Veritas NetBackup

Device Configuration Guide

UNIX, Windows, Linux

Release 6.5

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Veritas NetBackup Device Configuration Guide

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 Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction
Using this guide ...................................................................................................11

General device configuration sequence ...........................................................12

Configuration cautions ...............................................................................13

Use the support Web site ....................................................................................13

Read the NetBackup Release Notes ....................................................................13

Section I Operating systems

Chapter 2 AIX
Before you start ....................................................................................................18

RS/6000 AIX adapter number conventions .....................................................18

The SCSI pass-through driver ovpass ...............................................................19

Upgrading the SCSI pass-through driver .................................................20

Configuring robotic control device files ...........................................................21

Configuring SCSI or FCP robotic controls ................................................21

Determining if the device file exists .................................................22

Determining the controller name ......................................................22

Determining the SCSI address ...........................................................23

Creating the device file ........................................................................26

SCSI robotic control configuration examples ..................................28

Configuring IBM 3590B11 stacker robotic controls ...............................32

Configuring tape drive device files ...................................................................32

Configuring non-QIC tape drives ...............................................................32

NetBackup configuration ....................................................................33

Using extended-file marks for drives .......................................................33

Automatic configuration ....................................................................33

Fast-tape positioning (locate-block) ..........................................................33

Disabling SPC-2 SCSI reserve .....................................................................34

Creating no rewind device files ..................................................................35

No rewind device file example ...........................................................36

Using multiple tape densities ....................................................................37

Adding Sony AIT drives ..............................................................................37

Configuring optical disk drive device files .......................................................38

Creating optical disk device files ...............................................................39

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Setting the HP optical drive type in NVRAM .......................................... 40

Command summary ............................................................................................ 42

Chapter 3 HP-UX
Before you start .................................................................................................... 46

Configuring robotic controls ............................................................................. 46

Configuring SCSI and FCP robotic controls ............................................. 46

How to determine which pass-through driver to configure ......... 47

Configuring device files for the sctl pass-through driver ............. 48

Configuring device files for the spt pass-through driver .............. 53

Configuring tape drives ...................................................................................... 54

No rewind device files ................................................................................. 55

Berkeley-style close ..................................................................................... 55

Fast-tape positioning (locate-block) ......................................................... 56

Disabling SPC-2 SCSI reserve .................................................................... 56

Pass-through paths for tape drives ........................................................... 57

Enabling HP-UX pass-through paths ................................................ 57

Cautions for the HP-UX EMS Tape Device Monitor ............................... 59

Configuring optical disk drives ......................................................................... 59

Example of an optical disk device file ...................................................... 60

Using the NetBackup Device Configuration Wizard .............................. 60

Configuring SAN clients ..................................................................................... 60

Errors when more than 10 NetBackup jobs are active ................................... 61

Command summary ............................................................................................ 61

Chapter 4 Linux
Before you start .................................................................................................... 64

Using the pass-through driver .......................................................................... 64

Verifying the Linux drivers ................................................................................ 65

Configuring robotic control device files .......................................................... 65

Configuring 2.4 kernel SCSI robotic control device file ........................ 66

Configuring 2.6 kernel SCSI robotic control device paths .................... 66

Configuring tape drive device files ................................................................... 67

Creating 2.4 kernel tape drive device files ............................................... 67

Configuring 2.6 kernel tape drive device files ......................................... 68

The Linux 2.4 kernel and the make_scsi_dev script ...................................... 68

Verifying the device configuration ................................................................... 69

Configuring SAN clients ..................................................................................... 70

Advanced topics ................................................................................................... 70

Support for additional tape devices .......................................................... 71

Improving performance .............................................................................. 71

Using the debug mode ................................................................................. 71

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Using an Emulex HBA .................................................................................71

Using persistent binding ............................................................................72

Utilities to test SCSI devices ..............................................................................72

Command summary ............................................................................................72

Chapter 5 Solaris
Before you start ....................................................................................................74

Unloading drivers ................................................................................................75

The NetBackup SCSI pass-through driver sg ..................................................75

Special configuration for the Sun StorEdge Network Foundation HBA driver 76

Configuring Fibre Channel HBA drivers ..........................................................77

Configuring the sg and the st drivers ...............................................................77

st.conf file example ......................................................................................80

sg.conf file example .....................................................................................80

sg.links file example ....................................................................................81

Configuring robotic controls ..............................................................................82

Configuring SCSI and FCP robotic controls .............................................82

Examples of SCSI and FCP robotic control device files ..................83

Configuring tape drives ......................................................................................84

Using Berkeley-style close ..........................................................................85

No rewind device files .................................................................................85

Fast-tape positioning (locate-block) ..........................................................85

Disabling SPC-2 SCSI reserve .....................................................................86

Configuring nonstandard tape drives .......................................................86

Configuring optical disk drives ..........................................................................87

Configuring HP optical disk drives ...........................................................88

Setting the HP optical drive type in nonvolatile memory .....................88

Configuring SAN clients .....................................................................................89

Command summary ............................................................................................90

Chapter 6 Tru64
Before you start ....................................................................................................94

Configuring robotic controls ..............................................................................94

Configuring SCSI robotic controls ............................................................94

Creating SCSI robotic control device files ........................................95

Configuring tape drives ......................................................................................95

Fast-tape positioning (locate-block) ..........................................................95

Adding standard tape drives ......................................................................95

Adding nonstandard tape drives ...............................................................96

Device-specific entry for HP Ultrium 448, 460, 920, and 960 .......97

Device-specific entry for HP Ultrium 230e ......................................98

Device-specific entry for Seagate Viper 200 - LTO .........................98

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Device-specific entry for STK 9840 .................................................. 99

Device-specific entry for STK T10000 ............................................ 100

Command summary .......................................................................................... 101

Chapter 7 Windows
Before you start ..................................................................................................104

Attaching devices to a Windows system ........................................................ 104

Installing tape device drivers on 32-bit servers ........................................... 105

Installing tape device drivers on 64-bit servers ........................................... 106

Section II Robotic storage devices

Chapter 8 Robot overview
NetBackup robot types ...................................................................................... 109

NetBackup media types .................................................................................... 110

Alternate media types ...............................................................................111

Robot attributes .................................................................................................112

ACS robots ..................................................................................................112

ODL robots ..................................................................................................113

TL4 robots ...................................................................................................114

TL8 robots ...................................................................................................114

TLD robots ..................................................................................................115

TLH robots ..................................................................................................116

TLM robots ..................................................................................................117

TSH robots ..................................................................................................118

Table-driven robotics ........................................................................................ 118

Robotic test utilities .......................................................................................... 119

Robotic processes .............................................................................................. 119

Processes by robot type ............................................................................ 120

Robotic process example .......................................................................... 121

Chapter 9 ADIC Automated Media Library (AML)

Sample TLM configuration ..............................................................................124

Media requests for a TLM robot ...................................................................... 125

Configuring TLM robotic control .................................................................... 125

Configuring TLM drives on the host ............................................................... 125

Installing ADIC client software on UNIX ............................................... 126

Installing ADIC client software on Windows ........................................126

Configuring the DAS or Scalar DLC client name .................................. 127

Allocating TLM drives on a DAS server ................................................. 128

Allocating TLM drives on a Scalar DLC server ......................................128

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Configuring TLM drives in NetBackup ...........................................................129

Determining drive designations ..............................................................129

Configuring shared TLM drives .......................................................................130

Configuring the ADIC DAS server ...........................................................130

Configuring the ADIC Scalar DLC server ...............................................131

Configuring the drives in NetBackup ......................................................132

Providing common access to volumes ............................................................133

Adding tapes .......................................................................................................133

Removing tapes ..................................................................................................134

Robot inventory operations .............................................................................135

Chapter 10 IBM Automated Tape Library (ATL)

Sample TLH configurations .............................................................................137

UNIX system example configurations ....................................................138

Windows system example configurations .............................................140

Media requests for a TLH robot .......................................................................143

Configuring robotic control .............................................................................144

Robotic control on an AIX system ...........................................................144

Determine the path to the LMCP device file ..................................144

Verify library communications ........................................................145

Configure the robotic device file ......................................................146

Robotic control on a UNIX system ..........................................................146

Determine the library name .............................................................146

Verify library communications ........................................................147

Configure the robotic device file ......................................................148

Robotic control on a Windows system ....................................................148

Determine the library name .............................................................148

Verify library communications ........................................................149

Configure the robotic library name .................................................150

Configuring TLH drives ....................................................................................150

Cleaning drives ...................................................................................................151

Adding tapes .......................................................................................................152

Removing tapes ..................................................................................................152

Robot inventory operations .............................................................................153

Robot inventory filtering ..........................................................................154

Chapter 11 Sun StorageTek ACSLS robots

Sample ACSLS configuration ...........................................................................156

Media requests for an ACS robot .....................................................................160

Configuring ACS drives .....................................................................................161

Configuring shared ACS drives ........................................................................162

Adding tapes .......................................................................................................163

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Removing tapes ..................................................................................................164

Removing tapes using the ACSLS utility ............................................... 164

Removing tapes using NetBackup ...........................................................165

Robot inventory operations .............................................................................165

Robot inventory filtering .......................................................................... 166

Inventory filtering example ............................................................. 166

Robotic control, communication, and logging .............................................. 167

Windows systems ...................................................................................... 167

UNIX systems ............................................................................................. 168

NetBackup ACS daemon (acsd) ........................................................ 168

NetBackup ACS SSI event logger (acssel) .......................................168

NetBackup ACS storage server interface (acsssi) ......................... 170

ACS robotic test utility ...................................................................................... 172

acstest on Windows systems .................................................................... 172

acstest on UNIX systems .......................................................................... 172

Changing your ACS robotic configuration ..................................................... 173

ACS configurations supported ........................................................................ 173

Multiple ACS robots with one ACS library software host ...................173

Multiple ACS robots and ACS library software hosts .......................... 174

Sun StorageTek ACSLS firewall configuration ............................................. 175

Chapter 12 Device configuration examples

Configuring a robot on a server ............................................................... 177

Configuring stand-alone drives on a server .......................................... 180

Configuring a robot and multiple servers .............................................. 183

Configuration on the Windows server eel ..................................... 184

Configuration on the Windows server shark ................................ 184

Configuration on the UNIX server whale .......................................185

Configuring an ACS robot on a Windows server .................................. 187

Configuring an ACS robot on a UNIX server ......................................... 190

Configuring a TLH robot on a UNIX server ........................................... 192

Configuring a TLM robot on a UNIX server ........................................... 194

Index 197

 Chapter 1
Introduction
Use this guide to help set up and configure storage devices on their host systems
before you add them to NetBackup. This guide is organized as follows:
■ Information about operating systems. For information about how to
configure the operating system of the server to work with NetBackup, see
“Operating systems” on page 15.
■ Information about robotic storage devices. For more information about
specific robotic libraries, see “Robotic storage devices” on page 107.
First set up and configure the storage devices on the host system. Then, add
them to NetBackup and configure them so they are available for backups. For
instructions, see the NetBackup Administrator’s Guide, Volume I or the
NetBackup Administration Console help.

Using this guide

■ Portions of this guide apply only to a specific NetBackup server type (for
example, NetBackup Enterprise Server). These topics are identified with the
use of italics, as in the following example:
NetBackup Enterprise Server only.
■ Read the “Before you start” sections (if applicable) of the chapters in this
guide. These sections provide any important platform-specific instructions
or may contain specific instructions or limitations for server types.
■ To determine if your hardware configuration is supported, see:
■ The NetBackup support Web site (see “Use the support Web site” on
page 13)
■ The NetBackup release notes (see “Read the NetBackup Release Notes”
on page 13)
■ The information in this guide supplements the manuals that the hardware
and operating system vendors provide.
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General device configuration sequence

■ Symantec tested the configuration file options in this guide; other

configuration settings may also work.
■ To minimize configuration errors, you can cut and paste configuration
details from a text file of the operating system chapters of this configuration
guide. The format of this text file is similar to the printed version of the
guide. Be sure to review the differences as explained at the beginning of the
text file.
The NetBackup_DeviceConfig_Guide.txt file is installed with
NetBackup server software in the following paths:
■ /usr/openv/volmgr (UNIX)
■ install_path\VERITAS\Volmgr (Windows)

General device configuration sequence

Use the following general sequence when you configure devices.
1 Physically connect the storage devices to the media server. Perform any
hardware configuration steps that the device vendor or the operating
system vendor specifies.
2 Create any required system device files for the drives and robotic control.
Device files are created automatically on Windows and on some UNIX
platforms. Explicit configuration of device files is required on some UNIX
servers to make full use of NetBackup features.
For SCSI controlled libraries, NetBackup issues SCSI commands to the
robotic devices. SCSI commands allow NetBackup to discover and configure
devices automatically. You may have to configure the server operating
system to allow device discovery.
For information about how to configure the operating system of the server,
see “Operating systems” on page 15. For more information about specific
robotic libraries, see “Robotic storage devices” on page 107.
3 Add the storage devices to NetBackup and configure them.
For instructions, see the NetBackup Administrator’s Guide, Volume I or the
NetBackup Administration Console help.
You can configure devices in NetBackup from the master server or the
media server to which the devices are attached (the device host). For more
information, see “To administer devices on other servers” in the NetBackup
Administrator’s Guide, Volume I or the NetBackup Administration Console
help.
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Use the support Web site

Configuration cautions
Observe the following cautions:
■ In multiple-initiator (multiple host bus adapter) environments, NetBackup
uses SCSI reservation to avoid tape drive usage conflicts and possible data
loss problems. SCSI reservation operates at the SCSI target level; the
fibre-to-SCSI bridge hardware must work correctly.
By default, NetBackup uses SPC-2 SCSI reserve and release. Alternatively,
you can use SCSI persistent reserve or disable SCSI reservation entirely.
For information about the NetBackup use of SCSI reservation, see the
following:
■ “Enable SCSI reserve” in the NetBackup Administrator’s Guide, Volume
I.
■ “How NetBackup reserves drives” in the NetBackup Administrator’s
Guide, Volume II.
■ Symantec does not recommend or support the use of single-ended to
differential SCSI converters on NetBackup controlled devices. You may
encounter problems if you use these converters.

Use the support Web site

The Symantec Enterprise Support Web site contains device and library
compatibility information for NetBackup. It also contains supported platform
information for the following:
■ NetBackup Enterprise Server and NetBackup Server.
■ NetBackup licensed optional software (for example, the Shared Storage
Option for Tape).
■ Server platform.
■ Robot and drive types.
For the compatibility information, see the Compatibility List for NetBackup
Server or NetBackup Enterprise Server. The following is the address for the site:
http://entsupport.symantec.com

Read the NetBackup Release Notes

To determine the server platforms that NetBackup supports, see the NetBackup
Release Notes.
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Read the NetBackup Release Notes
 Section
I
Operating systems

■ “AIX” on page 17

■ “HP-UX” on page 45

■ “Linux” on page 63

■ “Solaris” on page 73

■ “Tru64” on page 93

■ “Windows” on page 103

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 Chapter 2
AIX
This chapter explains how to configure drivers and device files to use storage

devices with NetBackup on IBM AIX systems.

After you configure the hardware, add the robots and the drives to NetBackup.

The major topics are as follows:

■ “Before you start” on page 18

■ “RS/6000 AIX adapter number conventions” on page 18

■ “The SCSI pass-through driver ovpass” on page 19

■ “Configuring robotic control device files” on page 21

■ “Configuring tape drive device files” on page 32

■ “Configuring optical disk drive device files” on page 38

■ “Command summary” on page 42

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Before you start

Before you start

Observe the following points when you configure the operating system:
■ Verify that NetBackup supports your server platform and devices. The
Symantec support Web site contains server platform compatibility
information. For the compatibility information, see the Compatibility List
for NetBackup Server or NetBackup Enterprise Server. The following is the
URL:
http://entsupport.symantec.com

■ Attach all peripherals and reboot the system before you configure devices.
For many configuration steps, you can use the smit System Management
Interface Tool. For more information, see the smit(1) man page.
■ For SCSI controlled libraries, NetBackup issues SCSI commands to the
robotic devices. To discover and communicate with SCSI connected devices,
NetBackup uses the Symantec ovpass pass-through driver. It is included
with NetBackup.
You must configure the ovpass driver and create the device files. For
details, see:
■ “Configuring robotic control device files” on page 21
■ “Configuring tape drive device files” on page 32
■ “Configuring optical disk drive device files” on page 38
■ To verify that the devices are configured correctly, use smit and
/usr/sbin/lsdev. For the shared storage options, ensure that the
operating system detects the devices on the SAN before you install and
configure the option.
■ To obtain error and debug information about devices and robotic software
daemons, the syslogd daemon must be active. See syslogd(1) for more
information.

RS/6000 AIX adapter number conventions

The location code for an adapter consists of two pairs of digits with the format
AA-BB:
■ AA identifies the location code of the drawer that contains the adapter card,
as follows:
■ If AA is 00, the adapter card is located in the CPU drawer or system
unit, depending on the type of system.
■ If AA is not 00, the card is located in an I/O expansion drawer, as
follows:
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The SCSI pass-through driver ovpass

■ The first digit identifies the I/O bus; 0 corresponds to the standard
I/O bus and 1 corresponds to the optional I/O bus.
■ The second digit identifies the slot on the I/O bus.
■ BB identifies the I/O bus and the slot that contains the card:
■ The first digit of BB identifies the I/O bus that contains the adapter
card, as follows:
■ If the card is in the CPU drawer or system unit, 0 represents the
standard I/O bus and 1 represents the optional I/O bus.
■ If the card is in an I/O expansion drawer, this digit is 0.
■ The second digit identifies the slot number on the I/O bus (or slot
number in the I/O expansion drawer) that contains the card.
A location code of 00-00 identifies the Standard I/O Planar.

Examples
00-05 indicates an adapter card that is in slot 5 of the standard I/O board. The

board is in either the CPU drawer or the system unit, depending on the type of

system.

00-12 indicates an adapter card that is in slot 2 of the optional I/O bus in the

CPU drawer.

18-05 indicates an adapter card that is located in slot 5 of an I/O expansion

drawer. The drawer is connected to the asynchronous expansion adapter that is

located in slot 8 of the optional I/O bus in the CPU drawer.

The SCSI pass-through driver ovpass

For SCSI-controlled robotic peripherals, Symantec provides the ovpass
pass-through driver. NetBackup uses the ovpass driver for SCSI and FCP robot
control. (NetBackup also uses the ovpass driver for HP 1.2 gigabyte or
equivalent model magneto-optical disk drives.)
For full feature support, NetBackup requires the ovpass pass-through driver
and SCSI pass-through device paths. If you do not use the SCSI pass-through
driver, performance suffers. NetBackup and its processes use the pass-through
driver:
■ To scan drives
■ For SCSI reservations
■ For SCSI locate-block operations
■ For SAN error recovery
■ For Quantum SDLT performance optimization
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The SCSI pass-through driver ovpass

■ To set the optical drive type (as explained in “Setting the HP optical drive
type in NVRAM” on page 40)
■ To collect robot and drive information
■ To collect TapeAlert information from tape drives
■ For WORM tape support
■ For future features and enhancements
The ovpass driver is not required if the only device you use is the IBM 3590 B11
tape stacker.

Note: You cannot use the System Manager Interface Tool (SMIT) to configure
ovpass device files.

To install the ovpass driver

◆ Enter:/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/driver/install_ovpass

To ensure that the driver device files are accessible after a system boot
◆ Add the following command to the system startup script:
/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/driver/mkdev_ovpass

To remove the ovpass driver

◆ Enter: /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/driver/remove_ovpass

Upgrading the SCSI pass-through driver

Some versions of NetBackup earlier than release 4.5 used a version of the
ovpass pass-through driver that did not support Fibre Channel protocol SCSI
controllers. If an error occurs when you create a Fibre Channel Protocol device
file, you may need to upgrade the NetBackup ovpass pass-through driver. The
following upgrade procedure is required only if you an error occurs when you
create a Fibre Channel SCSI device file.

Caution: This procedure removes any device files (/dev/ovpassn). If the device
files are required, you must recreate them.

To upgrade to the latest pass-through driver

1 Remove the old ovpass driver:
/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/driver/remove_ovpass
2 Install the new ovpass driver:
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Configuring robotic control device files

/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/driver/install_ovpass

Configuring robotic control device files

A robotic device in a library moves the media between storage slots and the
drives in the library. NetBackup supports SCSI control and API control of robotic
devices. SCSI control includes Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP), which is SCSI over
Fibre Channel. You must configure the method of robotic control, as follows:
■ To configure SCSI or Fibre Channel Protocol control, see “Configuring SCSI
or FCP robotic controls” on page 21.
■ To configure API control over a LAN, see:
■ “Sun StorageTek ACSLS robots” on page 155
■ “IBM Automated Tape Library (ATL)” on page 137
■ “ADIC Automated Media Library (AML)” on page 123

Configuring SCSI or FCP robotic controls

To configure SCSI or Fibre Channel Protocol control, you must create a device

file in AIX for the robotic device. The device file is the interface between AIX and

the device. The device file is derived from the NetBackup ovpass pass-through

driver.

NetBackup uses the device file to configure robotic control. If you use device

discovery in NetBackup, NetBackup discovers the robotic control device files

(and hence the devices) automatically. If you add a robot manually in

NetBackup, you must enter the pathname to the device file.

A library may have more than one robotic device. Each robotic device requires a

device file.

To create the device file, you must specify the controller name and the SCSI

address of the device. To determine the name and address, see the following:

■ “Determining the controller name” on page 22

■ “Determining the SCSI address” on page 23
To create the device file, see the following:
■ “Creating the device file” on page 26
If the ovpass device file already exists, you do not have to configure the robotic
controls. To determine if it exists, see “Determining if the device file exists” on
page 22.
For examples of the procedures, see “SCSI robotic control configuration
examples” on page 28.
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Configuring robotic control device files

Before you configure the robotic controls, the NetBackup SCSI pass-through
driver ovpass must be installed. For more information, see “The SCSI
pass-through driver ovpass” on page 19.

Determining if the device file exists

If the ovpass device file already exists for the device, robotic control exists.
Therefore, you do not have to configure the robotic controls. An ovpass device
file would exist if one was configured already for NetBackup.
For usage information for the AIX commands, see their man pages.

To determine if the device files exist

1 Display the current device files by using the AIX lsdev command. For SCSI
device files, use the -s scsi option and argument. For Fibre Channel
Protocol device files, use the -s fcp option and argument. The following are
examples of the two options:
/usr/sbin/lsdev -C -s scsi
/usr/sbin/lsdev -C -s fcp
If the device files exist, they appear in the lsdev output as ovpass0,
ovpass1, and so on. In the following example, ovpass0 is an SCSI robotic
device file for NetBackup:
ovpass0 Available 00-01-5,0 Veritas Media Changer

2 If an ovpassx device file exists, you can determine which robotic device it is
for. To do so, correlate the ovpass device file location to the locations of the
controllers; for a procedure, see:
■ “Determining the controller name” on page 22
3 If an ovpassx device file does not exist, use the following procedures to
create one:
■ “Determining the controller name” on page 22
■ “Determining the SCSI address” on page 23
■ “Creating the device file” on page 26

Determining the controller name

To create a device file, you must know the controller name. To determine the
controller name, use the following procedure. (You also must know the SCSI
address. For more information, see “Determining the SCSI address” on page 23.)
For usage information for the AIX commands, see their man pages.
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Configuring robotic control device files

To determine the controller name

1 Display the I/O controllers in the system by using the following AIX
command:
/usr/sbin/lsdev -C | grep I/O

The output shows the name, the status, the location, and the description.

The following example shows both an SCSI controller (scsi0) and a Fibre

Channel SCSI controller (fscsi0) :

scsi0 Available 00-01 SCSI I/O Controller

fscsi0 Available 10-68-01 FC SCSI I/O Controller Protocol Device

If you have more than one SCSI controller, identify the appropriate
controller by correlating the tape drive locations to the controllers. To do
so, continue with the following steps.
2 Display the devices that are connected to the SCSI controllers by using the
following lsdev command. For SCSI devices, use scsi for the type; for Fibre
Channel Protocol devices, use fcp for the type.
/usr/sbin/lsdev -C -s type
The following are examples of SCSI drive and Fibre Channel SCSI drive
output:
rmt0 Available 00-01-00-3,0 Other SCSI Tape Drive

rmt1 Available 10-68-01 Other FC SCSI Tape Drive

3 Correlate the location of the drives with the names of the controllers.
For example, the SCSI tape drive at location 00-01-00-3,0 is attached to
the controller at 00-01. So the controller name is scsi0.

Determining the SCSI address

To create a device file, you must know the SCSI address, which is an SCSI ID and
a logical unit number (LUN). (You also must know the controller name. For more
information, see “Determining the controller name” on page 22.)
A library may have more than one tape drive and more than one robotic control
device. Usually, the SCSI ID identifies the library, and the LUNs identify the tape
drives and the robotic control devices in the library.
However, a Fibre Channel attached library may have more than one SCSI ID;
each ID corresponds to a physical connection (port) on the library. The LUNs
then identify the tape drives and the robotic devices in each partition of the
library.
AIX commands do not reveal the SCSI addresses of robotic devices that do not
have device files. Therefore:
■ To determine the SCSI ID, you must first determine the SCSI addresses of
the tape drives. Then, use the tape drive addresses to infer the SCSI ID of the
robotic device.
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For the libraries that have more than one robotic device, you must
determine the SCSI ID and LUN for each robotic device.
To determine the SCSI ID, use the procedure later in this subsection.
■ To determine the LUN, refer to the vendor documentation. How the library
assigns LUNs to its devices depends on the library:
■ The library may use a specific LUN for the robotic control device. For
example, LUN 0 may be the robotic device and LUN 1 and higher may
be the tape drives.
■ The library may include the management software that assigns LUNs
when you configure it. The software also may let you determine the
LUNs for the drives and robotic devices.
■ The library may use physical switches (such as DIP switches) that let
you specify the LUNs for the drives and robotic devices.
For usage information for the AIX commands, see their man pages.

AIX may device files automatically for some SCSI attached IBM libraries. For

those libraries, see “IBM libraries” on page 25.

To determine the SCSI ID for a robotic device

1 Display the SCSI and Fibre Channel devices in the system by using the
following lsdev command. For SCSI devices, use scsi for the type; for Fibre
Channel Protocol devices, use fcp for the type.
/usr/sbin/lsdev -C -s type
The following are examples of an SCSI drive and a Fibre Channel SCSI drive:
rmt0 Available 00-01-00-3,0 Other SCSI Tape Drive

rmt1 Available 10-68-01 Other FC SCSI Tape Drive

2 Inspect the ODM database for the SCSI IDs of the tape drives in the library.
Use the odmget command as in the following example (rmtX is the name of
the tape device):
/usr/bin/odmget -q "name=rmtX" CuAt

The following example output shows that rmt0 is at SCSI ID 0x1009ef.

CuAt:

name = "rmt0"

attribute = "scsi_id"

value = "0x1009ef"

type = "R"

generic = "DU"

rep = "s"

nls_index = 6

For a Fibre Channel Protocol controlled device, the SCSI ID is the ID of the
N_Port on the robotic device (the destination ID (D_ID)).
3 Repeat step 2 for each tape drive in the library.
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4 Determine the SCSI ID to use for each device file, as follows:

■ If all tape drives in the library have the same SCSI ID and one robotic
device exists, use that SCSI ID.
■ If all tape drives in the library have the same SCSI ID and more than
one robotic device exists, create a device file for each robotic device.
Use the same SCSI ID for each device file.
■ If the tape drives have more than one SCSI ID, a robotic device likely
exists for each SCSI ID. Create a device file for each SCSI ID.

To determine the LUN of each robotic device, consult the vendor

documentation.

Alternative methods to determine the SCSI ID

Several alternative methods exist to determine the SCSI ID of a robotic device,
as follows:
■ Use the lsattr command rather than the odmget command. For example,
the following command shows the attributes of tape device rmt0:
/usr/sbin/lsattr -l rmt0 -E -H
■ In a Fibre Channel switch environment, inspect the name server for the
switch (if available). Each vendor uses a unique method to show address
information. Consult the documentation for the switch vendor.
■ In a Fibre Channel bridge environment, inspect the bridge for mapping
information (if available). Each vendor uses a unique method to show
address information. Consult the documentation for the bridge vendor.
Also see “IBM libraries” on page 25.

IBM libraries
AIX may create device files automatically for some IBM libraries that use the
IBM Atape driver. If so, you can use AIX commands to determine the SCSI
address.

To determine the SCSI address for an IBM library

1 Display the tape devices as in the following lsdev command:
lsdev -Cc tape
The following shows both the SCSI and Fibre Channel Protocol medium
changers and tape drives:
smc0 Available 14-08-00-6,0 IBM 3583 Library Medium Changer

rmt0 Available 14-08-00-0,0 IBM 3580 Ultrium Tape Drive

rmt1 Available 14-08-00-1,0 IBM 3580 Ultrium Tape Drive

smc1 Available 20-58-01 IBM 3584 Library Medium Changer (FCP)

rmt2 Available 20-58-01 IBM 3580 Ultrium Tape Drive (FCP)

rmt3 Available 20-58-01 IBM 3580 Ultrium Tape Drive (FCP)

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For an SCSI robotic control device, the SCSI ID and LUN are displayed. For

example, the medium changer smc0 is at SCSI ID 6, LUN 0.

For a Fibre Channel Protocol controlled device, use the odmget command to

display the SCSI address of the robotic device, as in the next step.

2 Inspect the ODM database for the attributes of the medium changer device
file. Use the odmget command as in the following example:
/usr/bin/odmget -q "name=smc1" CuAt
The following example output shows that smc1 is at SCSI ID 0x111ca and
the LUN is 1. The LUN is derived from the LUN ID by moving it 48 bits to the
right. For a Fibre Channel Protocol controlled device, the SCSI ID is the ID of
the N_Port on the robotic device (the destination ID (D_ID)).
CuAt:

name = "smc1"

attribute = "scsi_id"

value = "0x111ca"

type = "R"

generic = "DU"

rep = "s"

nls_index = 25

CuAt:

name = "smc1"

attribute = "lun_id"

value = "0x1000000000000"

type = "R"

generic = "DU"

rep = "s"

nls_index = 26

Before you create the ovpass device file, remove the smcx device file.

Creating the device file

If the ovpass device file does not exist, use the following procedure to create it.
Use the controller name and SCSI address you determined for the robotic
control device.
NetBackup uses the device file to configure robotic control. If you use device
discovery in NetBackup, NetBackup discovers the robotic control device file (and
hence the device) automatically. If you add the robot manually, you must enter
the pathname to the device file. The device files reside in the /dev directory.
For examples of both SCSI and Fibre Channel procedures, see “SCSI robotic
control configuration examples” on page 28.
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Note: If a smc device file exists for an IBM library, remove the smc device file
before you configure the ovpass device file. For instructions, see the IBM AIX
documentation.

Note: If an error occurs when you configure a Fibre Channel Protocol device file,
review the topic “Upgrading the SCSI pass-through driver” on page 20. The
error may be a mkdev error code 0514-0520.

To create a robotic control device file

1 Create the device file by using the AIX mkdev command. The following is the
command syntax:
mkdev -c media_changer -s type -t ovpass -p controller -w
scsi_id,lun
The following are the arguments for the command:
■ -s type is scsi for an SCSI attached robot or fcp for a Fibre Channel
attached robot.
■ -p controller is the logical identifier of the drive’s SCSI adaptor, such as
scsi0, fscsi0, or vscsi1.
■ -w scsi_id is the SCSI ID of the robotic connection. For a Fibre Channel
Protocol controlled device, the SCSI ID is the ID of the N_Port on the
robotic device (the destination ID (D_ID)).
■ lun (the second argument to the -w option) is the logical unit number of
the robotic connection.

For example:

mkdev -c media_changer -s fcp -t ovpass -p fscsi0 -w 0x111ca,1

2 To verify, display the device files by using the lsdev command. For SCSI
devices, use scsi for the type; for Fibre Channel Protocol devices, use fcp
for the type.
/usr/sbin/lsdev -C -s type
In the following example output, ovpass0 is an SCSI robotic control device
file:
hdisk0 Available 00-01-00-0,0 400 MB SCSI Disk Drive
hdisk1 Available 00-01-00-1,0 400 MB SCSI Disk Drive
rmt0 Available 00-01-00-3,0 Other SCSI Tape Drive
ovpass0 Available 00-01-5,0 Veritas Media Changer
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SCSI robotic control configuration examples

For examples of how to create device files, see the following. All examples
assume that the ovpass driver is installed and that the robotic devices are in
the Available state.
■ “Example 1 — robotic device at LUN 0” on page 28
■ “Example 2 — robotic device at LUN 1” on page 29
■ “Example 3 — robotic device at LUN 6” on page 29
■ “Example 4 — IBM 3570 B-series robotic library” on page 30
■ “Example 5 — Fibre Channel attached library” on page 30

Example 1 — robotic device at LUN 0

For this example, assume that the robot is a LUN 0 controlled robot. The SCSI

controller is controller 1 (00-01) at SCSI ID 5.

To configure robot control at LUN 0

1 Determine the logical identifier for the SCSI controller as follows:

/usr/sbin/lsdev -C -c adapter | grep SCSI

The following output shows that scsi0 is the logical name for SCSI
controller 1.
scsi0 Available 00-01 SCSI I/O Controller

2 Check if the ovpass device file exists at SCSI ID 5.

/usr/sbin/lsdev -C -s scsi
The output shows the device files exist for tape and disk. However, a device
file does not exist for the controller scsi0 and SCSI ID 5.
hdisk0 Available 00-01-00-0,0 400 MB SCSI Disk Drive
rmt0 Available 00-01-00-3,0 Other SCSI Tape Drive

3 Create the device file by using the following command:

mkdev -c media_changer -t ovpass -s scsi -p scsi0 -w 5,0

4 Display the device files by using the following command:

/usr/sbin/lsdev -C -s scsi

hdisk0 Available 00-01-00-0,0 400 MB SCSI Disk Drive

hdisk1 Available 00-01-00-1,0 400 MB SCSI Disk Drive

rmt0 Available 00-01-00-3,0 Other SCSI Tape Drive

ovpass0 Available 00-01-5,0 Veritas Media Changer

5 To configure the robotic control manually in NetBackup, use the following

device file pathname:
/dev/ovpass0

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Example 2 — robotic device at LUN 1

For this example, assume that the robot is a LUN 1 controlled robot. The SCSI

controller is controller 1 (00-01) at SCSI ID 3.

