Document 6464215-01 rev. B, january 2006 1 installing a dlt, sdlt, vs, lto, or dat tape drive into a linux operating system purpose 5 scope 5 conventions used in this guide 5 reference documents 6 setting up communication with the tape drives 7 before installing the tape drive..........................
Installing a dlt, sdlt, vs, lto, or dat tape drive into a linux operating system document 6464215-01 rev. B january 2006 contents 2 accessing devices using /dev/st* device nodes 11 generating a list of device files ...........................................................................11 reviewi...
Installing a dlt, sdlt, vs, lto, or dat tape drive into a linux operating system document 6464215-01 rev. B january 2006 contents 3 appendix b – linux reference documentation 25 appendix c – sample stinit.Def definitions file 26 recommendations ..........................................................
Installing a dlt, sdlt, vs, lto, or dat tape drive into a linux operating system document 6464215-01 rev. B january 2006 contents 4 made in the usa. Quantum corporation provides this publication “as is” without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to the implied...
Installing a dlt, sdlt, vs, lto, or dat tape drive into a linux operating system 6464215-01, rev b january 2006 purpose 5 purpose 0 this document provides instructions for integrating a quantum® dlttape® drive, a super dlttape™ drive, a dlt vs tape drive, an lto tape drive, or a dat tape drive into ...
Installing a dlt, sdlt, vs, lto, or dat tape drive into a linux operating system 6464215-01, rev b january 2006 reference documents 6 reference documents 0 as you install and work with your linux system, you should have the manual for your tape drive available to refer to. Following is a list of all...
Installing a dlt, sdlt, vs, lto, or dat tape drive into a linux operating system 6464215-01, rev b january 2006 setting up communication with the tape drives 7 if you do not have the correct product manual, you can view and download it from the quantum web site at: http://www.Quantum.Com/serviceands...
Installing a dlt, sdlt, vs, lto, or dat tape drive into a linux operating system 6464215-01, rev b january 2006 setting up communication with the tape drives 8 installing the tape drive 0 to install the tape drive, follow these steps: 1 shut down your workstation or server and remove ac power from t...
Installing a dlt, sdlt, vs, lto, or dat tape drive into a linux operating system 6464215-01, rev b january 2006 verifying communication with the tape drives 9 verifying communication with the tape drives 0 you must ensure the st driver sees the all the tape devices. If you have added a tape device, ...
Installing a dlt, sdlt, vs, lto, or dat tape drive into a linux operating system 6464215-01, rev b january 2006 obtaining device information using /proc/scsi/scsi 10 identifying the tape devices 0 you can identify the tape device by looking at the values listed for “ channel ” (pci bus), “ id ” (scs...
Installing a dlt, sdlt, vs, lto, or dat tape drive into a linux operating system 6464215-01, rev b january 2006 accessing devices using /dev/st* device nodes 11 vendor: seagate model: st336607lc rev: ds04 type: direct-access ansi scsi revision: 03 host: scsi1 channel: 00 id: 06 lun: 00 vendor: dell ...
Installing a dlt, sdlt, vs, lto, or dat tape drive into a linux operating system 6464215-01, rev b january 2006 accessing devices using /dev/st* device nodes 12 you should see a block of four listings for each device. The list will look similar to the following: if one or more device node listings a...
Installing a dlt, sdlt, vs, lto, or dat tape drive into a linux operating system 6464215-01, rev b january 2006 accessing devices using /dev/st* device nodes 13 interpreting the device node file listing 0 the following table explains each part of the displayed device node listing shown in reviewing ...
Installing a dlt, sdlt, vs, lto, or dat tape drive into a linux operating system 6464215-01, rev b january 2006 accessing devices using /dev/st* device nodes 14 identifying device nodes 0 linux supports up to 32 tape devices [(n)st0* through (n)st31*). Device nodes are numbered consecutively beginni...
Installing a dlt, sdlt, vs, lto, or dat tape drive into a linux operating system 6464215-01, rev b january 2006 accessing devices using /dev/st* device nodes 15 identifying device modes 0 each node has four modes. Both the auto-rewind and no-rewind functions use the same modes. Creating device nodes...
Installing a dlt, sdlt, vs, lto, or dat tape drive into a linux operating system 6464215-01, rev b january 2006 accessing devices using /dev/st* device nodes 16 creating auto-rewind device nodes 0 use the mknod commands as shown in the following table to create auto- rewind device nodes. The table s...
Installing a dlt, sdlt, vs, lto, or dat tape drive into a linux operating system 6464215-01, rev b january 2006 mt-st linux rpm package 17 mt-st linux rpm package 0 the mt-st linux red hat package manager (rpm) package consists of the following tools: • mt tape device manager (see mtx tape library t...
