow control: No ne

The TAOS Configuration menu displays:

Figure 7-2 The TAOS Configuration menu.

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Setting Up the E-QIP

Password Configuration

As shipped, the serial port configuration menu is not password protected. To prevent unauthorized users from changing the E-QIP ’s

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configuration settings, you should enable a password. To launch the Password Configuration menu, select

Figure 7-3 The Password Configuration menu.

[1] Set Password: Select to set or change the password. If changing the password, you will be prompted to enter your password, then prompted to enter it again. When a password is set, it will need to be entered to make any subsequent configuration changes to the unit.

[2] Disable Password: Select to disable your password. [?] Help: Displays help for this menu. [Esc] Return to Main Menu: Returns you to the main menu.

Ethernet Configuration

By default the E-QIP is shipped with an IP address of 10.0.0.254 and a hostname specific to the unit’s serial number. You will need to change

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these to values appropriate to your site before attaching the E-QIP to your network. To launch the Ethernet Configuration menu, select

Figure 7-4 The Ethernet Configuration menu.

To configure the ethernet port, use the follo wing commands: [1] DHCP: Either enabled or disabled. Make sure to provide a hostname

when DHCP is enabled; it is necessary to provide system identification to the DHCP host. If DHCP is disabled, you must provide a static IP address.

Note: DHCP is support ed for use only with TAOS ITP at this time. If you will be using TAOS NDMP you will need to assign a static IP address to the library.

[2] Hostname: The name for the IP interface. This is used by DHCP, DNS and other communications for name resolution. The hostname should be less than 12 characters to suppor t DHCP and DN S naming conventions.

[3] IP address: Standard IP address. This field is not a vailable while in DHCP mode.

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[4] IP subnet mask: IP network mask (standard IP parameter). [5] IP gateway: Gateway address (standard IP parameter). [?] Help: Displays help for this menu. [Esc] Returns you to the main menu

Setting Up TAOS ITP

TAOS ITP Configuration

As shipped, the E-QIP can be accessed by any host on the network that can see its IP address. Setting up ITP protocol security lets you limit access to the unit by filtering IP address ranges. To launch the ITP Configuration menu, select

Figure 7-5 The ITP Configuration menu.

[1] ITP secu rity: Select to set ITP security so that only those hosts in specified IP ranges can read/write to the E-QIP.

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[2] Add secured IP range: If you have set ITP security, use this option to add a secured IP rang e. If sec ur ity is tu rne d o n, th e E- QIP w il l o n l y re s pon d t o hosts in the secured IP address range(s).

[3] Delete secured IP range : Use this option to delete a secured IP range. [4] Clear all secured IP ranges: Use thi s to clear all IP ranges you have secured. [?] Help: Displays help for this menu. [Esc] Returns you to the main menu

TAOS ITP Driver Installation

Note: Operating system information is documented in the following chapters. This information is provided only as a convenience; refer to your operating system for the most current information. If your operating system is not included in this guide, use the installation instructions provided in their documentation.

 To install TAOS ITP on Windows NT, turn to Installing TAOS ITP on

Windows NT on page 74.

 To install TAOS ITP on Windows 2000, turn to Installing TAOS ITP

on Windows 2000 on page 81.

 To install TAOS ITP on Solaris, turn to Installing TAOS ITP on Solaris

on page 96.

 T o install TAOS ITP on Linux, turn to Installing TAOS ITP on Linux

on page 98.

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Installing TAOS ITP on Windows NT

To install TAOS ITP on Windows NT:

1. Insert the TAOS ITP disk into your CD-ROM drive and browse to the NT folder o n you r CD-ROM drive.

2. Double-click on setup to start the InstallShield Wizard.

3. The InstallShield Wizard appears. Click Next (Figure 7-6).

Figure 7-6 The InstallShield Wizard window, click Next.

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4. Read the License Agreement. If you accept the terms of agreement, check the box la b eled I accept the terms in the license agreement and click Next. (Figure 7-7)

Figure 7-7 The TAOS ITP License Agreement, click Next.

Note: You must accept the terms of the License Agreement to continue with the installation. You will not be able to click Next until you have accepted the terms of the license agreement.

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5. Click Next to install to C:\Program Files\Spectra Logic\TAOS\. Click Change to install to a different destination (Figure 7-8).

Figure 7-8 The Destination folder window.