To configure robot control at LUN 1

1 Determine the logical identifier for the SCSI controller:

/usr/sbin/lsdev -C -c adapter | grep -i SCSI

The following output shows that scsi0 is the logical name for SCSI
controller 1:
scsi0 Available 00-01 SCSI I/O Controller

2 Check if the device file exists for ovpass at SCSI ID 5, as follows:

/usr/sbin/lsdev -C -s scsi
The following output shows that the device files exist for tape and disk.
However, a device file does not exist for the controller scsi0, SCSI ID 3,
and LUN 1:
hdisk0 Available 00-01-00-0,0 400 MB SCSI Disk Drive

rmt0 Available 00-01-00-3,0 Other SCSI Tape Drive

3 Create the device file by using the following command:

mkdev -c media_changer -t ovpass -s scsi -p scsi0 -w 3,1

4 Display the device files by using the following command:

/usr/sbin/lsdev -C -s scsi

hdisk0 Available 00-01-00-0,0 400 MB SCSI Disk Drive

hdisk1 Available 00-01-00-1,0 400 MB SCSI Disk Drive

rmt0 Available 00-01-00-3,0 Other SCSI Tape Drive

ovpass0 Available 00-01-3,1 Veritas Media Changer

5 To configure the robotic control manually in NetBackup, use the following

device file pathname:
/dev/ovpass0

Example 3 — robotic device at LUN 6

Assume the robot and the drives are connected to an SCSI adapter. Assume that
the drives are at SCSI IDs 4 and 5 and the robotic device is at SCSI ID 6.

To configure robot control at LUN 6

1 Display the SCSI controllers:
lsdev -C | grep scsi
scsi0 Available 00-02 SCSI I/O Controller
ascsi0 Available 00-04 Wide SCSI I/O Controller Adapter
vscsi0 Available 00-04-0,0 SCSI I/O Controller Protocol
Device
vscsi1 Available 00-04-0,1 SCSI I/O Controller Protocol
Device
2 Display the tape drives:
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lsdev -C -c tape

rmt2 Available 00-04-01-4,0 Other SCSI Tape Drive

rmt3 Available 00-04-01-5,0 Other SCSI Tape Drive

The drives are on controller 00-04-01 (vscsi1).

3 Use vscsi1 as the controller name when you create the ovpass device file:
mkdev -c media_changer -t ovpass -s scsi -p vscsi1 -w 6,0

Example 4 — IBM 3570 B-series robotic library

If the robotic library contains one drive, the robotic control is LUN 1 of the
drive's SCSI ID. If it contains two drives, the robotic control is LUN 1 of the drive
1 SCSI ID.
You can view or set the SCSI IDs by using the front panel on the robot.
The robotic control for the IBM 3570 B01/B02 is NetBackup type TLD; if two
drives exist, they may be connected to different host systems.
In this example, the drive 1 host system provides the robotic control. Also, the
library should be in RANDOM mode and BASE configuration. See the library’s
operator guide for information on setting library mode and configuration.
Assume a configuration as follows:
lsdev -C -c tape

rmt0 Available 00-02-01-5,0 Other SCSI Tape Drive

rmt1 Available 00-02-01-6,0 Other SCSI Tape Drive

If drive 1 is SCSI ID 5, the robotic control for the robotic library is LUN 1 of this
SCSI ID. If vscsi1 is the correct adapter, use the following command to create
the device file:
mkdev -c media_changer -t ovpass -s scsi -p vscsi1 -w 5,1

Example 5 — Fibre Channel attached library

In this example, the library contains two robotic devices. For brevity, this
example shows only the Fibre Channel devices.

To configure robotic control for a Fibre Channel device

1 Display the I/O controllers in the system by using the following AIX
command:
/usr/sbin/lsdev -C | grep I/O

fscsi0 Available 10-68-01 FC SCSI I/O Controller Protocol

Device

fscsi1 Available 20-58-01 FC SCSI I/O Controller Protocol

Device

2 Display the Fibre Channel devices in the system by using the following
lsdev command:
/usr/sbin/lsdev -C -s fcp
rmt0 Available 10-68-01 Other FC SCSI Tape Drive

rmt1 Available 10-68-01 Other FC SCSI Tape Drive

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rmt2 Available 10-68-01 Other FC SCSI Tape Drive

rmt3 Available 10-68-01 Other FC SCSI Tape Drive

rmt4 Available 10-68-01 Other FC SCSI Tape Drive

rmt5 Available 10-68-01 Other FC SCSI Tape Drive

All tape drives are connected to controller 10-68-01, which is the

controller named fscsi0.
3 Display the attributes for the tape drives by using the odmget command.
The following example shows excerpts from the output of rmt0 and rmt3:
/usr/bin/odmget -q "name=rmt0" CuAt
CuAt:
name = "rmt0"
attribute = "scsi_id"
value = "0x11400"
type = "R"
generic = "D"
rep = "s"
nls_index = 6
/usr/bin/odmget -q "name=rmt3" CuAt
CuAt:
name = "rmt3"
attribute = "scsi_id"
value = "0x11500"
type = "R"
generic = "D"
rep = "s"
nls_index = 6
In this example, rmt0 through rmt2 have SCSI ID 0x11400, and rmt3
through rmt5 have SCSI ID 0x11500. Because two SCSI IDs exists, two
robotic devices exist in this library.
4 The library uses LUN 0 for robotic control (determined from the library
configuration software). Therefore, configure the two robotic control device
files by using the following commands:
mkdev -c media_changer -s fcp -t ovpass -p fscsi0 -w 0x11400,0
mkdev -c media_changer -s fcp -t ovpass -p fscsi0 -w 0x11500,0
5 Display the Fibre Channel protocol devices by using the following command:
/usr/sbin/lsdev -C -s fcp

ovpass0 Available 10-68-01 Veritas Media Changer

ovpass1 Available 10-68-01 Veritas Media Changer

rmt0 Available 10-68-01 Other FC SCSI Tape Drive

rmt1 Available 10-68-01 Other FC SCSI Tape Drive

rmt2 Available 10-68-01 Other FC SCSI Tape Drive

rmt3 Available 10-68-01 Other FC SCSI Tape Drive

rmt4 Available 10-68-01 Other FC SCSI Tape Drive

rmt5 Available 10-68-01 Other FC SCSI Tape Drive

6 To configure the robotic control manually in NetBackup, use the following

device file pathnames when you configure devices in NetBackup:
/dev/ovpass0
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/dev/ovpass1

Configuring IBM 3590B11 stacker robotic controls

For the IBM 3590B11 stacker, robotic control is provided through the same
device file as for the drive in the stacker. Therefore, you do not need to configure
the ovpass driver robotic control for the IBM 3590B11 stacker.

To check for and create an IBM 3590B11 device file

1 Display the tape devices that are configured in the system by using the
following AIX command:
/usr/sbin/lsdev -C -c tape

rmt0 Defined 00-02-00-4,0 Other SCSI Tape Drive

rmt1 Available 00-08-00-6,0 2.3 GB 8mm Tape Drive

rmt12 Available 00-04-01-6,0 IBM 3590 Tape Drive and Medium

Changer

2 The SCSI robotic path for the IBM 3590 is the same as the no rewind on close
tape path. When you configure the TSH SCSI robotic path, the robotic
control path for the 3590 would be /dev/rmt12.1. The tape drive path
would also be /dev/rmt12.1.

Configuring tape drive device files

If you use IBM tape drives, Symantec recommends that you install the IBM AIX

Atape driver. For information about the driver, see the IBM documentation.

If you use other tape drives, Symantec recommends that you use the IBM AIX

ost (other SCSI tape) driver. For information about the driver, see the IBM

documentation.

Configuring non-QIC tape drives

Variable length block and fixed length block refer to how the operating system
reads from and writes to a tape. Variable-mode devices allow more flexibility to
read previously written tapes. Many tape devices can be accessed in either mode.
NetBackup assumes variable length for non-quarter inch cartridge (QIC) drives.
For more information, see the chdev(1) and smit(1) man pages and the system
management guide. The smit application is the most convenient way to change
from fixed to variable-length-block devices manually.
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Caution: For NetBackup, you must configure non-QIC tape drives as

variable-length-block devices. Otherwise NetBackup can write data but may not
be able to read it correctly. During a read, you may see a not in tar format
error.

NetBackup configuration
When you add a non-QIC tape drive to NetBackup, NetBackup issues the chdev

command to configure the drive as a variable length block device. For reference,

the following is the command that NetBackup uses to configure a drive for

variable mode:

/usr/sbin/chdev -l Dev -a block_size=0

Dev is the logical identifier for the drive (for example: rmt0 or rmt1).

Therefore, you do not have to configure the drive manually for variable mode.

Using extended-file marks for drives

If a tape drive supports extended file marks, you must configure it to use them
(for example, 8-mm drives). Otherwise, NetBackup may not be able to use those
drives.
For information, see the AIX chdev(1) and smit(1) man pages.

Automatic configuration
When you add a tape drive to NetBackup, NetBackup issues the chdev command

to configure the drive to use extended file marks. For reference, the following is

the command that netBackup uses to configure a drive for extended file marks:

/usr/sbin/chdev -l Dev -a extfm=yes

Dev is the logical identifier for the drive (such as rmt0 or rmt1)

Therefore, you do not have to configure the drive manually for extended file

marks.

Fast-tape positioning (locate-block)

AIT, DLT, Exabyte, and half-inch cartridge tape drives.
To position a tape to a specific block, NetBackup supports the SCSI

locate-block command.

NetBackup uses the locate-block command by default.

Symantec recommends that you do not disable locate-block positioning. If you

need to disable it, execute the following command:

touch /usr/openv/volmgr/database/NO_LOCATEBLOCK

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With locate-block positioning disabled, NetBackup uses the

forward-space-file/record method.

Disabling SPC-2 SCSI reserve

By default, NetBackup uses SPC-2 SCSI reserve and release for tape drive
reservations in shared drive environments. The NetBackup Shared Storage
Option provides shared drive functionality in NetBackup.
Alternatively, you can use SCSI persistent reserve for shared tape drive
reservations in NetBackup, as follows:
■ For the tape drives that support SPC-3 Compatible Reservation Handling
(CRH), you can use SCSI persistent reserve by enabling it in NetBackup. No
special configuration in AIX is required.
■ For the tape drives that do not support CRH, you must disable SPC-2 SCSI
reserve in AIX for those drives. After you disable SPC-2 SCSI reserve, you
can use persistent reserve by enabling it in NetBackup. If the drive does not
support CRH and you do not disable SPC-2 SCSI reserve, access attempts to
the drive fail.

Caution: If the tape driver does not let you disable SPC-2 SCSI reserve, do
not use SCSI persistent reserve with the drives that do not support CRH.
The sctape driver is an example of a tape driver that lets you disable SPC-2
SCSI reserve.

To disable SPC-2 SCSI reserve, use the AIX chdev command to change the
reserve attribute for the device file for the tape drive. For example, the following
command disables SPC-2 SCSI reserve for tape drive rmt0 with the rewind on
close device file:
chdev -l rmt0 -a res_support=no

Conversely, you can enable SPC-2 SCSI reserve by using the following command:

chdev -l rmt0 -a res_support=yes

For information about the chdev command, see the AIX chdev man page.

For more information about NetBackup and SCSI reservations, see the following:

■ The description of the Enable SCSI Reserve Media host property in the
following:
■ The NetBackup Administrator’s Guide for UNIX and Linux, Volume I
■ The NetBackup Administrator’s Guide for Windows, Volume I
■ The “How NetBackup reserves drives” topic in the following:
■ The NetBackup Administrator’s Guide for UNIX and Linux, Volume II
■ The NetBackup Administrator’s Guide for Windows, Volume II
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Creating no rewind device files

By default, NetBackup uses no rewind device files. These SCSI device files are in

the /dev directory and have the following format:

/dev/rmtID.1

Where ID is the logical identifier assigned to the device by the system. The .1

extension specifies the no rewind, no retension on open device file.

Normally, AIX creates tape drive device files automatically at boot time.

Alternatively, you can run the AIX cfgmgr command, which should create the

device files. If they do not exist, you must create them for the tape drives.

To check for and create a no rewind device file

1 Display the I/O controllers in the system by using the following lsdev
command:
/usr/sbin/lsdev -C | grep I/O
The following sample output shows that SCSI controller 1 (00-01) has been
assigned the logical identifier scsi0.
scsi0 Available 00-01 SCSI I/O Controller
1 Display the SCSI and Fibre Channel devices in the system by using the
following lsdev command. For SCSI devices, use scsi for the type; for Fibre
Channel Protocol devices, use fcp for the type.
/usr/sbin/lsdev -C -s type
The following example shows two disk drives and a tape drive:
hdisk0 Available 00-01-00-0,0 400 MB SCSI Disk Drive

hdisk1 Available 00-01-00-1,0 400 MB SCSI Disk Drive

rmt0 Available 00-01-00-3,0 Other SCSI Tape Drive

If the device files for the tape drives exist, they appear in the output as
rmt0, rmt1, and so on. The previous example output shows rmt0.
2 If a device file does not exist for the wanted tape drive, create it by using the
following command:
/usr/sbin/mkdev -c tape -s scsi -t ost -p controller -w id,lun

The following are the arguments for the command:

■ controller is the logical identifier of the drive’s SCSI adaptor, such as
scsi0, fscsi0, or vscsi1.
■ scsi_id is the SCSI ID of the drive connection.
■ lun is the logical unit number of the drive connection.

For example, the following command creates a device file for a non-IBM

8-mm drive connected to controller scsi0 at SCSI address 5,0:

mkdev -c tape -s scsi -t ost -p scsi0 -w 5,0

3 To verify, display the SCSI device files by using the lsdev command, as
follows:
/usr/sbin/lsdev -C -s scsi

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hdisk0 Available 00-01-00-0,0 400 MB SCSI Disk Drive

hdisk1 Available 00-01-00-1,0 400 MB SCSI Disk Drive

rmt0 Available 00-01-00-3,0 Other SCSI Tape Drive

rmt1 Available 00-01-00-5,0 Other SCSI Tape Drive

The output shows that the rmt1 device file was created.
4 If the device files do not exist on an FCP controller, use the following
command to create them. device is the controller number from step 1 on
page 35.
/usr/sbin/cfgmgr -l device

You may receive a message that a device package is required for an FCP
changer. NetBackup uses the ovpass driver for medium changers, so you
can disregard the message.
5 Ensure that the device is configured for variable-mode and extended file
marks. Use the chdev command, as follows (dev is the logical identifier for
the drive (for example, rmt1)).
/usr/sbin/chdev -l dev -a block_size=0
/usr/sbin/chdev -l dev -a extfm=yes

6 To configure the drive manually in NetBackup, enter the following device

file pathname:
/dev/rmt1.1

No rewind device file example

Assume the device files for the wanted SCSI 8-mm tape drive (controller 1, SCSI
ID 5) do not exist.

To create a no rewind device file for SCSI ID 5

1 Determine the logical identifier for the SCSI controller as follows:

/usr/sbin/lsdev -C -c adapter | grep SCSI

The following output shows that scsi0 is the logical name for SCSI
controller 1:
scsi0 Available 00-01 SCSI I/O Controller

2 Determine if the device files exist for any device at SCSI ID 5.

/usr/sbin/lsdev -C -s scsi

The following output shows that some device files exist for tape and disk.

However, a device files does not exist for the 8-mm tape drive at controller 1

(scsi0) and SCSI ID 5 (5,0):

hdisk0 Available 00-01-00-0,0 400 MB SCSI Disk Drive

hdisk1 Available 00-01-00-1,0 400 MB SCSI Disk Drive

rmt0 Available 00-01-00-3,0 Other SCSI Tape Drive

3 Create the device file by using the following command:

mkdev -c tape -t ost -s scsi -p scsi0 -w 5,0

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4 Display the device files by issuing the following lsdev command:

/usr/sbin/lsdev -C -s scsi
hdisk0 Available 00-01-00-0,0 400 MB SCSI Disk Drive
hdisk1 Available 00-01-00-1,0 400 MB SCSI Disk Drive
rmt0 Available 00-01-00-3,0 Other SCSI Tape Drive
rmt1 Available 00-01-00-5,0 Other SCSI Tape Drive
5 To ensure that the tape device is configured for variable-mode and extended
file marks, use the following commands:
chdev -l rmt1 -a block_size=0

chdev -l rmt1 -a extfm=yes

6 To configure the drive manually in NetBackup, enter the following device

file pathname:
/dev/rmt1.1

Using multiple tape densities

After you create the device files for your tape drives, you can configure densities
on the drives that support multiple densities. Exabyte 8500C is an example of a
tape drive for which you can use different densities.
All tape drives support two configuration settings for density, although not all
tape drives support multiple densities. The default density for both density
setting 1 and density setting 2 is 0, which means maximum density.
To modify either of the density settings, you can use the System Manager
Interface Tool (SMIT) or commands similar to the following:
chdev -l tapedev -a density_set_1=density

chdev -l tapedev -a density_set_2=density

The following describe the arguments to the command options:

■ tapedev is the logical identifier for the drive, such as rmt0 or rmt1.
■ density is a decimal number from 0 to 255 that represents the wanted
density. Zero (0) selects the default density for the tape drive, which is
usually the drive's high density setting. Permitted values and their
meanings vary with different types of tape drives.
To use density setting 1, use the following no rewind on close device file:
/dev/rmt*.1

To use density setting 2, use the following no rewind on close device file:
/dev/rmt*.5

Adding Sony AIT drives

Sony S-AIT drives have DIP switches (SWA and SWB) located on the bottom of
the drive.
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For the NetBackup Shared Storage Option, you must set the SWA-1 (No Reply

Unit Attention After Process Login) switch correctly. Its factory setting depends

on the serial number of the drive.

If the drive has an early serial number, switch SWA-1 may be off. If so, change

the switch to on.

Drives with newer serial numbers have SWA-1 set to on as the default, as shown

in Table 2-1. These newer serial numbers are:

■ SDZ-130 :01442007 and later

■ SDZ-130/L :01200696 and later
Also, for the drives that have a date of May 17, 2004 and later, the DIP switch is
set to on.
Table 2-1 DIP switch positions for AIT drives

Switch Setting (1 = On and 0 = Off)

SWA-1 1

SWA-2 0

SWA-3 0

SWA-4 0

SWA-5 0

SWA-6 0

SWA-7 1

SWA-8 0

Configuring optical disk drive device files

By default, AIX may configure optical disk drives as type omd. NetBackup
requires that optical disk drives be configured as type hdisk. NetBackup also
requires character device files for optical drives, so the device file name is
rhdisk (r represents raw I/O (character) access).
The device files are located in the /dev directory. The rhdisk device files have
the following format, where ID is the logical identifier assigned to the device by
the system:
/dev/rhdiskID

For more information and procedures, see:

■ “Creating optical disk device files” on page 39
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■ “Setting the HP optical drive type in NVRAM” on page 40

Creating optical disk device files

If a rhdisk device file for an optical drive does not exist, use the following
procedure to create one.

To check for and create optical drive device files in AIX

1 Display the SCSI controllers in the system by using the following lsdev
command:
/usr/sbin/lsdev -C -c adapter | grep SCSI
The following sample output shows that SCSI controller 1 (00-01) has been
assigned the logical identifier scsi0.
scsi0 Available 00-01 SCSI I/O Controller
2 Display the SCSI devices in the system by using the following lsdev
command:
/usr/sbin/lsdev -C -s scsi

hdisk0 Available 00-01-00-0,0 400 MB SCSI Disk Drive

hdisk1 Available 00-01-00-1,0 400 MB SCSI Disk Drive

rmt0 Available 00-01-00-3,0 Other SCSI Tape Drive

The example output shows that two disk drives and one tape drive exist:
■ hdisk0 is a disk drive at controller 1 (00-01) and SCSI ID 0 (0,0)
■ hdisk1 is a disk drive at controller 1 (00-01) and SCSI ID 1 (1,0)
■ rmt0 is a tape drive at controller 1 (00-01) and SCSI ID 3 (3,0)
If the device files for the SCSI optical disk drives exist, they show up in the
output as hdisk0, hdisk1, and so on.
3 If a device file for the wanted optical drive does not exist, create it by using
the following command:
mkdev -c disk -s scsi -t osdisk -p controller -w scsi_id,lun

The following are the arguments for the command:

■ controller is the logical identifier of the drive’s SCSI adaptor, such as
scsi0 or fscsi0.
■ scsi_id is the SCSI ID of the drive connection.
■ lun is the logical unit number of the drive connection.

For example, the following command creates a device file for an optical disk

drive on controller 1 and SCSI ID 5:

mkdev -c disk -t osdisk -s scsi -p scsi0 -w 5,0

4 To verify, display the SCSI device files by using the lsdev command, as
follows:
/usr/sbin/lsdev -C -s scsi

hdisk0 Available 00-01-00-0,0 400 MB SCSI Disk Drive

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hdisk1 Available 00-01-00-1,0 400 MB SCSI Disk Drive

rmt0 Available 00-01-00-3,0 Other SCSI Tape Drive

hdisk2 Available 00-01-00-5,0 Other SCSI Disk Drive

The output shows that the device file for hdisk2 was created. The raw
version of the file is named rhdisk2.
5 If you add the drive to NetBackup manually, use the following device file
pathname:
/dev/rhdisk2

Setting the HP optical drive type in NVRAM

To use HP optical disk drives, AIX must recognize the optical drives as disk
drives at system boot time. However, AIX may recognize HP 1.2 gigabyte or
equivalent model magneto-optical disk drives as optical drives. If so, you must
change the device type in nonvolatile random access memory (NVRAM) to disk
drive.
NetBackup device discovery cannot detect them as optical drives. Therefore, you
must create a device file by using the NetBackup ovpass driver. NetBackup then
can recognize optical drives as

To determine how AIX recognizes an HP optical drive

◆ Display the SCSI device files that have already been created by using the
following command:
/usr/sbin/lsdev -C -s scsi

The following is example output:

hdisk0 Available 00-00-0S-0,0 2.2 GB SCSI Disk Drive

rmt0 Available 00-00-0S-3,0 Other SCSI Tape Drive

omd0 Defined 00-00-0S-6,0 Other SCSI Read/Write Optical

Drive

The output shows a disk drive device file, a tape drive device file, and an omd
optical drive device file:
■ hdisk0 is a disk drive at controller 0 (00-00) and SCSI ID 0 (0,0)
■ rmt0 is a tape drive at controller 0 (00-00) and SCSI ID 3 (3,0)
■ omd0 is an optical drive at controller 0 (00-00) and SCSI ID 6 (6,0)
The example output shows the HP optical drive is configured as the default
drive type, omd. NetBackup requires the hdisk drive type. Therefore, you
must creat the hdisk device files, which includes the raw version (rhdisk).

To configure HP optical drives as hdisk in AIX

1 Install the ovpass driver if it is not already installed. See “The SCSI
pass-through driver ovpass” on page 19.
2 Create the device files for the optical drive by using the following command:
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mkdev -c media_changer -s scsi -t ovpass -p controller -w

scsi_id,lun

The following are the arguments for the command:

■ controller is the logical identifier of the drive’s SCSI adaptor, such as
scsi0 or fscsi0.
■ scsi_id is the SCSI ID of the drive connection (not the robotic

connection).

■ lun is the logical unit number of the drive connection.

For example:

mkdev -c media_changer -s scsi -t ovpass -p scsi 0 -w 6,0

3 Obtain the logical identifier for the optical drive device file you created by
using the following command:
/usr/sbin/lsdev -C -s scsi

The following is example output:

hdisk0 Available 00-00-0S-0,0 2.2 GB SCSI Disk Drive

rmt0 Available 00-00-0S-3,0 Other SCSI Tape Drive

omd0 Defined 00-00-0S-6,0 Other SCSI Read/Write Optical

Drive

ovpass0 Available 00-00-0S-6,0 Veritas Media Changer

4 Verify the ovpass device file created in step 2 by using the following
command (ovpassx represents the device file name and logical identifier):
/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/scsi_command -d /dev/ovpassx -inquiry
For example, if the temporary ovpass device was ovpass0, enter the
following:
/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/scsi_command -d /dev/ovpass0 -inquiry

The output should be similar to the following:

removable device type c_8h_HP

5 Change the device type from optical memory to disk by using the following
command (ovpassx represents the device file name and logical identifier):
/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/scsi_command -d /dev/ovpassx -disk

For example:
/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/scsi_command -d /dev/ovpass0 -disk

6 Remove the ovpass and the omd device files by using the rmdev command
as follows:
rmdev -l ovpassx -d

rmdev -l omdx -d

Where:
■ ovpassx is the logical identifier assigned to the device.
■ omdx is the optical drive identifier assigned to the optical drive.
7 Reboot the system to allow the drive to be recognized as a disk drive by the
kernel’s SCSI disk driver during system initialization.
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Command summary

The optical drive should be displayed as hdiskx, where x is the logical

number assigned to the drive by the system. For example:
/usr/sbin/lsdev -C -s scsi

hdisk0 Available 00-00-0S-0,0 2.2 GB SCSI Disk Drive

rmt0 Available 00-00-0S-3,0 Other SCSI Tape Drive

hdisk1 Available 00-00-0S-6,0 Other SCSI Disk Drive

The output shows a disk drive device file, a tape drive device file, and a
hdisk optical drive device file:
1 If you add the drive to NetBackup manually, use the following device file
pathname:
/dev/rhdisk1

Command summary
The following is a summary of commands that may be useful when you
configure devices. See the procedures in this chapter for examples of their
usage.
/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/driver/install_ovpass

Installs the ovpass driver for the first time.

/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/driver/remove_ovpass

Removes the ovpass driver.

/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/driver/mkdev_ovpass

Place this command in the system startup script to ensure that the ovpass
driver device files are accessible after each system boot.
/usr/sbin/lsdev -C | grep I/O

Displays the adapters that are physically available on your server.

/usr/sbin/lsdev -C -s filetype

Displays the device files that have been created, where filetype defines the
type of file displayed. scsi displays SCSI files and fcp displays fibre
channel files.
mkdev -c media_changer -s scsi -t ovpass -p controller -w id,lun

Creates the device files for the robotic control SCSI ID.
controller is the logical identifier of the drive SCSI adaptor (such as scsi0
or scsi1). id is the SCSI ID of the robotic connection. lun is the logical unit
number of the robotic connection.
mkdev -c media_changer -s fcp -t ovpass -p controller -w scsi_id,lun

Creates the device files for the robotic control fibre channel SCSI ID.
controller is the logical identifier of the drive SCSI adaptor (such as scsi0
or scsi1). scsi_id is the fibre channel SCSI ID of the robotic connection. lun
is the logical unit number of the robotic connection.
mkdev -c disk -s scsi -t osdisk -p controller -w id,lun

Creates the device files for optical disk drives.

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controller is the logical identifier of the drive SCSI adaptor (such as scsi0
or scsi1). id is the SCSI ID of the robotic connection. lun is the logical unit
number of the robotic connection.
mkdev -c tape -s scsi -t ost -p controller -w id,lun

Creates the device files for tapes.

controller is the logical identifier of the drive SCSI adaptor (such as scsi0
or scsi1). id is the SCSI ID of the robotic connection. lun is the logical unit
number of the robotic connection.
/usr/sbin/chdev -l dev -a block_size=0
Configures the drive with logical identifier specified by dev (for example:
rmt0) to variable mode.
/usr/sbin/chdev -l dev -a extfm=yes
Configures the drive with logical identifier specified by dev (for example:
rmt0) for extended file marks.
/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/scsi_command -d /dev/ovpass_id -disk
Used for HP optical disk drives to change the device type (stored in the
drive’s nonvolatile memory) from optical memory to disk.
Where ovpass_id is the logical identifier assigned to the device.
/etc/lsattr -l dev -E -H
Displays the device information, where dev is the name of the device (for
example, rmt1).
/usr/sbin/cfgmgr -l device
Creates the device files on a Fibre Channel Protocol controller, where device
is the controller number (for example, fscsi0).
/usr/bin/odmget -q "name=rmtX" CuAt
Displays the device attributes for the device (rmtX). This command can be
used to determine SCSI target and LUN pairs when you configure fibre
channel devices.
Where rmtX is the name of the tape device (for example: rmt0 or rmt1).
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 Chapter 3
HP-UX

This chapter explains how to configure drivers and device files to use storage

devices with NetBackup on HP-UX systems.

After you configure the hardware, add the robots and the drives to NetBackup.

The major topics are as follows:

■ “Before you start” on page 46

■ “Configuring robotic controls” on page 46

■ “Configuring tape drives” on page 54

■ “Configuring optical disk drives” on page 59

■ “Configuring SAN clients” on page 60

■ “Errors when more than 10 NetBackup jobs are active” on page 61

■ “Command summary” on page 61

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Before you start

Before you start

Observe the following points when you configure the operating system:
■ Verify that NetBackup supports your server platform and devices. The
Symantec support Web site contains server platform compatibility
information. For the compatibility information, see the Compatibility List
for NetBackup Server or NetBackup Enterprise Server. The following is the
URL:
http://entsupport.symantec.com

■ For SCSI controlled libraries, NetBackup issues SCSI commands to the

robotic devices. For NetBackup to function correctly, the properly named
device files must exit. For more information, see:
■ “Configuring robotic controls” on page 46
■ “Configuring tape drives” on page 54
■ “Configuring optical disk drives” on page 59
■ To verify that the devices are configured correctly, use the HP-UX
/usr/sbin/sam utility and the ioscan -f command. For the NetBackup
shared storage options, ensure that the operating system detects the devices
on the SAN.
■ Some HP SCSI adapters do not support SCSI pass through; therefore, devices
on such adapters are not discovered automatically.

Configuring robotic controls

A robotic device in a library moves the media between storage slots and the
drives in the library. NetBackup supports SCSI control and API control of robotic
devices. You must configure the method of robotic control, as follows:
■ To configure SCSI or Fibre Channel Protocol control, see “Configuring SCSI
and FCP robotic controls” on page 46.
■ To configure API control over a LAN, see:
■ “ADIC Automated Media Library (AML)” on page 123
■ “IBM Automated Tape Library (ATL)” on page 137
■ “Sun StorageTek ACSLS robots” on page 155

Configuring SCSI and FCP robotic controls

To communicate with and control SCSI-controlled robotic peripherals,
NetBackup uses the HP-UX SCSI pass-through driver spt or sctl . The driver
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NetBackup uses depends on the type of SCSI interface on the system. For more
information, see:
■ “How to determine which pass-through driver to configure” on page 47
■ “Configuring device files for the sctl pass-through driver” on page 48
■ “Configuring device files for the spt pass-through driver” on page 53
A library may have more than one robotic device. Each robotic device requires a
device file.

How to determine which pass-through driver to configure

The pass-through driver NetBackup uses depends on the type of SCSI interface
on the system, as follows:
■ For the SCSI devices that are connected to EISA, GSC, HSC, or PCI (and its
derivatives) cards, NetBackup uses the sctl pass-through driver.
To configure the device files, see “Configuring device files for the sctl
pass-through driver” on page 48.
■ For the Fibre Channel devices that are connected to Fibre Channel host bus
adapters (HBAs), NetBackup uses the sctl pass-through driver.
To configure the device files, see “Configuring device files for the sctl
pass-through driver” on page 48.
■ For the SCSI devices that are connected to HP-PB interface cards on PA-RISC
systems, NetBackup uses the spt pass-through driver.
To configure the device files, see “Configuring device files for the spt
pass-through driver” on page 53.
To determine which pass-through driver to configure, use the ioscan -f
command:
■ If the system contains an EISA, GSC, HSC, or PCI SCSI interface card, the
ext_bus entry for the card may show one of the following. For these
systems, configure sctl device files.
■ SCSI adapters:
■ For PA-RISC systems, the ext_bus entry may be c700, c720, or
c8xx.
■ For Itanium systems, the ext_bus entry may be mpt.
■ Fibre Channel host bus adapters:
■ For PA-RISC systems, the ext_bus entry may be fcpdev or
fcpmux.
■ For Itanium systems, the ext_bus entry may be fcd_vbus.
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■ If the system contains an HP-PB SCSI interface card, the ext_bus entry for
the card shows a scsi1 driver. Configure device files to use the spt driver.
If the robotic control has its own SCSI ID, the ioscan output shows an entry
similar to the following:
Class I H/W Path Driver S/W State H/W Type Description

===================================================================

unknown -1 2/0/1.1.0 unknown UNCLAIMED UNKNOWN LAGO SYSLS-340L

In these circumstances, the robotics are correct but ioscan returns invalid

information.

For examples of the ioscan -f output, see:

■ “Example of how to create a sctl device file for SCSI (PA-RISC)” on page 49
■ “Example of how to create a sctl device file for FCP (PA-RISC)” on page 50
■ “Example of how to create sctl device files for FCP (Itanium)” on page 51
■ “Example of how to create a spt device file” on page 54

Configuring device files for the sctl pass-through driver

For the SCSI- or FCP-controlled robotic devices that are connected to EISA, GSC,

HSC, or PCI (and its derivatives) cards, NetBackup uses the sctl pass-through

driver.

You must create the robotic control device files for the sctl driver manually; they

are not created automatically when the system boots.

If you use device discovery in NetBackup, NetBackup discovers the robotic

control device files in /dev/sctl automatically. If you add a robot manually in

NetBackup, you must enter the pathname to the device file.

Prerequisites: Before you create the device files, you must do the following:

■ Install and configure the sctl driver. For more information, see the HP-UX
scsi_ctl(7) man page.
The sctl driver may be the default pass-through driver on your system. If so,
you do not have to configure the kernel to use the sctl pass-through
driver.
■ Install and configure the schgr device driver. For more information, see the
HP-UX autochanger(7) man page.
■ Attach the devices.

To create sctl device files

1 Determine the card instance number and the SCSI ID and LUN of the robotic
device by using the ioscan -f command.
■ The instance number of the card is in the I column of the output.
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■ The H/W Path column of the changer output (schgr) includes the SCSI
ID and LUN. Use the card’s H/W Path value to filter the changer’s H/W
Path entry; the SCSI ID and the LUN remain.
2 Determine the character major number of the sctl driver by using the lsdev

command, as follows:

lsdev -d sctl

Examine the output for an entry that shows sctl in the Driver column.

3 Use the following commands to create the device file for the SCSI robotic
control:
mkdir /dev/sctl

cd /dev/sctl

mknod /dev/spt/cCARDtTARGETlLUN c Major 0xIITL00

Where:
■ CARD is the card instance number of the adapter.
■ TARGET is the SCSI ID of the robotic control.
■ LUN is the SCSI logical unit number (LUN) of the robot.
■ Major is the character major number (from the lsdev command).
■ II are two hexadecimal digits that represent the card instance number.
■ T is a hexadecimal digit that represents the SCSI ID of robotic control.
■ L is a hexadecimal digit that represents the SCSI LUN of the robotic
control.

For examples of how to create device files, see:

■ “Example of how to create a sctl device file for SCSI (PA-RISC)” on page 49
■ “Example of how to create sctl device files for FCP (Itanium)” on page 51
■ “Example of how to create sctl device files for FCP (Itanium)” on page 51

Example of how to create a sctl device file for SCSI (PA-RISC)

In this example, two robots exist:
■ An ADIC Scalar 100 library is on an SCSI bus with an instance number of 7,
SCSI ID 2, and LUN 0.
■ The robotic control for an IBM ULT3583-TL library is on the same SCSI bus
at SCSI ID 3 and LUN 0.