Installing a dlt, sdlt, vs, lto, or dat tape drive into a linux operating system 6464215-01, rev b january 2006 stinit and stinit.Def 18 stinit and stinit.Def 0 stinit automatically initializes scsi tape drive modes at system startup or reboot by sending ioctl commands to the drive. The commands are...
Installing a dlt, sdlt, vs, lto, or dat tape drive into a linux operating system 6464215-01, rev b january 2006 stinit and stinit.Def 19 mode1 blocksize=0 compression=1 mode2 blocksize=1024 compression=1 mode3 blocksize=0 compression 0 mode4 blocksize = 1024 compression 0 } identifying tape devices ...
Installing a dlt, sdlt, vs, lto, or dat tape drive into a linux operating system 6464215-01, rev b january 2006 mtx tape library tool 20 all the matching initializations are collected in the order they are defined in the stinit.Def file. This means that you can define global parameters that apply to...
Installing a dlt, sdlt, vs, lto, or dat tape drive into a linux operating system 6464215-01, rev b january 2006 mtx tape library tool 21 installing mtx 0 mtx is typically included on your linux installation cd-roms (except for rhel3.0). To install mtx , execute the following command: # rpm -ivh mtx*...
Installing a dlt, sdlt, vs, lto, or dat tape drive into a linux operating system 6464215-01, rev b january 2006 appendix a – tape drive and cartridge compatibility 22 appendix a – tape drive and cartridge compatibility 0 this section provides information about tape cartridge and tape drive compatibi...
Installing a dlt, sdlt, vs, lto, or dat tape drive into a linux operating system 6464215-01, rev b january 2006 appendix a – tape drive and cartridge compatibility 23 tape drive and cartridge compatibility – sdlt 0 tape drive and cartridge compatibility – vs 0 drive type tape cartridge sdlt 220 sdlt...
Installing a dlt, sdlt, vs, lto, or dat tape drive into a linux operating system 6464215-01, rev b january 2006 appendix a – tape drive and cartridge compatibility 24 tape drive and cartridge compatibility – lto 0 tape drive and cartridge compatibility – dds/dat 0 drive type tape cartridge lto-1 lto...
Installing a dlt, sdlt, vs, lto, or dat tape drive into a linux operating system 6464215-01, rev b january 2006 appendix b – linux reference documentation 25 appendix b – linux reference documentation 0 for further information about the topics discussed in this guide, refer to the following document...
Installing a dlt, sdlt, vs, lto, or dat tape drive into a linux operating system 6464215-01, rev b january 2006 appendix c – sample stinit.Def definitions file 26 appendix c – sample stinit.Def definitions file 0 this section provides a sample stinit.Def definitions file. You must set up your stinit...
Installing a dlt, sdlt, vs, lto, or dat tape drive into a linux operating system 6464215-01, rev b january 2006 appendix c – sample stinit.Def definitions file 27 # 0x92 160.0 gb compression off (super dlttape 1) # 0x93 320.0 gb compression on (super dlttape 1) # quantum sdlt220 # 0x48 100.0 gb (sup...
Installing a dlt, sdlt, vs, lto, or dat tape drive into a linux operating system 6464215-01, rev b january 2006 appendix c – sample stinit.Def definitions file 28 # 225 = /dev/nst1a second scsi tape, mode 3, no rewind # global keywords and values drive-buffering=1 #scsi2logical=1 no-wait=0 buffering...
Installing a dlt, sdlt, vs, lto, or dat tape drive into a linux operating system 6464215-01, rev b january 2006 appendix c – sample stinit.Def definitions file 29 mode4 blocksize=0 density=0x1b compression=0 # dlt7000 density, compression off } # certance ultrium 3 manufacturer=certance model="ultri...
Installing a dlt, sdlt, vs, lto, or dat tape drive into a linux operating system 6464215-01, rev b january 2006 appendix c – sample stinit.Def definitions file 30 # quantum dlt vs160 manufacturer=quantum model="dlt vs160" { timeout=3600 long-timeout=14400 can-partitions=0 mode1 blocksize=0 density=0...
Installing a dlt, sdlt, vs, lto, or dat tape drive into a linux operating system 6464215-01, rev b january 2006 appendix d – troubleshooting 31 appendix d – troubleshooting 0 this section covers common errors. Problem explanation fix you receive a non- recoverable error that looks similar to this af...
Installing a dlt, sdlt, vs, lto, or dat tape drive into a linux operating system 6464215-01, rev b january 2006 appendix d – troubleshooting 32 the st driver does not see all attached tape devices. The connector cable may be too long. Verify that the connector cable length does not exceed the specif...
