hp tape library configuration guide
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1. OUTDEV O0 MODE ID DLISDOO Bolzs 129 DEVIYPE TAPE PATH 10 4 4 4 0 MPETYPE 24 MPESUBTYPE 8 CLASS TAPE 7 Save the configuration changes as follows a Hold the configuration changes io hold b Exit the io section lo exit c If you have followed the local convention for backing up the configuration file keep the changes Sysgen keep keeping to group CONFIG SYS Purge old configuration yes no y CAUTION Check with the system administrator to ensure you can keep the changes to the configuration file 14 Configuring the Host System d Exit sysgen and reboot according to local convention Sysgen exit Verifying the Additional information regarding the contiguration and verification Connection of libraries is provided in the Legato NetWorker Installation Guide MPE iX version for the Networker Storage Node product Configuring the Host System 15 16 Configuring the Host System Diagnostics Diagnostic support tools The following external support tools are available for the library e HP Library amp Tape Tools e Support Tools Manager e Sysdiag Diagnostic support tools 17 HP Library amp Tape Tools With HP Library amp Tape Tools installed on your host computer you can do the following Identify all SCSI and Fibre Channel devices connected to your system View detailed configuration identification inventory and drive information for the library Easily update lib2. test unit ready command on robotics Ready Performs a wellness test of robotics and reports results Empty Drives Performs an empty drives diagnostic test and reports results Fill Picker Performs a fill picker diagnostic test and reports results Empty Picker Performs an empty picker diagnostic test and reports results Vertical Performs a vertical encoder diagnostic test and Encoder reports results Random Moves I May nof be supported depending on library model Performs random moves diagnostic test Random Moves May not be supported depending on library E model Performs random moves ll diagnostic test Exercise Mech Performs an exercise mech diagnostic test and reports results 28 Diagnostic support tools Table 6 Robotic Controller Expert Tool Command Utility Performs rezero command on robotics Position to Performs position to element command on Element robotics Moves 1 tape cartridge in library Exchange Moves 2 tape cartridges in library Medium Init Element Performs initialize element status command on Status robotics Set Drive Changes on line drive repair status of tape drives in Status library Recalibrate May not be supported depending on library model Performs a recalibrate diagnostic test and reports results Data Capture Runs the tape capture D m command and displays the results Set Serial Changes the electronic serial number of robotics N
3. Class Tools Information Verify Diagnose Exercise Firmware Update Expert Tools Utility Latest Logs Tool Management Attach to Tool mstm only Tool Options Map General Help GANE On Items xstm only On Tasks On Application On Menus Command On Home Topic On Shortcuts mstm only On Keyboard mstm only On Help On Version Performing Operations Using the STM Tools There are three basic operations in STM l To select a device or devices e n xstm click on the device icon e n mstm move the cursor over the device and press SPACE To run a tool Tools gt tool gt Run To view logs after the tool completes TOOLS gt SLOOI gt Log The Information tool creates an information log that contains firmware revisions and other useful device data After the tool has created the log you must then display it Tools gt In ormation gt Run The Verifier tool ensures the device is accessible by the operating system Tools gt Verify gt Run The Exerciser tool stresses the device Tools gt Exercise gt Run The Diagnostic tool attempts to isolate a hardware problem to a Field Replaceable Unit FRU Tools gt Diagnose gt Run The Expert tool allows the user to interactively perform operations on the device TOOLS gt Expert Tool gt Bun Diagnostic support tools 21 The Firmware Update tool allo