To create SCSI robotic device files for HP-UX PA-RISC

1
Determine the card instance number and the SCSI ID and LUN of the robotic
device by using the ioscan -f command:
ioscan -f
Class I H/W Path Driver S/W State H/W Type Description
=================================================================
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ext_bus 7 0/7/0/1 c720 CLAIMED INTERFACE SCSI C896 Fast Wide LVD
target 10 0/7/0/1.0 tgt CLAIMED DEVICE
tape 65 0/7/0/1.0.0 stape CLAIMED DEVICE QUANTUM SuperDLT1
target 11 0/7/0/1.1 tgt CLAIMED DEVICE
tape 66 0/7/0/1.1.0 stape CLAIMED DEVICE QUANTUM SuperDLT1
target 12 0/7/0/1.2 tgt CLAIMED DEVICE
autoch 14 0/7/0/1.2.0 schgr CLAIMED DEVICE ADIC Scalar 100
target 13 0/7/0/1.3 tgt CLAIMED DEVICE
autoch 19 0/7/0/1.3.0 schgr CLAIMED DEVICE IBM ULT3583-TL
target 14 0/7/0/1.4 tgt CLAIMED DEVICE
tape 21 0/7/0/1.4.0 atdd CLAIMED DEVICE IBM ULT3580-TD1
target 15 0/7/0/1.5 tgt CLAIMED DEVICE
tape 19 0/7/0/1.5.0 atdd CLAIMED DEVICE IBM ULT3580-TD1
The card H/W Path is 0/7/0/1; the card instance number (I column) is 7.
Apply the H/W Path value as a mask. The ADIC robotic device (schgr) is at
SCSI ID 2, LUN 0 on this bus. The IBM robotic device (schgr) is at SCSI ID 3,
LUN 0 on this bus.
2 Determine the character major number of the sctl driver by using the lsdev
command, as follows:
lsdev -d sctl

Character Block Driver Class

203 -1 sctl ctl

The output from this command shows that the character major number for
the sctl driver is 203.
3 The commands to create the device files follow. For the ADIC robot, the card
instance number is 7, the target is 2, and the LUN is 0. For the IBM robot, the
card instance number is 7, the SCSI ID is 3, and the LUN is 0.
cd /dev/sctl

/usr/sbin/mknod c7t2l0 c 203 0x072000

/usr/sbin/mknod c7t3l0 c 203 0x073000

If you add the robots to NetBackup manually, you would specify the
following for ADIC robotic control and IBM robotic control respectively:
/dev/sctl/c7t2l0

/dev/sctl/c7t3l0

Example of how to create a sctl device file for FCP (PA-RISC)

In the following example, an STK 9740 robot contains one drive.
With Fibre Channel, the hardware paths are longer than with SCSI.

To create an FCP robotic device file for HP-UX PA-RISC

1 Determine the card instance number and the SCSI ID and LUN of the robotic
device by using the ioscan -f command:
ioscan -f
Class I H/W Path Driver S/W State H/W Type Description

==================================================================

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ext_bus 3 0/0/0.8.0.0.0 fcpmux CLAIMED INTERFACE HP A3308 FCP-SCSI MUX Interface

target 0 0/0/0.8.0.0.0.0 tgt CLAIMED DEVICE

tape 0 0/0/0.8.0.0.0.0.0 stape CLAIMED DEVICE QUANTUM DLT7000

target 1 0/0/0.8.0.0.0.1 tgt CLAIMED DEVICE

autoch 0 0/0/0.8.0.0.0.1.0 schgr CLAIMED DEVICE STK9740

target 2 0/0/0.8.0.0.0.7 tgt CLAIMED DEVICE

ctl 3 0/0/0.8.0.0.0.7.0 sctl CLAIMED DEVICE Initiator

The interface card instance number (I column) is 3. If you use the card’s H/W
Path value as a mask (0/0/0.8.0.0.0), a DLT 7000 drive is at SCSI ID 0,
LUN 0. An STK 9740 robot is at SCSI ID 1, LUN 0.
2 Determine the character major number of the sctl driver by using the lsdev
command, as follows:
lsdev -d sctl

Character Block Driver Class

203 -1 sctl ctl

The output from this command shows that the character major number for
the sctl driver is 203.
3 The commands to create the device file for the STK 9740 robotic control are
as follows. The card instance number is 3, the target is 1, and the LUN is 0.
cd /dev/sctl

/usr/sbin/mknod c3t1l0 c 203 0x031000

If you add the robot to NetBackup manually, you would specify the
following pathname for robotic control:
/dev/sctl/c3t1l0

Example of how to create sctl device files for FCP (Itanium)

With Fibre Channel, the hardware paths are longer than with SCSI.
In this example, the following devices are attached to the host.
■ An HP EML E-Series robot with four HP drives (two LTO2 and two LTO3
drives). A separate path exists for each drive pair. The robotic control is
through card instance 12 (0/4/1/1.2.12.255.0).
■ An HP VLS 6000 robot with six drives. The robot is partitioned into two
virtual libraries, three Quantum SDLT320 drives in one library and three HP
LTO3 drives in the other library. Separate robotic control exists for each
library.

To create FCP robotic device files for HP-UX Itanium

1 Determine the card instance numbers and the SCSI IDs and LUNs of the
robotic device by using the ioscan -f command. The following command
output excerpt shows the Fibre Channel devices on a host:
ext_bus 4 0/4/1/1.2.10.255.0 fcd_vbus CLAIMED INTERFACE FCP Device Interface

target 7 0/4/1/1.2.10.255.0.0 tgt CLAIMED DEVICE

tape 18 0/4/1/1.2.10.255.0.0.0 stape CLAIMED DEVICE HP Ultrium 3-SCSI

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tape 20 0/4/1/1.2.10.255.0.0.1 stape CLAIMED DEVICE HP Ultrium 3-SCSI

ext_bus 13 0/4/1/1.2.11.255.0 fcd_vbus CLAIMED INTERFACE FCP Device Interface

target 8 0/4/1/1.2.11.255.0.0 tgt CLAIMED DEVICE

autoch 4 0/4/1/1.2.11.255.0.0.0 schgr CLAIMED DEVICE HP VLS

tape 22 0/4/1/1.2.11.255.0.0.1 stape CLAIMED DEVICE QUANTUM SDLT320

tape 23 0/4/1/1.2.11.255.0.0.2 stape CLAIMED DEVICE QUANTUM SDLT320

tape 24 0/4/1/1.2.11.255.0.0.3 stape CLAIMED DEVICE QUANTUM SDLT320

autoch 5 0/4/1/1.2.11.255.0.0.4 schgr CLAIMED DEVICE HP VLS

tape 25 0/4/1/1.2.11.255.0.0.5 stape CLAIMED DEVICE HP Ultrium 3-SCSI

tape 26 0/4/1/1.2.11.255.0.0.6 stape CLAIMED DEVICE HP Ultrium 3-SCSI

tape 27 0/4/1/1.2.11.255.0.0.7 stape CLAIMED DEVICE HP Ultrium 3-SCSI

ext_bus 12 0/4/1/1.2.12.255.0 fcd_vbus CLAIMED INTERFACE FCP Device Interface

target 6 0/4/1/1.2.12.255.0.0 tgt CLAIMED DEVICE

autoch 1 0/4/1/1.2.12.255.0.0.0 schgr CLAIMED DEVICE HP EML E-Series

tape 19 0/4/1/1.2.12.255.0.0.1 stape CLAIMED DEVICE HP Ultrium 2-SCSI

tape 21 0/4/1/1.2.12.255.0.0.2 stape CLAIMED DEVICE HP Ultrium 2-SCSI

The following devices are attached to this host:

■ The robotic control for the HP EML E-Series robot is through card
instance 12 (0/4/1/1.2.12.255.0). Two of the drives are accessed
through the same path, and the other two are accessed through card
instance 4 (0/4/1/1.2.10.255.0).
■ The robotic controls for the HP VLS 6000 robot partitions are through
card instance 13. Robotic control for one partition is at SCSI ID 0 and
LUN 0. Robotic control for the other partition is at SCSI ID 0 and LUN 4.
2 Determine the character major number of the sctl driver by using the lsdev
command, as follows:
lsdev -d sctl

Character Block Driver Class

203 -1 sctl ctl

The output from this command shows that the character major number for
the sctl driver is 203.
3 The commands to create the devices file for the robotic controls are as
follows:
cd /dev/sctl

/usr/sbin/mknod c12t0l0 c 203 0x0c0000

/usr/sbin/mknod c13t0l0 c 203 0x0d0000

/usr/sbin/mknod c13t0l4 c 203 0x0d0400

If you add the robots to NetBackup manually, you would specify the
following pathnames for robotic control. The first device file is for the HP
EML E-Series robot. The second and third device files are for the VLS 6000
robot (two robotic devices).
/dev/sctl/c12t0l0

/dev/sctl/c13t0l0

/dev/sctl/c13t0l4

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Configuring robotic controls

Configuring device files for the spt pass-through driver

For the SCSI-controlled robotic devices that are connected to HP-PB SCSI
interface cards on PA-RISC systems, NetBackup uses the spt pass-through
driver.
You must create the device files for the spt driver manually; they are not created
automatically when the system boots.

Note: The HP-UX kernel must be configured to use the spt SCSI pass-through
driver. For instructions, see the HP-UX scsi_pt (7) man page.

To create spt device files

1 Install and configure the spt driver as described in the HP-UX scsi_pt(7)
man page.
2 Determine the card instance number and the SCSI ID and LUN of the robotic
device by using the ioscan -f command:
■ The instance number of the card is in the I column of the output.
■ The H/W Path column of the changer output (schgr) includes the SCSI
ID and LUN. Use the card’s H/W Path value to filter the changer’s H/W
Path entry; the SCSI ID and the LUN remain.
3 Determine the character major number of the spt driver, as follows:
lsdev -d spt

Examine the output for an entry that shows spt in the Driver column.

4 Use the following commands to create the device file for the SCSI robotic
control:
mkdir /dev/spt

mknod /dev/spt/cCARDtTARGETlLUN c Major 0xIITL00

Where:
■ CARD is the card instance number of the adapter.
■ TARGET is the SCSI ID of the robotic control.
■ LUN is the SCSI logical unit number (LUN) of the robot, usually 0.
■ Major is the character major number (from the lsdev command).
■ II are two hexadecimal digits that represent the card instance number.
■ T is a hexadecimal digit that represents the SCSI ID of robotic control.
■ L is a hexadecimal digit that represents the SCSI LUN of the robotic
control.
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Configuring tape drives

Example of how to create a spt device file

In this example, the robotic control for an HP Optical Disk Library (ODL) is on a
secondary SCSI bus at SCSI ID 3, LUN 0.

To create spt robotic device files for HP-UX

1 Determine the card instance number and the SCSI ID and LUN of the robotic
device by using the ioscan -f command:
ioscan-f
Class I H/W Path Driver S/W State H/W Type Description
===============================================================
bc 0 root CLAIMED BUS_NEXUS
bc 1 56 bc CLAIMED BUS_NEXUS Bus Converter
ext_bus 1 56/16 scsi1 CLAIMED INTERFACE HP 28655A - SCSI Interface
target 4 56/16.3 target CLAIMED DEVICE
spt 0 56/16.3.0 spt CLAIMED DEVICE HP C1700T
The ext_bus entry for the interface card specifies a scsi1 driver (spt
driver). The card instance number for the robot’s SCSI bus is 1. The spt
driver is attached to the optical robotic control at H/W Path 56/16.3.0.
2 Determine the character major number of the spt driver by using the lsdev
command, as follows:
lsdev -d spt

Character Block Driver Class

137 -1 spt spt

The output from this command shows that the character major number for
the spt driver is 137. The major number for the driver may be different on
your system.
3 Create the /dev/spt directory (if it does not exist):
mkdir /dev/spt
4 Create the device file as follows:
mknod /dev/spt/c1t3l0 c 137 0x013000

This command creates the /dev/spt/c1t3l0 device file (instance 1,

target 3, and LUN 0). If you add the robot manually in NetBackup, specify
this file as the robot control path.

Configuring tape drives

NetBackup requires the tape drive device files that support the best density and
compression, no rewind on close, and Berkeley style close. The device files are in
the /dev/rmt directory, and they have the following format:
/dev/rmt/c#t#d#BESTnb
Where:
■ c# is the card instance number.
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Configuring tape drives

■ t# is the SCSI ID.

■ d# is the device LUN.
■ BEST indicates the highest density format and data compression the device
supports.
■ n indicates no rewind on close.
■ b indicates Berkeley-style close.

The following are examples of tape drive device files:

/dev/rmt/c7t0d0BESTnb

/dev/rmt/c7t1d0BESTnb

/dev/rmt/c7t4d0BESTnb

/dev/rmt/c7t5d0BESTnb

By default, HP-UX creates tape drive device files when the system is booted.
However, the tape driver must be installed and configured, and the devices must
be attached and operational.
Alternatively, you can create tape drive device files manually. To do so, use
either the HP-UX System Administration Manager (SAM) utility or the
insf(1M) command. For information, see the HP-UX documentation.
NetBackup uses the device files to configure tape drive access. If you use device
discovery in NetBackup, NetBackup discovers the device files in /dev/rmt
automatically (and hence the devices). If you add a drive manually in NetBackup,
you must enter the pathname to the device file.
Although NetBackup requires the /dev/rmt device files during configuration,
NetBackup uses pass-through device files for tape drive access. For more
information, see “Pass-through paths for tape drives” on page 57.

No rewind device files

NetBackup requires no rewind on close for tape devices. The letter n in the file
name indicates no rewind device files.

Berkeley-style close
NetBackup requires Berkeley-style close for tape devices. The letter b in the file
name indicates Berkeley-style close device files.
Berkeley-style close and AT&T style close refer to the position of a tape after a
close operation (in relation to a tape mark). One style positions the tape logically
before a tape mark and the other after it. To establish the correct position for
the next tape operation, applications must assume the tape’s position after a
close. Some operating systems allow tape devices to be configured with either
type of close. NetBackup assumes Berkeley-style close on HP-UX systems.
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Configuring tape drives

Fast-tape positioning (locate-block)

HP-UX supports locate-block for most drive types for Fast Wide GSC SCSI

adapters. For a list of drive types that are supported, see the Symantec support

Web site.

NetBackup uses the locate-block command by default if a pass-through path is

configured. See “Pass-through paths for tape drives” on page 57.

To disable locate-block positioning, execute the following command:

touch /usr/openv/volmgr/database/NO_LOCATEBLOCK

With locate-block positioning disabled, NetBackup uses the

forward-space-file/record method.

Disabling SPC-2 SCSI reserve

In a shared drive environment, you must disable SPC-2 SCSI reserve and release

in HP-UX. If you do not, conflicts occur between the operating system and

NetBackup.

By default, NetBackup uses SPC-2 SCSI reserve and release for tape drive

reservations in shared drive environments. Alternatively, you can use SCSI

persistent reserve for shared tape drive reservations in NetBackup. The

NetBackup Shared Storage Option provides shared drive functionality in

NetBackup.

However, to use SCSI reservations in NetBackup, you must disable SPC-2 SCSI

reserve and release in HP-UX.

Symantec recommends that you use the SAM utility to disable SPC-2 SCSI

reserve and release.

To disable SPC-2 SCSI reserve in HP-UX

1 Set the kernel parameter st_ats_enabled to 0 (zero) .

2 Reboot the system.

For more information about NetBackup and SCSI reservations, see the following:

■ The description of the Enable SCSI Reserve Media host property in the
following:
■ The NetBackup Administrator’s Guide for UNIX and Linux, Volume I
■ The NetBackup Administrator’s Guide for Windows, Volume I
■ The “How NetBackup reserves drives” topic in the following:
■ The NetBackup Administrator’s Guide for UNIX and Linux, Volume II
■ The NetBackup Administrator’s Guide for Windows, Volume II
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Configuring tape drives

Pass-through paths for tape drives

Applies to tape drives and optical disk drives.
Although NetBackup requires the /dev/rmt device files for drives for
configuration, NetBackup uses pass-through device files for drive access.
NetBackup automatically creates pass-through device files if the appropriate
/dev/rmt tape drive device files exist.
NetBackup creates the pass-through device files in the /dev/sctl directory.
NetBackup does not modify or delete any existing pass-through paths.
NetBackup does not detect the type of adapter cards that are installed in the
system. Therefore, NetBackup creates pass-through paths for tape drives
connected to the adapter cards that do not support pass through. These
pass-through paths do not cause problems.
Although NetBackup uses the pass-through device files during tape drive
operations, you specify the /dev/rmt device files if you configure drives
manaully in NetBackup. NetBackup then uses the pass-through device file
automatically.
Usually, you do not have to create pass-through paths for drives. However,
instructions to do so are provided for reference (see “Enabling HP-UX
pass-through paths” on page 57).

Note: Passthru paths are not supported on HP-PB adapters such as HP 28696A -
Wide SCSI or HP 28655A - SE SCSI.

Enabling HP-UX pass-through paths

Usually, NetBackup creates pass-through paths for tape drives automatically.
However, you can create them manually. The following example shows how to
create the pass-through device files.

Example of how to create a tape drive pass-through device file

The robotic control for an ADIC Scalar 100 library is on an SCSI bus with an

instance number of 7. The SCSI ID is 2, and the LUN is 0. The robotic control for

an IBM ULT3583-TL library is on the same SCSI bus at SCSI ID 3 and LUN 0.

The ADIC library contains 2 Quantum Super DLT drives. One has an SCSI ID of 0

and a LUN of 0. The other has an SCSI ID of 1 and a LUN of 0.

The IBM library contains 2 IBM Ultrium LTO drives. One has an SCSI ID of 4 and

a LUN of 0. The other has an SCSI ID of 5 and a LUN of 0.

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Configuring tape drives

To create pass-through tape drive device files

1 Determine the devices that are attached to the SCSI bus by using the
ioscan -f command:
ioscan -f
Class I H/W Path Driver S/W State H/W Type Description
=================================================================
ext_bus 7 0/7/0/ c720 CLAIMED INTERFACE SCSI C896 Fast Wide LVD
target 10 0/7/0/1.0 tgt CLAIMED DEVICE
tape 65 0/7/0/1.0.0 stape CLAIMED DEVICE QUANTUM SuperDLT1
target 11 0/7/0/1.1 tgt CLAIMED DEVICE
tape 66 0/7/0/1.1.0 stape CLAIMED DEVICE QUANTUM SuperDLT1
target 12 0/7/0/1.2 tgt CLAIMED DEVICE
autoch 14 0/7/0/1.2.0 schgr CLAIMED DEVICE ADIC Scalar 100
target 13 0/7/0/1.3 tgt CLAIMED DEVICE
autoch 19 0/7/0/1.3.0 schgr CLAIMED DEVICE IBM ULT3583-TL
target 14 0/7/0/1.4 tgt CLAIMED DEVICE
tape 21 0/7/0/1.4.0 atdd CLAIMED DEVICE IBM ULT3580-TD1
target 15 0/7/0/1.5 tgt CLAIMED DEVICE
tape 19 0/7/0/1.5.0 atdd CLAIMED DEVICE IBM ULT3580-TD1

Note: Use the IBM atdd driver when you configure IBM tape drives on HP-UX.
Configure atdd and BEST device paths according to the IBM driver
documentation. Do not configure atdd for robotic control of IBM robots. For the
latest recommended atdd driver version from IBM, check the Symantec support
Web site.

2 Create the pass-through device files for the tape drives as follows:
cd /dev/sctl

/usr/sbin/mknod c7t0l0 c 203 0x070000

/usr/sbin/mknod c7t1l0 c 203 0x071000

/usr/sbin/mknod c7t4l0 c 203 0x074000

/usr/sbin/mknod c7t5l0 c 203 0x075000

Note: When you use the mknod command for tape drives, the target is the
SCSI ID of the tape drive. It is not the SCSI ID of the robotic control.

These commands create the following pass-through device files.

/dev/sctl/c7t0l0

/dev/sctl/c7t1l0

/dev/sctl/c7t4l0

/dev/sctl/c7t5l0

Although the pass-through device files for tape drives are used during
NetBackup operation, they are not used during NetBackup configuration.
During NetBackup tape drive configuration, use the following device files to
configure the tape drives.
/dev/rmt/c7t0d0BESTnb

/dev/rmt/c7t1d0BESTnb

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Configuring optical disk drives

/dev/rmt/c7t4d0BESTnb

/dev/rmt/c7t5d0BESTnb

Cautions for the HP-UX EMS Tape Device Monitor

This topic is a NetBackup Enterprise Server topic.
You should configure the Tape Device Monitor (dm_stape) so it does not run on
HP-UX hosts in a SAN configuration. The Tape Device Monitor is a component
of the Event Monitoring System (EMS). The EMS service periodically polls the
tape devices to monitor their conditions. When a server polls the devices while
another server uses a tape device, backup operations may time out and fail.
You can avoid the situation in either of the following ways:
■ To disable EMS completely, run the HP-UX Hardware Monitoring Request
Manager and select (K) kill (disable) Monitoring.
Invoke the Hardware Monitoring Request Manager by using the
/etc/opt/resmon/lbin/monconfig command.
■ To configure EMS so it does not log any events or poll devices, set the
POLL_INTERVAL value to 0 (zero). The POLL_INTERVAL parameter is in the
following HP-UX configuration file:
/var/stm/config/tools/monitor/dm_stape.cfg

EMS runs but does not send any SCSI commands.

Configuring optical disk drives

When you add optical disk drives to NetBackup, you need only specify a
character device path. Optical disk character device files are found in the
/dev/rdsk directory and have the following format:
/dev/rdsk/c#t#d0
Where:
■ c# is the instance number of the interface card to which the device is
attached. The instance value is displayed in ioscan output under the
column I of the ext_bus entry for the card.
■ t# is the address of the device on the interface (that is, the SCSI ID of the
drive). This ID is in the third position of the H/W Path as displayed by
ioscan. For example, in 56/52.5.0 the SCSI ID is 5.
To determine the bus instance number, use the ioscan command as follows:
ioscan -C ext_bus -f
Class I H/W Path Driver S/W State H/W Type Description
============================================================
ext_bus 0 56/52 scsi1 CLAIMED INTERFACE HP 28655A- SCSI Interface
ext_bus 1 56/53 lpr2 CLAIMED INTERFACE HP 28655A- Parallel Interface
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Configuring SAN clients

Then, to determine the SCSI ID of the optical drives, use the ioscan command
as follows:
ioscan -C disk -f

Class I H/W Path Driver S/W State H/W Type Description

============================================================

disk 1 56/52.1.0 disc3 CLAIMED DEVICE HP C1716T

disk 2 56/52.2.0 disc3 CLAIMED DEVICE HP C1716T

disk 3 56/52.5.0 disc3 CLAIMED DEVICE HP C2490AM

disk 4 56/52.6.0 disc3 CLAIMED DEVICE HP C2490AM

Example of an optical disk device file

Assume that two optical disk drives are at SCSI IDs 1 and 2 as shown in the
previous ioscan disk example output. These drives are on bus 56/52, which
as shown in the previous ioscan ext_bus example is instance 0.
The following are the character device file paths for the optical drives:
■ Target 1: /dev/rdsk/c0t1d0
■ Target 2: /dev/rdsk/c0t2d0

Using the NetBackup Device Configuration Wizard

The NetBackup Device Configuration Wizard can discover and automatically
configure the optical disk drives that have a /dev/sctl SCSI pass-through
device file.
For more information about pass-through paths for drives, see “Pass-through
paths for tape drives” on page 57.

Note: Optical disk drives are not supported in an SSO configuration.

Configuring SAN clients

NetBackup SAN clients use tape drivers and SCSI pass-through methods for
Fibre Transport traffic to NetBackup FT media servers. On HP-UX systems,
NetBackup SAN clients require the sctl pass-through driver and pass-through
tape drive device files.
If the sctl driver is not the default pass-through driver on your system, install
and configure the sctl driver. For more information, see the HP-UX
scsi_ctl(7) man page.
If the sctl driver is installed, by default HP-UX creates the /dev/rmt tape drive
device files when the system is booted. (The NetBackup FT media server must be
active and the SAN must be zoned correctly.) NetBackup automatically creates
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Errors when more than 10 NetBackup jobs are active

the required /dev/sctl pass-through device files from the /dev/rmt tape
drive device files.
The media server FT devices appear as ARCHIVE Python tape devices during
SCSI inquiry on the SAN client. However, they are not tape devices and do not
appear as tape devices in NetBackup device discovery.

Errors when more than 10 NetBackup jobs are

active
Applies to HP PA-RISC systems only.
If a NetBackup master server resides on an HP-UX PA-RISC host and more than
10 NetBackup jobs are active, additional jobs may fail. The NetBackup status
code is 81 (the NetBackup volume manager daemon (vmd) is not active).
This error indicates an operating system problem, not a NetBackup problem.
The number of pending undo operations on a semaphore exceed the operating
system limit. These errors continue to occur until fewer than 10 jobs are active.
To resolve this OS limitation, Symantec recommends that you modify the
HP-UX kernel semmnu parameter. Increase the value by at least the number of
jobs greater than 10 that you want active concurrently. Symantec recommends
at least 50 for the value. (The default value for semmnu is 30.)
Symantec recommends that you use the HP System Management Homepage
(SMH) to change the value of semmnu to 50. A reboot is necessary for the
changes to take effect. For information about the SMH utility, see the HP-UX
documentation.
(The HP-UX System Administration Manager (SAM) utility is deprecated in
HP-UX 11i V3 release.)

Command summary
The following is a summary of commands that may be useful when you
configure and verify devices. See the procedures in this chapter for examples of
usage.
ioscan -C class -f

Shows the information about the physical interfaces. Numeric information

is displayed in decimal. class is the type of interface as follows:
■ spt specifies SCSI robotic controls.
■ tape specifies tape drives.
■ disk specifies optical disks.
■ ext_bus specifies SCSI controllers.
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Command summary

mknod /dev/spt/cCARDtTARGETlLUN c Major 0xIITL00

Creates the device files for SCSI robotic or tape drive controls, where:
■ CARD is the card instance number of the adapter.
■ TARGET is the SCSI ID of the robotic control.
■ LUN is the SCSI logical unit number (LUN) of the robot.
■ Major is the character major number (from the lsdev command).
■ II are two hexadecimal digits that represent the card instance number.
■ T is a hexadecimal digit that represents the SCSI ID of robotic control.
■ L is a hexadecimal digit that represents the SCSI LUN of the robotic
control.
lsdev -d driver
Displays the information about the SCSI robotic control drivers. driver is
either sctl or spt.
mksf -C tape -H hw-path -b BEST -u -n
Creates the device files for tape drives. Where hw-path is the hardware path
of the tape drive, as specified by ioscan.
 Chapter 4
Linux
This chapter explains how to configure drivers and device files to use storage
devices with NetBackup on enterprise Linux systems on Intel platforms.
After you configure the hardware, add the robots and the drives to NetBackup.
The major topics are as follows:
■ “Before you start” on page 64

■ “Using the pass-through driver” on page 64

■ “Verifying the Linux drivers” on page 65

■ “Configuring robotic control device files” on page 65

■ “Configuring tape drive device files” on page 67

■ “The Linux 2.4 kernel and the make_scsi_dev script” on page 68

■ “Verifying the device configuration” on page 69

■ “Configuring SAN clients” on page 70

■ “Advanced topics” on page 70

■ “Utilities to test SCSI devices” on page 72

■ “Command summary” on page 72

64 Linux
Before you start

Before you start

Observe the following important points when you configure the operating
system:
■ Verify that NetBackup supports your server platform and devices. The
Symantec support Web site contains server platform compatibility
information. For the compatibility information, see the Compatibility List
for NetBackup Server or NetBackup Enterprise Server. The following is the
URL:
http://entsupport.symantec.com

■ For SCSI controlled libraries, NetBackup issues SCSI commands to the

robotic devices. For NetBackup to function correctly, the properly named
device files must exits. For more information, see:
■ “Configuring robotic control device files” on page 65
■ “Configuring tape drive device files” on page 67
■ Verify that an SCSI low-level driver is installed for each HBA in your system.
Refer to your HBA vendor documentation.
■ Follow the HBA vendor's installation guide to install or load the driver
in the kernel.
■ Configure the kernel for SCSI tape support and SCSI generic support.
■ Probe all LUNs on each SCSI device and enable the SCSI low-level
driver for the HBA.
■ Enable multi-LUN support for the kernel according to the Linux
documentation.
■ Linux kernels earlier than 2.4.15 do not support 16-byte SCSI commands.
Therefore, HBAs cannot support WORM media for either LTO-3 or SDLT
drives. To override this limitation, create a touch file as follows:
touch /usr/openv/volmgr/database/SIXTEEN_BYTE_CDB

■ Multipath configurations (multiple paths to robots and drives) are

supported only with the following:
■ The 2.6 kernel or later
■ Native path (/dev/nstx, /dev/sgx)
■ The sysfs file system that is mounted on /sys

Using the pass-through driver

For full feature support, NetBackup requires the SCSI generic (sg) pass-through
driver and SCSI pass-through device paths.
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Verifying the Linux drivers

To verify that the pass-through driver is installed, see “Verifying the Linux

drivers” on page 65.

To create pass-through robotic device files, see “Configuring robotic control

device files” on page 65.

To create pass-through tape drive device files, see “Configuring tape drive

device files” on page 67.

Verifying the Linux drivers

To use SCSI tape drives and robotic libraries, the following drivers must be
configured in the kernel or loaded as modules:
■ Linux SCSI generic (sg) driver. This driver allows pass-through commands
to SCSI tape drives and control of robotic devices.
■ SCSI tape (st) driver. This driver allows the use of SCSI tape drives.
■ Standard SCSI driver.
■ SCSI-adaptor driver.

Verify that the drivers are installed and loaded in the kernel. You can use the

/sbin/lsmod command to verify that the st and the sg drivers are loaded in the

kernel. Example output is as follows:

Module Size Used by

sg 14844 0

st 24556 0

The standard Enterprise Linux releases have the sg and the st modules available
for loading. The modules are loaded as needed. Also, you can load these modules
if they are not in the kernel. Use the following commands:
/sbin/modprobe st

/sbin/modprobe sg

Configuring robotic control device files

NetBackup uses device files to configure robotic control for SCSI devices. (A
robotic device in a library moves the media between storage slots and the drives
in the library.) NetBackup supports SCSI control and API control of robotic
devices. SCSI control includes Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP), which is SCSI over
Fibre Channel.
How you configure SCSI control depends on the Linux kernel version. For more
information, see:
■ “Configuring 2.4 kernel SCSI robotic control device file” on page 66
■ “Configuring 2.6 kernel SCSI robotic control device paths” on page 66
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Configuring robotic control device files

To configure API control over a LAN, see:

■ “Sun StorageTek ACSLS robots” on page 155
■ “IBM Automated Tape Library (ATL)” on page 137
■ “ADIC Automated Media Library (AML)” on page 123

Configuring 2.4 kernel SCSI robotic control device file

For the Linux 2.4 kernel, NetBackup requires robotic control device files in a
/dev/sg directory.

The NetBackup make_scsi_dev script creates the required device files. For

more information about what the script does, see “The Linux 2.4 kernel and the

make_scsi_dev script” on page 68.

If the /dev/sgx files that the make_scsi_dev script requires do not exist, the

script cannot create the required device files. You must create the /dev/sgx

files and then run the make_scsi_dev script.

A library may have more than one robotic device. Each robotic device requires a

device file.

To create Linux 2.4 kernel robotic control device files

1 For each robotic control device that does not have a /dev/sgx file, create
one. To do so, run the mknod command as in the following example (x is a
decimal number from 0 to 255):
mknod /dev/sgx c 21 x

For more information, see the Linux documentation.

2 Run the following NetBackup script:
/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/make_scsi_dev

The following are examples of robotic control device files:

h10c0t1l0

h25c0t0l0

If you use device discovery in NetBackup, NetBackup looks for robotic control
device files in the /dev/sg directory. NetBackup discovers the robotic control
device files (and hence the devices) automatically. Alternatively, if you add a
robot manually in NetBackup, you must enter the pathname to the device file for
that robotic device.

Configuring 2.6 kernel SCSI robotic control device paths

The sg driver provides robotic control, which includes a device file for each
device in the system. These device files have the format /dev/sgx, where x is a
decimal number from 0 to 255. Linux should create the device files
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Configuring tape drive device files

automatically. If the device files do not exist, see the Linux documentation for
information about how to create them.
If you use device discovery in NetBackup, NetBackup looks for /dev/sgx
robotic control device files. NetBackup discovers the robotic control device files
(and hence the devices) automatically. Alternatively, if you add a robot manually
in NetBackup, you must enter the pathname to the device file for that robotic
device.
The NetBackup avrd daemon establishes a default tape driver operating mode.
If the operator changes the default mode, NetBackup may not read and write
tapes correctly, which results in data loss.

Configuring tape drive device files

By default, NetBackup uses no rewind device files.

How you configure SCSI tape drives depends on the Linux kernel version. For

more information, see:

■ “Creating 2.4 kernel tape drive device files” on page 67

■ “Configuring 2.6 kernel tape drive device files” on page 68

Creating 2.4 kernel tape drive device files

For the Linux 2.4 kernel, NetBackup uses the st driver for normal tape
operations such as writes and uses the sg driver for pass-through commands.
Therefore, NetBackup requires tape drive device files in a /dev/st directory
and a /dev/sg directory.
The NetBackup make_scsi_dev script creates the required device files. For
more information about what the script does, see “The Linux 2.4 kernel and the
make_scsi_dev script” on page 68.
If the /dev/sgx files that the make_scsi_dev script requires do not exist, the
script cannot create the required device files. You must create the /dev/sgx
files and then run the make_scsi_dev script.

To create Linux 2.4 kernel tape drive device files

1 For each tape drive that does not have a /dev/sgx file, create one. To do so,
run the mknod command as in the following example (x is a decimal number
from 0 to 255):
mknod /dev/sgx c 21 x

For more information, see the Linux documentation.

You do not have to make st nodes.
2 Run the following NetBackup script:
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The Linux 2.4 kernel and the make_scsi_dev script

/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/make_scsi_dev

The following are examples of tape drive device files:

nh10c0t2l0

nh10c0t3l0

If you use device discovery in NetBackup, NetBackup looks for tape drive device
files in the /dev/st directory. NetBackup discovers the device files (and hence
the devices) automatically. Alternatively, if you add a drive manually in
NetBackup, you must enter the pathname to the device file for that drive. Given
the /dev/st device file, NetBackup automatically uses the appropriate /st/sg
device file for pass-through commands.

Configuring 2.6 kernel tape drive device files

For tape drive device files, NetBackup uses only the /dev/nstx files (n indicates
the no rewind device file). The Linux driver should create the device files
automatically. If the device files do not exist, see the Linux documentation for
information about how to create them.
If you use device discovery in NetBackup, NetBackup looks for /dev/nstx
device files. NetBackup discovers the device files (and hence the devices)
automatically. Alternatively, if you add a drive manually in NetBackup, you
must enter the pathname to the device file for that drive.