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6. Click Install to install the TAOS ITP control panel and driver. Click Back to review or change installation settings

Figure 7-9 The Install the Control Panel and Driver Window, click Install.

(Figure 7-9).

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7. The TAOS ITP Configuration window appears (Figure 7-10).

Figure 7-10 Device Discovery on the TAOS ITP

Configuration control panel.

Note: Your library host name will appear instead of deneciah.

As long your Windows NT system and TAOS enabled device are on the same subnet system, the TAOS enabled device will be listed on the Device Discovery window. If your TAOS enabled device is not listed, check your Ethernet connections and click Refresh.

Note: Each TAOS enabled E-QIP is shipped with a default IP address of 10.0.0.254. If you have not previously changed the IP address of the unit to something unique for your site, you may be unable to se e the unit due to an IP address conflict.

Once all devices are displayed, continue to Step 8.

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8. click on the square box next to the TAOS enabled device to checkmark each T AOS enabled device you want installed (Figure 7-11).

Figure 7-11 Device Discovery on the TAOS ITP Configuration control panel, with the device selected.

9. Click on the + symbol to display all the devices locate d within the TAOS enabled device and v erify all de vices are checked.

10. Press Install.

11. A dialog box displays, reading Installation Complete. Click OK.

12. Click Close to close the TAOS ITP Configur at ion wind ow.

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13. Click Finish to complete the installation (Figure 7-12).

Figure 7-12 Click Finish.

14. Click Yes to reboot the system (Figure 7-13).

Figure 7-13 Click Yes.

Any TAOS devices you have installed are now configured and ready.

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Installing TAOS ITP on Windows 2000

1. Insert the TAOS ITP disk into yo ur CD-ROM drive.

2. Click on My Computer., and open the 2000 folder on your CD.

3. Double-click on setup.

4. The TAOS ITP InstallShield Wizard launches. Click Next to install

(Figure 7-14).

Figure 7-14 The InstallShield Wizard window, click Next.

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5. Read the Lic en se Agreement. If you accept the ter ms of the agreement, check the box labeled

agreement

and click Next (Figure 7-15).

Figure 7-15 The License Agreement window.

I accept the terms in the lic ense

Note: You must accept the terms of the License Agreement to continue with the installation. You will not be able to click Next until you have accepted the terms of the license agreement.

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6. Click Next to install to C:\Prog r a m Files\Spe ctra Logic\TAOS\. Click Change to install to a different destination.

Figure 7-16 The Destination folder window.

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7. Click Install to install the TAOS ITP control panel and driver. Click Back to review or change installation settings.

Figure 7-17 The Install the TAOS ITP control panel and driver Window, click In st all.

8. Wait for the TAOS ITP installation to complete.

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9. The TAOS ITP Configuration window appears (Figure 7-18).

Figure 7-18 Device Discovery on the TAOS ITP

Configuration control panel.

Note: Your library host name will appear instead of deneciah.

As long your Windows NT system and TAOS enabled device are on the same subnet system, the TAOS enabled device will be listed in the Device Discovery window. If your TAOS enabled device is not listed, check your Ethernet connections and click Refresh.

Once all devices are displayed, continue to Step 10.

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10. Click on the square box next to the TAOS enabled device to checkmark each T AOS enabled device you want installed (Figure 7-19).

Figure 7-19 Device Discovery on the TAOS ITP Configuration control panel, with the device selected.

11. Click on the + symbol to display all the devices located within the TAOS enabled device and v erify all de vices are checked.

12. Press Install.

13. A dialog box displays, reading Installation Complete. Click OK.

14. Click Close to close the TAOS ITP Configur at ion wind ow.

15. The Add/Remove Hardware Wizard displays. Click Next.

Note: An online text file displays wi th the Add/Remove Hardware Wizard, walking you through the rest of the hardware installation procedure. Use the online te xt file in conjunction with the following instructions to install your TAOS enabled hardware.

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16. Select Add/Troubleshoot a device and click Next (Figure 7-20).

Figure 7-20 Install the TAOS ITP control panel and driver.

17. Select

Add a new device and click Next (Figure 7-21).

Figure 7-21 Install the TAOS ITP control panel and driver.

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18. Select No, I want to s elect the hardware from a list and click Next (Figure 7-22).

Figure 7-22 The Find New Hardware Window.

19. Highlight SCSI and RAID controller s from the li st and click Next

(Figure 7-23).

Figure 7-23 The Hardware Type window.