4. Verity the binding for the device adapter the tw ditferential dam 10 5 Jpath 10 4 4 050 PATH 10 4 4 LDEV ID HP28696A TYPE DA PMGR FWSCSI DAM PMGRPRI 6 LMGR MAXIOS O0 Repeat this step for 1path 10 4 4 1 4 2 4 3 and 4 4 b Verify the binding for the targets the transparent dm io lpath 10 4 4 0 PATH 10 4 4 0 LDEV ID PSEUDO TYPE DA PMGR TRANSPARENT MGR PMGRPRI 6 LMGR MAXIOS O0 Repeat this step for 1path 10 4 4 1 4 2 4 3 and 4 4 c Verify the binding for the robotics controller the pass thru driver io lpath 10 4 4 0 0 PATH 10 4 4 0 0 LDEV 30 ID HPA4669A TYPE MOSAR AC PMGR MO SCSI PTHRU DM PMGRPRI 10 LMGR LOGICAL DEVICE MANAGER MAXIOS O0 Repeat this step for 1path 10 4 4 1 4 2 4 3 and 4 4 d Verify the binding for the tape drives the differential tape dm io lpath 10 4 4 1 0 PATH 10 4 4 1 0 LDEV 31 ID DLTS000 TYPE TAPE PMGR SCSI TAPE2 DM PMGRPRI 10 LMGR LOGICAL DEVICE MANAGER MAXIOS Configuring the Host System 13 Repeat this step for lpath 10 4 4 1 4 2 4 3 and 4 4 e To configure the Storage Node on the NetWorker server verify the 1dev specifications io Idev 30 34 LDEV 30 DEVNAME OUTDEV O MODE ID HPA4669A RSIZE 128 DEVTYPE MOSAR AC PATH 10 4 4 0 0 MPETYPE 24 MPESUBTYPE 4 CLASS LDEV 31 DEVNAME OUTDEV O MODE ID DLISO000 RSIZE 128 DEVIYPE TAPE PATH 10 4 4 1 0 MPETYPE 24 MPESUBTYPE 8 Clo TAPE LDEV 34 DEVNAME
5. AC SCSITAC contains three sections Sections e Section 1 Verification Trouble Tree e Section 2 Hardware Trouble Tree e Section 4 Interactive Sections 1 and 2 perform tests on the library report results and return to the DUI prompt Section 4 provides users with a SCSITAC prompt which accepts the following commands Table 7 Table 7 SCSITAC Interactive Commands Set Eum Performs a SCSI device reset download Downloads firmware The user may place the download tile anywhere on the host system The download command will prompt the user to enter the fully qualitied tilename SCSIDLT SCSIDLT contains four sections Sections e Section 1 Verification Trouble Tree e Section 2 Hardware Trouble Tree e Section 3 Destructive Hardware Trouble Tree e Section 4 Interactive Sections 1 2 and 3 perform tests on the library report results and return to the DUI prompt 32 Diagnostic support tools Section 4 provides the user with a SCSIDLT prompt which will accept the following commands Table 8 on page 33 Table 8 SCSIDLT Interactive Commands Zeen mm blocklimit Displays the maximum and minimum record lengths download Downloads firmware The user may place the download file anywhere on the host system The download command will prompt the user to enter the fully qualified filename Exits the interactive section prevallow Provides capability to prevent or allow tape removal Rewinds tape to BOT Suspend
6. configuration and diagnostic a D5 O O0 E Nome E DO n Q O O D 7 O Q E ex a O U AAR ASAS aga LAAHAA I 0 Ln REECH Id Dm a M RW JW NENNEN 1 WO WO Mii d JM i SES CR Dr August 2001 2 hp tape library configuration guide Configuration 3 Configuring the Host System3 Windows NT4 Sun Solaris 5 HP UX Hosts 6 Installing the Pass Through Driver7 HSC or PCI Pass Through Driver Installation8 Creating a Device File for the Robotics Controller8 Verifying the Installation 10 MPE iX Hosts1 1 Verifying the Connection 15 Diagnostics 17 Diagnostic support tools17 HP Library amp Tape Tools18 Support Tools Manager STM 19 Performing Operations2 1 Using the STM Tools21 Reviewing Logs 22 Types of STM Tools for Tape Libraries24 Expert Tools 25 Sysdiag 31 SCSITAC Sections32 SCSIDLT Sections 32 Configuration Configuring the Host System Once the library is connected to a host the Windows NTTM Sun Solaris HP UX and MPE iX operating systems must be configured to recognize it The procedures are different depending on the host system Configuring the Host System 3 Windows NT For Windows NT operating systems perform the following operating system configurations e Install the appropriate host bus adapter s e Install the corresponding drivers for the interface card s e Install the backup so
7. d on the system no driver appears to be associated with the library The ioscan output line resembles Driver S W State H W Type Description UNCLAIMED DEVICE HP C7200 8000 Configuring the Host System 9 Verifying the Contirm that the communications path to the robotics controller is Installation functional 1 Compile the SCSI I O test program Ge usr contrib Sres scsi 16 6 0 u8r OCOmntrrib bin scsi io 2 Run the SCSI I O test program using the device file created during installation For example if the device file name is dev rmt HPA1234 the command would be lusrJcontrrb 4bdvn4sosi X10 vydev sosi HPAI234 If the robotics is correctly configured the following