The Linux 2.4 kernel and the make_scsi_dev script

For the Linux 2.4 kernel, the NetBackup make_scsi_dev script creates the
required device files when you install NetBackup (and when the system is
booted). The script does the following:
■ Obtains the device file output that the sg and the st drivers generate (the
/dev/sg* and /dev/st* output).
■ Creates the /dev/sg and /dev/st directories.
■ Creates the device files for each robotic device and tape device in the format
that NetBackup requires. Places the device files in the /dev/sg and
/dev/st directories.
■ Establishes a default tape driver operating mode. If the operator changes the
default mode, NetBackup may not read and write tapes correctly, which
results in data loss.
Most importantly, never set MT_ST_ASYNC_WRITES or MT_ST_SYSV to the
value one and never set MTSETBLK to a nonzero value.
The following are the formats of the device file names:
■ Robotic control device files: hHOSTcCHANNELtTARGETlLUN
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Verifying the device configuration

■ Tape drive device files: nhHOSTcCHANNELtTARGETlLUN

Where:
■ n is the no rewind on close device file (tape drive device files only)
■ HOST is the host bus adaptor
■ CHANNEL is channel
■ TARGET is the target ID
■ LUN is the logical unit number

The following are examples of robotic control device files:

h10c0t1l0

h25c0t0l0

The following are examples of tape drive no rewind device files:

nh10c0t2l0

nh10c0t3l0

Note: Do not interfere with the execution of make_scsi_dev at system boot

(the S77netbackup startup script calls it).

Verifying the device configuration

The /proc/scsi/scsi file shows all of the devices that the SCSI driver
detects. To verify that the operating system can see the devices, run the
following command from a terminal window to view this file:
cat /proc/scsi/scsi

The output that is displayed should be similar to the following:

Attached devices:
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 00
Vendor: HP Model: C7200-8000 Rev: 1040
Type: Medium Changer ANSI SCSI revision: 03
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 02 Lun: 00
Vendor: QUANTUM Model: DLT8000 Rev: 010F
Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 03 Lun: 00
Vendor: QUANTUM Model: DLT8000 Rev: 010F
Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
If the operating system detects the SCSI devices, NetBackup can discover them.
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Configuring SAN clients

Configuring SAN clients

SAN clients use tape drivers and SCSI pass-through methods for Fibre
Transport traffic to NetBackup FT media servers. Linux SAN clients require the
SCSI Generic (sg) driver and pass-through tape drive device files.
To verify that the driver is installed, see “Verifying the Linux drivers” on
page 65.
Also, by default Linux does not add generic SCSI device files above LUN 0.
Therefore, you may have to modify the /etc/rc.local file to scan LUN 1 and
higher. The following example /etc/rc.local file excerpt shows LUN 1,
targets 0-7 on Controllers 0-2. Your requirements may vary. Note that the last
line is the MAKEDEV command, which makes the required device files.
# Add the troublesome device on LUN 1 for the FT server
echo "scsi add-single-device 0 0 0 1" > /proc/scsi/scsi

echo "scsi add-single-device 0 0 1 1" > /proc/scsi/scsi

echo "scsi add-single-device 0 0 2 1" > /proc/scsi/scsi

echo "scsi add-single-device 0 0 3 1" > /proc/scsi/scsi

echo "scsi add-single-device 0 0 4 1" > /proc/scsi/scsi

echo "scsi add-single-device 0 0 5 1" > /proc/scsi/scsi

echo "scsi add-single-device 0 0 6 1" > /proc/scsi/scsi

echo "scsi add-single-device 0 0 7 1" > /proc/scsi/scsi

echo "scsi add-single-device 1 0 0 1" > /proc/scsi/scsi

echo "scsi add-single-device 1 0 1 1" > /proc/scsi/scsi

echo "scsi add-single-device 1 0 2 1" > /proc/scsi/scsi

echo "scsi add-single-device 1 0 3 1" > /proc/scsi/scsi

echo "scsi add-single-device 1 0 4 1" > /proc/scsi/scsi

echo "scsi add-single-device 1 0 5 1" > /proc/scsi/scsi

echo "scsi add-single-device 1 0 6 1" > /proc/scsi/scsi

echo "scsi add-single-device 1 0 7 1" > /proc/scsi/scsi

echo "scsi add-single-device 2 0 0 1" > /proc/scsi/scsi

echo "scsi add-single-device 2 0 1 1" > /proc/scsi/scsi

echo "scsi add-single-device 2 0 2 1" > /proc/scsi/scsi

echo "scsi add-single-device 2 0 3 1" > /proc/scsi/scsi

echo "scsi add-single-device 2 0 4 1" > /proc/scsi/scsi

echo "scsi add-single-device 2 0 5 1" > /proc/scsi/scsi

echo "scsi add-single-device 2 0 6 1" > /proc/scsi/scsi

echo "scsi add-single-device 2 0 7 1" > /proc/scsi/scsi

/dev/MAKEDEV sg

The media server FT devices appear as ARCHIVE Python tape devices during
SCSI inquiry on the SAN client. However, they are not tape devices and do not
appear as tape devices in NetBackup device discovery.

Advanced topics

See the following advanced topics.

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Advanced topics

Support for additional tape devices

The st tape driver supports up to 32 tape devices in its default configuration.
This configuration provides eight minor device numbers. Because NetBackup
uses only one minor number, you can modify the driver to support up to:
■ 64 tape devices (with four minor device numbers)
■ 128 tape devices (with two minor device numbers)
Modify the ST_NBR_MODE_BITS parameter in the st.h file; use a value from
Table 4-1. The st.h file resides in the /drivers/scsi directory.

Table 4-1 st.h ST_NBR_MODE_BITS values

Number of tape drives to support Use this value for ST_NBR_MODE_BITS

64 1

128 0

Improving performance
Internal st tape driver buffers have a default size of 32K. You may improve

performance if you set those buffers to match the default block size that the

NetBackup bptm process uses. The default block size for bptm is 64K.

Modify the ST_BUFFER_BLOCKS parameter in the st_options.h file; set the

value to 64.

Depending on the available system memory, you also may need to reduce the

number of buffers to allow. To do so, modify the ST_MAX_BUFFERS parameter in

the st_options.h file. The default value is 4.

To incorporate these source changes into your system, follow the operating

system guidelines.

Using the debug mode

You can enable debug mode for the st tape driver. This mode echoes each
command and its result to the system log. For details, see the Linux
documentation.

Using an Emulex HBA

If NetBackup cannot mount tapes when an Emulex Fibre Channel HBA is
installed, you may have to modify the lpfc.conf.c file.
Set lpfc_check_cond_err to a value of zero. NetBackup is unable to mount
tapes if this variable is set to one.
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Utilities to test SCSI devices

If you use a /usr/openv/volmgr/AVRD_DEBUG touch file on a system with an

Emulex HBA driver, the system log may contain entries similar to the following:
Unknown drive error on DRIVENAME (device N, PATH) sense[0] = 0x70,

sense[1] = 0x0, sensekey = 0x5

You can ignore these messages.

Using persistent binding

Use persistent bindings to lock the mappings between the SCSI targets that are
reported to Linux and the specific devices. World Wide Port Name (WWPN)
binding is often used. If you cannot use binding with the HBA in your
configuration, add an ENABLE_AUTO_PATH_CORRECTION entry in the
/usr/openv/volmgr/vm.conf file on all Linux media servers.

Utilities to test SCSI devices

You can manipulate tape devices with the system mt command. For more

information, see the mt(1) man page.

You can use theNetBackup robtest utility to test robots. The robtest utility

resides in /usr/openv/volmgr/bin.

A set of SCSI utilities are available from the Linux SCSI Generic (sg) driver home

page.

Command summary
The following is a summary of commands that were used in this chapter:
/sbin/lsmod

List the modules that are loaded.

/sbin/modprobe

Install loadable kernel modules.

/usr/sbin/reboot

Stop and restart the system.

/bin/mknod /dev/sgN c 21 N

Create SCSI generic device files. Where N is a decimal number from 0 to

255.
/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/make_scsi_dev

Create NetBackup device files for Linux distributions that run the 2.4
kernel. For Linux distributions that run the 2.6 kernel, this command is not
used.
 Chapter 5
Solaris

This chapter explains how to configure drivers and device files to use storage

devices with NetBackup on Solaris systems.

After you configure the hardware, add the robots and the drives to NetBackup.

The major topics are as follows:

■ “Before you start” on page 74

■ “Unloading drivers” on page 75

■ “The NetBackup SCSI pass-through driver sg” on page 75

■ “Special configuration for the Sun StorEdge Network Foundation HBA

driver” on page 76

■ “Configuring Fibre Channel HBA drivers” on page 77

■ “Configuring the sg and the st drivers” on page 77

■ “Configuring robotic controls” on page 82

■ “Configuring tape drives” on page 84

■ “Configuring optical disk drives” on page 87

■ “Configuring SAN clients” on page 89

■ “Command summary” on page 90

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Before you start

Before you start

Observe the following points when you configure the operating system:
■ Verify that NetBackup supports your server platform and devices. The
Symantec support Web site contains server platform compatibility
information. For the compatibility information, see the Compatibility List
for NetBackup Server or NetBackup Enterprise Server. The following is the
URL:
http://entsupport.symantec.com

■ For SCSI controlled libraries, NetBackup issues SCSI commands to the

robotic devices. For NetBackup to function correctly, the properly named
device files must exits, as follows:
■ NetBackup installs its own pass-through driver, the sg driver SCSI
generic. You must configure this driver properly to create device files
for any device NetBackup uses.
■ The Solaris tape and disk driver interfaces also create a device file for
each tape or optical disk drive device. These device files must exist for
all read or write I/O capability.
For more information, see:
■ “Configuring robotic controls” on page 82,
■ “Configuring optical disk drives” on page 87
■ Verify that the Solaris st driver is installed.
■ Verify that the devices are configured correctly. To do so, use the Solaris mt
command and the NetBackup /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/sgscan utility.
For the NetBackup shared storage options, ensure that the SAN and storage
devices are configured correctly.
■ When you configure devices, you should attach all peripherals and reboot
the system with the reconfigure option (boot -r or reboot -- -r).
■ If you remove or replace adapter cards, remove all device files associated
with that adapter card.
■ If you use the Automated Cartridge System (ACS) robotic software, you must
ensure that the SunOS BSD Source Compatibility Package is installed. The
package is required so that the ACS software can use the shared libraries in
/usr/ucblib.
■ Sun systems with parallel SCSI host bus adapters do not support 16-byte
SCSI commands on any devices that are attached to these HBAs. Therefore,
those HBAs do not support WORM media. To override this limitation, create
a touch file as follows:
touch /usr/openv/volmgr/database/SIXTEEN_BYTE_CDB

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Unloading drivers

Unloading drivers

When system memory is limited, Solaris unloads unused drivers from memory

and reloads drivers as needed. Tape drivers are often unloaded because they are

used less often than disk drivers. When the driver loads and unloads occur may

cause problems. The drivers are the st driver (from Sun), the sg driver (from

Symantec), and Fibre Channel drivers.

These problems can range from an SCSI bus not able to detect a device to system

panics.

Symantec recommends that you add the following forceload statements to

the /etc/system file. These statements prevent Solaris from unloading the st

and the sg drivers from memory.

forceload: drv/st

forceload: drv/sg

Other statements may be necessary for various Fibre Channel drivers, such as
the following example for JNI drivers:
forceload: drv/fcaw

The NetBackup SCSI pass-through driver sg

NetBackup provides its own driver to communicate with SCSI-controlled robotic
peripherals. This driver is called the SCSA (generic SCSI pass-through driver),
also referred to as the sg driver.

Note: Because NetBackup uses its own pass-through driver, NetBackup does not
support the Solaris sgen SCSI pass-through driver.

For full feature support, NetBackup requires the sg driver and SCSI
pass-through device paths.

To determine if a sg driver is loaded

◆ Invoke the following command:
/usr/sbin/modinfo | grep sg

If the driver is loaded, output includes a line similar to the following:

141 fc580000 2d8c 116 1 sg (SCSA Generic Revision: 3.5e)

To install the sg driver

◆ Invoke the following command:
/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/driver/sg.install

After you install the driver, you do not have to reboot the system or run the
sg.install command during or after each system boot.
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Special configuration for the Sun StorEdge Network Foundation HBA driver

To remove the sg driver

◆ Invoke the following command:
/usr/sbin/rem_drv sg

To reinstall the sg driver

1 Remove the sg.conf file, as follows:
/usr/bin/rm -f /kernel/drv/sg.conf
2 Install the sg driver, as follows:
/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/driver/sg.install

Special configuration for the Sun StorEdge Network

Foundation HBA driver
When you configure the sg driver, it binds the StorEdge Network Foundation
host bus adapter World Wide Port Names for use by the sg driver. The
configuration process is described in “Configuring the sg and the st drivers” on
page 77.
The configuration process uses the Solaris luxadm command to probe for HBAs
that are installed in the system. Ensure that the luxadm command is installed
and in the shell path.
Before you configure the sg and the st drivers, ensure that all devices are
powered on and connected to the HBA.
For procedures, see “Configuring the sg and the st drivers” on page 77.
To determine if a host contains a StorEdge Network Foundation HBA, you can
run the following command:
/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/sgscan

If the script detects a StorEdge Network Foundation HBA, it produces output

similar to the following example:
#WARNING: detected StorEdge Network Foundation connected devices not

in sg configuration file:
#
# Device World Wide Port Name 21000090a50001c8
#
# See /usr/openv/volmgr/NetBackup_DeviceConfig_Guide.txt topic
# "Special configuration for Sun StorEdge Network Foundation
# HBA/Driver" for information on how to use sg.build and
# sg.install to configure these devices
Each time you add or remove a device, you should configure the sg and the st
drivers again.
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Configuring Fibre Channel HBA drivers

Configuring Fibre Channel HBA drivers

For Fibre Channel HBAs other than Sun StorEdge Network Foundation, you
must bind the devices to specific target IDs on the NetBackup host. When you
bind devices to targets, the target ID does not change after a system reboot or a
Fibre Channel configuration change.
In some instances, Symantec products are configured to use a specific target ID.
If you change the ID, the products fail until you configure the ID correctly.
How you bind devices to targets is vendor and product specific. For information
about how to modify the HBA configuration files to bind devices to targets, see
the documentation for the HBA.
The binding may be based on the following:
■ Fibre Channel World Wide Port Name (WWPN)
■ World Wide Node Name (WWNN)
■ The destination target ID and LUN
After you bind the devices to target IDs, continue with the Solaris configuration
in the same manner as for parallel SCSI installations. For procedures, see
“Configuring the sg and the st drivers” on page 77.
Each time you add or remove a device, you must update the bindings and then
configure the sg and the st drivers again.

Configuring the sg and the st drivers

You must configure the Sun st driver for use with the devices attached to each

Solaris host that functions as a NetBackup media server.

You may have to configure the sg driver, as follows:

■ If the host requires more SCSI addresses than targets 0 through 6 and LUNs
0 and 1, you must configure the sg driver. (By default, NetBackup configures
the sg driver for SCSI targets 0 through 6 and LUNs 0 and 1.)
The two most common reasons LUNs greater than 1 are required are for
virtual tape libraries and SCSI to FC bridges. These devices use one target ID
with multiple LUNs for the devices in or connected to them.
■ If the host contains a Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP) host bus adapter (HBA),
you must configure the sg driver. FCP HBAs include StorEdge Network
Foundation HBAs.
If the host requires only SCSI targets 0 through 6 and LUNs 0 and 1, you do not
have to configure the sg driver. However, you still must complete the
configuration procedure so that the st driver is configured and the device files
are created.
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Configuring the sg and the st drivers

When you install NetBackup server software, NetBackup configures the sg

driver for SCSI targets 0 through 6 and LUNs 0 and 1, as follows:
■ Installs and loads the sg driver.
■ Creates the /kernel/drv/sg.conf file.
■ Creates the /dev/sg directory and sg nodes.
■ Adds the entries to the /etc/devlink.tab file.

NetBackup also creates the entries that you can add to the st.conf file.

Therefore, you can add the entries after you install NetBackup and before you

configure devices in NetBackup. (When you install NetBackup server software,

you should examine the installation trace to verify that the sg driver was
configured correctly.)
The NetBackup sg.build script in the following procedure creates the
following files:
/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/driver/st.conf

/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/driver/sg.conf

/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/driver/sg.links

For examples of the files, see:

■ “st.conf file example” on page 80
■ “sg.conf file example” on page 80
■ “sg.links file example” on page 81
Each time you add or remove a device, you should configure the sg and the st
drivers again.

To configure the sg and the st drivers

Note: Perform step 1 only if: the host requires SCSI addresses greater than
targets 0 through 6 and LUNs 0 and 1 or the host contains an FCP HBA.

1 Invoke the following two commands to run the sg.build script to create
target IDs and LUNs:
cd /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/driver

/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/sg.build all -mt target -ml lun

The following describes the options:

■ The all option creates the NetBackup st.conf, sg.conf, and
sg.links files and populates them with the appropriate entries.
■ The -mt target option and argument specifies the maximum target
ID that is in use on the SCSI bus (or bound to an FCP HBA). The
maximum value is 126. By default, the SCSI initiator target ID of the
adapter is 7, so the script does not create entries for target ID 7.
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■ The -ml lun option and argument specifies the maximum number of
LUNs that are in use on the SCSI bus (or by an FCP HBA). The maximum
value is 255.
2 Replace the following seven entries in the /kernel/drv/st.conf file with
the entries from the /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/driver/st.conf file:
name="st" class="scsi" target=0 lun=0;
name="st" class="scsi" target=1 lun=0;
name="st" class="scsi" target=2 lun=0;
name="st" class="scsi" target=3 lun=0;
name="st" class="scsi" target=4 lun=0;
name="st" class="scsi" target=5 lun=0;
name="st" class="scsi" target=6 lun=0;
You should make a copy of the /kernel/drv/st.conf file before you
modify it. Rather than replace the default entries, you can comment them
out. To do so, place a # character at the beginning of each line of the seven
default entries.
3 Reboot the system with the reconfigure option (boot -r or reboot -- -r).
During the boot process, the system probes all targets in the st.conf file
for devices. It should create device files for all devices it discovers.
4 Verify that the system created the device nodes for all the tape devices by
using the following command:
ls -l /dev/rmt/*cbn

Note: Perform step 5 only if: the host requires SCSI addresses greater than
targets 0 through 6 and LUNs 0 and 1 or the host contains an FCP HBA.

5 Install the new sg driver configuration by invoking the following two

commands:
/usr/bin/rm -f /kernel/drv/sg.conf

/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/driver/sg.install

The NetBackup sg.install script:

■ Installs and loads the sg driver.

■ Copies the /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/driver/sg.conf file to
/kernel/drv/sg.conf.
■ Creates the /dev/sg directory and nodes.
■ Appends the /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/driver/sg.links file to
the /etc/devlink.tab file.
6 Verify that the sg driver finds all of the robots, tape drives, and optical disk
drives.
To configure the devices, see the following:
■ “Configuring robotic controls” on page 82
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Configuring the sg and the st drivers

■ “Configuring tape drives” on page 84

■ “Configuring optical disk drives” on page 87

st.conf file example

The following /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/driver/st.conf file example
shows targets 0-15 and LUNs 0-7.
name="st" class="scsi" target=0 lun=0;

name="st" class="scsi" target=0 lun=1;

name="st" class="scsi" target=0 lun=2;

name="st" class="scsi" target=0 lun=3;

name="st" class="scsi" target=0 lun=4;

name="st" class="scsi" target=0 lun=5;

name="st" class="scsi" target=0 lun=6;

name="st" class="scsi" target=0 lun=7;

name="st" class="scsi" target=1 lun=0;

name="st" class="scsi" target=1 lun=1;

name="st" class="scsi" target=1 lun=2;

<entries omitted for brevity>

name="st" class="scsi" target=15 lun=5;

name="st" class="scsi" target=15 lun=6;

name="st" class="scsi" target=15 lun=7;

sg.conf file example

The following /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/driver/sg.conf file example
shows targets 0-15 and LUNs 0-8. It also includes target entries for three
StorEdge Network Foundation HBA ports.
The sg.build -mt option does not affect FCP targets, but the -ml option does.
The Solaris luxadm command detected three ports (identified by their World
Wide Names). Therefore, the sg.build script created entries for LUNs 0
through 7 for those three ports.
name="sg" class="scsi" target=0 lun=0;

name="sg" class="scsi" target=0 lun=1;

name="sg" class="scsi" target=0 lun=2;

name="sg" class="scsi" target=0 lun=3;

name="sg" class="scsi" target=0 lun=4;

name="sg" class="scsi" target=0 lun=5;

name="sg" class="scsi" target=0 lun=6;

name="sg" class="scsi" target=0 lun=7;

name="sg" class="scsi" target=1 lun=0;

name="sg" class="scsi" target=1 lun=1;

name="sg" class="scsi" target=1 lun=2;

<entries omitted for brevity>

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name="sg" class="scsi" target=15 lun=5;

name="sg" class="scsi" target=15 lun=6;

name="sg" class="scsi" target=15 lun=7;

name="sg" parent="fp" target=0 lun=0 fc-port-wwn="500104f0008d53c3";

name="sg" parent="fp" target=0 lun=1 fc-port-wwn="500104f0008d53c3";

name="sg" parent="fp" target=0 lun=0 fc-port-wwn="500104f0008d53c6";

name="sg" parent="fp" target=0 lun=1 fc-port-wwn="500104f0008d53c6";

name="sg" parent="fp" target=0 lun=0 fc-port-wwn="500104f0008d53c9";

name="sg" parent="fp" target=0 lun=1 fc-port-wwn="500104f0008d53c9";

name="sg" parent="fp" target=0 lun=0 fc-port-wwn="500104f0008d53cc";

name="sg" parent="fp" target=0 lun=1 fc-port-wwn="500104f0008d53cc";

name="sg" parent="fp" target=0 lun=0 fc-port-wwn="500104f0008d53b9";

name="sg" parent="fp" target=0 lun=1 fc-port-wwn="500104f0008d53b9";

name="sg" parent="fp" target=0 lun=0 fc-port-wwn="500104f0008d53c3";

name="sg" parent="fp" target=0 lun=1 fc-port-wwn="500104f0008d53c3";

name="sg" parent="fp" target=0 lun=0 fc-port-wwn="500104f0008d53c6";

name="sg" parent="fp" target=0 lun=1 fc-port-wwn="500104f0008d53c6";

name="sg" parent="fp" target=0 lun=0 fc-port-wwn="500104f0008d53c9";

name="sg" parent="fp" target=0 lun=1 fc-port-wwn="500104f0008d53c9";

name="sg" parent="fp" target=0 lun=0 fc-port-wwn="500104f0008d53cc";

name="sg" parent="fp" target=0 lun=1 fc-port-wwn="500104f0008d53cc";

name="sg" parent="fp" target=0 lun=0 fc-port-wwn="500104f0008d53b9";

name="sg" parent="fp" target=0 lun=1 fc-port-wwn="500104f0008d53b

sg.links file example

The following /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/driver/sg.links file example
shows targets 0-15 and LUNs 0-7. It also includes entries for three StorEdge
Network Foundation HBA ports.
The sg.build -mt option does not affect FCP targets, but the -ml option does.
The Solaris luxadm command detected three ports (identified by their World
Wide Names). Therefore, the sg.build script created entries for LUNs 0
through 7 for those three ports.
# begin SCSA Generic devlinks file - creates nodes in /dev/sg

type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=0,0; sg/c\N0t0l0

type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=0,1; sg/c\N0t0l1

type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=0,2; sg/c\N0t0l2

type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=0,3; sg/c\N0t0l3

type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=0,4; sg/c\N0t0l4

type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=0,5; sg/c\N0t0l5

type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=0,6; sg/c\N0t0l6

type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=0,7; sg/c\N0t0l7

type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=1,0; sg/c\N0t1l0

type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=1,1; sg/c\N0t1l1

<entries omitted for brevity>

type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=f,5; sg/c\N0t15l5

type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=f,6; sg/c\N0t15l6

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type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=f,7; sg/c\N0t15l7

type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=w500104f0008d53c3,0; sg/c\N0t\A1l0

type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=w500104f0008d53c3,1; sg/c\N0t\A1l1

type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=w500104f0008d53c6,0; sg/c\N0t\A1l0

type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=w500104f0008d53c6,1; sg/c\N0t\A1l1

type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=w500104f0008d53c9,0; sg/c\N0t\A1l0

type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=w500104f0008d53c9,1; sg/c\N0t\A1l1

type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=w500104f0008d53cc,0; sg/c\N0t\A1l0

type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=w500104f0008d53cc,1; sg/c\N0t\A1l1

type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=w500104f0008d53b9,0; sg/c\N0t\A1l0

type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=w500104f0008d53b9,1; sg/c\N0t\A1l1

type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=w500104f0008d53c3,0; sg/c\N0t\A1l0

type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=w500104f0008d53c3,1; sg/c\N0t\A1l1

type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=w500104f0008d53c6,0; sg/c\N0t\A1l0

type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=w500104f0008d53c6,1; sg/c\N0t\A1l1

type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=w500104f0008d53c9,0; sg/c\N0t\A1l0

type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=w500104f0008d53c9,1; sg/c\N0t\A1l1

type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=w500104f0008d53cc,0; sg/c\N0t\A1l0

type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=w500104f0008d53cc,1; sg/c\N0t\A1l1

type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=w500104f0008d53b9,0; sg/c\N0t\A1l0

type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=w500104f0008d53b9,1; sg/c\N0t\A1l1

# end SCSA devlinks

Caution: The field separator between the addr=x, y; field and the sg/ field is a
tab. The addr= field uses hexadecimal notation, and the sg/ field uses decimal
values.

Configuring robotic controls

A robotic device in a library moves the media between storage slots and the
drives in the library. NetBackup supports SCSI control and API control of robotic
devices. You must configure the method of robotic control, as follows:
■ To configure SCSI control, see “Configuring SCSI and FCP robotic controls”
on page 82.
■ To configure API control over a LAN, see:
■ “ADIC Automated Media Library (AML)” on page 123
■ “IBM Automated Tape Library (ATL)” on page 137
■ “Sun StorageTek ACSLS robots” on page 155

Configuring SCSI and FCP robotic controls

To communicate with SCSI-controlled robotic peripherals, NetBackup uses the
NetBackup SCSI Generic (sg) driver.
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Before you configure robotic control, you must install and configure the sg
driver. Solaris uses the sg configuration to create the robotic control device files.
For procedures, see:
■ “The NetBackup SCSI pass-through driver sg” on page 75
■ “Configuring the sg and the st drivers” on page 77
If you use device discovery in NetBackup, NetBackup discovers the robotic
control device files in the /dev/sg directory (and hence the devices)
automatically. If you add a robot manually in NetBackup, you must enter the
pathname to the device file.
To display the device files that the sg driver can use, use the sgscan command
with the all parameter. The word “Changer” in the sgscan output identifies
robotic control device files.

Examples of SCSI and FCP robotic control device files

The following is an example of sgscan all output from a host. The examples
refer to this sgscan output.
# /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/sgscan all
/dev/sg/c0t6l0: Cdrom: "TOSHIBA XM-5401TASUN4XCD"
/dev/sg/c1tw500104f0008d53b9l0: Changer: "STK SL500"
/dev/sg/c1tw500104f0008d53c3l0: Tape (/dev/rmt/0): "HP Ultrium 3-SCSI"
/dev/sg/c1tw500104f0008d53c6l0: Tape (/dev/rmt/1): "HP Ultrium 3-SCSI"
/dev/sg/c1tw500104f0008d53c9l0: Tape (/dev/rmt/2): "IBM ULTRIUM-TD3"
/dev/sg/c1tw500104f0008d53ccl0: Tape (/dev/rmt/3): "IBM ULTRIUM-TD3"
/dev/sg/c2t1l0: Changer: "STK SL500"
/dev/sg/c2t2l0: Tape (/dev/rmt/22): "HP Ultrium 3-SCSI"
/dev/sg/c2t3l0: Tape (/dev/rmt/10): "HP Ultrium 3-SCSI"
/dev/sg/c2tal0: Tape (/dev/rmt/18): "IBM ULTRIUM-TD3"
/dev/sg/c2tbl0: Tape (/dev/rmt/19): "IBM ULTRIUM-TD3"
/dev/sg/c3t0l0: Disk (/dev/rdsk/c1t0d0): "FUJITSU MAV2073RCSUN72G"
/dev/sg/c3t3l0: Disk (/dev/rdsk/c1t3d0): "FUJITSU MAV2073RCSUN72G"
You can filter the sgscan output for device types by using other sgscan
options. The following is the sgscan usage statement:
sgscan [all|basic|changer|disk|tape] [conf] [-v]
If you use device discovery in NetBackup, NetBackup discovers the robotic
control device files (and hence the devices) automatically. If you add a robot
manually in NetBackup, you must enter the pathname to the device file.

Example 1 — StorEdge Network Foundation HBA

The robotic control for a Sun StorEdge Network Foundation HBA attached
library is LUN 0 of World Wide Node Name (WWNN) 500104f0008d53b9.
Therefore, the following is the device file pathname:
/dev/sg/c1tw500104f0008d53b9l0

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Example 2 — STK SL500

If the SCSI robotic control for an STK SL500 is SCSI ID 1 of adapter 2, the
following is the device file pathname:
/dev/sg/c2t1l0

Configuring tape drives

NetBackup uses the tape drive device files that support compression, no rewind
on close, and Berkeley style close. The device files are in the /dev/rmt
directory, and they have the following format:
/dev/rmt/IDcbn

Where:
■ ID is the logical drive number as shown by the sgscan command.
■ c indicates compression.
■ b indicates Berkeley-style close.
■ n indicates no rewind on close.
If you use NetBackup device discovery, NetBackup discovers the device files and
hence the devices. If you add a tape drive to a NetBackup configuration
manually, you must specify the pathname to the device file. NetBackup requires
compression, no rewind on close, and Berkeley-style close device files.
To display the tape device files that are configured on your system, use the
NetBackup sgscan command with the tape parameter, as follows:
# /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/sgscan tape
/dev/sg/c1tw500104f0008d53c3l0: Tape (/dev/rmt/0): "HP Ultrium 3-SCSI"
/dev/sg/c1tw500104f0008d53c6l0: Tape (/dev/rmt/1): "HP Ultrium 3-SCSI"
/dev/sg/c1tw500104f0008d53c9l0: Tape (/dev/rmt/2): "IBM ULTRIUM-TD3"
/dev/sg/c1tw500104f0008d53ccl0: Tape (/dev/rmt/3): "IBM ULTRIUM-TD3"
/dev/sg/c2t2l0: Tape (/dev/rmt/22): "HP Ultrium 3-SCSI"
/dev/sg/c2t3l0: Tape (/dev/rmt/10): "HP Ultrium 3-SCSI"
/dev/sg/c2tal0: Tape (/dev/rmt/18): "IBM ULTRIUM-TD3"
/dev/sg/c2tbl0: Tape (/dev/rmt/19): "IBM ULTRIUM-TD3"
The following are examples of device files to use for compression, Berkeley-style
close, and no rewind:
■ For the Ultrium3 SCSI drive at LUN 0 of World Wide Node Name (WWNN)
500104f0008d53c3, the device file pathname is:
/dev/rmt/0cbn

■ For the HP Ultrium3 SCSI drive at SCSI ID 2 of adapter 2, the device file
pathname is:
/dev/rmt/22cbn

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You can show all device types by using the all option. The output can help you
associate tape devices with other SCSI devices that may be configured on the
same adapter. The following is the sgscan usage statement:
sgscan [all|basic|changer|disk|tape] [conf] [-v]

Using Berkeley-style close

NetBackup requires Berkeley-style close for tape drives. Therefore, you must
specify Berkeley-style close for the tape devices that you configure under
NetBackup.
Berkeley-style close and AT&T style close refer to the position of a tape after a
close operation (in relation to a tape mark). One style positions logically before a
tape mark and the other after it. To establish the correct position for the next
tape operation, applications must assume the tape’s position after a close. Some
operating systems allow tape devices to be configured with either type of close.
The letter b in the device file names in the /dev/rmt directory specifies
Berkeley-style close.

No rewind device files

NetBackup requires no rewind on close device files for tape drives.
With no rewind on close, the tape is not rewound after a close operation. It
remains in position for the next write operation.
The letter n in the device file names in the /dev/rmt directory specifies no
rewind on close.

Fast-tape positioning (locate-block)

AIT, DLT, Exabyte, DTF, and half-inch tape drives.
To position a tape to a specific block, NetBackup supports the SCSI

locate-block command. It requires the NetBackup sg driver.

NetBackup uses the locate-block command by default.

Symantec recommends that you do not disable locate-block positioning. If you

need to disable it, execute the following command:

touch /usr/openv/volmgr/database/NO_LOCATEBLOCK

With locate-block positioning disabled, NetBackup uses the

forward-space-file/record method.
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Disabling SPC-2 SCSI reserve

By default, NetBackup uses SPC-2 SCSI reserve and release for tape drive
reservations in shared drive environments. The NetBackup Shared Storage
Option provides shared drive functionality in NetBackup.
Alternatively, you can use SCSI persistent reserve for shared tape drive
reservations in NetBackup, as follows:
■ For the tape drives that support SPC-3 Compatible Reservation Handling
(CRH), you can use SCSI persistent reserve by enabling it in NetBackup. No
special configuration in Solaris is required.
■ For the tape drives that do not support CRH, you must disable SPC-2 SCSI
reserve in Solairs for those drives. After you disable SPC-2 SCSI reserve, you
can use persistent reserve by enabling it in NetBackup. If the drive does not
support CRH and you do not disable SPC-2 SCSI reserve, access attempts to
the drive fail.
To disable SPC-2 SCSI reserve, modify the Solaris st.conf file on the
NetBackup media server. In the tape-config-list section of the st.conf
file, set the ST_NO_RESERVE_RELEASE configuration value (0x20000)in the
appropriate data-property-name entry. For example, the following entry
disables SCSI reserve and release for all tape drives that use the DLT7k-data
configuration values:
DLT7k-data = 1,0x38,0,0x20000,4,0x82,0x83,0x84,0x85,2;

For more information about the st.conf file, see the Solaris st(7D) man page.

For more information about NetBackup and SCSI reservations, see the following:

■ The description of the Enable SCSI Reserve Media host property in the
following:
■ The NetBackup Administrator’s Guide for UNIX and Linux, Volume I
■ The NetBackup Administrator’s Guide for Windows, Volume I
■ The “How NetBackup reserves drives” topic in the following:
■ The NetBackup Administrator’s Guide for UNIX and Linux, Volume II
■ The NetBackup Administrator’s Guide for Windows, Volume II

Configuring nonstandard tape drives

Solaris includes the device drivers that support most standard devices.
To receive the most current support for devices, you should install the latest
Solaris patch for the st driver.
However, if you have a device that Solaris does not support, the device
manufacturer should provide the software to install and administer the device
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properly. In addition, the device vendor should contact Sun Microsystems to add

support for the device to Solaris.

