HP Q1587A HP DDS/DAT drives UNIX, Linux and OpenVMS configuration guide (DW049
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- HP Q1587A | HP DDS/DAT drives UNIX, Linux and OpenVMS configuration guide (DW049 - Page 1
HP DDS/DAT drives UNIX, Linux and OpenVMS configuration guide DDS/DAT Evolution II drives: HP DDS-4 drive (40 GB)-USB and SCSI HP DAT 72 drive (72 GB)-USB, SCSI and SAS HP DAT 72 autoloader (720 GB)-SCSI HP DAT 160 drive (160 GB)-USB, SCSI and SAS HP DAT 320 drive (320 GB)-USB 30 Mar 07 Part number: - HP Q1587A | HP DDS/DAT drives UNIX, Linux and OpenVMS configuration guide (DW049 - Page 2
such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein. Changes in this edition • Addition of HP DAT 320 USB drive. HP Evolution II DDS/DAT drives: UNIX, Linux and - HP Q1587A | HP DDS/DAT drives UNIX, Linux and OpenVMS configuration guide (DW049 - Page 3
Contents About this guide 5 Related documents 5 General documents and standardization 5 USB specifications 6 SAS compliance 6 1 Introduction 7 Drivers and backup software 7 Drivers 7 UNIX applications 7 Application software availability 7 Inquiry Strings 7 2 HP (HP-UX) servers and - HP Q1587A | HP DDS/DAT drives UNIX, Linux and OpenVMS configuration guide (DW049 - Page 4
device files 31 Detecting autoloader LUNs in Linux 31 Installing USB drivers on Linux 32 Verifying an autoloader has installed correctly 32 Determining the SCSI ID 33 Driver configuration 33 HP-data values 34 Configuring an autoloader 36 What next 36 8 Verifying the installation 37 - HP Q1587A | HP DDS/DAT drives UNIX, Linux and OpenVMS configuration guide (DW049 - Page 5
DAT 72 Format using 170m Length Tapes - controlled HP document • DAT 160 DDS Generation 6 Format Standard - HP internal document A-5969-3055-1 • DAT 320 DDS Generation 7 Format Standard - HP internal document A-5969-3070-1 HP Evolution II DDS/DAT drives: UNIX, Linux and OpenVMS configuration guide - HP Q1587A | HP DDS/DAT drives UNIX, Linux and OpenVMS configuration guide (DW049 - Page 6
Revision 1.2 June 23, 2003 • Universal Serial Bus Mass Storage Class Specification-Mass Storage Class-Bulk Only Transport Revision 1.0 September 31, 1999 These can be obtained from: USB Implementers Forum, Inc. 5440 S.W. Westgate Drive, Suite 217 Portland, OR 97221 U.S.A. Tel: 503-296-9892 Fax - HP Q1587A | HP DDS/DAT drives UNIX, Linux and OpenVMS configuration guide (DW049 - Page 7
1 Introduction Drivers and backup software Drivers All supported UNIX operating systems provide native driver support for HP DDS/DAT tape drives. In some cases the drivers require configuration to perform optimally. UNIX applications You can write scripts to control DDS/DAT drives in UNIX using - HP Q1587A | HP DDS/DAT drives UNIX, Linux and OpenVMS configuration guide (DW049 - Page 8
8 Introduction - HP Q1587A | HP DDS/DAT drives UNIX, Linux and OpenVMS configuration guide (DW049 - Page 9
autoloaders are supported on HP-UX. Introduction Before you install your tape drive log on to the HP web site, www.hp.com, and download the latest hardware enablement (HWE) patch bundle for your operating system. This ensures that you will have the correct device driver for your tape drive. System - HP Q1587A | HP DDS/DAT drives UNIX, Linux and OpenVMS configuration guide (DW049 - Page 10
SCSI ID and LUN ID from the H/W path (hardware path). For example: Class tape I H/W Path Driver 1 0/3/1/1.3.0 stape S/W State H/W Type CLAIMED DEVICE Description HP DAT160 • The H/W path for the tape drive is "0/3/1/1.3.0". • SCSI bus ID is "0/3/1/1" (including all the numbers separated by - HP Q1587A | HP DDS/DAT drives UNIX, Linux and OpenVMS configuration guide (DW049 - Page 11
(autoloader driver) to the kernel For HP-UX 11i v1, 11i v2 If your tape drive or autoloader does not appear in the ioscan listing or is listed with H/W Type "UNKNOWN" you may need to install the appropriate drivers. HP Evolution II DDS/DAT drives: UNIX, Linux and OpenVMS configuration guide 11 - HP Q1587A | HP DDS/DAT drives UNIX, Linux and OpenVMS configuration guide (DW049 - Page 12
