NetBackup™ Device

Configuration Guide

UNIX, Windows, and Linux

Release 10.5
NetBackup Device Configuration Guide
Last updated: 2024-09-30

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 Contents

Chapter 1 Introducing device configuration ..................................... 7

Using this guide ............................................................................. 7
General device configuration sequence .............................................. 8
Configuration cautions .............................................................. 8
About the NetBackup compatibility lists ............................................... 9

Section 1 Operating systems ................................................... 10

Chapter 2 Linux ...................................................................................... 11

Before you begin on Linux .............................................................. 11

About the required Linux SCSI drivers .............................................. 12
About the st driver debug mode ................................................. 13
Verifying the Linux drivers .............................................................. 13
About configuring robot and drive control for Linux .............................. 13
About the Linux robotic control device files .................................. 14
About the Linux tape drive device files ........................................ 14
Verifying the device configuration on Linux ........................................ 15
About SAN clients on Linux ............................................................ 15
About SCSI persistent bindings for Linux ........................................... 16
About Emulex HBAs ..................................................................... 16
Utilities to test SCSI devices ........................................................... 17
Linux command summary .............................................................. 17

Chapter 3 Solaris ................................................................................... 18

Before you begin on Solaris ............................................................ 18

About the NetBackup sg driver ........................................................ 19
Determining if the NetBackup sg driver is installed .............................. 20
Special configuration for the StorEdge Network Foundation HBA driver
........................................................................................... 21
About binding Fibre Channel HBA drivers .......................................... 21
Configuring Solaris 10 x86 for multiple drive paths .............................. 22
Installing/reinstalling the sg and the st drivers ..................................... 22
st.conf file example ................................................................. 25
sg.conf file example ................................................................ 25
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sg.links file example ................................................................ 26

Configuring 6 GB and larger SAS HBAs in Solaris ............................... 27
Preventing Solaris driver unloading .................................................. 29
About Solaris robotic controls .......................................................... 30
About SCSI and FCP robotic controls on Solaris ........................... 30
Examples of SCSI and FCP robotic control device files on Solaris
..................................................................................... 31
About Solaris tape drive device files ................................................. 31
About Berkeley-style close ....................................................... 33
About no rewind device files on Solaris ....................................... 33
About fast-tape positioning (locate-block) on Solaris ...................... 33
About SPC-2 SCSI reserve on Solaris ........................................ 33
Disabling SPC-2 SCSI reserve on Solaris .................................... 34
About nonstandard tape drives .................................................. 34
Configuring Solaris SAN clients to recognize FT media servers .............. 35
Adding the FT device entry to the st.conf file ................................ 35
Modifying the st.conf file so that Solaris discovers devices on two
LUNS ............................................................................. 36
Uninstalling the sg driver on Solaris .................................................. 37
Solaris command summary ............................................................ 37

Chapter 4 Windows ............................................................................... 38

Before you begin configuring NetBackup on Windows .......................... 38
About tape device drivers on Windows .............................................. 39
Attaching devices to a Windows system ............................................ 39

Section 2 Robotic storage devices ....................................... 40

Chapter 5 Robot overview .................................................................. 41

NetBackup robot types .................................................................. 41

NetBackup robot attributes ............................................................. 42
ACS robots ........................................................................... 42
TLD robots ............................................................................ 43
Table-driven robotics ..................................................................... 44
Robotic test utilities ....................................................................... 45
Robotic processes ........................................................................ 45
Processes by robot type .......................................................... 46
Robotic process example ......................................................... 47
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Chapter 6 Oracle StorageTek ACSLS robots ................................ 49