For more information about what you need for unsupported devices, contact the

device vendor. Also see the Solaris devices and file systems documentation.

Configuring optical disk drives

Available on Solaris SPARC only.
When you add an optical disk drive to a NetBackup configuration manually, you
must specify the following device paths:
■ Volume header disk device path (partition 0).
■ Character device path (partition 6).
Optical disk device files are located in the /dev directory and have the following
formats:
■ Volume header device:
/dev/rdsk/cADAPTERtTARGETd0s0

■ Character device:
/dev/rdsk/cADAPTERtTARGETd0s6

Where:
■ ADAPTER is the logical adapter number as shown in the sgscan output.
■ TARGET is the SCSI ID.

To display the disk device files that are configured on your system, use the

sgscan command with the disk parameter:

# /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/sgscan disk

/dev/sg/c0t0l0: (/dev/rdsk/c0t0d0): "IBM DCAS32160SUN2.1G"

/dev/sg/c0t1l0: (/dev/rdsk/c0t1d0): "HP C1113F"

/dev/sg/c0t2l0: (/dev/rdsk/c0t2d0): "HP C1113F"

/dev/sg/c0t5l0: (/dev/rdsk/c0t5d0): "HP C1160F"

/dev/sg/c1t0l0: (/dev/rdsk/c1t0d0): "SONY SMO-F541"

/dev/sg/c1t1l0: (/dev/rdsk/c1t1d0): "SONY SMO-F541"

/dev/sg/c1t2l0: (/dev/rdsk/c1t2d0): "SEAGATE ST11200N SUN1.05"

You can show all device types by using the all option. The output can help you
associate tape devices with other SCSI devices that may be configured on the
same adapter. The following is the sgscan usage statement:
sgscan [all|basic|changer|disk|tape] [conf] [-v]
The following are examples of device files:
■ If the optical disk drive connects to SCSI ID 5 of adapter card 0, the following
are the device file pathnames:
■ Volume header device: /dev/rdsk/c0t5d0s0
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■ Character device: /dev/rdsk/c0t5d0s6

■ If the wanted optical disk drive connects to SCSI ID 0 of S bus 1 adapter card
1, the following are the device file pathnames:
■ Volume header device: /dev/rdsk/c1t0d0s0
■ Character device: /dev/rdsk/c1t0d0s6

Configuring HP optical disk drives

To use stand-alone HP optical disk drives with NetBackup, the sg driver must be
installed (see “The NetBackup SCSI pass-through driver sg” on page 75). Solaris
also must be configured to recognize the optical drives as disk drives at system
boot time.
If you add HP 1.2 GB or equivalent model magneto-optical disk drives, Solaris
may not recognize these as disk drives and therefore cannot use them. See
“Setting the HP optical drive type in nonvolatile memory” on page 88 for more
information.
The Solaris 8 6/00 release introduced volume manager (vold), which attempts
to manage all removable media devices. If vold manages an optical disk,
NetBackup cannot access it.
Edit /etc/vold.conf and comment out the following line:
#use rmdisk drive /dev/rdsk/c*s2 dev_rmdisk.so rmdisk%d
Optical disks then work as they did before this Solaris 8 change.

Setting the HP optical drive type in nonvolatile memory

To use HP optical disk drives, the system must recognize the optical drives as
disk drives at system boot time. If you add HP 1.2 gigabyte or equivalent model
magneto-optical disk drives, the system may not recognize them as disk drives.
The NetBackup sg driver must be installed and configured. If it is not already,
see:
■ “The NetBackup SCSI pass-through driver sg” on page 75
■ “Configuring the sg and the st drivers” on page 77

To configure Solaris to recognize HP optical drives

1 Use the NetBackup scsi_command utility to change the device type (stored
in the drive’s nonvolatile memory) from optical memory to disk. The format
of the command follows.
/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/scsi_command -d /dev/sg/sg_id -disk

sg_id is the logical identifier assigned to the optical disk drive for use by the
sg driver.
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Note: Be sure that you specify the device file for the optical disk drive not
the device file for the robotic control. To determine the correct device file,
see “Configuring SCSI and FCP robotic controls” on page 82.

2 Reboot the system with the reconfigure option (boot -r or reboot -- -r).
During the boot process, the kernel SCSI disk (sd) driver recognizes the
optical drive as a disk drive.

Configuring SAN clients

NetBackup SAN clients use tape drivers and SCSI pass-through methods for
Fibre Transport traffic to NetBackup FT media servers. You must configure the
Solaris operating system so that it recognizes the FT devices on the NetBackup
media servers. To do so, modify the /kernel/drv/st.conf file as follows:
1 Find the tape-config-list= section or create it if it does not exist.
2 Add the following line to the tape-config-list= section:
"ARCHIVE Python", "FT Pipe", "ARCH_04106";
An ARCHIVE Python line that contains ARCH_04106 may exist in the
st.conf file already. However, it should begin with a comment character
(#). If it does not, add a comment character to the beginning of the existing
line.

Note: Symantec owns the ARCHIVE brand name and Python product name.
Therefore, st.conf file changes to Archive Python do not affect an
existing tape drive product.

3 Find the line that begins with ARCH_04106, copy it, and paste it after the
tape-config-list= line. Delete the comment character (#) from the
beginning of the line. The following is an example of the line:
ARCH_04106 = 1, 0x2C, 0, 0x09639, 4, 0x00, 0x8C, 0x8c, 0x8C, 3;
Modify the /kernel/drv/st.conf so Solaris discovers devices on two LUNS
as follows:
1 Find the following line in the st.conf file:
name="st" class="scsi" target=0 lun=0;
2 Replace that line and the following lines through target 5 with the following.
This modifies the st.conf file to include searches on non-zero LUNs.
name="st" class="scsi" target=0 lun=0;
name="st" class="scsi" target=0 lun=1;

name="st" class="scsi" target=1 lun=0;

name="st" class="scsi" target=1 lun=1;

name="st" class="scsi" target=2 lun=0;

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name="st" class="scsi" target=2 lun=1;

name="st" class="scsi" target=3 lun=0;

name="st" class="scsi" target=3 lun=1;

name="st" class="scsi" target=4 lun=0;

name="st" class="scsi" target=4 lun=1;

name="st" class="scsi" target=5 lun=0;

name="st" class="scsi" target=5 lun=1;

name="st" parent="fp" target=0;

name="st" parent="fp" target=1;

name="st" parent="fp" target=2;

name="st" parent="fp" target=3;

name="st" parent="fp" target=4;

name="st" parent="fp" target=5;

name="st" parent="fp" target=6;

The media server FT devices appear as ARCHIVE Python tape devices during
SCSI inquiry on the SAN client. However, they are not tape devices and do not
appear as tape devices in NetBackup device discovery.

Command summary
The following is a summary of commands that may be useful when you
configure and verify devices. See the procedures in this chapter for examples of
their usage.
/usr/sbin/modinfo | grep sg

Displays whether or not the sg driver is installed.

/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/driver/sg.install

Installs the sg driver or updates the sg driver.

/usr/sbin/rem_drv sg

Uninstalls the sg driver. This command usually is not necessary because

sg.install uninstalls the old driver before it upgrades a driver update.
/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/sg.build all -mt max_target -ml max_lun
Updates st.conf, sg.conf, and sg.links, and generates SCSI Target
IDs with multiple LUNs.
/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/sgscan all

Scans all connected devices with an SCSI inquiry and provides correlation
between physical and the logical devices that use all device files in
/dev/sg.
Also checks for the devices that are connected to the Sun StorEdge Network
Foundation HBA that are not configured for use by Symantec products.
/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/scsi_command -d /dev/sg/sg_id -disk

Changes the device type (stored in the drive’s nonvolatile memory) from
optical memory to disk.
sg_id is the logical identifier assigned to the optical disk drive for use by the
sg driver. For information about how to determine the logical identifier, see
“Configuring SCSI and FCP robotic controls” on page 82.
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boot -r or reboot -- -r
Reboot the system with the reconfigure option (-r). The kernel’s SCSI disk
(sd) driver then recognizes the drive as a disk drive during system
initialization.
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 Chapter 6
Tru64
This chapter explains how to configure drivers and device files to use storage

devices with NetBackup on HP Tru64 systems.

After you configure the hardware, add the robots and the drives to NetBackup.

The major topics are as follows:

■ “Before you start” on page 94

■ “Configuring robotic controls” on page 94

■ “Configuring tape drives” on page 95

■ “Command summary” on page 101

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Before you start

Observe the following points when you configure the operating system:
■ Verify that NetBackup supports your server platform and devices. The
Symantec support Web site contains server platform compatibility
information. For the compatibility information, see the Compatibility List
for NetBackup Server or NetBackup Enterprise Server. The following is the
URL:
http://entsupport.symantec.com

■ NetBackup issues SCSI pass-through commands to the devices in a

configuration. For NetBackup to discover and communicate with connected
devices, the properly named device files must exist. For details, see:
■ “Configuring robotic controls” on page 94
■ “Configuring tape drives” on page 95

The operating system creates all device files automatically.

■ Use /sbin/hwmgr to verify that the devices are configured correctly. For
the shared storage options, ensure that the operating system detects the
devices on the SAN before you install and configure the option.

Configuring robotic controls

A robotic device in a library moves the media between storage slots and the
drives in the library. NetBackup supports SCSI control and API control of robotic
devices. You must configure the method of robotic control, as follows:
■ To configure SCSI control, see “Configuring SCSI robotic controls” on
page 94.
■ To configure API control over a LAN, see:
■ “ADIC Automated Media Library (AML)” on page 123
■ “IBM Automated Tape Library (ATL)” on page 137
■ “Sun StorageTek ACSLS robots” on page 155

Configuring SCSI robotic controls

Read this topic if you plan to use a robotic storage device that is controlled
through an SCSI robotic connection. For supported SCSI robots (vendor models),
see the Symantec support Web site.
To communicate with SCSI-controlled robotic peripherals, NetBackup uses the
SCSI pass-through capability of the media changer driver. The driver is included
in Tru64 by default; therefore, you do not have to change the kernel.
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Creating SCSI robotic control device files

NetBackup requires that device files from the /dev/changer directory are used
to configure SCSI robotic control. The operating system creates the device files
at boot time.
To display the devices that are available on the system, use the following
command:
# hwmgr -view devices

HWID: Device Name Mfg Model Location

--------------------------------------------------------------
3: /dev/kevm

34: /dev/disk/floppy0c 3.5in floppy fdi0-unit-0

55: /dev/disk/cdrom0c COMPAQ CDR-8435 bus-1-targ-0-lun-0

56: /dev/disk/dsk0c DEC RZ2DD-KS (C) DEC bus-2-targ-0-lun-0

57: /dev/disk/dsk1c DEC RZ2DD-KS (C) DEC bus-2-targ-1-lun-0

58: /dev/disk/dsk2c DEC RZ2DD-KS (C) DEC bus-2-targ-2-lun-0

70: /dev/changer/mc0 C6280-4000 bus-2-targ-3-lun-0

71: /dev/ntape/tape6 Quantum DLT4000 bus-2-targ-4-lun-0

The hwmgr command output shows an HP C6280 robot that is connected on bus
2 at SCSI ID 3, LUN 0. The corresponding device file is /dev/changer/mc0.
Specify this file and path when you configure the device in NetBackup.

Configuring tape drives

A standard tape drive is one that is defined in the ddr.dbase database.
Read the following topics if you plan to use standard tape drives:

Fast-tape positioning (locate-block)

For most drive types, NetBackup supports the SCSI locate-block command

for positioning a tape to a specific block.

NetBackup uses the locate-block command by default unless you disable it

by executing the following:

touch /usr/openv/volmgr/database/NO_LOCATEBLOCK

With locate-block positioning disabled, NetBackup uses the

forward-space-file/record method of tape positioning.

Adding standard tape drives

NetBackup requires that no rewind on close device files are used to configure
tape drives. The operating system creates the device files at boot time. The
device files are located in the /dev/ntape directory and have the following
format:
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/dev/ntape/tapeID_dDENSITY

Where:
■ ID is the identification number of the tape device.
■ Values for DENSITY can be 0 - 7. Typically, 1 (for high density) is used.
To display the devices that are available on the system, use the following
command:
# hwmgr -view devices

HWID: Device Name Mfg Model Location

--------------------------------------------------------------
3: /dev/kevm

34: /dev/disk/floppy0c 3.5in floppy fdi0-unit-0

55: /dev/disk/cdrom0c COMPAQ CDR-8435 bus-1-targ-0-lun-0

56: /dev/disk/dsk0c DEC RZ2DD-KS (C) DEC bus-2-targ-0-lun-0

57: /dev/disk/dsk1c DEC RZ2DD-KS (C) DEC bus-2-targ-1-lun-0

58: /dev/disk/dsk2c DEC RZ2DD-KS (C) DEC bus-2-targ-2-lun-0

70: /dev/changer/mc0 C6280-4000 bus-2-targ-3-lun-0

71: /dev/ntape/tape6 Quantum DLT4000 bus-2-targ-4-lun-0

The hwmgr command output shows a Quantum DLT 4000 tape drive that
connected on bus 2 at SCSI ID 4, LUN 0. The corresponding device file is
/dev/ntape/tape6.
After you add a density suffix of _d1 (for high density), the device file name is
/dev/ntape/tape6_d1. Specify this file and path when you configure the
device in NetBackup.

Adding nonstandard tape drives

A nonstandard tape drive is one that the operating system does not recognize. If
the drive is not defined in the ddr.dbase database, Tru64 cannot recognize.
To determine if the drive is a standard supported drive, Symantec recommends
that you examine the /etc/ddr.dbase file. If the drive is not in the file, you
must manually configure the device and its drivers in the kernel by using the
Tru64 ddr_config command. For the /etc/ddr.dbase file entry, use one of
the examples later in this section of contact the drive vendor for the entry
details.
Database example entries are provided for the following drive types:
■ HP LTO
■ Seagate LTO
■ STK 9840
■ STK T10000
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Some types of tape drives require changes to the kernel before you can use them
on Tru64.

To change the kernel

Refer to the following man pages for more information on Dynamic Device
Recognition (DDR):
■ ddr.dbase(4)
■ ddr_config(8)
1 Add the appropriate device-specific entries to the /etc/ddr.dbase file.
For more information, see “Device-specific entry for HP Ultrium 448, 460,
920, and 960” on page 97 and the other device entries that follow.
2 Compile the /etc/ddr.dbase file by using the ddr_config (Dynamic
Device Recognition) utility to create the ddr.db file.

Device-specific entry for HP Ultrium 448, 460, 920, and 960

#

# Matches "Ultrium"

Type = tape

Name = "HP" "Ultrium"

PARAMETERS:

TypeSubClass = lto # Linear Tape Open

BLockSize = 262144

TagQueueDepth = 0

MaxTransferSize = 0xffffff # (16MB - 1)

ReadyTimeSeconds = 120 # seconds

SyncTransfers = enabled

WideTransfers = enabled

InquiryLength = 0x20

DENSITY:

DensityNumber = 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7

OneFileMarkOnClose = yes

DensityCode = 0x42

Blocking = 0

CompressionCode = 1

Buffered = 1

Speed = 0

# Ultrium mode select parameters for rewind after reset behavior

MODESELECT:

ModeSelectNumber = 0

SavePage = No

PageFormat = scsi2

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BlockDescriptor = yes

TransferLength = 16

Hdr.Tape.BufferMode = 0x1

Hdr.MediumType = 0

Data.UBYTE[0] = 0x3D #Vendor Unique Page Code 0x3D

Data.UBYTE[1] = 0x02

Data.UBYTE[2] = 0x01

Data.UBYTE[3] = 0x00

Device-specific entry for HP Ultrium 230e

SCSIDEVICE

Type = tape

Name = "HP " "Ultrium"

PARAMETERS:

MaxTransferSize = 0xffffff

ReadyTimeSeconds = 0x2d

InquiryLength = 0x20

DENSITY:

DensityNumber = 0

OneFileMarkOnClose = yes

DensityCode = 0x00

Blocking = 0

CompressionCode = 0x0

Buffered = 0x1

DENSITY:

DensityNumber = 1

OneFileMarkOnClose = yes

DensityCode = 0x00

Blocking = 0

CompressionCode = 0x1

Buffered = 0x1

Device-specific entry for Seagate Viper 200 - LTO

SCSIDEVICE

Type = tape

Name = "SEAGATE" "ULTRIUM"

PARAMETERS:

TypeSubClass = tk

TagQueueDepth = 0

MaxTransferSize = 0x0ffffff # (16MB - 1)

ReadyTimeSeconds = 180 # seconds

CMD_PreventAllow = supported

CMD_ExtReserveRelease = supported

BlockSize = 0

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PwrMgmt_Capable = false

DENSITY:

DensityNumber = 0,2,3,4,5,6,7

DensityCode = default

CompressionCode = 0x0

Buffered = 0x1

DENSITY:

DensityNumber = 1

DensityCode = default

CompressionCode = 0x1

Buffered = 0x1

Device-specific entry for STK 9840

SCSIDEVICE

Type = tape

Stype = 2

Name = "STK" "9840"

PARAMETERS:

TypeSubClass = 3480

BlockSize = 0

MaxTransferSize = 0x40000 # 256k

SyncTransfers = enabled

WideTransfers = enabled

Disconnects = enabled

CmdReordering = disabled

TaggedQueuing = disabled

TagQueueDepth = 0

WCE_Capable = false

PwrMgmt_Capable = false

LongTimeoutRetry = disabled

ReadyTimeSeconds = 240

DisperseQueue = false

CMD_PreventAllow = supported

CMD_ExtReserveRelease = supported

DENSITY:

# /dev/tape/tapeX_d0, _d4

DensityNumber = 0,4

DensityCode = 0x42

CompressionCode = 0

Buffered = 0x1

DENSITY:

# /dev/tape/tapeX_d1, _d5

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DensityNumber = 1,5

DensityCode = 0x42

CompressionCode = 1

DENSITY:

# /dev/tape/tapeX_d2, _d6

DensityNumber = 2,6

DensityCode = 0x43

CompressionCode = 0

Buffered = 0x1

Device-specific entry for STK T10000

SCSIDEVICE

# STK T10000

Type = tape

Name = "STK" "T10000"

PARAMETERS:

TypeSubClass = 3480

MaxTransferSize = 0x40000 #256k

SyncTransfers = enabled

WideTransfers = enabled

Disconnects = enabled

CmdReordering = disabled

TaggedQueuing = disabled

TagQueueDepth = 0

WCE_Capable = false

PwrMgmt_Capable = false

LongTimeoutRetry = disabled

ReadyTimeSeconds = 240

DisperseQueue = false

CMD_PreventAllow = supported

CMD_ExtReserveRelease = supported

DENSITY:

# /dev/tape/tapeX_d0, _d4

DensityNumber = 0,4

DensityCode = 0x4a # default setting

CompressionCode = 0

Buffered = 0x1

DENSITY:

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Command summary

# /dev/tape/tapeX_d1
#
DensityNumber = 1
DensityCode = Default # default setting
CompressionCode = 1
Buffered = 0x1
#
DENSITY:
#
# /dev/tape/tapeX_d2, _d6
#
DensityNumber = 2,6
DensityCode = 0x4a # default for T10000
CompressionCode = 0
Buffered = 0x1
#
DENSITY:
#
# /dev/tape/tapeX_d3, _d7
#
DensityNumber = 3,7
DensityCode = 0x4a # default for T10000
CompressionCode = 1
Buffered = 0x1

Command summary
The following is a summary of commands that may be useful when you
configure and verify devices. See the procedures in this chapter for usage
examples.
hwmgr -view devices

Displays all devices on the system.

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 Chapter 7
Windows
This chapter explains how to configure storage devices and install tape device
drivers for use with NetBackup on a platform running a supported Microsoft
Windows version. For supported Windows versions, see the NetBackup Release
Notes.
After configuring the hardware, use one of the available NetBackup
configuration interfaces to add the drives and robots to your NetBackup
configuration
The main topics included in this chapter are the following:
■ “Before you start” on page 104
■ “Installing tape device drivers on 32-bit servers” on page 105
■ “Installing tape device drivers on 64-bit servers” on page 106
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Before you start

Before you start

Observe the following points when performing the configurations described in

this chapter:
■ The Symantec support web site (http://entsupport.symantec.com)
contains server platform compatibility information for a number of vendors
and products (see the NetBackup Product > Compatibility area of the site).
Verify that your server platform is supported before configuring devices.
■ For NetBackup to recognize and communicate with connected devices and
for device discovery to discover devices, NetBackup issues SCSI
pass-through commands to the devices in a configuration.
A tape driver must exist for each tape device. Attached devices appear in
the registry.
■ Use the Microsoft Windows device applications to verify that the devices are
configured correctly. The device applications available on your server may
differ depending on your Windows operating system. Make sure that
Windows detects the devices on the SAN before you configure the
NetBackup Shared Storage Option.
■ If you have multiple devices connected to a fibre bridge, Windows may only
see one LUN. This will normally be the device with the lowest-ordered LUN.
This limitation occurs because of the default install settings for the device
driver for some fibre channel HBAs. See your vendor documentation to
verify the settings.
■ To configure API robot control over a LAN, see:
■ “ADIC Automated Media Library (AML)” on page 123
■ “IBM Automated Tape Library (ATL)” on page 137
■ “Sun StorageTek ACSLS robots” on page 155

Attaching devices to a Windows system

The following steps describe a general method for attaching devices to a
Windows media server. The Microsoft Windows device applications available on
the server that you use in these steps may differ depending on your Windows
operating system.

To attach devices to a Windows system

1 Use the appropriate Windows application to obtain information on any
currently attached SCSI devices.
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Installing tape device drivers on 32-bit servers

2 If you attach a new robotic library or drive to a NetBackup media server,

follow the vendor’s instructions for attaching the device.
Shut down the server and physically attach the supported device, ensuring
that SCSI targets and termination settings are consistent with adapter card
and peripheral vendor recommendations.
3 Reboot the server and answer the prompts for adapter card peripheral
configuration options. Watch the display to ensure that the adapter card
recognizes the attached peripherals.
4 If you add drives, install the tape drivers and use the appropriate Windows
application to verify that the drive was recognized.
Symantec recommends that you install the Symantec Device Drivers for
Veritas NetBackup Windows Servers for 32-bit computers.

Installing tape device drivers on 32-bit servers

Symantec recommends that you install the Symantec Device Drivers for Veritas

NetBackup Windows Servers.

The NetBackup installation media includes the device driver installer.

Alternatively, you can download the latest 32-bit tape drivers and installer from

the Symantec support site. To run the installer, NetBackup must be installed.

When you install NetBackup for the first time, Symantec recommends that you

install the device drivers for your storage device after you install NetBackup

software and before you configure NetBackup.

If you are upgrading NetBackup, you can install the latest tape device drivers

before you upgrade NetBackup.

To download the Symantec device driver installer

1 Go to the Symantec support web site:
http://entsupport.symantec.com

2 Search on the keywords Symantec Device Drivers for Veritas NetBackup

Windows Servers.
3 Download the tape driver installer.

To install the Symantec device drivers from the NetBackup installation media
1 Log in as Administrator on the server on which NetBackup is installed.
2 Insert the NetBackup CD-ROM into the drive.
On Windows systems with AutoPlay enabled for CD-ROM drives, the
NetBackup installation browser starts automatically.
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Installing tape device drivers on 64-bit servers

On Windows systems that have AutoPlay for CD-ROM drives disabled, run
Launch.exe from the top-level directory on the CD-ROM.
3 In the NetBackup CD Browser, click Additional Products > Additional
Product Installations > NetBackup Tape Device Drivers.
4 In the Symantec Device Driver Installer wizard, follow the prompts to install
device drivers for your storage device.
On the Choosing tape drivers screen of the wizard, select Use Symantec
tape drivers for all supported tape devices and Use Plug and Play drivers.
Use the More Information button for explanations of the available choices.
5 On the Installing Symantec drivers screen of the wizard, a warning message
may be displayed when the device drivers are installed indicating that the
driver has not been Windows Logo tested to verify its compatibility with
Windows.
The warning is a standard Microsoft Windows warning. System and driver
performance will not be affected, and you can safely ignore the message.
Symantec tests and digitally signs the Veritas device drivers.
6 After completing the wizard, reboot the system.
The drivers are installed in the following Windows directory.
C:\WINNT\system32\drivers

To determine the version of a device driver

The drivers are installed in the following Windows directory:
C:\WINNT\system32\drivers

The device driver files do not have a version number. To determine the version
of a device driver file, use the Modified date found in the file Properties dialog
(right click on the driver file name).

Installing tape device drivers on 64-bit servers

Symantec does not provide device drivers for 64-bit servers. Contact Microsoft
or the tape drive vendor to obtain drivers for 64-bit servers.
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II
Robotic storage devices

■ “Robot overview” on page 109

■ “ADIC Automated Media Library (AML)” on page 123

■ “IBM Automated Tape Library (ATL)” on page 137

■ “Sun StorageTek ACSLS robots” on page 155

■ “Device configuration examples” on page 177

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 Chapter 8
Robot overview
A robot is a peripheral device that mounts and unmounts media in tape or
optical disk drives. NetBackup uses robotic control software to communicate
with the robot firmware.

NetBackup robot types

NetBackup classifies robots according to one or more of the following
characteristics:
■ The communication method the robotic control software uses; SCSI and API
are the two main methods.
■ The physical characteristics of the robot. Library usually refers to a larger
robot, in terms of slot capacity or number of drives. Stacker usually refers to
a robot with one drive and low media capacity (6 - 12 media slots).
■ The media type commonly used by that class of robots. HCART (1/2-inch
cartridge tape) and 8 mm are examples of media types.
Table 8-1 lists the NetBackup robot types, with drive and slot limits for each
type.
Visit the Symantec support web site to determine which robot type applies to
the model of robot that you use.

Table 8-1 NetBackup robot types

Robot type Description Drive limits Slot limits Note

ACS Automated Cartridge 1680a No limit API control

System

ODL Optical Disk Library 12 490 SCSI control

TL4 Tape Library 4mm 2 15 SCSI control

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Table 8-1 NetBackup robot types (Continued)

Robot type Description Drive limits Slot limits Note

TL8 Tape Library 8mm No limit 16000 SCSI control

TLD Tape Library DLT No limit 16000 SCSI control

TLH Tape Library Half-inch 256 No limit API control

TLM Tape Library Multimedia 250 No limit API control

TSH Tape Stacker Half-inch 1 10 SCSI control

a.Drive limit determined by the ACS Library Software host

For more information about each robot type, see “Robot attributes” on page 112.

NetBackup media types

NetBackup uses media types to differentiate the media that have different
physical characteristics. Each media type may represent a specific physical
media type; for example, NetBackup media type of 8MM, 8MM2, or 8MM3 can
represent Sony AIT media.
The NetBackup media types are also known as Media Manager media types.
dTable 8-2escribes the NetBackup media types.

Table 8-2 NetBackup media types

Media type Description

HCART 1/2 inch cartridge tape

HCART2 1/2 inch cartridge tape 2

HCART3 1/2 inch cartridge tape 3

HC_CLN 1/2 inch cleaning tape

HC2_CLN 1/2 inch cleaning tape 2

HC3_CLN 1/2 inch cleaning tape 3

QCART 1/4 inch cartridge tape

4MM 4MM cartridge tape

4MM_CLN 4MM cleaning tape

8MM 8MM cartridge tape

8MM2 8MM cartridge tape 2

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NetBackup media types

Table 8-2 NetBackup media types (Continued)

Media type Description

8MM3 8MM cartridge tape 3

8MM_CLN 8MM cleaning tape

8MM2_CLN 8MM cleaning tape 2

8MM3_CLN 8MM cleaning tape 3

DLT DLT cartridge tape

DLT2 DLT cartridge tape 2

DLT3 DLT cartridge tape 3

DLT_CLN DLT cleaning tape

DLT2_CLN DLT cleaning tape 2

DLT3_CLN DLT cleaning tape 3

DTF DTF cartridge tape

DTF_CLN DTF cleaning tape

REWR_OPT Rewritable optical disk

WORM_OPT WORM optical disk

Alternate media types

.Alternate media types let you define more than one type of tape in the same
library, and you want to differentiate between them. The following are examples
of alternate media types:
■ 8MM, 8MM2, 8MM3
■ DLT, DLT2, DLT3
■ HCART, HCART2, HCART3
For example, if a robot has DLT4000 and DLT7000 drives, you can specify the
following:
■ DLT media type for the DLT4000 tapes
■ DLT2 media type for the DLT7000 tapes
NetBackup then does not load a tape that was written in a DLT4000 drive into a

DLT7000 drive and vice versa.

The drive types must be configured by using the same NetBackup convention.

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Robot attributes

(When you configure devices in NetBackup, you specify the default media type

to use in each drive type.)

In a robot, all of the volumes (of a specific vendor media type) must be the same

NetBackup media type. For example, for a TLH robot that contains 3490E media,

you can assign either NetBackup HCART, HCART2, or HCART3 media type to

that media. You cannot assign HCART to some of the media and HCART2 (or

HCART3) to other of the media.

Robot attributes
NetBackup configures and controls robots differently depending on the robot
type. The following tables list the attributes that dictate how these robot types
differ.
For more detailed information about supported devices, firmware levels, and
platforms, see the NetBackup release notes or visit the Veritas support web site.

ACS robots
ACS robots are supported on NetBackup Enterprise Server only.
Unlike other robot types, Netbackup does not track slot locations for the media
in ACS robots. The ACS library software tracks slot locations and reports them
to NetBackup.
Table 8-3 describes the ACS robot attributes.

Table 8-3 ACS robot attributes

Attribute NetBackup Enterprise Server

API robot Yes

SCSI control No

LAN control Yes

Remote Robot control No. Each host that has ACS drives that are attached to it
has robotic control.

NDMP support Yes

Shared drives support Yes

Drive cleaning support No. The ACS library software manges drive cleaning.

Media access port support Yes, for eject only.

NetBackup tracks slots No

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Robot attributes

Table 8-3 ACS robot attributes (Continued)

Attribute NetBackup Enterprise Server

Media type support DLT, DLT2, DLT3, HCART, HCART2, and HCART3.

Hosts Supported Windows, UNIX, and Linux.

Windows servers require STK LibAttach software. See the
Veritas support web site for the latest compatibility
information and obtain the appropriate LibAttach software
from STK.

Barcode Support Yes. Depends on ACS library software to obtain NetBackup

media IDs.
Barcodes must be the same as the media ID (1 to 6
characters).

Robot Examples STK 97xx, STK L180, STK L700, and STK Powderhorn Silo.

ODL robots
Table 8-4 describes the optical disk library attributes.

Table 8-4 ODL robot attributes

Attribute NetBackup Server and NetBackup Enterprise Server

API robot No

SCSI control Yes

LAN control No

Remote robot control No

NDMP support No

Shared drives support No

Drive cleaning support No

Media access port support Yes

NetBackup tracks slots Yes

Media type support REWR_OPT and WORM_OPT

Hosts supported UNIX. Not all UNIX operating systems are supported; see
the NetBackup support web site.

Barcode support No, but the robot has inventory capability and can report if
a slot in the robot contains media.
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Robot attributes

Table 8-4 ODL robot attributes (Continued)

Attribute NetBackup Server and NetBackup Enterprise Server

Robot examples HP Optical Disk Libraries and HP SureStore Optical

Libraries.

TL4 robots
Table 8-5 describes the tape library 4mm attributes:

Table 8-5 TL4 robot attributes

Attribute NetBackup Server NetBackup Enterprise Server

API robot No No

SCSI control Yes Yes

LAN control Not Applicable No

Remote robot control Not Applicable No

NDMP support No No

Shared drives support Not Applicable No

Drive cleaning support Yes Yes

Media access port support No No

NetBackup tracks slots Yes Yes

Media type support 4MM 4MM

Hosts supported Windows, UNIX, and Windows, UNIX, and Linux

Linux

Barcode support No, but the robot has inventory capability and can report
whether a slot in the robot contains media.

Robot examples ADIC 4mm DAT Autochanger and HP DAT Autoloader.

TL8 robots
Table 8-6 describes the tape library 8mm attributes:

Table 8-6 TL8 robot attributes

Attribute NetBackup Server NetBackup Enterprise Server

API robot No No
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Robot attributes

Table 8-6 TL8 robot attributes (Continued)

Attribute NetBackup Server NetBackup Enterprise Server

SCSI control Yes Yes

LAN control Not Applicable No

Remote robot control Not Applicable Yes

NDMP support Yes Yes

Shared drives support Not Applicable Yes

Drive cleaning support Yes Yes

Media access port support Yes Yes

NetBackup tracks slots Yes Yes

Media type support 8MM, 8MM2, 8MM3 8MM, 8MM2, 8MM3

Hosts supported Windows, UNIX, and Windows, UNIX, and Linux

Linux

Barcode support Yes. Barcodes can be from 1 to 16 characters. The Media

Manager media ID is six or fewer characters.

Robot examples IBM 7331, Qualstar 46120, ADIC Scalar 100 AIT, ADIC Scalar
1000 AIT, Overland Data LoaderXpress, and Exabyte X200.

TLD robots
Table 8-7 describes the tape library DLT attributes:

Table 8-7 TLD robot attributes

Attribute NetBackup Server NetBackup Enterprise Server

API robot No No

SCSI control Yes Yes

LAN control Not Applicable No

Remote robot control Not Applicable Yes

NDMP support Yes Yes

Shared drives support Not Applicable Yes

Drive cleaning support Yes Yes

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Table 8-7 TLD robot attributes (Continued)

Attribute NetBackup Server NetBackup Enterprise Server

Media access port Yes Yes

support

NetBackup tracks slots Yes Yes

Hosts supported Windows, UNIX, and Windows, UNIX, and Linux.

Linux.

Media type support DLT, DLT2, DLT3, DTF, 8MM, 8MM2, 8MM3, QIC, HCART,
HCART2, HCART3

Barcode support Yes. Barcodes can be from 1 to 16 characters in length. The

Media Manager media ID is six or fewer characters.

Robot examples ADIC Scalar 1000 DLT, ATL D7000, STK L Series, and
Overland Data Neo series

TLH robots
TLH robots are supported on NetBackup Enterprise Server only.
Table 8-8 describes the tape library half-inch attributes:
Table 8-8 TLH robot attributes

Attribute NetBackup Enterprise Server

API robot Yes

SCSI control No

LAN control Yes

Remote robot control Yes

NDMP support Yes

Shared drives support Yes

Drive cleaning support No. The robotic library manages drive cleaning.

Media access port support Yes

NetBackup tracks slots No

Media type support HCART, HCART2, HCART3

Hosts supported Windows, UNIX, and Linux.