text-based interface (Figure 2). If you use the text-based interface, use the Tab and arrow keys to navigate, and the Return key to select. Figure 1 SAM GUI Figure 2 SAM text-based interface For HP-UX 11i v1 (HP-UX 11.11) 1. Enter sam at the command line. % sam 2. Select the following: 12 - HP Q1587A | HP DDS/DAT drives UNIX, Linux and OpenVMS configuration guide (DW049 - Page 13
drivers are now added to the kernel. 7. Reboot the system. For HP-UX 11i v3 (HP-UX HP-UX 11i v3 is installed. 1. If Mozilla is being invoked for the first time you may be asked to agree to license terms for the software. HP Evolution II DDS/DAT drives: UNIX, Linux and OpenVMS configuration guide - HP Q1587A | HP DDS/DAT drives UNIX, Linux and OpenVMS configuration guide (DW049 - Page 14
2. From the SMH Tools page (see Figure 3), select Modules from the Kernel Configuration section. Figure 3 SMH web-based interface (HP-UX11i v3) 3. In the Search box on the Kernel Configuration page, type stape and execute the search. The search results list will include both estape and stape modules - HP Q1587A | HP DDS/DAT drives UNIX, Linux and OpenVMS configuration guide (DW049 - Page 15
Tab and arrow keys to navigate, and the Return key to select. 1. Enter sam at the command line. % sam 2. Select the following: Peripheral Devices Tape Drives sam will then scan the system for any tape drives connected. HP Evolution II DDS/DAT drives: UNIX, Linux and OpenVMS configuration guide 15 - HP Q1587A | HP DDS/DAT drives UNIX, Linux and OpenVMS configuration guide (DW049 - Page 16
HP DAT160 drive is found, it will be displayed as something like: Hardware Path Driver Description 8/0/2/0.3.0 stape HP DAT160 3. Highlight the drive to see the tape drive: %/sbin/ioscan -fnC tape All default device files displayed have compression enabled. NOTE: HP recommends the ' - HP Q1587A | HP DDS/DAT drives UNIX, Linux and OpenVMS configuration guide (DW049 - Page 17
To switch between these views use the Toggle Global Device View link on the right hand side of the HP-UX Peripheral Device Tool page. In this chapter, the Agile View is assumed. The process is similar for the Legacy View. HP Evolution II DDS/DAT drives: UNIX, Linux and OpenVMS configuration guide 17 - HP Q1587A | HP DDS/DAT drives UNIX, Linux and OpenVMS configuration guide (DW049 - Page 18
. For more details of the mc command, run man mc. What next? Once the device files have been created, you should confirm that your new tape drive is working properly. Chapter 8, "Verifying the installation" provides instructions on backing up and restoring a sample file to test your installation. 18 - HP Q1587A | HP DDS/DAT drives UNIX, Linux and OpenVMS configuration guide (DW049 - Page 19
in step 1: $ mcr sysman io connect gka401: /driver=sys$gkdriver.exe/noadapter $ define/system mru_robot gka401 To maintain these changes across reboots, edit the sys$startup_vms.com file to include these two lines. HP Evolution II DDS/DAT drives: UNIX, Linux and OpenVMS configuration guide 19 - HP Q1587A | HP DDS/DAT drives UNIX, Linux and OpenVMS configuration guide (DW049 - Page 20
Robot Identifier: HP DAT Autoloader 1.00 Slots: 10 Drives: 1 Inports: 0 Outports: 0 Transports: 1 For further details on MRU and using the robot commands, see the MRU User Guide. What next? Once device files have been created, you should confirm that your new tape drive is working - HP Q1587A | HP DDS/DAT drives UNIX, Linux and OpenVMS configuration guide (DW049 - Page 21
and workstations NOTE: Only SCSI drives and autoloaders are supported on HP Alpha Tru64 systems. Updating the tape driver NOTE: DDS-4 and DAT 72 drives are natively supported on HP Alpha Tru64 v5.1B-2 and above. DAT 160 drives are natively supported on HP Alpha Tru64 V5.1B-3. Steps 1-3 below - HP Q1587A | HP DDS/DAT drives UNIX, Linux and OpenVMS configuration guide (DW049 - Page 22
= 0x0 Buffered = 0x1 DENSITY: # DensityNumber = 1,2 DensityCode = default CompressionCode = 0x1 Buffered = 0x1 DAT 72 drives: SCSIDEVICE Type = tape Name = "HP" "C7438A" # PARAMETERS: TypeSubClass = rdat TagQueueDepth = 0 MaxTransferSize = 0x0ffffff ReadyTimeSeconds = 120 # (16MB - HP Q1587A | HP DDS/DAT drives UNIX, Linux and OpenVMS configuration guide (DW049 - Page 23