appears the thing claims to be HP C7200 8000 NOTE HP C7200 8000 is used only as an example The actual ioscan output will reflect the product number and firmware revision of the library you are configuring 10 Configuring the Host System MPE iX Hosts Requirements Libraries require additional Legato NetWorker Server software that runs on either an HP Intelligent Server or an NT Server The HP 3000 must be a Legato Networker Storage Node Configuring the Host The example below illustrates the steps needed to configure the library on MPE ix NOTE This example illustrates the driver binding but is not optimized for performance since it shows the entire library on a single differential bus The library ID of A4669A is used only as an example Th
8. date process NOTE After updating firmware allow time for the device to initialize and test itself Power cycling the device before this process has completed may result in product failure and the inability to perform further updates 30 Diagnostic support tools Sysdiag NOTE Version 5 5 and 6 0 are supported for the libraries but use the STM tool for version 6 5 see Support Tools Manager STM on page 19 Sysdiag is the MPE iX support tool and provides a consistent user interface for support of tape libraries as well as many other types of peripheral devices Sysdiag is a licensed use tool so a user must first know and enter a diagnostics password Enter a password by typing in the following command at the MPE iX prompt Suplicen Use of sysdiag also assumes knowledge of the ldevs at which the components to be supported are located To start sysdiag type in the following command at the MPE iX prompt Sysdiag This command will bring up the Diagnostic User Interface DUI prompt Two diagnostics are available to support DLT libraries e SCSITAC SCSI Tape Autochanger for support of library robotics e SCSIDIT for support of DLT tape drives SCSITAC and SCSIDLT are divided into parts called sections To use either of these diagnostics enter the diagnostic name ldev where the device is located and section to be run at the UI prompt For example DUI scsitac ldev 6 sc 4 Diagnostic support tools 31 SCSIT
9. e actual RUN MAPPER output reflects the product number of your library 1 Power on the library and host Run ODE at the ISL prompt Lo LODE 2 Identify the device path through RUN MAPPER ODE gt RUN MAPPER xxxSTARTING EXECUTION OF MAPPER Processor Identification 1 0 Configuration Type HW SW Revisions Path Component Name ID Mod Mod Hdwr Firm 4 4 HP PB Fast Wide SCSI 4 4 0 0 A4669A Configuring the Host System 11 4 4 1 0 DLT8000 4 4 2 0 DLT8000 4 4 3 0 DLT8000 4 4 4 0 DLT8000 3 Boot the system At the MPE prompt run sysgen and start the io section sysgen SYSGEN version E sysgen gt 10 ae IO CONLIGUuralor commands 4 If not already configured configure the differential card and the pseudo target level of the SCSI path io apath 10 4 4 id HP28696A io apath 10 4 4 0 id pseudo io apath 10 4 4 1 id pseudo io apath 10 4 4 2 id pseudo io apath 10 4 4 3 id pseudo io apath 10 4 4 4 id pseudo 5 Configure the robotics controller and the drives the pass thru driver io adev 30 id HPA4669A path 10 4 4 0 0 io adev 31 id DLT8000 path 10 4 4 1 0 mode autoreply io adev 32 id DLT8000 path 10 4 4 2 0 mode autoreply io adev 33 id DLT8000 path 10 4 4 3 0 mode autoreply io adev 34 id DLT8000 path 10 4 4 4 0 mode autoreply 6 Verify the bindings between PATH LDEV number ID PMGR device drivers and LMGR attributes for each device configured 12 Configuring the Host System a
10. ftware To verify the installation look for the library and drive after powering up the host e Go into Settings gt Control Panel gt SCSI Adapter e You can also check your installation on Windows NT with HP diagnostic utilities available from www hp com go support See the Downloads and Drivers section for your library model Run a test backup to ensure that all components are properly configured 4 Configuring the Host System Sun Solaris For Sun Solaris operating systems perform the following operating system configurations e Install the appropriate host bus adapter s e Install the corresponding drivers for the interface card s e Install the backup software To verify the installation look for the library and drive after powering up the host 1 Close all open applications and exit the Common Desktop Environment CDE 2 Type init O at any prompt This will shut down all processes and take you to the OpenBoot PROM 3 lype reset 4 At the OK prompt type probe scsi all Run a test backup to ensure that all components are properly configured Configuring the Host System 5 HP UX Hosts To enable communication between the host and tape library appropriate drivers must be configured into the HP UX kernel Table 1 shows which drivers are necessary for each device NOTE Some drivers have different names depending on whether or not they are listed in the output of an ioscan or in the syste