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Robot attributes

Table 8-8 TLH robot attributes (Continued)

Attribute NetBackup Enterprise Server

Barcode support Yes. Depends on IBM ATL software to obtain the Media
Manager media ID.
Barcodes must be the same as the media ID (1 to 6
characters).

Robot examples IBM 3494 and IBM VTS

TLM robots
TLM robots are supported on NetBackup Enterprise Server only.
Table 8-9 describes the tape library multimedia attributes:
Table 8-9 TLM robot attributes

Attribute NetBackup Enterprise Server

API robot Yes

SCSI control No

LAN control Yes

Remote robot control No. Each server that has TLM drives that are attached
to it has robotic control.

NDMP support No

Shared drives support Yes

Drive cleaning support Yes

Media access port support Yes

NetBackup tracks slots No

Media type support 4MM, 8MM, 8MM2, 8MM3, DLT, DLT2, DLT3, DTF,
HCART, HCART2, HCART3, REWR_OPT (HP9000-800
only), WORM_OPT (HP9000-800 only).

Hosts supported Windows, UNIX, and Linux

Barcode support Yes. Depends on DAS/SDLC software to obtain the

Media Manager media ID.
Barcodes must be the same as the media ID (1 to 6
characters).

Robot examples ADIC AML/J, ADIC AML/S, and ADIC Scalar 10000.
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Table-driven robotics

TSH robots
Table 8-10 describes the tape stacker half-inch attributes:
Table 8-10 TSH robot attributes

Attribute NetBackup Server NetBackup Enterprise Server

API robot No No

SCSI control Yes Yes

LAN control Not Applicable No

Remote robot control Not Applicable No

NDMP support No No

Shared drives support Not Applicable No

Drive cleaning support Yes Yes

Media access port Yes Yes

support

NetBackup tracks slots Yes Yes

Media type support HCART, HCART2, HCART3.

Hosts supported UNIX. Not all operating UNIX systems are supported. See the
NetBackup support web site.

Barcode support No, but the robot has inventory capability and can report
whether a slot in a robot contains media.

Robot examples IBM 3590 B11 Autoloader. IBM 3590 E11.

Table-driven robotics
Table-driven robotics provides support for new robotic library devices without
the need to modify any library control binary files. This feature uses a device
mapping file for supported robots and drives.
You may be able to add support for new or upgraded devices without waiting for
a maintenance patch from Symantec. The device mapping file includes the
information that relates to the operation and control of libraries. Therefore, you
can download an updated mapping file to obtain support for newly
NetBackup-certified devices.
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Robotic test utilities

Robotic test utilities

You can use robotic test utilities for testing robots already configured in
NetBackup. Invoke the test utilities as follows:
■ /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/robtest (UNIX and Linux)
■ install_path\VERITAS\volmgr\bin\robtest.exe (Windows)
From each test utility, you can obtain a list of available test commands by
entering a question mark (?).
The following point applies only to NetBackup Enterprise Server.
Use the drstat command to determine the drive addressing parameters for
ACS, TLH, and TLM robot types. This command is available in the robotic test
utilities for these robot types. NetBackup addresses drives as follows:
■ For ACS robot types, by ACS, LSM, Panel, and Drive number
■ For TLH robot types, by the IBM device number
■ For TLM robot types, by the DAS/SDLC drive name
■ For other robot types, by the robot drive number

Note: The robtest utility is provided “as is” for customer convenience;
Symantec does not provide support for robtest.

Robotic processes
A NetBackup robotic process and possibly a robotic control process exist on a
NetBackup media server for each robot that you install:
■ Every media server that has a drive in a robotic library has a robotic process
for that robotic library. The robotic process receives requests from the
NetBackup Device Manager (ltid) and sends necessary information
directly to the robotics or to a robotic control process.
■ Robotic control processes exist only for the robot types that support library
sharing (or robot sharing).
When the NetBackup Device Manager service (Windows) or Media Manager
Device daemon (UNIX and Linux) starts on a media server, it starts the robotic
processes and the robotic control processes for all of the robots that are
configured on that host. When the service or daemon stops, the robotic
processes and the robotic control processes stop.
The Daemons (UNIX and Linux) tab or Services (Windows) tab of the NetBackup
Activity Monitor has commands to start and stop this daemon or service. You
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Robotic processes

can also start and stop this daemon or service by using the Device Monitor
Actions menu or the Media and Device Management Actions menu. In addition,
the NetBackup Commands for UNIX and Linux and NetBackup Commands for
Windows guide describes commands to control the robotic processes that run on
Windows media servers.
When a robotic process or robotic control process is active, the NetBackup
Activity Monitor Processes tab shows it in the UP state or DOWN state. When a
connection is made to the appropriate robotic library, the corresponding
process is in the UP state. It mount or unmount tapes (or platters). If the
connection cannot be made or errors exist, the process changes to the DOWN
state. In the DOWN state, the process still runs, and it returns to the UP state
when the connection is made or problems no longer exist.

Processes by robot type

Table 8-11 describes the robotic processes and robotic control processes for
each robot type.

Table 8-11 Robotic processes and robotic control processes

Robot type Process Description

Automated acsd The NetBackup ACS daemon acsd provides robotic control
Cartridge to mount and dismount volumes. It also requests
System (ACS) inventories of the volumes that are under the control of
ACS library software.

acssela The NetBackup ACS storage server interface (SSI) event

logger acssel logs events.

acsssi1 The NetBackup ACS storage server interface (SSI) acsssi

communicates with the ACS library software host. acsssi
processes all RPC communications from acsd or from the
ACS robotic test utility that are intended for the ACS
library software.

Tape Library tldd The Tape Library DLT daemon tldd runs on a NetBackup
DLT (TLD) server that has a drive in the Tape Library DLT. This
process receives NetBackup Device Manager requests to
mount and unmount volumes, and sends these requests
to the robotic-control process, tldcd.

tldcd The Tape Library DLT Control daemon tldcd

communicates with the Tape Library DLT robotics
through an SCSI interface.
For library sharing, tldcd runs on the NetBackup server
that has the robotic control.
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Table 8-11 Robotic processes and robotic control processes (Continued)

Robot type Process Description

Tape Library tl4d The Tape Library 4MM daemon tl4d runs on the host that
4MM (TL4) has a Tape Library 4MM. This process receives NetBackup
Device Manager requests to mount and unmount volumes
and communicates these requests to the robotics through
an SCSI interface.

Tape Library tl8d The Tape Library 8MM daemon tl8d runs on a NetBackup
8MM (TL8) server that has a drive in the Tape Library 8MM. This
process receives NetBackup Device Manager requests to
mount and unmount volumes, and sends these requests
to the robotic-control process, tl8cd.

tl8cd The Tape Library 8MM Control daemon tl8cd

communicates with the TL8 robotics through an SCSI
interface.
For library sharing, tl8cd runs on the NetBackup server
that has the robotic control.

Tape Library tlhd The Tape Library Half-inch daemon tlhd runs on each
Half-inch NetBackup server that has a drive in the Tape Library
(TLH) Half-inch. This process receives NetBackup Device
Manager requests to mount and unmount volumes and
sends these requests to the robotic-control process.

tlhcd The Tape Library Half-inch Control daemon tlhcd runs on

the NetBackup server that has the robotic control and
communicates with the TLH robotics through an SCSI
interface

Tape Library tlmd tlmd runs on the NetBackup server and communicates
Multimedia mount and unmount requests to the host that controls
(TLM) the TLM robotics.
a.UNIX and Linux only.

Robotic process example

Each drive in a Tape Library DLT (TLD) robot can be attached to a different host,
and a tldd process runs on each host. However, only one host controls the
robotics, and the tldcd robotic control process runs on that host only. To
mount a tape, the robotic process (tldd) on the host to which the drive is
attached sends control information to the robotic control process (tldcd) on
the host that controls the robotics.
Figure 8-1 on page 122 shows the processes and where they run for a TLD robot.
In this example:
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■ Each host connects to one drive, and a tldd robotic process runs on each
host.
■ The robotic control and therefore the robotic control process, tldcd, is on
host A.
The NetBackup Device Manager services on host A and B start tldd. The tldd
process on host A also starts tldcd. Requests to mount tapes from host B go to
tldd on host B, which then sends the robotic command to tldcd on host A.

Figure 8-1 TLD robot control process example

Host A

Device
Manager
Host B
tldd
Tape Library DLT
Device
tldcd
(TLD)
Manager

tldd
Robotics
SCSI

Drive 1

SCSI
Drive 2
 Chapter 9
ADIC Automated Media
Library (AML)
Applies only to NetBackup Enterprise Server.
ADIC Automated Media Libraries controlled by the following ADIC robotics are
NetBackup robot type Tape Library Multimedia (TLM):
■ Distributed AML Server (DAS)
■ Scalar Distributed Library Controller (DLC)
TLM robots are API robots (a NetBackup robot category in which the robot
manages its own media).
Support for these devices is different than for other types of robots. This
chapter provides an overview of those differences.
The following are the topics in this chapter:
■ “Sample TLM configuration” on page 124

■ “Media requests for a TLM robot” on page 125

■ “Configuring TLM robotic control” on page 125

■ “Configuring TLM drives on the host” on page 125

■ “Configuring TLM drives in NetBackup” on page 129

■ “Configuring shared TLM drives” on page 130

■ “Providing common access to volumes” on page 133

■ “Adding tapes” on page 133

■ “Removing tapes” on page 134

■ “Robot inventory operations” on page 135

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Sample TLM configuration

Sample TLM configuration

Figure 9-1 on page 124 shows a configuration that uses Distributed AML Server
software. Table 9-1 on page 124 explains the major components in this sample
configuration.

Figure 9-1 Typical ADIC DAS configuration

Archive
NetBackup media server Inventory requests Management
Unit

DAS client Robotic requests

tlmd Distributed AML
software
Server (DAS)
Status

ADIC Automated
Device files for Media Library (AML)
physical drives

SCSI DN1 DN2

Table 9-1 ADIC configuration component description

Component Description

NetBackup media server A host that has NetBackup media server software and
is a client to the DAS or Scalar DLC server.
The Media Manager device daemon (UNIX) or
NetBackup Device Manager (Windows) ltid forwards
mount and dismount requests to the TLM daemon
(tlmd).

TLM daemon or service (tlmd) This NetBackup daemon or service uses the ADIC client
software to pass mount and dismount requests to the
DAS or Scalar DLC server. It also processes return
status. tlmd also receives and processes robot
inventory requests.

Archive Management Unit A PC that runs an IBM OS/2 or Windows operating

(AMU) system, usually located in or near the AML cabinet. The
DAS or Scalar DLC server runs on the AMU.
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Table 9-1 ADIC configuration component description

Component Description

Distributed AML Server (DAS) These are two ADIC client and server software products
that reside in the Archive Management Unit. They
Scalar Distributed Library
provide shared access to the Automated Media
Controller (DLC)
Libraries (AML).

Automated Media Library An ADIC multimedia robotic library.

(AML)

Media requests for a TLM robot

The following is the sequence of events for a media request for a TLM robot:
■ The Media Manager device daemon (UNIX) or NetBackup Device Manager
service (Windows) ltid receives the request from bptm.
■ ltid sends a mount request to the TLM daemon tlmd. tlmd uses the ADIC
client software to pass the request to the DAS or Scalar DLC server software
that resides in the Archive Management Unit.
■ The DAS or Scalar DLC server locates the media and directs the robotics to
mount the media in the drive.
■ When the NetBackup media server receives a successful response from the
server, it allows NetBackup to start sending data to the drive.

Configuring TLM robotic control

Before you add a robot to NetBackup, ensure that the ADIC Automated Media
Library has been physically connected and configured.

For information about how to configure the ADIC components of the Automated

Media Library, see the ADIC installation and administration guides.

For information on platform support for TLM robotic control, see the NetBackup

Release Notes.

Configuring TLM drives on the host

Before you configure the drives in NetBackup, you must:
■ Install the appropriate ADIC library files on the NetBackup media server
that functions as the device host. The libraries provide the client
functionality in the ADIC client and server architecture.
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■ Configure environment variables on that NetBackup media server.

■ Allocate the drives on the DAS or Scalar DLC server so they are available to
that NetBackup media server. That media server is the DAS or Scalar DLC
client.
For more information about how to configure the DAS or Scalar DLC server and
client, see the ADIC documentation.

Installing ADIC client software on UNIX

For NetBackup compatibility information for the ADIC client software, see the
Compatibility List for NetBackup Enterprise Server. The following is the URL for
the Symantec support Web site, from which you can download the Compatibility
List:
http://entsupport.symantec.com

Ensure that your ADIC client software is compatible with your version of

NetBackup.

Use the following procedure to install the ADIC client software on a UNIX

NetBackup media server:

To install and configure ADIC software

1 Install the ADIC library (libaci.so) in the operating system folder
/usr/lib.
On HP-UX systems, the ADIC library is named libaci.sl.
2 Set the following system environment variables and values:

DAS_CLIENT name_of_NetBackup_media_server

DAS_SERVER name_of_DAS_server

3 Set any other environment variables ADIC requires.

Installing ADIC client software on Windows

For NetBackup compatibility information for the ADIC client software, see the
Compatibility List for NetBackup Enterprise Server. The following is the URL for
the Symantec support Web site, from which you can download the Compatibility
List:
http://entsupport.symantec.com

Ensure that your ADIC client software is compatible with your version of

NetBackup.

Use the following procedure to install ADIC software on a Windows NetBackup

media server. Also refer to the ADIC users guide for Windows DAS clients.

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To install and configure ADIC software

1 Set the following system environment variables and values:

DAS_CLIENT name_of_NetBackup_media_server

DAS_SERVER name_of_DAS_server

2 Set any other environment variables ADIC requires.

3 Copy the following DLLs to windows\system32 (or
install_path\Volmgr\bin).
aci.dll
ezrpcw32.dll

winrpc32.dll

4 Run portinst.exe
This command installs the NobleNet Portmapper for TCP service. Set this
service to start automatically when the server is started. NobleNet
Portmapper is provided with the Windows DAS client.

Configuring the DAS or Scalar DLC client name

The DAS or Scalar DLC client name is required for the NetBackup media server.
the client name is stored in the configuration file on the DAS or Scalar DLC
server. This name must be the same name for the server that NetBackup uses,
and it must be a valid client name.
By default, the NetBackup server uses as its DAS or Scalar DLC client name the
host name that NetBackup obtains from the gethostname()system call. This
name is usually the one that you use for the client name in the configuration file
on the DAS or Scalar DLC server.
However, if this name is invalid for DAS or Scalar DLC clients, you must use
another name. For example, DAS 1.30C1 does not allow hyphens in client names.
A similar problem exists if a NetBackup server's short host name is used as the
client name but gethostname() returns the long host name.

To resolve client name problems

1 In the configuration file on the DAS or Scalar DLC server, change the name
of the client system that is the NetBackup media server.
For instructions to change a client name, see the ADIC documentation.
2 On the NetBackup media server, change the client name. It must be the same
as the client name in the configuration file on the DAS or Scalar DLC server.
How to do so depends on the operating system type, as follows:
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■ UNIX. Add the new client name by using a DAS_CLIENT entry in the
/usr/openv/volmgr/vm.conf file.
These entries are of the form:
DAS_CLIENT = DASclientname
Where DASclientname is the name that you want the NetBackup media
server to use as its DAS or Scalar DLC client name.
■ Windows. Set the DAS_CLIENT environment variable to the new client
name.
3 Stop and start the ltid daemon (UNIX) or service (Windows) to enable the
TLM daemon to use the new client name.
4 When the client names are correct, restart the DAS or Scalar DLC server and
then allocate the drives to the NetBackup media server.

Allocating TLM drives on a DAS server

After you install the ADIC client software and configure client names, allocate
the drives to the NetBackup media server. To do so, use the DASADMIN
administrative command on the DAS server.

To allocate a TLM drive

1 Use the dasadmin listd command to list the clients and drives available.
For example, the following shows two drives and the clients to which they
are allocated. DN1 and DN2 are the drives, and grouse and mouse are the
clients (grouse is a NetBackup media server).
./dasadmin listd
==>listd for client: successful

drive: DN1 amu drive: 01 st: UP type: N sysid:

client: grouse volser: cleaning 0 clean_count: 17

drive: DN2 amu drive: 02 st: UP type: N sysid:

client: mouse volser: cleaning 0 clean_count: 4

2 Use the dasadmin allocd command to allocate the drive.

For example, the following two commands deallocate drive DN2 from client
mouse and allocate it to client grouse (the NetBackup media server):
./dasadmin allocd DN2 DOWN mouse
./dasadmin allocd DN2 UP grouse

Allocating TLM drives on a Scalar DLC server

Use the following procedure to allocate the drives for the NetBackup media
server.
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To allocate TLM drives

1 Start the Scalar DLC console and choose Configuration > Clients.
Enter the client name for the value of Name.
Enter the network host name for the value of Client Host Name.
2 Select the Drive Reservation tab on the client and choose UP for the drives
that you want to allocate to this client.

Configuring TLM drives in NetBackup

A TLM robot can have several different types of drives (UNIX) or half-inch

cartridge tape drives (Windows), usually with an SCSI interface.

Before you configure drives in NetBackup, configure the operating system tape

drivers and device files for those drives. For information about how to do so,

refer to the operating system documentation. For guidance about the NetBackup

requirements, see the information about the host operating system in this guide

(“Operating systems” on page 15).

Use the same methods to create device files or add tape drivers for these drives

as for other drives. If the drives are SCSI and connect to the robot through a

control unit, the drives share the same SCSI ID. Therefore, you must specify the

logical unit number (LUN) for each drive.

Symantec recommends that you use the NetBackup Device Configuration wizard

to configure robots and drives in NetBackup.

Determining drive designations

You may need to add drives to your configuration manually:
■ For older drives
■ For the DAS or Scalar DLC servers that do not support serialization
If so, you must determine the drive designations so you know which drives to
add to NetBackup.
For instructions about how to add the drives to NetBackup, see “Devices” in the
NetBackup Administrator’s Guide, Volume I.

Caution: When you add drives to NetBackup, ensure that you assign the correct
DAS or Scalar DLC drive name to each drive. If the drive name is incorrect, tape
mounts or backups may fail.

Use the NetBackup TLM test utility to determine the DAS or Scalar DLC drive
designations. The following example uses tlmtest:
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tlmtest -r dasos2box
The following is the output from this utility (the user entered the drstat
command on the third line).
Current client name is 'grouse'.

Enter tlm commands (? returns help information)

drstat

Drive 1: name = DN1, amu_name = 01, state = UP, type = N,

client = grouse, volser = , cleaning = NO, clean_count = 17

Drive 2: name = DE3, amu_name = 03, state = UP, type = E,

client = grouse, volser = , cleaning = NO, clean_count = 480

Drive 3: name = DE4, amu_name = 04, state = UP, type = E,

client = grouse, volser = , cleaning = NO, clean_count =

378

DRIVE STATUS complete

This output shows that you should use DAS or Scalar DLC drive names DN1, DE3,
and DE4 should be used. It also shows that you should use grouse as the client
name of the NetBackup media server.

Configuring shared TLM drives

To share TLM drives, you must configure the ADIC DAS server to allow
simultaneously drive allocation to all NetBackup media servers that share the
drives. For the ADIC software, the NetBackup media servers are considered
clients. The NetBackup Shared Storage Option allows shared drives.
Use one of the following procedures depending on which ADIC robotic control
software you use.

Configuring the ADIC DAS server

DAS server software version 3.01.4 or later is required.

To configure the DAS server

1 Modify the DAS server’s \ETC\CONFIG file to create a shared client entry.
For example, the following creates a client entry named NetBackupShared.
client client_name = NetBackupShared

# ip address = 000.000.000.000

hostname = any

2 Place the IP addresses of all NetBackup media servers that use the shared
client entry in the \MPTN\ETC\HOSTS file on the DAS server.
For example, the following adds two servers:
192.168.100.100 server_1

192.168.100.102 server_2

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Configuring shared TLM drives

3 In the DASADMIN interface, choose UP for the drives that you want to
allocate to the shared client (NetBackupShared from the example in step 1).
4 On each of the NetBackup media servers that share the drives, create an
entry in the vm.conf file with the shared DAS client name.
For example, the following adds NetBackupShared as a DAS client:
DAS_CLIENT = NetBackupShared

5 Test the DAS configuration by using the NetBackup robtest and tlmtest
utilities:
■ For example, set the client name (use client NetBackupshared in
tlmtest) and run the drive status command drstat.
■ On Windows media servers, the client name is obtained from the
DAS_CLIENT environment variable so the client command is not
needed in tlmtest.

Configuring the ADIC Scalar DLC server

Scalar DLC software version 2.3 or later is required.

To configure the Scalar DLC server

1 In the Scalar DLC console, create a new, shared client by using the following
values:

Name name_of_client (such as NetBackupShared)

Client Host Name any

2 In the Scalar DLC console, select the Drive Reservation tab for the shared
client (NetBackupShared).
3 Choose UP for the drives that you want to allocate to the shared client.
4 Configure the shared client name on the NetBackup media servers that
share the drives, as follows:
■ UNIX. Create an entry in the vm.conf file with the shared client name,
such as the following:
DAS_CLIENT = NetBackupShared

■ Windows. Set the DAS_CLIENT Windows operating system

environment variable to the shared client name, such as
NetBackupShared.
5 Test the Scalar DLC configuration using robtest and tlmtest:
■ For example, set the client name (use client NetBackupshared in
tlmtest) and run the drive status command drstat.
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■ On Windows media servers, the client name is obtained from the

DAS_CLIENT environment variable so the client command is not
needed in tlmtest.

Configuring the drives in NetBackup

Use the NetBackup Device Configuration wizard to configure shared drives in
NetBackup. The wizard discovers the tape drives that are available. For the robot
types that support serialization, the wizard also discovers the positions of the
drives within the library.
If the DAS or Scalar DLC server does not support serialization, use the following
procedure to configure shared drives. Usually, the NetBackup Shared Storage
Option (SSO) for Tape requires shared drives. This procedure can significantly
reduce the amount of manual configuration that is required in an SSO
environment. For example, for 20 drives that 30 hosts share, these configuration
steps require that you configure only 20 device paths rather than 600 device
paths.

To configure shared drives in a nonserialized configuration

1 Run the NetBackup Device Configuration wizard on one of the hosts to
which drives in an TLM-controlled library are attached. Allow the drives to
be added as stand-alone drives.
2 Add the TLM robot definition and update each drive to indicate its
appropriate position in the robot. Make each drive robotic.
To determine the correct drive addresses and verify the drive paths, see
“Correlating device files to physical drives” in the NetBackup
Administrator’s Guide, Volume II.
3 After you verify the drive paths on one host, run the Device Configuration
wizard again. Scan all hosts that have TLM drives in the library.
The wizard adds the TLM robot definition and the drives to the other hosts
and uses the correct device paths.
Note: for this process to work correctly, the following must be true:
■ The wizard discovered the devices and their serial numbers
successfully the first time.
■ You configured the drive paths correctly on the first host.
A SAN (including switches rather than direct connection) can increase the
possibility of errors. If errors occur, you can define the tape drive configuration
manually by using the NetBackup Administration Console or NetBackup
commands.
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Take care to avoid any errors. With shared drives, the device paths must be
correct for each server. Also, ensure that the drives are defined correctly to
avoid errors.

Providing common access to volumes

All NetBackup media servers use the same database. Therefore, all media
servers that share drives must have access to the same sets of volumes (volsers)
in the DAS or Scalar DLC configuration. If they do not have access to the same
volsers, NetBackup operational problems may occur. For example, if you update
the NetBackup volume configuration from one of the servers, NetBackup moves
to stand-alone the volumes that are not configured for that server. Although the
volumes are configured correctly for a different server, NetBackup still moves
them to stand-alone.
As a test, inventory the robot from each NetBackup media server and compare
the results. If any of the reports differ, correct the DAS or Scalar DLC
configuration. Then, perform a shutdown and restart of the DAS or Scalar DLC
server.

Adding tapes
The following is an overview of how to add tapes to a TLM robot and then add
those tapes to NetBackup:
■ Add barcode labels to the media and insert the media into the robot by using
the media access port (insert area).
■ Do one of the following to empty the media access port. The AMU Archive
Management Software then reads the barcodes, classifies the media by
media type, and tracks storage cell locations for the media.
■ In the NetBackup Administration Console, select the robot inventory
update inventory function and select Empty media access port prior to
update.
■ Issue the DAS insert directive from a DAS administrative interface.
You can obtain the insert area name from the DAS configuration file.
■ Issue the DAS insert directive from the NetBackup tlmtest utility.
You can obtain the insert area name from the DAS configuration file.
■ Define the media in NetBackup by using the DAS or Scalar DLC volsers as
media IDs. To define the media, do one of the following:
■ Update the volume configuration by using the robot inventory
function. For procedures, see “Robot inventory operations” in the
NetBackup Administrator’s Guide, Volume I.
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Removing tapes

■ Add new volumes as explained in “Adding new volumes” of the

NetBackup Administrator’s Guide, Volume I.
Because the DAS or Scalar DLC volsers and barcodes are the same,
NetBackup has a record of the barcodes for the media. Note that you do not
enter slot locations; the ADIC software manages them.
■ To verify your configuration, use Show Contents and Compare Contents
with Volume Configuration from the Robot Inventory dialog box in
NetBackup. Also, use these options to update the NetBackup volume
configuration when media has moved. The configuration update maintains
consistency between the DAS or Scalar DLC database and the NetBackup
EMM database.

Removing tapes
You can remove tapes by using a DAS or Scalar DLC administrative interface or
by using NetBackup.

To remove media

1 Physically remove the media from the library by using one of the following:

■ Actions > Eject Volumes From Robot in the NetBackup Administration

Console.
■ The vmchange command. (For usage, see the NetBackup Commands
guide.
■ The eject command in the NetBackup tlmtest utility.
■ A DAS or Scalar DLC administrative interface.
2 If you use a DAS or Scalar DLC administrative interface or the NetBackup
tlhtest utility, update the volume location to stand-alone in NetBackup.
To do so, do one of the following:
■ Update the volume configuration by using the robot inventory
function. For procedures, see “Robot inventory operations” in the
NetBackup Administrator’s Guide, Volume I.
■ Move the volumes as explained in “Moving volumes” of the NetBackup
Administrator’s Guide, Volume I.
If you do not update the EMM database, NetBackup does not know the new
location of the media and may issue mount requests for it. The result is an
error such as Misplaced Tape.
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Robot inventory operations

In NetBackup, a TLM robot type supports barcodes. The following occurs when
you inventory a TLM robot in NetBackup:
■ NetBackup requests volume information from the DAS server or SDLC
server through a DAS or Scalar DLC application library call.
■ The server responds by providing a list of volume IDs and associated
information from its database. NetBackup filters out the volumes that are
not occupied in their home cell locations or in drives. NetBackup then
displays a list of the volumes and their media types according to the DAS or
Scalar DLC server.
Table 9-1 shows an example of the type of information receives.

Table 9-2 Robot inventory volume information

TLM volume ID TLM media type

A00250 3480

J03123 3590

DLT001 DECDLT

MM1200 8MM

NN0402 4MM

002455 UNKNOWN

3 NetBackup translates the volsers directly into media IDs and barcodes. In
the previous table, volser A00250 becomes media ID A00250, and the
barcode for that media ID is also A00250.
■ If the operation does not require updating the volume configuration,
NetBackup uses the media type defaults for TLM robots when it creates an
inventory report.
■ If the operation requires a volume configuration update, NetBackup maps
the TLM media types to the default NetBackup media types
For information about the default media type mappings and how to change
them, see “Media Type Mappings tab” in the NetBackup Administrator’s
Guide, Volume I.
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Robot inventory operations
 Chapter 10
IBM Automated Tape
Library (ATL)
Applies only to NetBackup Enterprise Server.
The IBM Automated Tape Library (ATL) is NetBackup robot type Tape Library
Half-inch (TLH). ATL robots include the IBM Magstar 3494 Tape Library.
TLH robots are API robots (a NetBackup robot category in which the robot
manages its own media).
Support for these devices is different than for other types of robots. This
chapter provides an overview of those differences.
■ “Sample TLH configurations” on page 137

■ “Media requests for a TLH robot” on page 143

■ “Configuring robotic control” on page 144

■ “Configuring TLH drives” on page 150

■ “Cleaning drives” on page 151

■ “Adding tapes” on page 152

■ “Removing tapes” on page 152

■ “Robot inventory operations” on page 153

Sample TLH configurations

The following sections show example ATL configurations and explain their
major components.
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Sample TLH configurations

UNIX system example configurations

Figure 10-1 on page 138 and Figure 10-2 on page 139 show two possible ATL
configurations. Table 10-1 on page 140 explains the major components in these
configurations.

Figure 10-1 Robotic control host communicates directly to robot

This server can be an AIX, HP-UX, Windows, Linux, or

Solaris SPARC server.
This server can be a NetBackup master or media
NetBackup media server server (or SAN media server).

tlhd tlhcd Inventory requests

IBM library device driver (AIX)

or
Tape library interface (non-AIX)
Library
Manager
Robotic requests
lmcpd
(PC)

Device files for IBM Automated Tape Library

physical drives (ATL)

SCSI

003590B1A00 003590B1A01
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Figure 10-2 Robotic control and robot connection on separate hosts

NetBackup media server NetBackup media server A

Server A can be any supported server platform and can be a
Device file for tlhd NetBackup master or media server (or SAN media server).
physical drive

SCSI

NetBackup media server B Robot control host

NetBackup
media server tlhd Server B can be AIX, HP-UX, Windows, Linux, or Solaris
SPARC. Server B also can be a NetBackup master or media
tlhcd server (or SAN media server).

Inventory requests
IBM library device driver (AIX)
or
Tape library interface (other UNIX) Library
Manager
Robotic requests
lmcpd (PC)

Device file for IBM Automated Tape Library

physical drive (ATL)

SCSI

003590B1A00 003590B1A01
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Sample TLH configurations

Table 10-1 UNIX TLH configuration component description

Component Description

NetBackup media server A host that has NetBackup media server software and is a
client to the ATL through the Library Manager Control
Point daemon (lmcpd). The NetBackup Media Manager
device daemon, ltid, forwards mount and dismount
requests to the Tape Library Half-inch daemon (tlhd).

Tape Library Half-inch This daemon resides on a NetBackup media serve. It

daemon (tlhd) passes mount and dismount requests to the tape library
half-inch control daemon (tlhcd) on the robotic control
host.

TapE Library Half-inch This daemon receives mount or dismount requests from
control daemon (tlhcd) tlhd or robot inventory requests through an external
socket interface. tlhcd must reside on the same system
that communicates with lmcpd. Communication occurs
by using the IBM Library Device Driver interface (on AIX)
or IBM Tape Library system calls (other UNIX systems).

Library Manager Control A component of IBM ATL support. This software handles
Point daemon (lmcpd) all communications with the Library Manager and must
run on any system from which the Automatic Tape
Library is directly controlled.

Library manager A component of IBM ATL support that provides control of

the robotics and the robotic library. The Library Manager
is a PC that usually is located within the robot cabinet.

IBM Automated Tape Library An IBM physical library under automated robotic control.
(ATL)

Windows system example configurations

Figure 10-3 on page 141 and Figure 10-4 on page 142 show two possible ATL
configurations. Table 10-2 on page 143 explains the major components in these
configurations.
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Figure 10-3 Robotic control on host with ATL drives

NetBackup media server

tlhd tlhcd Inventory requests

IBM Automated Tape

Library API

Library
Manager
Robotic requests

IBM Automated Tape (PC)

Library Service

Tape device IBM Automated Tape Library

driver (ATL)

SCSI

003590B1A00 003590B1A01
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Figure 10-4 Robotic control and robot connection on separate hosts

NetBackup media server A

NetBackup media server
Server A can be any NetBackup master or media server (or
SAN media server).
Tape device tlhd
driver
SCSI

NetBackup media server B

NetBackup tlhd
media server Server B can be any NetBackup Windows master server or
media server (or SAN media server) and is the robot control
host.
tlhcd

Inventory requests
IBM Automated Tape
Library API
Library
Manager
Robotic requests
IBM Automated Tape (PC)
Library Service

IBM Automated Tape Library

Tape device (ATL)
driver

SCSI

003590B1A00 003590B1A01
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Table 10-2 Windows TLH configuration component description

Component Description

NetBackup media server A host that has NetBackup media server software and is a
client to the Automated Tape Library through the IBM
ATL service. The Netbackup Device Manager service
(ltid) forwards mount and dismount requests to the
Tape Library Half-inch service (tlhd).

Tape Library Half-inch This process resides on a NetBackup media server. It

process (tlhd) passes mount and dismount requests to the Tape Library
Half-inch control process (tlhcd) on the robotic control
host.

Tape Library Half-inch This process receives mount or dismount requests from
control process (tlhcd) tlhd or robot inventory requests through an external
socket interface. tlhcd must reside on the same system
that communicates with the IBM ATL service.

IBM Automated Tape Library A component of IBM ATL support. This software handles
service all communications with the Library Manager and must
be running on any system from which the Automatic Tape
Library is directly controlled.

Library Manager A component of IBM ATL support that provides control of

the robotics and the robotic library. The Library Manager
is a PC that is usually located within the robot cabinet.

IBM Automated Tape Library An IBM physical library under automated robotic control.
(ATL)

Media requests for a TLH robot

The following is the sequence of events for a media request for a TLH robot:
■ The Media Manager device daemon (UNIX) or NetBackup Device Manager
service (Windows) ltid receives the request from the NetBackup bptm
process.
■ ltid sends a mount request to the NetBackup TLH daemon tlhd.
■ tlhd passes the request to the NetBackup TLH control daemon tlhcd.
tlhcd resides on the host to which the Automatic Tape Library is
connected. This host can be the same host on which tlhd is running or
another host.
■ tlhcd communicates with the robotic library as follows:
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■ AIX. The control daemon communicates with the Library Manager

Control Point daemon lmcpd by using the Library Device Driver
interface.
■ UNIX. The control daemon communicates with the Library Manager
Control Point daemon lmcpd through Tape Library system calls from
an application library interface.
■ Windows. The control process communicates with the IBM ATL service
through Tape Library system calls from an application library
interface.
■ lmcpd (UNIX) or the IBM ATL service (Windows) passes the information to
the Library Manager. The Library Manager then locates the media and
directs the TLH robotics to mount the media in the drive.
■ When the NetBackup media server receives a successful response from the
Library Manager, it allows NetBackup to start sending data to the drive.

Configuring robotic control

When you add a TLH robot to NetBackup, ensure the following:
■ The IBM Automated Tape Library is physically connected and configured
correctly.
For information about how to configure the IBM components of the
Automated Tape Library, see the IBM documentation. The documentation
includes SCSI Tape Drive, Medium Changer, and Library Device Drivers
Installation and User's Guide (or any related publications).
For information on platform support for TLH robotic control, see the
NetBackup release notes and the Symantec support Web site.
http://entsupport.symantec.com

■ You use a recommended version of the Automated Tape Library. To locate

the recommended levels, see the Symantec support Web site.