-c /etc/ddr.dbase then reboot the system with the tape drive attached. The device files for the drive will be generated in /dev/tape and /dev/ntape when you reboot. 4. The names of which density number file is used. HP Evolution II DDS/DAT drives: UNIX, Linux and OpenVMS configuration guide 23 - HP Q1587A | HP DDS/DAT drives UNIX, Linux and OpenVMS configuration guide (DW049 - Page 24
4mm DAT Tape Autoloader DAT Autoloader|tlz6l|tlz7l|Digital TLZ6L/TLZ7L|tsl9000|tsl10000:\ :it=scsi2:dt=tape:ae:re: What next? Once the device files have been created, you should confirm that your new tape drive is working properly. Chapter 8, "Verifying the installation" provides instructions on - HP Q1587A | HP DDS/DAT drives UNIX, Linux and OpenVMS configuration guide (DW049 - Page 25
: smit tape 2. The following window is displayed: If no device has been configured at this address before, select "add a tape drive" to set up the address. Otherwise, select "change/show characteristics of a tape drive" HP Evolution II DDS/DAT drives: UNIX, Linux and OpenVMS configuration guide 25 - HP Q1587A | HP DDS/DAT drives UNIX, Linux and OpenVMS configuration guide (DW049 - Page 26
3. A pop-up window is displayed: Select "ost" or "Other SCSI tape drive" as the tape drive you wish to change. If no device has been configured at this address before, choose connection addresses as appropriate. 4. The following details are displayed: Check - HP Q1587A | HP DDS/DAT drives UNIX, Linux and OpenVMS configuration guide (DW049 - Page 27
values and change them if necessary: • BLOCK Size = 0 • Use EXTENDED file marks = "no" • RESERVE/RELEASE support = "yes" • Set maximum delay for the READ/WRITE command = 1200 Click on the "DO" button to apply the changes. HP Evolution II DDS/DAT drives: UNIX, Linux and OpenVMS configuration guide 27 - HP Q1587A | HP DDS/DAT drives UNIX, Linux and OpenVMS configuration guide (DW049 - Page 28
using mkszfile and mksysb. Once device files have been created, you should confirm that your new tape drive is working properly. Chapter 8, "Verifying the installation" provides instructions on backing up and restoring a sample file to test your installation. Device filenames under AIX Use - HP Q1587A | HP DDS/DAT drives UNIX, Linux and OpenVMS configuration guide (DW049 - Page 29
the manufacturer's web site. In order to communicate with a tape device, the operating system needs to have drivers for the tape and the underlying transport mechanism (the host bus adaptor) loaded. Ensure that both are HP Evolution II DDS/DAT drives: UNIX, Linux and OpenVMS configuration guide 29 - HP Q1587A | HP DDS/DAT drives UNIX, Linux and OpenVMS configuration guide (DW049 - Page 30
building tools that ship with various Linux distributions. This should not be attempted by novice users. In order to determine if the drive has been detected by the tape driver at module load time, execute: dmesg | grep "st" This should find a number of lines. One should look like: Detected SCSI - HP Q1587A | HP DDS/DAT drives UNIX, Linux and OpenVMS configuration guide (DW049 - Page 31
file for a DAT 72 drive: # A compressing DAT (DDS-1-DC or DDS-[234]) manufacturer=HP model = "C7438A Linux SCSI devices such as tape drives have a SCSI ID number from 0 to 15, which is the drive's address on the SCSI bus HP Evolution II DDS/DAT drives: UNIX, Linux and OpenVMS configuration guide 31 - HP Q1587A | HP DDS/DAT drives UNIX, Linux and OpenVMS configuration guide (DW049 - Page 32
Installing USB drivers on Linux Two drivers are required in order to use HP DDS/DAT USB tape drives. These are included with the operating system and should be loaded automatically. Use the following procedure to check that both drivers are present: usb_storage driver 1. At the command prompt type: - HP Q1587A | HP DDS/DAT drives UNIX, Linux and OpenVMS configuration guide (DW049 - Page 33