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20. Click the Have Disk… button (Figure 7-24).

Figure 7-24 The Se lect a Device Driver window, cl i ck Have Disk.

21. Click Browse.

22. Navigate to the TAOSitp.inf file on your TAOS CD and click Open.

23.

Click OK.

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24. Highlight TAOS ITP SCSI Adapter and click Next (Figure 7-25).

Figure 7-25 The Se lect a Device Driver Windo w , click Next.

25. A dialog box appears. Cli ck OK (Figure 7-26).

Figure 7-26 An Add Remove Hardware dialog box, click OK.

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26. Highlight Input/Output Range and click on Change Setting… (Figure 7-27).

Figure 7-27 The Add New Hardware Wizard Properties window, click Change Setting.

27. The Edit Input/Output Range dialog box appears. Look in the Conflict information field to see if any device conflicts.

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28. If no devices are conflicting, click OK. If another device does conflict, press the up arrow button to increment the value until no devices conflict, then click OK (Figure 7-28).

Figure 7-28 The Edit Input/Output Range dialog box, click OK.

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29. The Add New Hardware Wizard Properties dialog box reappears. Click OK.

Figure 7-29 The Add New Hardware Wizard Properties window, click OK.

30. Click Yes in the Creating a Forced Configuration dialog box (Figure 7-30).

Figure 7-30 The Creating a Forced Configuration dialog box, click Yes.

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31. The Add/Remove Hardwa re Wizard is now ready to install the driv er. Click Next (Figure 7-31).

Figure 7-31 The Start Hardware Installation window, click Next.

32. When The Digital Signature Not Found dialog box appears, click Yes

(Figure 7-32).

Figure 7-32 The Digital Signature Not Found dialog box, click Yes.

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33. Click Finish to complete the installation (Figure 7-33).

Figure 7-33 The Completing the Add/Remove Hardware Wizard

window, click Finish.

34. Click Yes to reboot the system. The TA OS ITP driver will be loaded when the system restarts (Figure 7-34).

Figure 7-34 The Systems Settings Change dialog box, click Yes.

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Installing TAOS ITP on Solaris

TAOS ITP is supported on Solaris versions 2.6 and later.

Caution: TAOS ITP must be used with a software package that provides a Shared Storage Option (SSO) type arbitration between machines that backup to the library. If you do not have an SSO type option, the only valid configuration is one computer per library. Without an SSO type option, data loss is likely.

To install TAOS ITP on a Solaris system:

1. Navigate to the CD-ROM disk.

2. Run the script

3. Choose a directory to which the script will untar the package. This

can be a temporary directory. The install script will start automatically.

4. When prompted

(or ’all’ to process all packages)

TAOS ITP.

5. When asked if you want to continue with the installation of TAOS ITP, enter

6. When prompted again

process (or ’all’ to process all packages)

7. Enter

TAOSdiscover searches for TAOS enabled devices and lists each device’s target components.

8. Enter the number of a listed device you want to install drivers for.

9. Enter the target number for all targets of this device you will want

10. Repeat Step 8 and Step 9 for each device you want installed.

y to install and configure TAOS enabled devices.

access to, or just tap Enter to select all target numbers.

solaris directory under the taos* directory on the

install.sh.

Select package(s) you wish to process

, tap Enter to install

Select package(s) you wish to

, enter q.

To remov e a device, re-enter it. You will then be asked if you want to remove the device.

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11. When satisfied with the device list, enter y to accept devices.

After configuring the

/devices and /dev directories, links will be

created in the appropriate directories for the various target drivers. Each TAOS device requires a separate instance of the HBA de vice driv er,

and will appear as a separate SCSI adapter. The device driver’s config file

/usr/kernel/drv/TAOSitp.conf has one line for each possible

instance. Because changes to this file would only be recognized after a reboot, the maximum nu mber of 16 instances are defined in this file by default. To add more TAOS devices at a later time, re-run the discovery process.

1. If you are using backup software, complete any kernel modifications required by the application.

2. Reboot the system using the

boot -r command.

3. After rebooting, verify that the kernel modific ations are correct as follows:

i.Insert a tape into a drive using the front panel

interface.

ii.From Solaris command line, run the command:

mt -f /dev/rmt/<device file> status

where <device file> is the specific device file for the tape drive in which the tape is located.

iii.All Solaris machines return the value:

Sony AIT

If a different value displays, you have not modified st.conf correctly; repeat the entire procedure.

