Have you tried the scsitur test unit ready or the scsinq command. See the licensing agreement presented when the driver is downloaded. Radeks blog about server systems like windows, unix, linux, db oracle, mysql, ms sql, san, virtualization and backup tsm, data protector. Hi, after this project was done i mean, the implementation phase, the customer raised the question about multipathing some 1 month ago.
I have the drive physically connected and now i want to check whether its configured and then i need to access my tape drive which is configured in linux how can i access this. The file number should be 0 with a block number of 1 the driver cannot compute the length of the file by itself. The ibm tape and medium changer device drivers are designed specifically to take advantage. It is obviously not a storage node so no attached devices. In particular, if you use setblk and your oss native tape driver has a different notion of the block size, you may get evil results.
External tape drive installation on red hat linux hewlett. Implementing ibm tape in linux and windows ibm redbooks. Powervault tl2000 tl4000 tape library how to install the. Aix servers and iscsi tape drives data backup spiceworks. In aix, you can just do iostat p and get that information assuming atape driver is installed. If blocks on tape are larger than 128k, only the first 128k will be read the remainder will be silently dumped in the toilet. Before you install the tape device driver, ensure that the following prerequisites are completed. Linux tape drive throughput performance statistics.
It appears there are certain tools for the ch driver, such as scsichanger, but they do not appear to be commonly used and so i imagine there must be a way to get mtx to work with the ch driver directly. Configuring tape devices on aix with npiv and vios. I thought this is because we dont have a proper driver for the tapes so i started looking for aix driver for the tape libraries but couldnt find any driver on hp or ibm site. I have a lot of media and video content i want to make permanent backups for and thought to myself why not a tape drive. In linux first of all to check weather st device drives are installed or not. For example, aix operating system will bind tape devices to its nativestandard atape driver.
These hardware drivers are generally part of the linux kernel, although bits of graphics drivers are part of xorg the graphics system, and printer drivers are included with cups the print system. Configuring tape devices on aix with npiv and vios unixmantra. Next, download the appropriate driver from dell s support site. See select fixes tape drivers and software, tape device drivers linux. Theyre available through the regular channels, distributions, or the linux kernel archives. Hi, i wonder whether anyone out there has some experience in this. This document discusses important information with regards to atape. We support use of the drivers only in the kernel version the driver was a part of. This guide was created as an overview of the linux operating system, geared toward new users as an exploration tour and getting started guide, with exercises at the end of each chapter.
Follow these steps to install and configure atape device drivers on aix server. See the table below for a list of supported devices by the iwlwifi driver. Isv web site or their support to find out what device drivers should be used for the isv. It is an additional upper level driver and can coexist with the st driver. This manual page documents the tape control program stinit can used to initialize scsi tape drive modes at system startup, after loading the tape driver as module, or after introduction of new device to the scsi subsystem at runtime. Open the dash, search for additional drivers, and launch it. Linux and other operating systems also need hardware drivers before hardware will work but hardware drivers are handled differently on linux. Use the following commands to install atape drivers, configure the tape devices, list the tape devices and uninstall atape drivers.
If you use ibm tape drives, veritas recommends that you install the ibm aix atape driver. Where convenient, do the original install of the linux operating system with the tape drive attached to the sas port, so that the st driver gets loaded with the kernel. Download osst, the linux onstream tape driver for free. If your company has an existing red hat account, your organization administrator can grant you access. Nvidia nforce drivers open source drivers for nvidia nforce hardware are included in the standard linux kernel and leading linux distributions. Backup, only devices using the atape driver are supported on aix platforms. Each device has unique name just like hard disk drives. We iscsiize scsi, fc and atapi hardware for years including very rare oses and never seen much issues except basic configuration. As a control experiment, i booted the system with a linux live cd and the tape drive worked perfectly. Ibm tape device drivers installation and users guide. Backspacing over records is used by the driver when repositioning the tape when readahead is enabled if value is nonzero. The good news is that, if a device will work on linux, itll probably just work out of the box.
May 28, 2007 linux supports scsi, ide and old floppy based tape devices. If you use other tape drives, veritas recommends that you use the ibm aix ost other scsi tape driver. After you complete the installation procedure in the ibm tape device drivers installation and users guide, different messages are issued, depending on the device driver that you are installing. Remember that the native linux drivers are a conglomeration of support for all potential tape drives that are available, where as the nonnative manufacturers supplied driver is unique to just that model or that manufacturers models. To see the special file names, issue the following command. About configuring robot and drive control for linux. Ni linux device drivers software provides ni instrument drivers for ni and thirdparty hardware with linux oss. The scsi tape drive interface and driver is widely regarded as the most reliable, but, of course, scsi tape drives are also more expensive than others. The commands are defined in a text file that is indexed using the inquiry data the drive. Forums tape driver on linux mediaagent forums forums.
As long as mtx works on the platform, so does scsitape. The driver is the ibm tape library driver, which consists of the ibmatl a daemon and other components. The problem here lies in the fact that the changer software is not built with iscsi support, so that driver which is different than the driver for the actual tape drive does not see it. Install and configure the ibm aix enhanced device driver atape device. This howto discusses essential dos and donts for the ftape floppy tape driver under linux.