situation, you would use a SCSI ID from 1 to 5 for the new tape drive. Driver configuration NOTE: Drives should work well with Solaris without modifications to the kernel, and you are are significant in the strings): HP Evolution II DDS/DAT drives: UNIX, Linux and OpenVMS configuration guide 33 - HP Q1587A | HP DDS/DAT drives UNIX, Linux and OpenVMS configuration guide (DW049 - Page 34
latest st patch): tape-config-list = "HP DAT160","HP DAT160 tape drive","HP-DAT160"; HP-DAT160 = 1,0x34,0,0x18679,1,0x00,0,60,300,600,1200,600,600,18000; name="st" class="scsi" target=X lun=0; tape-config-list = "HP C7438A","HP DAT72 tape drive","HP-DAT72"; HP-DAT72 = 1,0x34,0,0x18679,1,0x00 - HP Q1587A | HP DDS/DAT drives UNIX, Linux and OpenVMS configuration guide (DW049 - Page 35
Yes tape density. 0x0200 Device knows when end of data has been Yes Yes reached. 0x0400 Device driver is supports for selecting or deselecting compression. 1 There is one density code following in the parameter list. HP Evolution II DDS/DAT drives: UNIX, Linux and OpenVMS configuration guide - HP Q1587A | HP DDS/DAT drives UNIX, Linux and OpenVMS configuration guide (DW049 - Page 36
utilities are currently supported on Solaris. Configure the drive as described above, and then see the manual supplied with the drive for instructions on how to move media manually. What next? Once the device files have been created, you should confirm that your new tape drive is working properly - HP Q1587A | HP DDS/DAT drives UNIX, Linux and OpenVMS configuration guide (DW049 - Page 37
be faulty. Check the troubleshooting section of the User's Guide for help in identifying the problem. If the response in the command line is: mt /dev/st0: No medium found check that a tape is loaded in the drive. If tape drive information is returned, the tape drive has been detected correctly by - HP Q1587A | HP DDS/DAT drives UNIX, Linux and OpenVMS configuration guide (DW049 - Page 38
from the archive. Example: boot/vmlinuz Example Suppose you are verifying the installation of an HP DDS-format tape drive on a Linux system. The procedure would be as follows. See "System-Specific Arguments" below for the choice of and arguments: 1. Change directory to root - HP Q1587A | HP DDS/DAT drives UNIX, Linux and OpenVMS configuration guide (DW049 - Page 39
of the previous transmission. In wide (16-bit) data transfer, two bytes are transferred at the same time instead of a single byte. HP DDS/DAT drives support asynchronous, synchronous and narrow (8-bit) wide transfers. HP Evolution II DDS/DAT drives: UNIX, Linux and OpenVMS configuration guide 39 - HP Q1587A | HP DDS/DAT drives UNIX, Linux and OpenVMS configuration guide (DW049 - Page 40
format that builds on the DAT format to support the storage of computer data. tape. DDS-4 uses longer tapes (150m). HP's DDS-4 drives, which are ultra-wide SCSI devices, allow transfer rates from 3 to 4 times greater than DDS-3 and capacities that are two-thirds as much again. DAT 72 tapes - HP Q1587A | HP DDS/DAT drives UNIX, Linux and OpenVMS configuration guide (DW049 - Page 41
software 7 Berkeley mode 39 blocks 39 BOP 39 buffered mode 39 C compression 39 D DAT 39 DAT 72 40 data compression 39 data transfer 39 DDS 40 device files AIX 28 IBM (AIX) 25 direct access 40 documents, related 5 drivers HP Evolution II DDS/DAT drives: UNIX, Linux and OpenVMS configuration guide 41 - HP Q1587A | HP DDS/DAT drives UNIX, Linux and OpenVMS configuration guide (DW049 - Page 42
SAS compliance 6 SCSI 40 SCSI ID, determining IBM (AIX) 25 Linux 29 Sun workstations 33 sequential access 40 servers HP 9 HP OpenVMS 19 IBM AIX 25 Linux 29 software, backup 7 Solaris 33 Sun workstations 33 determining SCSI ID 33 synchronous data transfer 39 U UNIX scripts 7 V verifying installation
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HP DDS/DAT drives
UNIX, Linux and OpenVMS configuration guide
DDS/DAT Evolution II drives:
HP DDS-4 drive (40 GB)—USB and SCSI
HP DAT 72 drive (72 GB)—USB, SCSI and SAS
HP DAT 72 autoloader (720 GB)—SCSI
HP DAT 160 drive (160 GB)—USB, SCSI and SAS
HP DAT 320 drive (320 GB)—USB
Part number: DW049-90915
Edition 1: May 2009
30 Mar 07