Robotic control on an AIX system

The following subsections explain how to configure robotic control when the
NetBackup media server is installed on an AIX system.

Determine the path to the LMCP device file

Use the Library Manager Control Point (LMCP) device file as the robotic device
file in NetBackup. This file is set up when the Automated Tape Library is first
configured.
Use the lsdev command (or smit) to determine the LMCP device file.
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The following example uses the lsdev command:

/etc/lsdev -C | grep "Library Management"
The following is the output from this command:
lmcp0 Available LAN/TTY Library Management Control

Point

Verify library communications

After you determine the path to the LMCP device file, verify library
communications through the IBM-provided mtlib interface. Resolve all errors
before attempting to configure IBM 3494 support in Media Manager.
To verify communications with a specific library, specify the Library Manager
Control Point device file with the mtlib command. For example, if the LMCP
device path is /dev/lmcp0, the following command verifies communication
with the library:
/usr/bin/mtlib -l /dev/lmcp0 -qL

The following is the output from this command:

Library Data:

state..................... Automated Operational State

Dual Write Disabled

input stations.............1

output stations............1

input/output status........ALL input stations empty

ALL output stations empty

machine type...............3494

sequence number............11398

number of cells............141

available cells............129

subsystems.................2

convenience capacity.......30

accessor config............01

accessor status............Accessor available

Gripper 1 available

Gripper 2 available

Vision system operational

comp avail status..........Primary library manager installed.

Primary library manager available.

Primary hard drive installed.

Primary hard drive available.

Convenience input station installed.

Convenience input station available.

Convenience output station installed.

Convenience output station available.

avail 3490 cleaner cycles..0

avail 3590 cleaner cycles..92

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Configure the robotic device file

Configure the robotic path as explained in “Devices” in the NetBackup

Administrator’s Guide, Volume I.

When the configuration is complete, you can view the robotic device

information.

The following example uses tpconfig -d to view the robotic device

information. In this example, the first two drives are stand-alone drives. The

drive with drive index 31 is under TLH robotic control and the drive with drive

index 78 is under TL4 control.

# /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/tpconfig -d

Id DriveName Type Residence

Drive Path Status

*******************************************************************

5 Drive0 hcart TLH(8) 003590B1A00

/dev/rmt4.1 DOWN
13 Drive2 hcart TLH(8) 003590B1A00
/dev/rmt8.1 DOWN
31 Drive1 hcart TLH(8) 003590B1A00
/dev/rmt12.1 DOWN
78 Drive1 4mm TL4(77) DRIVE=1
/dev/rmt11.1 UP

Currently defined robotics are:

TL4(77) robotic path = /dev/ovpass0
TLH(8) LMCP device path = /dev/lmcp0

EMM Server = maui

In this example, note the following lines:
TLH(8) LMCP device path = /dev/lmcp0
EMM Server = maui
Where /dev/lmcp0 is the path to the robotic device file and maui is the EMM
server for this robot.

Robotic control on a UNIX system

The following subsections explain the steps for configuring robotic control
when the NetBackup media server is a UNIX system other than AIX.

Determine the library name

Use the library name instead of the robotic device file when you configure the
storage device in NetBackup. This name is set up when the Automated Tape
Library is first configured (see your IBM system documentation). The library
name is configured in the /etc/ibmatl.conf file; determine the library name
by viewing the contents of the file.
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The following is an example entry in that file:

3494AH 176.123.154.141 ibmpc1

Where:
■ 3494AH is the library name.
■ 176.123.154.141 is the IP address of the PC workstation that is running
the Library Manager software.
■ ibmpc1 is the host name of the PC workstation that is running the Library
Manager software.

Verify library communications

After you determine the library name, verify library communications through
the IBM-provided mtlib interface. Resolve all errors before attempting to
configure IBM 3494 (TLH) support in NetBackup.
To verify communications with a specific library, specify the library name with
the mtlib command. For example, if the library name is 3494AH, the following
command verifies communications with the library:
/usr/bin/mtlib -l 3494AH -qL

The following is the output from this command:

Library Data:

state......................Automated Operational State

Dual Write Disabled

input stations.............1

output stations............1

input/output status........ALL input stations empty

ALL output stations empty

machine type...............3494

sequence number............11398

number of cells............141

available cells............129

subsystems.................2

convenience capacity.......30

accessor config............01

accessor status............Accessor available

Gripper 1 available

Gripper 2 available

Vision system operational

comp avail status......... Primary library manager installed.

Primary library manager available.

Primary hard drive installed.

Primary hard drive available.

Convenience input station installed.

Convenience input station available.

Convenience output station installed.

Convenience output station available.

avail 3490 cleaner cycles..0

avail 3590 cleaner cycles..92

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Configure the robotic device file

Configure the robotic path as explained in “Devices” in the NetBackup

Administrator’s Guide, Volume I.

When the configuration is complete, you can view the robotic device

information.

The following example uses tpconfig -d to view the robotic device

information. This example has one TLH drive and one TLD drive.

/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/tpconfig -d

Id DriveName Type Residence Status

Drive Path

*******************************************************************

6 Drive2 hcart TLH(0) 003590B1A00

/dev/rmt/17cbn UP
55 Drive1 dlt TLD(5) DRIVE=1
/dev/rmt/15cbn UP

Currently defined robotics are:

TLH(0) library name = 3494AH
TLD(5) robotic path = /dev/sg/c2t0l0

EMM Server = glozer

In this example, note the following lines:
TLH(0) library name = 3494AH
EMM Server = glozer
Where 3494AH is the library name and glozer is the EMM server for this
robot.

Robotic control on a Windows system

The following subsections explain how to configure robotic control when the
NetBackup media server is on a Windows system.

Determine the library name

Use the library name when you configure the robot in NetBackup. This name is
set up when the Automated Tape Library is first configured (see the IBM system
documentation). The library name is configured in the
C:\winnt\ibmatl.conf file; determine the library name by viewing the
contents of the file.
The following is an example entry in that file:
3494AH 176.123.154.141 ibmpc1

Where:
■ 3494AH is the library name.
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■ 176.123.154.141 is the IP address of the PC workstation that is running

the Library Manager software.
■ ibmpc1 is the host name of the PC workstation that is running the Library
Manager software.

Verify library communications

After you determine the library name, verify library communications through
the IBM-provided mtlib interface. Resolve all errors before attempting to
configure IBM 3494 (TLH) support in NetBackup.
To verify communications with a specific library, specify the library name with
the mtlib command. For example, if the library name is 3494AH, the following
command verifies communications with the library:
mtlib -l 3494AH -qL

The following is the output from this command:

Library Data:

operational state..........Automated Operational State

Dual Write Disabled

functional state...........000

input stations.............1

output stations............1

input/output status........ALL input stations empty

ALL output stations empty

machine type...............3494

sequence number............11398

number of cells............141

available cells............129

subsystems.................2

convenience capacity.......30

accessor config............01

accessor status............Accessor available

Gripper 1 available

Gripper 2 available

Vision system operational

comp avail status..........Primary library manager installed.

Primary library manager available.

Primary hard drive installed.

Primary hard drive available.

Convenience input station installed.

Convenience input station available.

Convenience output station installed.

Convenience output station available.

library facilities.........00

bulk input capacity........0

bulk input empty cells.....0

bulk output capacity.......0

bulk output empty cells....0

avail 3490 cleaner.........0

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avail 3590 cleaner.........92

Configure the robotic library name

Configure the robotic path as explained in “Devices” in the NetBackup

Administrator’s Guide, Volume I.

When the configuration is complete, you can view the robotic device

information.

The following example uses tpconfig -d to view the robotic device

information This example has one TLH drive and one TLD drive.

tpconfig -d

Id DriveName Type Residence Status

SCSI coordinates/Path

*****************************************************************

0 DRIVE2 hcart TLH(0) IBM Device Number=156700 UP

<1,0,1,0>

1 DRIVE1 dlt TLD(5) DRIVE=1 UP

<3,1,1,0>

Currently defined robotics are:

TLH(0) library name = 3494AH

TLD(5) SCSI port=3, bus=1, target=6, lun=0

EMM Server = glozer

In this example, note the following lines:

TLH(0) library name = 3494AH

EMM Server = glozer

3494AH is the library name, and glozer is the EMM server for this robot.

Configuring TLH drives

TLH robots have half-inch cartridge tape drives.
■ On UNIX systems, create or identify device files for these drives. Use the
same methods to create or identify device files for these drives as for other
drives.
■ On Windows systems, you must install a system tape driver according to the
appropriate system and vendor documentation.
Before you configure drives in NetBackup, configure the operating system tape
drivers and device files for those drives. For information about how to do so,
refer to the operating system documentation. For guidance about the NetBackup
requirements, see the information about the host operating system in this guide
(“Operating systems” on page 15).
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Caution: When you add drives to NetBackup, ensure that you assign the correct
IBM device number to each drive. If the IBM device number is incorrect, tape
mounts or backups may fail.

Use the NetBackup TLH test utility (tlhtest) to determine the TLH drive
designations. The following example uses tlhtest and shows the drives in the
robot that NetBackup controls:
■ UNIX: /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/tlhtest -r /dev/lmcp0
■ Windows: tlhtest -r 3494AH
If the robotic control is configured on a UNIX server other than AIX, use the
library name as configured in /etc/ibmatl.conf. Do not use the LMCP device
path on the call to tlhtest.
The following is the output from tlhtest (the user entered the drstat
command on the third line). You would use 156700 and 156600 when you add
these drives to NetBackup.
Opening /dev/lmcp0 (UNIX)

Opening 3494AH (Windows)

Enter tlh commands (? returns help information)

drstat

Drive information:

device name: 003590B1A00

device number: 0x156700

device class: 0x10 - 3590

device category: 0x0000

mounted volser: <none>

mounted category: 0x0000

device states: Device installed in ATL.

Dev is available to ATL.

ACL is installed.

Drive information:

device name: 003590B1A01

device number: 0x156600

device class: 0x10 - 3590

device category: 0x0000

mounted volser: <none>

mounted category: 0x0000

device states: Device installed in ATL.

Dev is available to ATL.

ACL is installed.

QUERY DEVICE DATA complete

Cleaning drives

The IBM ATL interface does not allow applications to request or configure drive
cleaning. Therefore, you cannot assign cleaning tapes to a TLH robot in the
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Adding tapes

NetBackup. You must configure drive cleaning by using an IBM administrative

interface.

Adding tapes
The following is an overview of how to add tapes to a TLH robot and then add
those tapes to NetBackup:
■ Add barcode labels to the media and insert the media into the robot by using
the media access port.
The Library Manager reads the barcodes and classifies the media by media
type. A category is assigned to each volume. Some volume categories
restrict application access to certain volumes. The Library Manager tracks
volume locations.
■ Define the media in NetBackup by using the ATL volume IDs as media IDs.
To define the media, do one of the following:
■ Update the volume configuration by using the robot inventory
function. For procedures, see the “Robot inventory operations” in the
NetBackup Administrator’s Guide, Volume I.
■ Add new volumes as explained in “Adding volumes” in the NetBackup
Administrator’s Guide, Volume I.
■ Because the ATL volume IDs and barcodes are the same, NetBackup has a
record of the barcodes for the media. Note that you do not enter slot
locations because the ACS library software manages them.
■ Use Show Contents and Compare Contents with Volume Configuration
from the Robot Inventory dialog of Media to verify your configuration.

Removing tapes
Use the following procedure to remove tapes. You can move media from one
location to another within the robot. The Automated Tape Library finds the
media when NetBackup requests it.

To remove volumes

1 Physically remove the media from the library by using one of the following:

■ Actions > Eject Volumes From Robot in the NetBackup Administration

Console.
■ The NetBackup vmchange command. (For usage, see the NetBackup
Commands guide.
■ The eject command in the NetBackup tlhtest utility.
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■ An IBM Library Manager interface.

2 If you use the IBM Library Manager interface or the NetBackup tlhtest
utility, update the volume location to stand-alone in NetBackup. To do so, do
one of the following:
■ Update the volume configuration by using the robot inventory
function. For procedures, see the “Robot inventory operations” in the
NetBackup Administrator’s Guide, Volume I.
■ Move the volumes as explained in “Moving volumes” of the NetBackup
Administrator’s Guide, Volume I.
If you do not update the EMM database, NetBackup does not know the new
location of the media and may issue mount requests for it. The result is an
error such as Misplaced Tape.

Robot inventory operations

In NetBackup, the TLH robot type supports barcodes. The following sequence of
events occurs when you inventory a TLH robot in NetBackup:
■ NetBackup requests volume information from the Library Manager through
the Library Manager Control Point daemon.
■ The Library Manager responds by providing a list of volume IDs and volume
attributes from its database. NetBackup filters out the volume categories
that cannot be used. NetBackup displays a list of the volumes and a
translated version of the volume’s media type. The media type is based on
the attributes that were returned.
Table 10-2 shows an example of the types of information that NetBackup
receives:

Table 10-3 Robot inventory volume information

TLH volume ID TLH media type

PFE011 3480

303123 3490E

CB5062 3590J

DP2000 3590K

■ NetBackup translates the volume IDs into media IDs and barcodes. In the
previous table, volume ID PFE011 becomes media ID PFE011, and the
barcode for that media ID is also PFE011.
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■ If the operation does not require updating the volume configuration,

NetBackup uses the media type defaults for TLH robots when it creates the
inventory report.
■ If the operation requires a volume configuration update, NetBackup maps
the TLH media types to the default NetBackup media types
For information about the default media type mappings and how to change
them, see “Media Type Mappings tab” in the NetBackup Administrator’s
Guide, Volume I.

Robot inventory filtering

If you want NetBackup to use only a subset of the volumes under library control,
you can filter the volume information from the library. The IBM Library
Manager maintains the concept of a volume category, which can be used to
classify volumes into pools, including pools by application.
On the NetBackup media server from which you invoke the inventory operation,
add an INVENTORY_FILTER entry in the vm.conf file. The following is the
usage statement:
INVENTORY_FILTER = TLH robot_number BY_CATEGORY value1 [value2 ...]

where
■ robot_number is the number of the robot in NetBackup.
■ value1 is a filter value of type IBM category (if filter_type = BY_CATEGORY).
■ value2 is a second filter value (up to 10 filter values are allowed).
For example:
INVENTORY_FILTER = TLH 0 BY_CATEGORY 0xcdb0

 Chapter 11
Sun StorageTek ACSLS
robots
Applies only to NetBackup Enterprise Server.

Note: The access control feature of Sun StorageTek ACSLS controlled robots is
not compatible with media sharing. Media sharing restricts volume access by
the requesting hosts IP address. Use caution when you implement media
sharing in an ACSLS environment.

Sun StorageTek Automated Cartridge System Library Software controlled

robots are NetBackup robot type ACS.

ACS robots are API robots (a NetBackup robot category in which the robot

manages its own media).

Unlike other robot types, Netbackup does not track slot locations for the media

in ACS robots. The Automated Cartridge System Library Software tracks slot

locations and reports them to NetBackup.

The term automated cartridge system (ACS) can refer to any of the following:

■ A type of NetBackup robotic control.

■ The Sun StorageTek system for robotic control.
■ The highest-level component of the Sun StorageTek ACSLS. It refers to one
robotic library or to multiple libraries that are connected with a media
pass-through mechanism.
The ACS library software component can be either of the following Sun
StorageTek products:
■ Sun StorageTek Automated Cartridge System Library Software (ACSLS)
■ Sun StorageTek Library Station

The topics in this chapter include the following:

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Sample ACSLS configuration

■ “Sample ACSLS configuration” on page 156

■ “Media requests for an ACS robot” on page 160

■ “Configuring ACS drives” on page 161

■ “Configuring shared ACS drives” on page 162

■ “Adding tapes” on page 163

■ “Removing tapes” on page 164

■ “Robot inventory operations” on page 165

■ “Robotic control, communication, and logging” on page 167

■ “ACS robotic test utility” on page 172

■ “Changing your ACS robotic configuration” on page 173

■ “ACS configurations supported” on page 173

■ “Sun StorageTek ACSLS firewall configuration” on page 175

Sample ACSLS configuration

Figure 11-1 on page 157 (UNIX) and Figure 11-2 on page 158 (Windows) show
typical ACSLS configurations. Table 11-1 on page 159 explains the major
components in typical configurations.
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Figure 11-1 Typical ACSLS configuration on UNIX

ACSLS
NetBackup media server Administrative Utility

ascd IPC Robotic requests

using RPC
acsssi ACS Library Software
acsssi
Database
Device Drivers
SCSI SCSI

Library Management
Unit (LMU)

Robotics

Data Control Drive Library Storage

Unit (CU) Module (LSM)

CAP
Drive
Drive
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Sample ACSLS configuration

Figure 11-2 Typical ACSLS configuration on Windows

ACSLS
Administrative Utility
NetBackup media server

Sun Robotic requests

acsd IPC StorageTek using RPC
LibAttach ACS Library Software
Service

Database
Device Drivers
SCSI SCSI

Library Management
Unit (LMU)

Robotics

Data Control Drive Library Storage

Unit

CAP
Module (LSM)
(CU) Drive
Drive
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Table 11-1 ACSLS configuration component description

Component Description

NetBackup media server A host that has NetBackup media server software and
is a client to the ACS library software host.
The NetBackup ACS robotic daemon (acsd) formulates
requests for mounts, unmounts, and inventories. An
API then uses IPC communication to routes these
requests to:
■ (UNIX) The NetBackup ACS storage server
interface (acsssi). The requests are converted
into RPC-based communications and sent to the
ACS library software.
■ (Windows) the Sun StorageTek LibAttach service.
This service sends the requests to the ACS library
software.

Sun StorageTek LibAttach Library Attach for Windows is an ACS library software
Service client application that enables Windows servers to use
Windows computers only the StorageTek Nearline enterprise storage libraries.
LibAttach provides the connection between Windows
and ACS library software through a TCP/IP network.
Obtain the appropriate LibAttach software from Sun.
See the Symantec support Web site for the latest
compatibility information.

ACS library software (any of the Receives the robotic requests from NetBackup and uses
following) the Library Management Unit to find and mount or
■ Automated Cartridge unmount the correct cartridge on media management
System Library Software requests.
(ACSLS) On compatible host platforms, you may be able to
■ Sun StorageTek Library configure ACS library software and NetBackup media
Station server software on the same host.

Library Management Unit Provides the interface between the ACS library
(LMU) software and the robot. A single LMU can control
multiple ACSLS robots.

Library Storage Module (LSM) Contains the robot, drives, or media.

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Table 11-1 ACSLS configuration component description

Component Description

Control Unit (CU) The NetBackup media server connects to the drives
through device drivers and a control unit (tape
controller). The control unit may have an interface to
multiple drives. Some control units also allow multiple
hosts to share these drives.
Most drives do not require a separate control unit. In
these cases, the media server connects directly to the
drives.

CAP Cartridge Access Port.

Media requests for an ACS robot

The following is the sequence of events for a media request for an ACS robot:
■ The Media Manager device daemon (UNIX) or NetBackup Device Manager
service (Windows) ltid receives the request from bptm.
■ ltid sends a mount request to the NetBackup ACS process acsd.
■ acsd formulates the request. An API then uses Internal Process
Communications (IPC) to send it to:
■ UNIX. The NetBackup ACS storage server interface acsssi. The
request is then converted into RPC-based communications and sent to
the ACS library software.
■ Windows. The Sun StorageTek LibAttach service. This service sends
the request to the ACS library software.
■ If the Library Storage Module (LSM) in which the media resides is offline,
the ACS library software reports this offline status to NetBackup.
NetBackup assigns the request a pending status. NetBackup retries the
request hourly until the LSM is online and the ACS library software can
satisfy the media request.
■ The ACS library software locates the media and sends the necessary
information to the Library Management Unit (LMU).
■ The LMU directs the robotics to mount the media in the drive. When the
LibAttach service (Windows) or acsssi (UNIX) receives a successful
response from the ACS library software, it returns the status to acsd.
■ The acsd child process (that is associated with the mount request) scans the
drive. When the drive is ready, acsd sends a message to ltid that
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completes the mount request. NetBackup then begins to send data to or read
data from the drive.

Configuring ACS drives

An ACS robot supports DLT or 1/2-inch cartridge tape drives. If an ACS robot
contains more than one type of DLT or 1/2-inch cartridge tape drive, you can
configure an alternate drive type. Therefore, there can be up to three different
DLT and three different 1/2-inch cartridge drive types in the same robot. If you
use alternate drive types, configure the volumes by using the same alternate
media type. Six drive types are possible: DLT, DLT2, DLT3, HCART, HCART2,
and HCART3.
Before you configure drives in NetBackup, configure the operating system tape
drivers and device files for those drives. For information about how to do so,
refer to the operating system documentation. For guidance about the NetBackup
requirements, see the information about the host operating system in this guide
(“Operating systems” on page 15).
Use the same methods to create or identify device files for these drives as for
other drives. If the drives are SCSI and connect to the robot through a shared
control unit, the drives share the same SCSI ID. Therefore, you must specify the
same logical unit number (LUN) for each drive.
When you configure ACS drives as robotic in NetBackup, you must include the
following ACS drive coordinate information.

ACS drive coordinate Description

ACS number The index, in ACS library software terms, that identifies the
robot that has this drive.

LSM number The Library Storage Module that has this drive.

Panel number The panel where the drive is located.

Drive number The physical number of the drive in ACS library software
terms.

Figure 11-3 on page 162 shows the location of this information in a typical ACS
robot:
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Figure 11-3 ACSLS robot and drive configuration information

ACS Library Software

Host ACS Library Software

ACS number (0-126)

Library Management
Unit (LMU)

LSM number (0-23)

ID
SI
Panel number (0-19)

SC
Robotics

e
iv
Dr

SCSI ID Control Drive SCSI ID

Library Storage
Unit (CU) Drive
Module (LSM)
Drive

Drive number
(0-19)

Configuring shared ACS drives

If the ACSLS server does not support serialization, use the following procedure
to configure shared drives. Shared drives require the NetBackup Shared Storage
Option license. (Sun StorageTek ACSLS versions before 6.1 do not support
serialization.) If the server supports serialization, use the NetBackup Device
Configuration Wizard to configure shared drives.
This procedure can significantly reduce the amount of manual configuration
that is required in an SSO environment. For example, for 20 drives that 30 hosts
share, these configuration steps require that you configure only 20 device paths
rather than 600 device paths.
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During the setup phase, the NetBackup Device Configuration wizard tries to
discover the tape drives available. The wizard also tries to discover the positions
of the drives within the library (if the robot supports serialization).

To configure shared drives in a nonserialized configuration

1 Run the NetBackup Device Configuration wizard on one of the hosts to
which drives in an ACS-controlled library are attached. Allow the drives to
be added as stand-alone drives.
2 Add the ACS robot definition and update each drive to indicate its position
in the robot. Make each drive robotic and add the ACS, LSM, Panel, and Drive
information.
To determine the correct drive addresses and verify the drive paths, see
“Correlating device files to physical drives” in the NetBackup
Administrator’s Guide, Volume II.
3 After you verify the drive paths on one host, run the Device Configuration
wizard again. Scan all hosts that have ACS drives in the library.
The wizard adds the ACS robot definition and the drives to the other hosts
and uses the correct device paths.
Note: for this process to work correctly, the following must be true:
■ The wizard discovered the devices and their serial numbers
successfully the first time.
■ You configured the drive paths correctly on the first host.
A SAN (including switches rather than direct connection) can increase the
possibility of errors. If errors occur, you can define the tape drive configuration
manually by using the NetBackup Administration Console or NetBackup
commands.
Take care to avoid any errors. With shared drives, the device paths must be
correct for each server. Also, ensure that the drives are defined correctly to
avoid errors. (A common error is to define a drive as ACS index number 9 rather
than ACS index 0.

Adding tapes
ACS robotic control software supports the following characters in a volume ID
that are not valid NetBackup media ID characters. (Volume ID is the ACS term
for media ID). Therefore, do not use any of the following characters when you
configure ACS volumes:
■ $ (dollar sign)
■ # (pound sign)
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Removing tapes

■ The yen symbol

■ Leading and trailing spaces
The following is an overview of how to add tapes to an ACS robot and then add
those tapes to NetBackup:
■ Add barcode labels to the media and insert the media into the robot by using
the media access port.
■ Do one of the following to empty the media access port. The Library Storage
Module reads the barcode labels. The ACS library software uses the barcodes
for volume IDs and tracks the location of the tapes within the robot.
■ Issue the ACS enter command from the ACSLS interface (ACSSA).
■ Issue the ACS enter command from the NetBackup acstest utility.
■ Define the media in NetBackup by using the ACS volume IDs as media IDs.
To define the media, do one of the following:
■ Update the volume configuration by using the robot inventory
function. For procedures, see the “Robot inventory operations” in the
NetBackup Administrator’s Guide, Volume I.
■ Add new volumes as explained in “Adding new volumes” on page 135 of
the NetBackup Administrator’s Guide, Volume I.
Because the ACS volume IDs and barcodes are the same, NetBackup has a
record of the barcodes for the media. Note that you do not enter slot
locations because the ACS library software manages slot locations.
■ To verify your configuration, use Show Contents and Compare Contents
with Volume Configuration from the Robot Inventory dialog.

Removing tapes
You can remove tapes by using the Sun StorageTek utility or by using
NetBackup.

Removing tapes using the ACSLS utility

If you remove media from an ACS robot, you must move the media logically to
stand-alone in NetBackup. To do so, do one of the following:
■ Update the volume configuration by using the robot inventory function. For
procedures, see the “Robot inventory operations” in the NetBackup
Administrator’s Guide, Volume I.
■ Move the volumes as explained in “Moving volumes” of the NetBackup
Administrator’s Guide, Volume I.
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If you do not move media logically, NetBackup does not know that the media
were moved. NetBackup may issue mount requests for it, which causes a
misplaced tape error.
However, you can move media from one location to another within the robot.
The ACS library software finds the requested media if its database is current.

Removing tapes using NetBackup

You can remove tapes by using one of the following methods. Either of these
methods performs the logical move and the physical move.
■ Actions > Eject Volumes From Robot in the NetBackup Administration
Console.
◆ Use the vmchange command (see the NetBackup Commands manual).

Robot inventory operations

Note: If the ACS library software host is a Sun StorageTek Library Station, an
Inventory Robot Filter (INVENTORY_FILTER) entry may be required in the
vm.conf file. Old versions of Library Station do not support queries of all
volumes in an ACS robot.

In NetBackup, the ACS robot type supports barcodes. The following sequence of
events occurs when you inventory an ACS robot in NetBackup:
■ NetBackup requests volume information from the ACS library software.
■ The ACS library software provides a listing of the volume IDs, media types,
ACS location, and LSM location from its database. The following table is an
example of the ACS information that NetBackup receives:

ACS volume ID ACS media type ACS LSM

100011 DLTIV 0 0

200201 DD3A 0 0

412840 STK1R 0 1

412999 STK1U 0 1

521212 JLABEL 0 0

521433 STK2P 0 1

521455 STK2W 0 1
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ACS volume ID ACS media type ACS LSM

770000 LTO_100G 0 0

775500 SDLT 0 0

900100 EECART 0 0

900200 UNKNOWN 0 0

■ NetBackup maps the volume IDs into media IDs and barcodes. For example
in the previous table, volume ID 100011 becomes media ID 100011 and the
barcode for that media ID is also 100011.
■ If the operation does not require a volume configuration update, NetBackup
uses the media type defaults for ACS robots when it creates its report.
■ If the operation requires a volume configuration update,, NetBackup maps
the ACS media types to the default NetBackup media types. NetBackup adds
the ACS and the LSM locations for new volumes to the EMM database. This
location information is used for media and drive selection.
For information about the default media type mappings and how to change
them, see “Media Type Mappings tab” in the NetBackup Administrator’s
Guide.

Robot inventory filtering

If you want NetBackup to use only a subset of the volumes under ACS library
control, you can filter the volume information from the library. To do so, you use
the ACSLS administrative interface to assign the volumes you want to use to a
scratch pool or pools. Then you configure NetBackup to use only the volumes in
those scratch pools.
A NetBackup robot inventory includes the volumes that exist in the ACS scratch
pool. The ACS library software moves each volume from the scratch pool after it
is mounted.
A partial inventory also includes those volumes that NetBackup can validate
exist in the robotic library, including volumes not in the ACS scratch pool. To
prevent losing track of previously mounted volumes, the library reports the
complete list of volumes that exist in the robotic library.

Inventory filtering example

The following is an example of how to configure an inventory filter:
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1 Use the ACSLS administrative interface (ACSSA) command to create a

scratch pool. Assign ID 4 and 0 to 500 as the range for the number of
volumes, as follows:
ACSSA> define pool 0 500 4

2 Use the ACSLS administrative interface (ACSSA) command to define the

volumes in scratch pool 4:
ACSSA> set scratch 4 600000-999999

3 On the NetBackup media server from which you invoke the inventory
operation, add an INVENTORY_FILTER entry to the vm.conf file. The
following is the usage statement:
INVENTORY_FILTER = ACS robot_number BY_ACS_POOL

acs_scratch_pool1 [acs_scratch_pool2 ...]

The following define the options and arguments:

■ robot_number is the number of the robot in NetBackup.
■ acs_scratch_pool1 is the scratch pool ID as configured in the ACS
library software.
■ acs_scratch_pool2 is a second scratch pool ID (up to 10 scratch pools are
allowed).
For example, the following entry forces ACS robot number 0 to query
scratch volumes from Sun StorageTek pool IDs 4 and 5.
INVENTORY_FILTER = ACS 0 BY_ACS_POOL 4 5

Robotic control, communication, and logging

NetBackup Enterprise Server only.
How NetBackup uses robotic control, communication, and logging during tape
operations depends on the host system type:
■ Windows systems
■ UNIX systems

Windows systems
The NetBackup acsd process provides robotic control to mount and dismount
volumes. It also requests inventories of the volumes that are under the control
of ACS library software. The NetBackup Device Manager service ltid starts the
acsd process and communicates with it.
The acsd process requests SCSI tape unloads through the device host’s tape
driver before it uses the ACS API to request tape dismounts. This request
process accommodates the configurations that have SCSI multiplexors. Loaded
tapes are not ejected forcibly when a dismount operation occurs.
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UNIX systems
On UNIX systems, several NetBackup daemons and processes provide robotic
control, communication, and logging.

NetBackup ACS daemon (acsd)

The NetBackup ACS daemon acsd provides robotic control to mount and
dismount volumes. It also requests inventories of the volumes that are under
the control of ACS library software. the Media Manager device daemon ltid
starts the acsd daemon and communicates with it. If ltid is active already, you
can start acsd manually.
The acsd daemon requests SCSI tape unloads through the device host’s tape
driver before it uses the ACS API to request tape dismounts. This control process
accommodates the configurations that have SCSI multiplexors. Loaded tapes are
not ejected forcibly when a dismount operation occurs.
When acsd starts, it first starts the NetBackup acssel process and then starts
the acsssi process. When it starts acsssi, acsd passes the ACS library
software host name to acsssi. One copy of acsssi starts for each ACS library
software host that appears in the NetBackup device configuration for the media
server. If multiple media servers share drives in an ACS robot, acsssi must be
active on each media server.

NetBackup ACS SSI event logger (acssel)

The NetBackup ACS storage server interface (SSI) event logger acssel is
modeled after the Sun StorageTek mini_el event logger. Therefore, its
functional model differs from other NetBackup robotic controls.
The NetBackup acsd daemon starts acssel automatically. You also can start it
manually. Event messages are logged to the
/usr/openv/volmgr/debug/acsssi/event.log file.

Note: Symantec recommends that acssel run continuously because it tries to

connect on the event logger's socket for its message logging. If acsssi cannot
connect to acssel, NetBackup cannot process requests immediately. Therefore,
retry and error recovery situations then occur.

On UNIX systems, only the kill command stops acssel. The NetBackup
bp.kill_all utility (UNIX ) stops the acssel. On Windows systems, the
bpdown.exe program stops the acssel.
The full path to the event logger is /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/acssel. The
usage format is as follows:
acssel [-d] -s socket_name
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where
■ -d displays debug messages (by default, debug messages are disabled).
■ socket_name is the socket name (or IP port) to listen on for messages.

Using acssel with a different socket name

If the vm.conf file does not contain an ACS_SEL_SOCKET entry, acssel listens
on socket name 13740 by default. You can change this default by using one of
the following methods:

To change the default by modifying the Media Manager configuration file

1 Edit vm.conf and add an ACS_SEL_SOCKET entry.
For example:
ACS_SEL_SOCKET = 13799

2 Use /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/goodies/bp.kill_all to stop the

acsd, acsssi, and acssel processes. (This script stops all NetBackup
processes.)
3 Restart the NetBackup daemons and processes:
/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/goodies/netbackup start

To change the default by using environment variables

This method assumes that one ACS robot is configured and that the SSI default
socket name has not been changed. (The vm.conf ACS_SEL_SOCKET entry can
change the default).
acssel also has a command line option to specify the socket name. However,
because acsssi needs to know the event logger socket name, setting an
environment variable is preferred.
1 Use /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/goodies/bp.kill_all to stop the
acsd, acsssi, and acssel processes. (This script stops all NetBackup
processes.)
2 Set the wanted socket name in an environment variable and export it.
ACS_SEL_SOCKET = 13799

export ACS_SEL_SOCKET

3 Start the event logger in the background.

/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/acssel &

4 Set the ACS library software host name for acsssi in an environment
variable.
CSI_HOSTNAME = einstein

export CSI_HOSTNAME

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5 Start acsssi:
/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/acsssi 13741 &
6 Optionally, start acstest by using the robtest utility or by using the
following command line:
/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/acstest -r einstein -s 13741

Note: If you request SCSI unloads, you must also specify drive paths on the
acstest command line (see “ACS robotic test utility” on page 172). The
robtest utility specifies drive paths automatically if ACS drives have been
configured.

7 Start ltid, which starts acsd. You can use the -v option for verbose
message output.
/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/ltid

During initialization, acsd obtains the SSI Event Logger socket name from
vm.conf and sets ACS_SEL_SOCKET in the environment before starting
acssel. If acsssi is started manually, it has to use (listen on) the same SSI
socket that acsd uses to send data.

NetBackup ACS storage server interface (acsssi)

The NetBackup ACS storage server interface (SSI) acsssi communicates with

the ACS library software host. acsssi processes all RPC communications from

acsd or from the ACS robotic test utility that are intended for the ACS library

software.

One copy of acsssi must run for each unique ACS library software host that is

configured on a NetBackup media server. acsd tries to start copies of acsssi

for each host. However, if an acsssi process for a specific ACS library software

host exists already, the new acsssi processes for that host fails during

initialization.

In normal operations, acsssi runs in the background and sends log messages

to acssel.

You can specify the socket name (IP port) used by acsssi in any of the

following ways:

■ On the command line when you start acsssi.

■ By using an environment variable (ACS_SSI_SOCKET).
■ Through the default value.

