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Dell DR Series System Command Line Interface Guide, Verify the Tape Library Creation

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Refer to the topics, Creating Storage Containers and Creating a VTL Type Container, for detailed instructions about creating containers. Refer to the Dell DR Series System Command Line Interface Guide for details about the CLI commands for creating containers. Authentication/User Management Considerations • You can use the following commands to view user information and manage passwords for the iSCSI user: iscsi_user, and NDMP user: ndmp_user. - iscsi --show - ndmp --show - iscsi --setpassword - ndmp --setpassword Refer to the Dell DR Series System Command Line Reference Guide for more details about using these commands. • For iSCSI, you need to configure the system-wide CHAP account for the DR Series system. After creating an iSCSI VTL container, you need to set the CHAP password for the system-wide CHAP account by using the CLI. Or, you can set the password on the Clients Page > iSCSI tab. See the topic, Clients Page (Using the iSCSI Tab), for more information about setting the CHAP password in the GUI. • For NDMP, you can set the password for ndmp_user by using the CLI or from the clients Page (Using NDMP Tab). These credentials are needed for configuring the NDMP-VTL in the DMA. Verify the Tape Library Creation You can easily check that the library has been created and is available for use by using the following commands. • Check the container properties by executing the following command: container --show -verbose - Upon initial addition of the connection, the NDMP/iSCSI connection status shows as 'Added". At this time, the library is not officially created. - After a few minutes, the NDMP/iSCSI connection status changes to "Available" . This status indicates that the library is online, and the tape drives and media is available for usage. • To check the status of the virtual tape library and all the tapes in the library, you can execute one of the following commands: - vtl -show - vtl --show --name --verbose Configure the Library in the DMA See the DR Series system documentation, which includes DMA best practices whitepapers for your specific DR Series system at: http://www.dell.com/powervaultmanuals 144

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Refer to the topics, Creating Storage Containers and Creating a VTL Type Container, for detailed instructions about
creating containers. Refer to the
Dell DR Series System Command Line Interface Guide
for details about the CLI
commands for creating containers.
Authentication/User Management Considerations
•
You can use the following commands to view user information and manage passwords for the iSCSI user: iscsi_user,
and NDMP user: ndmp_user.
–
iscsi --show
–
ndmp --show
–
iscsi --setpassword
–
ndmp --setpassword
Refer to the
Dell DR Series System Command Line Reference Guide
for more details about using these commands.
•
For iSCSI, you need to configure the system-wide CHAP account for the DR Series system. After creating an iSCSI
VTL container, you need to set the CHAP password for the system-wide CHAP account by using the CLI. Or, you can
set the password on the Clients Page > iSCSI tab. See the topic, Clients Page (Using the iSCSI Tab), for more
information about setting the CHAP password in the GUI.
•
For NDMP, you can set the password for ndmp_user by using the CLI or from the clients Page (Using NDMP Tab).
These credentials are needed for configuring the NDMP-VTL in the DMA.
Verify the Tape Library Creation
You can easily check that the library has been created and is available for use by using the following commands.
•
Check the container properties by executing the following command:
container --show –verbose
–
Upon initial addition of the connection, the NDMP/iSCSI connection status shows as ‘Added”. At this time, the
library is not officially created.
–
After a few minutes, the NDMP/iSCSI connection status changes to “Available” . This status indicates that the
library is online, and the tape drives and media is available for usage.
•
To check the status of the virtual tape library and all the tapes in the library, you can execute one of the following
commands:
–
vtl –show
–
vtl --show --name <container_name> --verbose
Configure the Library in the DMA
See the DR Series system documentation, which includes DMA best practices whitepapers for your specific DR Series
system at:
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