11. gr tgt stape tgt stape S W State CLAIMED CLAIMED CLAIMED CLAIMED CLAIMED CLAIMED CLAIMED CLAIMED CLAIMED CLAIMED H W Type BUS_NEXUS BUS_NEXUS BUS_NEXUS INTERFACE DEVICE DEVICE DEVICE DEVICE DEVICE DEVICE Description Pseudo Bus Converter PCI Bus Bridge GSCtoPCI Ultra Wide SCSI HP C7200 8000 QUANTUM DLT8000 QUANTUM DLT8000 Configuring the Host System 7 NOTE HP C7200 8000 is used only as an example The actual ioscan output will reflect the product number of the library you are configuring HSC or PCI The following procedure assumes the use of a SAM terminal mode Pass Through In X windows GUI mode use the mouse button to select an option s ier 1 Run SAM Installation 2 Select Kernel Config and press Return 3 Select Drivers and press Return 4 Select sct1 NOTE If Current State is In proceed to Creating a Device File for the Robotics Controller Otherwise continue with the next step 5 From the Menu Bar select Actions Select Add Drivers to Kernel and press Return 6 From the Menu Bar select Actions Select Create New Kernel and press Return At the Are you sure prompt respond Yes Press Return 8 After the status messages select OK Press Return The system reboots Creating a 1 Use the mknod command to create a device file to access the Device File for the Robotics Controller 8 robotics controller The command syn
12. istics Tool Type Description Supported For We Rie Information tools Provides quick access to X information about a device Verifiers Provides a quick verification that X a device is properly connected and functional Exercisers Stresses the hardware and assists X in reproducing intermittent problems Diagnostics Tests a device and isolates a X failure to the most likely FRU Expert tools Interactive tool that assists in X troubleshooting Firmware update Interactive tool that updates the X tools firmware NOTE Within STM the robotics component of a library is represented with an icon or text identifier of SCS Media Changer The tape drive is represented with an icon or text identifier indicating the type of drive 24 Diagnostic support tools Expert Tools Within an expert tool select a category and command for the tool to execute e Drive tool see below e Robotics controller tool see page 27 e Firmware update tool see page 30 Drive Tool Table 5 on page 25 lists expert tool categories and the specific commands that are applicable to tape drives Table 5 Drive Expert Tool Command zeen eg me Pull Trace Logs Displays trace logs DDS only Describe or Displays SCSI Inquiry page information SCol IDnOUL y Drive info Displays general drive information DLT only Tape Info Displays tape capacity information DDS only System Device Displays drive log sense page information Info DLT onl
13. m file Table 1 Drivers Needed Driver Name SCSI Host Bus Adapter c 20 c 20 HSC or PCI Bus jo Kn _tcp Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter a it oi cntl it oi _entl Fibre Channel Bridge or LU E M Multiplexer Tape Library Robotics Controller sch sch HSC or PCI Bus Tape Driver HSC or PCI Bus 6 Configuring the Host System Installing the Pass Through Driver Class SxL Dus target autoch target tape target tape It these drivers are already installed into the kernel upon system boot they will automatically be associated with the hardware that they control However if drivers are missing they must be installed For more information on installing Fibre Channel drivers refer to the HP Fibre Channel Mass Storage Adapter Service and User Manual A3636 90002 A pass through driver is used to manage the robotics controller Since this driver is not dedicated for this particular device it must be manually installed The following sections describe this process e Installing the pass through driver below e Creating a device file for the robotics controller page 8 e Verifying the installation page 10 Obtain information about the peripherals attached to the system ioscan f The screen should look similar to the following H W Path 8 0 8 0 2 0 8 0 2 0 910 270 o 072790 o7 0 2 05 8 0 2 0 8 0 7270 Driver root be GSCtoPCI GT20 COC sch