Note: If you configure acsssi to use a nondefault socket name, you also must
configure the ACS daemon and ACS test utility to use the same socket name.
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The ACS library software host name is passed to acsssi by using the
CSI_HOSTNAME environment variable.
acsssi is based on the Sun StorageTek storage server interface and supports
similar features, such as using environment variables to control most aspects of
operational behavior. For the environment variables that are supported, see
“Optional environment variables” on page 171.

Using the ACS_SSI_SOCKET configuration option

By default, acsssi listens on unique, consecutive socket names; the socket
names begin at 13741. To specify socket names on an ACS library software host
basis, you can add a configuration entry in vm.conf.
Use the following format:
ACS_SSI_SOCKET = ACS_library_software_hostname socket_name
The following is an example entry (do not use the IP address of the ACS library
host for this parameter):
ACS_SSI_SOCKET = einstein 13750

Starting acsssi manually

This method is not the recommended method to start acsssi. Normally, acsd

starts acsssi.

Before you can start ascssi manually, you must configure the CSI_HOSTNAME

environment variable. The following is a Bourne shell example:

CSI_HOSTNAME=einstein

export CSI_HOSTNAME

/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/acsssi 13741 &

To start acsssi

1 Start the event logger, acssel.

2 Start acsssi. The format is acsssi socket_name.

Optional environment variables

If you want individual acsssi processes to operate differently, you can set
environment variables before the acsssi processes are started.
The following are the optional environment variables:
■ SSI_HOSTNAME
Specifies the name of the host where ACS library software RPC return
packets are routed for ACS network communications. By default, the local
host name is used.
■ CSI_RETRY_TIMEOUT
Set this variable to a small positive integer. The default is 2 seconds.
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■ CSI_RETRY_TRIES
Set this variable to a small positive integer. The default is 5 retries.
■ CSI_CONNECT_AGETIME
Set this variable to a value between 600 seconds and 31536000 seconds. The
default is 172800 seconds.

ACS robotic test utility

NetBackup Enterprise Server only.
The acstest utility allows you to verify ACS communications and provides a
remote system administrative interface to an ACS robot. It can also be used to
query, enter, eject, mount, unload, and dismount volumes. In addition, acstest
allows you to define, delete, and populate ACS library software scratch pools.
While acsd services requests, do not use acstest. Communication problems
may occur if acsd and acstest process ACS requests at the same time.

acstest on Windows systems

acstest depends on the Sun StorageTek LibAttach service being started

successfully. You can verify that this service is started by using the Services tool

available in Administrative Tools in the Windows control panel. acstest

attempts to communicate with ACS library software by using the LibAttach

service.

The usage format follows:

acstest -r ACS_library_software_hostname [-d device_name ACS, LSM,

panel, drive] ... [-C sub_cmd]

The following example assumes that the LibAttach service has been started:

install_path\volmgr\bin\acstest -r einstein -d Tape0 0,0,2,1

acstest on UNIX systems

acstest depends on acsssi being started successfully. You can use the UNIX
netstat -a command to verify that a process listens on the SSI socket.
acstest attempts to communicate with ACS library software using acsssi
and connects on an existing socket.
The usage format follows. You can pass the socket name on the command line.
Otherwise, the default socket name (13741) is used.

acstest -r ACS_library_software_hostname [-s socket_name]

[-d drive_path ACS, LSM, panel, drive] ... [-C sub_cmd]

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Changing your ACS robotic configuration

The following example assumes that the acsssi process has been started by
using socket 13741:
/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/acstest -r einstein -s 13741

Changing your ACS robotic configuration

UNIX and Linux systems only.
NetBackup Enterprise Server only.
If you change your ACS robot configuration, you should update NetBackup so
that acsssi can successfully communicate with acsd, acstest, and ACS
library software.
Any acsssi processes must be cancelled after your changes are made and
before the Media Manager device daemon, ltid, is restarted. Also, for the
acstest utility to function, acsssi for the selected robot must be running.

To update NetBackup after changing your configuration

1 Make your configuration changes.
2 Use bp.kill_all to stop all running processes.
3 Restart all processes.
/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/goodies/netbackup start

ACS configurations supported

UNIX and Linux systems only.
NetBackup Enterprise Server only.
NetBackup supports the following ACS configurations:
■ Multiple robots that are controlled from a single ACS host
■ Multiple robots that are controlled from multiple ACS hosts

Multiple ACS robots with one ACS library software host

NetBackup supports the following configuration:
■ A NetBackup server is connected to drives in multiple ACS robots
■ The robots are controlled from a single ACS library software host
See Figure 11-4 on page 174.
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Figure 11-4 Multiple ACS robots, one ACS library software host

Robot 1
Sun
NetBackup Server StorageTe
ACS(10) controls drive 1 k ACS 0
ACS Library
ACS(20) controls drive 2 Software
Host
Robot 2
Sun
StorageTek
ACS 1

Network Communications (RPC)

Inventory requests include: the volumes that are configured on the ACS library
software host that resides on the ACS robot that is designated in the drive
address.
In this example, assume that drive 1:
■ Has an ACS drive address (ACS, LSM, panel, drive) of 0,0,1,1 in the
NetBackup device configuration
■ Is under control of robot number 10 (ACS(10)).
If any other robot ACS(10) drives have a different ACS drive address (for
example, 1,0,1,0), the configuration is invalid.
NetBackup supports configurations of multiple LSMs in a single ACS robot if a
pass-through port exists.

Multiple ACS robots and ACS library software hosts

NetBackup supports the following configuration:
■ A NetBackup server is connected to drives in multiple ACS robots
■ The robots are controlled from separate ACS library software hosts
See Figure 11-5 on page 175.
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Figure 11-5 Multiple ACS robots, multiple ACS library software hosts

Robot 1 ACS Library

Sun Software
NetBackup Server StorageTek Host A
ACS 0
ACS(10) controls drive 1
ACS(20) controls drive 2

Robot 2 ACS Library

Sun Software
StorageTek Host B
ACS 0

Network Communications (RPC)

Inventory requests include the volumes that are configured on the ACS library
software hosts (Host A for Robot 1 and Host B for Robot 2). The software hosts
reside on the robot (ACS 0 for each) that is designated in the Sun StorageTek
drive address.
In this example, assume drive 1:
■ Has an ACS drive address (ACS, LSM, panel, drive) of 0,0,1,1 in the
NetBackup device configuration
■ Is under control of robot number 10 (ACS(10))
If any other robot ACS(10) drives have a different ACS drive address (for
example, 1,0,1,0), the configuration is invalid.
NetBackup supports configurations of multiple LSMs in a single ACS robot if a
pass-through port exists.

Sun StorageTek ACSLS firewall configuration

NetBackup Enterprise Server only.
To configure an ACS robot in an Sun StorageTek ACSLS firewall environment,
use the following vm.conf file configuration entries to designate TCP port
connections:
■ ACS_CSI_HOSTPORT
■ ACS_SSI_INET_PORT
■ ACS_TCP_RPCSERVICE
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For information about vm.conf entries and examples, see “vm.conf options for
media servers” in the NetBackup Administrator’s Guide for UNIX and Linux,
Volume II or the NetBackup Administrator’s Guide for Windows, Volume II.
The Sun StorageTek ACSLS server configuration options must match the entries
in the vm.conf file. For example, in a typical ACSLS firewall configuration, you
would change the following settings as shown:
■ Changes to alter use of TCP protocol…
Set to TRUE - Firewall-secure ACSLS runs across TCP.
■ Changes to alter use of UDP protocol…
Set to FALSE - Firewall-secure ACSLS runs across TCP.
■ Changes to alter use of the portmapper…
Set to NEVER - Ensures that the ACSLS server does not query the
portmapper on the client platform.
■ Enable CSI to be used behind a firewall…
Set to TRUE - Allows specification of a single port for the ACSLS server.
■ Port number used by the CSI...
The port that the user chooses. The 30031 default value is used most often.
This port number must match the port number that you specify in the
NetBackup vm.conf file.
For complete information about setting up a firewall-secure ACSLS server, refer
to your vendor documentation.
 Chapter 12
Device configuration
examples
See the following robot and drive configuration examples:
■ “Configuring a robot on a server” on page 177

■ “Configuring stand-alone drives on a server” on page 180

■ “Configuring a robot and multiple servers” on page 183

■ “Configuring an ACS robot on a Windows server” on page 187

■ “Configuring an ACS robot on a UNIX server” on page 190

■ “Configuring a TLH robot on a UNIX server” on page 192

■ “Configuring a TLM robot on a UNIX server” on page 194

Configuring a robot on a server

Windows Server eel
Robot Number 0

EMM Server Path Drive

TL8 Information Name

Robotic
Drive 1 [4,0,0,0] eel_dr_1
(8mm)

Robotic
Drive 2 [4,0,1,0] eel_dr_2
(8mm)
178 Device configuration examples

This configuration has a tape library that contains two 8mm tape drives. The
robot and drives are connected to a server running Microsoft Windows.

Table 12-1 Add Robot dialog entries (local host)

Device Host eel

Robot Type TL8 (Tape Library 8MM)

Robot Number 0

Robot is controlled locally by Set (cannot be changed for this robot type)
this device host

Robot Device When you select a robot, the SCSI Port, Bus, Target,
and LUN numbers are propogated to the Add Robot
dialog for Windows servers.

Table 12-2 Add Drive dialog entries (drive1)

Device Host eel

Drive Name eel_dr_1

Drive Type 8mm Cartridge (8mm)

Path Information [4,0,0,0]

Cleaning Frequency 0 (hours)

Drive is in a Robotic Library Yes

Robotic Library TL8(0) - eel

Robot Drive Number 1

Table 12-3 Add Drive dialog entries (drive2)

Device Host eel

Drive Name eel_dr_2

Drive Type 8mm Cartridge (8mm)

Path Information [4,0,1,0]

Cleaning Frequency 0 (hours)

Drive is in a Robotic Library Yes

 Device configuration examples 179

Table 12-3 Add Drive dialog entries (drive2) (Continued)

Robotic Library TL8(0) - eel

Robot Drive Number 2

If eel was a UNIX server, you would complete the following dialog entries.

Table 12-4 Add Robot dialog entries (local host)

Device Host eel

Robot Type TL8 (Tape Library 8MM)

Robot Number 0

Robot is controlled locally by this device Set (cannot be changed for this robot type)
host

Robotic Device File /dev/sg/c0t4l0

Table 12-5 Add Drive dialog entries (drive1)

Device Host eel

Drive Name eel_dr_1

Drive Type 8mm Cartridge (8mm)

No Rewind Device /dev/rmt/5cbn

Cleaning Frequency 25 (hours)

Drive Status UP

Drive is in a Robotic Library Yes

Robotic Library TL8(0) - eel

Robot Drive Number 1

Table 12-6 Add Drive dialog entries (drive2)

Device Host eel

Drive Name eel_dr_2

Drive Type 8mm Cartridge (8mm)

No Rewind Device /dev/rmt/6cbn

180 Device configuration examples

Table 12-6 Add Drive dialog entries (drive2) (Continued)

Cleaning Frequency 25 (hours)

Drive Status UP

Drive is in a Robotic Library Yes

Robotic Library TL8(0) - eel

Robot Drive Number 2

Configuring stand-alone drives on a server

Windows Server eel

Robot Number 0

EMM Server Path Drive

TL8 Information Name

Robotic
Drive 1 [4,0,0,0] eel_dr_1
(8mm)

Robotic
Drive 2 [4,0,1,0] eel_dr_2
Path Drive (8mm)
Information Name

[5,0,0,0] qscsi
eel_qdrv_2
Drive1

[5,0,2,0] eel_qdrv_3 qscsi

Drive2

[5,0,1,0] eel_4mm_drv_4 4mm

Drive3

This example adds three stand-alone drives to the device configuration for the
host eel that was shown in Example 1. Configuration information for the robot
and its two drives is the same as in “Configuring a robot on a server” on
page 177. That configuration information is not repeated here.

Table 12-7 Add Drive dialog entries (drive1)

Device Host eel

Drive Name eel_qdrv_2

Drive Type 1/4” Cartridge (qscsi)

 Device configuration examples 181

Table 12-7 Add Drive dialog entries (drive1) (Continued)

Path Information [5,0,0,0]

Drive is in a Robotic Library No

Table 12-8 Add Drive dialog entries (drive2)

Device Host eel

Drive Name eel_qdrv_3

Drive Type 1/4” Cartridge (qscsi)

Path Information [5,0,2,0]

Drive is in a Robotic Library No

Table 12-9 Add Drive dialog entries (drive3)

Device Host eel

Drive Name eel_4mm_drv_4

Drive Type 4mm Cartridge (4mm)

Path Information [5,0,1,0]

Cleaning Frequency 0 (hours)

Drive is in a Robotic Library No

If eel was a UNIX server, you would complete the following dialog entries.

Table 12-10 Add Drive dialog entries (drive1)

Device Host eel

Drive Name eel_qdrv_2

Drive Type 1/4” Cartridge (qscsi)

No Rewind Device /dev/rmt/2cbn

Drive Status UP

Drive is in a Robotic Library No

182 Device configuration examples

Table 12-11 Add Drive dialog entries (drive2)

Device Host eel

Drive Name eel_qdrv_3

Drive Type 1/4” Cartridge (qscsi)

No Rewind Device /dev/rmt/3cbn

Drive Status UP

Drive is in a Robotic Library No

Table 12-12 Add Drive dialog entries (drive3)

Device Host eel

Drive Name eel_4mm_drv_4

Drive Type 4mm Cartridge (4mm)

No Rewind Device /dev/rmt/4cbn

Cleaning Frequency 25 (hours)

Drive Status UP

Drive is in a Robotic Library No

 Device configuration examples 183

Configuring a robot and multiple servers

The following example applies only to NetBackup Enterprise Server.

Windows Server eel

Robot Number 0

EMM Server SCSI TL8

Robotic
Control

Path Drive
Information Name

SCSI
Robot
[4,0,0,0] eel_drive_1
Drive 1
Windows Server shark

SCSI Robot
Drive 2 [5,0,1,0] shark_drive_2

SCSI Robot
Drive 3 /dev/nrst15 whale_drive_3

UNIX Server whale

This example is a more complex configuration than the previous examples

because:
■ The robotic control is on one NetBackup media server server
■ Two other media servers use the drives.
Some things to note when you review this example are:
■ Media for all devices is configured in an EMM server, which is located on
server eel.
■ The Robot Number is 0 in all three cases because the three servers refer to
the same physical robot. In this case, robotic control is on host eel.
184 Device configuration examples

■ Robot Drive Numbers correlate to the physical drive assignment within the
robot.
■ When you add volumes, add them to host eel because the EMM server is on
that server.

Configuration on the Windows server eel

Use the following entries in the Add Robot and Add Drive dialogs:
Table 12-13 Add Robot dialog entries (local host)

Device Host eel

Robot Type TL8 (Tape Library 8MM)

Robot Number 0

Robot is controlled locally by this Set

device host

Robot Device When you select a robot, the SCSI Port, Bus, Target,
and LUN numbers are propogated to the Add Robot
dialog for Windows servers.

Table 12-14 Add Drive dialog entries (drive 1)

Device Host eel

Drive Name eel_drive_1

Drive Type 8mm Cartridge (8mm)

Path Information [4,0,0,0]

Cleaning Frequency 0 (hours)

Drive is in a Robotic Library Yes

Robotic Library TL8(0) - eel

Robot Drive Number 1

Configuration on the Windows server shark

Use the following entries in the Add Robot and Add Drive dialogs:

Table 12-15 Add Robot dialog entries (remote host)

Device Host shark

 Device configuration examples 185

Table 12-15 Add Robot dialog entries (remote host) (Continued)

Robot Type TL8 (Tape Library 8MM)

Robot Number 0

Robot control is handled by a remote Set

host

Robot Control Host eel

Table 12-16 Add Drive Dialog Entries (Drive 2)

Device Host shark

Drive Name shark_drive_2

Drive Type 8mm Cartridge (8mm)

Path Information [5,0,1,0]

Cleaning Frequency 0 (hours)

Drive is in a Robotic Library Yes

Robotic Library TL8(0) - eel

Robot Drive Number 2

Configuration on the UNIX server whale

Use the following entries in the Add Robot and Add Drive dialogs:

Table 12-17 Add Robot Dialog Entries (remote host)

Device Host whale

Robot Type TL8 (Tape Library 8MM)

Robot Number 0

Robot control is handled by a remote host Set

Robot Control Host eel

Table 12-18 Add Drive Dialog Entries (Drive 3)

Device Host whale

Drive Name whale_drive_3

186 Device configuration examples

Table 12-18 Add Drive Dialog Entries (Drive 3) (Continued)

Drive Type 8mm Cartridge (8mm)

No Rewind Device /dev/nrst15

Cleaning Frequency 20 (hours)

Drive Status UP

Drive is in a Robotic Library Yes

Robotic Library TL8(0) - eel

Robot Drive Number 3

 Device configuration examples 187

Configuring an ACS robot on a Windows server

The following example applies only to NetBackup Enterprise Server.

Windows Server shark whale

STK Automated Cartridge System

acsd
LibAttach Library Software (ACSLS) Host -
(ACS 0)

Library Management
Unit (LMU)
SCSI

Panel 2 Robotics

lun 0 Library Storage

Data Control Drive 0
Unit Module

CAP
(CU) lun 1
Drive 1 (LSM 0)

This configuration uses an Automated Cartridge System (ACS) robot for storage.
Server shark can be a Windows NetBackup master server or media server. Items
to note when you review this example are:
■ The Sun StorageTek ACSLS host (in the Add Robot dialog) is host whale,
where the ACS library software resides. In this example, Automated
Cartridge System Library Software (ACSLS) is installed as the ACS library
software.
On some server platforms, you can run NetBackup media server software
and ACS library software on the same server. Therefore, you need only one
server.
188 Device configuration examples

■ The ACS, LSM, PANEL, and DRIVE numbers are part of the ACS library
software configuration and must be obtained from the administrator of that
host.
■ Robot number and ACS number are different terms. Robot number is the
robot identifier used in NetBackup. ACS number is the robot identifier in
ACS library software. These numbers can be different, although they both
default to zero.
■ If you connnect the drives through an independent control unit, you must
use the correct Logical Unit Numbers (LUNs) so that the correct tape name is
used.
■ The Add Robot dialog entries include an ACSLS Host entry so that the ACS
library software host communicates by using STK LibAttach software. This
software must be installed on each Windows server that has the ACS drives
attached to it.

Table 12-19 Add Robot dialog entries (remote host)

Device Host shark

Robot Type ACS (Automated Cartridge System)

Robot Number 0

Robot control is handled by a remote host Set (cannot be changed for this robot type)

ACSLS Host whale

Table 12-20 Add Drive dialog entries (drive 0)

Device Host shark

Drive Type 1/2” Cartridge (hcart)

Drive Name shark_drive_0

Path Information [5,0,1,0]

Drive is in a Robotic Library Yes

Robotic Library ACS(0) - whale

 Device configuration examples 189

Table 12-20 Add Drive dialog entries (drive 0) (Continued)

ACS ACS: 0
LSM: 0
PANEL: 2
DRIVE: 0

Table 12-21 Add Drive dialog entries (drive 1)

Device Host shark

Drive Type 1/2” Cartridge (hcart)

Drive Name shark_drive_1

Path Information [4,0,1,1]

Drive is in a Robotic Library Yes

Robotic Library ACS(0) - whale

ACS ACS: 0
LSM: 0
PANEL: 2
DRIVE: 1
190 Device configuration examples

Configuring an ACS robot on a UNIX server

The following example applies only to NetBackup Enterprise Server.

UNIX Server shark whale

Automated Cartridge System

acsd acsssi Library Software (ACSLS) Host

(ACS 0)

Library Management
Unit (LMU)
SCSI

Panel 2 Robotics

lun 0
Data Control Drive 0 Library Storage
Unit Module
lun 1 CAP
(CU)
Drive 1
(LSM 0)

This configuration uses an Automated Cartridge System (ACS) robot for storage.
Host shark can be a UNIX NetBackup master server or media server. Some items
to note when your review this example are:
■ The ACSLS Host (in the Add Robot dialog) is server whale, where the ACS
library software resides. In this example, Automated Cartridge System
Library Software (ACSLS) is installed as the ACS library software.
On some server platforms, you can run NetBackup media server software
and ACS library software on the same server. Therefore, you need only one
server.
■ The ACS, PANEL, LSM, and DRIVE numbers are part of the ACS library
software configuration and must be obtained from that system.
 Device configuration examples 191

■ Robot number and ACS number are different terms. Robot number is the
robot identifier used in NetBackup. ACS number is the robot identifier in
ACS library software. These numbers can be different, although they both
default to zero.
■ If you connnect the drives through an independent control unit, you must
use the correct Logical Unit Numbers (LUNs) so that the correct tape name is
used.
■ The Add Robot dialog entries include an ACSLS Host entry. That entry
configures NetBackup to use the ACS Storage Server Interface (acsssi) to
communicate with the ACS library software host.

Table 12-22 Add Robot dialog entries (remote host)

Device Host shark

Robot Type ACS (Automated Cartridge System)

Robot Number 0

Robot control is handled by a remote host Set (cannot be changed for this robot type)

ACSLS Host whale

Table 12-23 Add Drive dialog entries (drive 0)

Device Host shark

Drive Name shark_drive_0

Drive Type 1/2” Cartridge (hcart)

No Rewind Device /dev/rmt1.1

Drive is in a Robotic Library Yes

Robotic Library ACS(0) - whale

ACS ACS Number: 0

LSM Number: 2
PANEL Number: 0
DRIVE Number: 0
192 Device configuration examples

Table 12-24 Add Drive dialog entries (drive 1)

Device Host shark

Drive Name shark_drive_1

Drive Type 1/2” Cartridge (hcart)

No Rewind Device /dev/rmt1.1

Drive is in a Robotic Library Yes

Robotic Library ACS(0) - whale

ACS ACS Number: 0

LSM Number: 2
PANEL Number: 0
DRIVE Number: 1

Configuring a TLH robot on a UNIX server

The following example applies only to NetBackup Enterprise Server.

UNIX Server shark

Library
LMCP Manager

PC
Device Files for the
physical drives TLH Robot
IBM

Automated Tape Library

(ATL)
SCSI

003590B1A00 003590B1A01

TLH_rob_drv1 TLH_rob_drv2

This configuration adds a TLH robot to the configuration. The server shark can
be a UNIX (AIX, Solaris SPARC, HP-UX), Linux, or Windows server, and can be a
 Device configuration examples 193

NetBackup master server or media server. Some things to note when you review
this example are:
■ The robot control host is the server shark. The robotic control (tlhcd) also
can exist on a different server.
■ The main difference between TLH robot configuration and other robot types
is the robotic device file. The robotic device file is the Library Manager
Control Point (LMCP) file on AIX systems and is the library name on non-AIX
systems.
In this example, shark is a AIX server, so the LMCP file is specified for the
robotic device file.
If shark was a UNIX server that was not AIX or a Windows server, you would
specify the library name (for example 3494AH).
■ The drive configuration uses the IBM device number. You cannot assign a
cleaning frequency in NetBackup.

Table 12-25 Add Robot dialog entries (local host)

Device Host shark

Robot Type TLH (Tape Library Half-inch)

Robot Number 0

Robot is controlled locally by this device Set

host

LMCP Device File /dev/lmcp0

Table 12-26 Add Drive dialog entries (drive 1)

Device Host shark

Drive Name TLH_rob_drv1

Drive Type 1/2” Cartridge (hcart)

No Rewind Device /dev/rmt4.1

Drive Status UP

Drive is in a Robotic Library Yes

Robotic Library TLH(0) - shark

Vendor Drive Identifier 003590B1A00

194 Device configuration examples

Table 12-27 Add Drive dialog entries (drive 2)

Device Host shark

Drive Name TLH_rob_drv2

Drive Type 1/2” Cartridge (hcart)

No Rewind Device /dev/rmt1.1

Drive Status UP

Drive is in a Robotic Library Yes

Robotic Library TLH(0) - shark

Vendor Drive Identifier 003590B1A01

Configuring a TLM robot on a UNIX server

The following example applies only to NetBackup Enterprise Server.

UNIX Server shark

Archive
dasos2_pc Management
Unit (OS/2)

NetBackup media server

Distributed AML
Server (DAS)

Device Files for the

TLM Robot
physical drives
Automated Media Library
(AML)

SCSI CN0 CN1

TLM_rob_drv1 TLM_rob_drv2

This configuration adds a TLM robot. The device configuration for this robot is
similar to the TL8 robot explained in “Configuring a robot on a server” on
page 177.
 Device configuration examples 195

However with a TLM robot, you specify the DAS/SDLC server instead of a robot
control host. This server may reside on an IBM OS/2 system, usually in or near
the robot cabinet, or on a Windows server.
In this example, the DAS Server entry is dasos2_pc. You must configure the
DAS/SDLC server to recognize server shark as a client and allocate the AML
drives to shark.

Table 12-28 Add Robot dialog entries (remote host)

Device Host shark

Robot Type TLM (Tape Library Multimedia)

Robot Number 0

Robot control is handled by a remote host Set (cannot be changed for this robot type)

DAS Server dasos2_pc

Table 12-29 Add Drive dialog entries (drive 1)

Device Host shark

Drive Name TLM_rob_drv1

Drive Type 1/2” Cartridge (hcart)

No Rewind Device /dev/rmt/rmt0h

Cleaning Frequency 25 (hours)

Drive Status UP

Drive is in a Robotic Library Yes

Robotic Library TLM(0) - shark

Vendor Drive Identifier CN0

Table 12-30 Add Drive dialog entries (drive 2)

Device Host shark

Drive Name TLM_rob_drv2

Drive Type 1/2” Cartridge (hcart)

196 Device configuration examples

Table 12-30 Add Drive dialog entries (drive 2) (Continued)

No Rewind Device /dev/rmt/rmt1h

Cleaning Frequency 25 (hours)

Drive Status UP

Drive is in a Robotic Library Yes

Robotic Library TLM(0) - shark

Vendor Drive Identifier CN1

 Index

Symbols AT&T style close

HP-UX 55

/etc/ibmatl.conf file 146

Solaris 85

atdd driver, HP-UX 58

A ATL (see Automated Tape Library)

ACS (see Automated Cartridge System)

Automated Cartridge System

acsd daemon 168

adding volumes 164

acssel 168
barcode operations 165

acsssi 170
configuration example 187, 190

acstest 164, 170, 172

Library Server (ACSLS) 155, 159

AIX
media requests 160

adapter numbers 18
removing tapes 134, 164

install_ovpass script 20
Solaris 74

locate-block 33
special characters 163

optical disk configuration

STK Library Station 155, 159

make device files 38

Automated Tape Library (ATL) 140, 143

set in nonvolatile memory 40

ovpass driver 19
B
installing 20

Berkeley-style close

uninstalling 20

HP-UX 55

upgrading 20

Solaris 85

passthru driver 19

boot -r, Solaris 91

remove_ovpass command 20

robotic controls 21

SCSI robotic controls 21, 32

C
make device files 26, 30
cfgmgr command 43

smit tool 18, 20

chdev command 32, 43

tape drive configuration

cleaning

extended file marks 33

drives 151

make device files 35

command summary

multiple densities 37
for AIX 42

variable mode devices 32

HP Alpha 101

AIX (see AIX)

HP-UX 61

AL-PA destination ID, Solaris 77

Linux 72

alternate media types

Solaris 90

ACS robots 161

configuring

defined 111
examples, drives and robots 177

example 111
TLM drives 125

AML (see Distributed AML Server)

control unit, ACS 160

AMU (see Archive Management Unit)

API robots 123, 137, 155

Archive Management Unit (AMU) 124

198 Index

D HP Alpha

Dynamic Device Recognition 97

D_ID 27, 39, 41

locate-block 95

DAS (see Distributed AML Server)

SCSI robotic controls 94

DAS_CLIENT, environment variable 128

HP LTO

DAS_CLIENT, vm.conf entry 128

Tru64 96

DASADMIN command 128, 131

HP optical disk

device

HP-UX 59

configuration wizard 162

on AIX 38

device configuration sequence 12

Solaris 87

Device Configuration wizard 132

HP-UX

device discovery 12

command summary 61

device driver install wizard, Windows 105

optical disk configuration, make device files 59

device drivers

SAM utility 56

ovpass 19

SCSI robotic controls 46

sd (Solaris) 89

make device files 47, 53

sg, Linux 65

spt (SCSI passthru) driver 53

sg, Solaris 82

SMH utility 61

spt (SCSI passthru), HP-UX 53

tape drive configuration

st, Linux 65

Berkeley-style close 55

Windows 105

make device files 55

Distributed AML Server

hwmgr command, HP Alpha 95, 96

\ETC\CONFIG file 130

\MPTN\ETC\HOSTS file 130

overview 123
I

Distributed AML Server (also see Tape Library

IBM AIX (see AIX)

Multimedia)
IBM Automated Tape Library 137

drive cleaning
(also see Tape Library Half-inch)

for TLH robots 151

IBM Automated Tape Library service 143

drstat command 119

IBM device number 119, 151

install_ovpass script 20, 42

E installing 32 bit tape device drivers, Windows 105

installing 64 bit tape device drivers, Windows 106

extended file marks 33

ioscan command, HP-UX 61

F K
fabric assigned destination ID, Solaris 77

kernel changes

fast-tape positioning (see locate-block)

HP Alpha 97

Fibre Channel

HP-UX configuration example 50, 51

fibre channel
L
binding process, Solaris 77
Library Management Unit 159

drivers 75
Library Manager Control Point daemon

fixed length block 32

(LMCPD) 140

forward-space-file/record, HP-UX 56
Library Storage Module 159

Linux

H loading drivers 65

robotic controls 65

HP 1.2 GB optical

SCSI robotic controls 65

on AIX 19

 Index 199

tape drive configuration

WORM_OPT 111

make device files 67

mkdev command 42

verifying the device configuration 69

mknod command, HP-UX 62

LMCP device file 144

modinfo command, Solaris 90

LMCPD 140
modprobe command

LMU (see Library Management Unit) Linux 65

locate-block
mt command

HP Alpha 95
Linux 72

on AIX 33
mtlib command, IBM 145

on Solaris 85

Solaris 85

lsattr command 43

N
lsdev command
N_Port address 27, 39, 41

HP-UX 62
NetBackup 81 errors 61

on AIX 42
NetBackup Enterprise Server 59

LSM (see Library Storage Module)

lsmod command
O
Linux 65
odmget command 43

optical disk

M HP-UX 59

make_scsi_dev command
on AIX 38

Linux 66, 67, 68

Solaris 87

Media Manager Device Configuration wizard,

overview of

HP-UX 60
robots 109

media type
ovpass driver 19

4MM 110

4MM_CLN 110
P
8MM 110
passthru driver (see SCSI)

8MM_CLN 111
plug and play drivers, Windows 106

8MM2 110
processes

8MM2_CLN 111
robotic 119

8MM3 111
robotic control 119

8MM3_CLN 111

DLT 111

DLT_CLN 111
R
DLT2 111
rem_drv command, Solaris 90

DLT2_CLN 111
remove_ovpass command 20, 42

DLT3 111
robot

DLT3_CLN 111
attributes 112

DTF 111
process 119

DTF_CLN 111
robot type

HC_CLN 110
ACS 109

HC2_CLN 110
ODL 109

HC3_CLN 110
TL4 109

HCART 110
TL8 110

HCART2 110
TLD 110

HCART3 110
TLH 110

QCART 110
TLM 110

REWR_OPT 111
TSH 110

200 Index

robotic
Solaris 88, 90

control process 119

sd driver (Solaris) 89

test utilities 119, 172

Seagate LTO

robotic controls
Tru64 96

SCSI
semmnu 61

on AIX 21, 32, 65, 83

sg driver

SCSI, HP Alpha 94
Linux 65

SCSI, HP-UX 46
Solaris 82

SCSI, Linux (2.4 kernel) 66

sg.build command, Solaris 90

SCSI, Linux (2.6 kernel) 66

sg.install script, Solaris 75, 76, 90

SCSI, Sun4/SPARC 82
shared drives (see SSO)

robotic inventory
Shared Storage Option (SSO)

filtering 154, 166

optical drives 60

robtest 119, 131, 170

SMH utility

robtest utility, Red Hat linux 72

HP-UX 61

smit command 32

Solaris

S adapter card removal 74

SAM utility, HP-UX 56

locate-block 85

SAN clients
optical disk configuration

configuring drivers for on HP-UX 60

make device files 87

configuring drivers for on Linux 70

set in nonvolatile memory 88

configuring drivers for on Solaris 89

robotic controls 83

schgr device driver, HP-UX 48

SCSI passthru driver 75

scripts
SCSI robotic controls 82, 83

install_ovpass 20
sg driver install or reconfigure 75, 76

remove_ovpass 20
sg.install script 75, 76

sg.install, Solaris 75, 76

tape drive configuration

sgscan 83, 90
Berkeley-style close 85

SCSI
using ACS 74

passthru driver
spt driver (see SCSI)

on AIX 19
SSO

SolarisC 75
configuring non-serialized shared TLM

robotic control
drives 132

HP Alpha 94
configuring shared ACS drives 162

HP-UX 46
configuring TLM robot types 130

Linux (2.4 kernel) 66

st driver

Linux (2.6 kernel) 66

Linux 65

on AIX 21, 32
STK 9840

on Linux 65
HP Alpha 96

on Solaris 83
Tru64 96

spt (SCSI passthru) driver, HP-UX 53

switch settings, Sony S-AIT

SCSI reservations
on AIX 37

data integrity 13
Symantec support web site 13

disabling 13

disabling SPC-2 reserve in AIX 34

disabling SPC-2 reserve in HP-UX 56

T
disabling SPC-2 reserve in Solaris 86
table-driven robotics 118

scsi_command
tape

on AIX 43
32 bit drivers 105

 Index 201

device installer 105

DAS_CLIENT entries 128

installer 105
vold (volume manager)

tape drive configuration

Solaris 88

HP Alpha 95

HP-UX 54

no rewind 55

W
on AIX
world wide node names (WWNN) 77

make device files 35

world wide port names (WWPN) 76, 77

on Linux

make device files 67

Solaris 84

Tape Library Half-inch (TLH)

adding volumes 152

cleaning drives 151

configuration example 192

configuring robotic control 144

control daemon 140, 143

daemon 140

drive mapping 151

media requests 143

removing tapes 152

robot inventory 153

service 143

Tape Library Multimedia (TLM)

adding volumes 133

allocating drives 125

configuration example 194

configuring drives 129

configuring robotic control 125

daemon 124

drive mapping 129

inventory operations 135

media requests 125

overview 123

removing tapes 134

text version of this guide 12

tlmtest 129, 131, 133, 134

U
using the passthru driver, capabilities 64, 75

HP-UX 57

using the text version of this guide 12

V
variable length block 32

variable-mode devices

on AIX 32

vm.conf file

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Index