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Installing TAOS ITP on Linux

The TAOS ITP driver for Linux is currently released in RPM format only. There are pre-compiled binarie s (unipr ocessor only at this time) built for the following i386 based platforms:

 RedHat Linux 6.2  RedHat Linux 7.1

To install the TAOS ITP driver for Linux:

1. Navigate to the Linux direct ory on the CD-ROM disk.

2. Based on the revision of the operating system, select the binary RPM

appropriate for the system you want to install.

3. Issue the following command at a shell prompt:

rpm –Uvh

4. To return a list of libraries on the net wor k a vailab le for use, issue th e following:

/usr/sbin/TAOSdiscover

5. Enter y to install and configure TAOS enabled devices.

TAOSdiscover searches for TAOS enabled devices and lists each device’s target components.

6. Enter a listed device number for a device you want to install drivers for.

7. Enter the target number for all targets of this device you will want access to, or just tap Enter to select all target numbers.

8. Repeat Step 8 and Step 9 for each device you want installed. To remov e a device, re-enter it. You will then be asked if you want to

remove the device.

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T o verify connectivity, load a tape to the drive and use the mt or the tar command. Use the

mtx command to verify communication with the

library. You are now ready to install the backup package of your choice. The following files are installed by adding the RPM:

/dev/TAOSitp /etc/TAOSitp /etc/TAOSitp/connect /etc/TAOSitp/devices /etc/TAOSitp/discover /etc/rc.d/init.d/taos /lib/modules/(running kernel version)/misc/TAOSitp.o /usr/sbin/TAOSbusctl /usr/sbin/TAOSdiscover /usr/sbin/TAOScontrol

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Setting Up NDMP Enabled by TAOS

Enabling TAOS NDMP

The Options Enablem ent menu allows you to enable TAOS NDMP Network Backup. To launch the Options Enablement menu, select

Figure 7-35 The Option Enablement menu.

If you will be using NDMP Enabled by TAOS, you will need to obtain an activation key from Spectra Logic to enable the NDMP Enabled by TAOS function. Contact Spectra Logic with the identifier of the device, as displayed on this page, to obtain the activation key.

[1] Change option code: Enter the option code from Spectra Logic to enable options.

[?] Help: Displays help for this menu. [Esc] Returns you to the main menu.

Spectra Logic 12000 User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Notices

License

Warranty

Firmware Support Process

Warnings and Cautions

Tapes

AC Power

1Introduction

Introduction

About the Gator Architecture

Option Enablement

A Tour of the Spectra 12000 Library

The Library Controller Stylus

A Tour of the Library Controller

IP Address and User

Exception Bar

Toolbars

General To olbar

Configuration Toolbar

Maintenance Toolbar

Security Toolbar

Getting Started

2 Installing the Spectra 12000 Library

Preparing a Controlled Enviro nment

Media and Hardware Environment

Air Quality

Unpacking the Spectra 12000 Library

Connecting the SCSI Cables and Terminators

Connecting the Fibre Channel Cables

Connecting the Ethernet Cables

Turning the Library On and Off

3Using Security

Setting Up Security

To Set Up a User

To Delete a User

4 Partitioning the Spectra 12000 Library

Displaying the Configuration Toolbar

Partitioning the Library

5 Configuring the Spectra 12000 S-QIP

Displaying the Configuration Toolbar

Configuring S-QIPs

S-QIP Configure Co ntroller Screen

S-QIP Default ID Settings

6 Configuring the Spectra 12000 Library F-QIP

Displaying the Configuration Toolbar

Configuring F-QIPs

F-QIP Configure Con troller Screen

About Serverless Backup

Configuring the F-QIP for Serverless Backup

Enabling Serverless Backup

Serverless Backup F-QIP Setup

7 Configuring the Spectra 12000 E-QIP

TAOS ITP

NDMP Enabled by TAOS

Sharing Tape Devices

TAOS User Interfaces

Connecting to the Serial Port

Setting Up the E-QIP

Password Configuration

Ethernet Configuration

Setting Up TAOS ITP

TAOS ITP Configuration

TAOS ITP Driver Installation

Installing TAOS ITP on Windows NT

Installing TAOS ITP on Windows 2000

Installing TAOS ITP on Solaris

Installing TAOS ITP on Linux

Setting Up NDMP Enabled by TAOS

Enabling TAOS NDMP