14. o the UUT use File gt Administration gt Local gt UUT Logs gt System Activity Log e The Map Log contains information and errors logged while scanning the system hardware Review this log if the hardware map seems incorrect System gt Map Log NOTE If the Ul cannot connect to the UUT use File gt Administration gt Local UUT Logs gt Map Log e The Ul Activity Log contains errors logged by the UI Review this log when errors occur that prevent the UI from functioning correctly File gt UL Activity LOG e The Diagnostic Daemon Log contains information logged by diagnostic daemons such as memlogd and diaglogd Review these logs if system or memory error logging does not seem to be functioning properly System gt Daemons gt Daemon Activity Log e The Syslog contains information and errors logged by a variety of HP UX programs Review this log if diagmond does not start up File gt Administration gt Local UUT Logs gt syslog Diagnostic support tools 23 e The OS Error Log contains information logged by I O drivers and other operating system components Review this log to check for hardware errors TOOMS gt PITE JBuBuee gt SO0gtool Types of STM Table 4 on page 24 shows which types of STM tools are supported Tools for Tape on the robotic and tape drive components of the library Not all Libraries commands are supported on all libraries Table 4 Supported Tool Character
15. rary and drive firmware Run advanced diagnostic tests including connectivity read write media validation and testing library functionality View library and drive error logs Generate a detailed support file that can be emailed or faxed to your support representative for analysis The HP Library amp Tape Tools diagnostic provides an intuitive graphical user interface with integrated context sensitive help It can be downloaded free of charge from http www hp com support TapeTools 18 Diagnostic support tools Support Tools Manager STM STM is the primary HP UX support tool Though this document provides general information about STM more information is available through the following website e Atto docs hp com Select Systems Hardware Diagnostics amp Monitoring Select Online Diagnostics STM There are three user interfaces all in usr sbin stm ui bin e xstm The X Windows interface e mstm The menu interface e cs m The command line interface Diagnostic support tools 19 Save Config Restore Config Record Command File Run Command File Record Output UI Activity Log Administration Escape To OS mstm only Exit Overview of STM Menu Structure Sel System to Test Save Map Print Map Remap System Map Log License System Activity Log Daemons 20 Diagnostic support tools Current Device Status Clear Tool Status Select All Select Class Unselect All Unselect
16. s the current diagnostic process Performs a SCSI Test Unit Ready workout Performs a Write Read test with data compression Diagnostic support tools 33 34 Diagnostic support tools
17. tax is Jaser sbin mknod dev scosri devtilename c majornum lt minornum gt e lt devfilename gt is the user defined name of the device file e lt majornum gt is the character major number from the 1sdev command e lt minornum gt is the minor number in the format Ox11T100 where II is the two digit card instance number in hexadecimal T is the target SCSI ID number L is the LUN number and 00 is reserved Configuring the Host System Class autoch Class unknown 2 Determine the value for ma jornum by executing the following command for robotics attached to an HSC or PCI adapter lsdev d sctl The output resembles the following Character Block Driver Class HSC or PCI 203 d sch cil Determine the value for lt minornum gt using the ioscan command The applicable lines in the ioscan output are those that refer to the controller contains the product name in the Description field and to the adapter contains the ext bus in the Class field For the HSC or PCI adapter the ioscan output for the schgr driver can differ in two ways though either indicates successful device file creation H W Path 10 4 4 6 0 H W Path 10 4 4 6 0 If the schgr driver is configured on the system this driver appears to be associated with the library The output would resemble the following Driver S W State H W Type Description schgr CLAIMED DEVICE HP C7200 8000 If the schgr driver is not configure