The ibm atape device drivers were installed prior to zoning in the ts3310 tape drives. The lsi card came with the tape drive, and the 1u server has room for that pci card. Driver packs reminds me of but you dont need such a thing, the linux kernel itself contains a set of well maintained drivers for almost everything. Wednesday, august 1, 2012 upgrading atape device driver in aix tsm. This site uses cookies for analytics, personalized content and ads. The drives will work without it as an other scsi tape but you cant move tapes around in the changer or library without it. Data domain vtl multipathing, path failover support with ibms atapeibmtape device driver. Hi experts, server is running with red hat enterprise linux server release 6. Install and configure the ibm aix enhanced device driver atape. Use dd on the output of scsitape if you want finer control. The tape drives are connected from sun storage tek and when we list the tape drives with lsscsi g grep i tape could see all the tape drives connect with this particular server. For more advanced trainees it can be a desktop reference, and a collection of the base knowledge needed to proceed with system and network administration. The initialization is performed by sending ioctl commands to the drive.
Linux drivers are part of the upstream linux kernel. I found atape driver but i think it is only used if you have ibm tape libraries. Each linux operating system handles the driver installation process a different way. Data domain vtl multipathing, path failover support with. Tape devices configured on aix with another driver for example sctape cannot be configured in netvault. This page includes information on open source drivers, and driver disks for older linux distributions including 32bit and 64bit versions of linux.
Install the most current tivoli storage manager device driver. Tape drivers and software, tape device drivers linux. External tape drive installation on red hat linux i understand plug and play technically means you dont have to adjust any hardware settings to make the device work, and that the device contains standardformat identifiers that the operating system can use to automatically choose the correct driver for it. On the master server, i see the tape drives are discovered as other fc scsi tape drive. A kernel driver has been created to provide an stcompatible interface to the userspace. If you are installing the device driver for an ibm 3581, 3583, 3584, or 3590 model b11, you receive. How to work with tape driveslto in linux in real world tape drives plays a vital role for large amount of data storage with out any lose of single sector data. Find answers to need to access tape drive in linux.
Second, most default linux drivers are open source and. The host bus adapter hba and its device driver are installed. Tape drives naming convention under linux nixcraft. Select tape device drivers and software for the product type. Tivoli storage manager support for multipath io with ibm tape devices multipath io is the use of different paths to get to the same physical device for example, through multiple host bus adapters, switches, and so on. Note that scsitape and your oss native tape driver may stomp on each other. Erase the tape rewind the tape and, if applicable, unload the tape. On ubuntu and ubuntubased distributions, theres an additional drivers tool. In a project, we plan to utilize data domain in vtl mode fc.
Windows needs manufacturerprovided hardware drivers before your hardware will work. Tape devices are character devices on a linux system, going by a variety of filenames. This ibm redbooks publication follows ibm totalstorage tape libraries guide for open systems, sg245946, and will help you plan, install, and configure ibm ultrium lto tape drives, as well as the ibm ts1120 and 3592 tape drive and libraries with servers running linux and windows. The scsitape command controls scsi tape drives in a platformindependent manner. After you complete the installation procedure in the ibm tape device drivers installation and users guide, the ibm device driver creates a set of special file names for each device.
Scsi tape device names the st driver provides the continue reading tape drives naming convention under linux. This is for the drives that do not support this scsi command. Ni linux device drivers download national instruments. Binding to the atape driver for ibm devices on aix. The ibm tape device drivers for the linux platforms are responsible for assisting in. Itdt is a tape utility program that exercises or tests the functions of the linux device driver. For information about the driver, see the ibm documentation. This howto is to be intended as first step help and source of information. My 1u server also has a 2tb seagate constellation es. There doesnt seem to be anything like that for linux.
By continuing to browse this site, you agree to this use. Hey folks, linux admin here, forced to use opensolaris to try to use ufsdumpufsrestore to get some data of some old tapes. That means most of the available hardware drivers are already on your computer, included along with the kernel, graphics server, and print server. The fc san physical components such as network cables network adapters and hubs or switches can be used to design a fibre channel storage these drivers are feature code off of any supported device. The tape driver interface is documented in the file usrsrc linuxdriversscsireadme. Osst is a linux tape driver for the onstream sc30sc50 and via the scsi layer adapters idescsi, usbstorage and sbp2 the ide30, usb30 and fw30 tape devices. Another question about the persistent name support for tape device. Hi folks, i am looking for a tape drive tape library emulator software. Linux supports scsi, ide and old floppy based tape devices. If you are a new customer, register now for access to product evaluations and purchasing capabilities.
Need to access tape drive in linux expertsexchange. To determine the name to use to define the path for the library, check what you entered in the etcnf file for the librarys symbolic name. Below are some of the frequently asked storage san basic interview question and answers. Digital data storage dds, digital audio tape dat and digital linear tape dlt all are supported by linux and widely used in industry for backup purpose. In general, to get back to the start of the previous file when you are at the start of a file, you need to move back twice and then forward once. Tape driver for hp tape library esl 712e on aix vox. Apr 18, 2018 the problem here lies in the fact that the changer software is not built with iscsi support, so that driver which is different than the driver for the actual tape drive does not see it. Powervault tl2000 tl4000 tape library how to install.
But when we pull the tape drive info with the help of data protector command optomnilbindevbra dev could see. The customer uses tsm as backup software aix backup server, aixx86 linuxwindows lanfree clients, and a second environment to support with the dd vtl is ibm system i. It will detect which proprietary drivers you can install for your hardware and allow you to install them. Installing device drivers for ibm scsi tape devices linux. Jul 05, 2017 how you install proprietary drivers depends on your linux distribution. Use these commands to fix atape device drivers issues. Linux tape drive throughput performance statistics server fault. Or, when licensed, for implementation with the powervault tl2000tl4000s data and control path failover feature.
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