18. umber Options Display Format Displays data as either raw hex decoded format text or both Help General Help Brings up a dialog box with various help topics about expert tool Displays the version number of expert tool Diagnostic support tools 29 Firmware Update Tool When started the firmware update tool will examine the firmware revision of the current SCSI device and then search the directory var tmp for firmware files that are compatible with the device The internal headers of any firmware files present in this directory will be checked If compatible files are found it will select the most current version and pop up a dialog box asking if you want to update firmware immediately If you select Start Update the tool will update the device firmware and display text messages indicating the status in the firmware update menu window If no files are found or no compatible files are found it will display an error message stating that no compatible files were found followed by a dialog box prompting the user to change the directory path where the tool searches for firmware files If you have enabled the licensed firmware update tool you can start it by selecting Utility followed by Advanced Menu from the firmware update menu bar A list of several compatible firmware files will be displayed in the dialog box that pops up You can select from a list of files and then select Start Update to begin the firmware up
19. ws the user to interactively download new firmware to the device Tools gt Firmware Update gt Run The Utilities tool is not tied to one device and includes hogtoolrlooLs Utility Ru lo0gtool Copyutil is used to copy disk data to another disk to replace a bad disk Tools e DELLTEY gt Eet a gt OODVULILL The Current Device Status tool provides general information about a device and what tools are available for it Select the device s Device Current Device Status Reviewing STM saves detailed information in several logs Logs 22 Diagnostic support tools The Tool Activity Log contains testing details and errors for a specific tool on a device Review this log when a tool does not complete successfully Select device s Tools gt BoOolo gt Activity Log The Tool Failure Log contains hardware failure information Review this log if a tool does not complete successfully Select device s Tools gt lt tool gt gt Failure Log The Information Log contains information gathered by information tools Review this log after running an information tool e Select device s Tools gt Information gt Information Log e The System Activity Log contains error information that is logged by the diagmond daemon Review this log if problems occur when initiating tools viewing log files connecting to a UUT etc System gt System Activity Log NOTE If the Ul cannot connect t
20. y Diagnostic support tools 25 Table 5 Drive Expert Tool Command Tests Performs Test Unit Ready command on drive Executes the drive s built in diagnostic tests Tape Validate Reads a suspect tape until data ends or an error is detected Write Test Writes data to a tape reads it back and compares Displays user selected mode page data Mode Select Allows user to change selected mode select settings Media Removal Prevents or allows media removal Data capture Runs the tape capture D m command and displays the results Options Display Format Displays data as either raw hex decoded format text or both Help General Help Brings up the dialog box with various help topics about the expert tool command Version Displays the version number of the expert tool command 26 Diagnostic support tools Robotics Controller Tool Table 6 on page 27 lists expert tool categories and the specific commands applicable to the library robotics Table 6 Robotic Controller Expert Tool Command zeen Commend me Info Displays SCSI inquiry page information Displays robotics log sense page information Read Elememt Displays the status and inventory of robotics storage Status elements Displays user selected mode page data Diagnostic support tools 27 Table 6 Robotic Controller Expert Tool Command zeen omm Bet Tests Selftest Performs power on self test of robotics and reports results Test Unit Performs
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