About Oracle StorageTek ACSLS robots ........................................... 50
Sample ACSLS configurations ........................................................ 50
Media requests for an ACS robot ..................................................... 54
About configuring ACS drives ......................................................... 54
Configuring shared ACS drives ....................................................... 56
Adding tapes to ACS robots ............................................................ 58
About removing tapes from ACS robots ............................................ 58
Removing tapes using the ACSLS utility ...................................... 59
Removing tapes using NetBackup ............................................. 59
Robot inventory operations on ACS robots ........................................ 59
Configuring a robot inventory filtering on ACS robots ..................... 61
NetBackup robotic control, communication, and logging ....................... 62
NetBackup robotic control, communication, and logging for
Windows systems ............................................................. 62
NetBackup robotic control, communication, and logging for UNIX
systems .......................................................................... 63
ACS robotic test utility ................................................................... 67
acstest on Windows systems .................................................... 68
acstest on UNIX systems ......................................................... 68
Changing your ACS robotic configuration .......................................... 68
ACS configurations supported ......................................................... 69
Multiple ACS robots with one ACS library software host ................. 69
Multiple ACS robots and ACS library software hosts ...................... 70
Oracle StorageTek ACSLS firewall configuration ................................. 71

Chapter 7 Device configuration examples ..................................... 73

An ACS robot on a Windows server example ..................................... 73

An ACS robot on a UNIX server example .......................................... 76
 Chapter 1
Introducing device
configuration
This chapter includes the following topics:

■ Using this guide

■ General device configuration sequence

■ About the NetBackup compatibility lists

Using this guide

Use this guide to help set up and configure the operating systems of the hosts you
use for NetBackup servers. Also use this guide for help with storage devices. This
guide provides guidance about NetBackup requirements; it does not replace the
vendor documentation.
This guide is organized as follows:
■ Information about operating systems.
■ Information about robotic storage devices.
Read the "Before you start" sections (if applicable) of the chapters in this guide.
These sections provide any important platform-specific instructions or may contain
specific instructions or limitations for server types.
Veritas tested the configuration file options in this guide; other configuration settings
may also work.
To minimize configuration errors, you can copy and paste configuration details from
a text file of the operating system chapters of this configuration guide. The format
of this text file is similar to the printed version of the guide. Be sure to review the
differences as explained at the beginning of the text file.
 Introducing device configuration 8
General device configuration sequence

The NetBackup_DeviceConfig_Guide.txt file is installed with NetBackup server

software in the following paths:
■ /usr/openv/volmgr (UNIX)

■ install_path\Veritas\Volmgr (Windows)

The Hardware Compatibility List contains information about supported devices.

See “About the NetBackup compatibility lists” on page 9.

General device configuration sequence

Use the following general sequence when you configure devices:
■ Physically connect the storage devices to the media server. Perform any
hardware configuration steps that the device vendor or the operating system
vendor specifies.
■ Create any required system device files for the drives and robotic control. Device
files are created automatically on Windows and on some UNIX platforms. Explicit
configuration of device files is required on some UNIX servers to make full use
of NetBackup features.
For SCSI controlled libraries, NetBackup issues SCSI commands to the robotic
devices. SCSI commands allow NetBackup to discover and configure devices
automatically. You may have to configure the server operating system to allow
device discovery.
■ Add the storage devices to NetBackup and configure them.
For instructions, see the NetBackup Administrator’s Guide, Volume I or the
NetBackup Administration Console help.
You can configure devices in NetBackup from the primary server or the media
server to which the devices are attached (the device host). For more information,
see "To administer devices on other servers" in the NetBackup Administrator’s
Guide, Volume I or the NetBackup Administration Console help.

Configuration cautions
Observe the following cautions:
■ In multiple-initiator (multiple host bus adapter) environments, NetBackup uses
SCSI reservation to avoid tape drive usage conflicts and possible data loss
problems. SCSI reservation operates at the SCSI target level; the hardware that
bridges Fibre Channel to SCSI must work correctly.
By default, NetBackup uses SPC-2 SCSI reserve and release. Alternatively,
you can use SCSI persistent reserve or disable SCSI reservation entirely.
 Introducing device configuration 9
About the NetBackup compatibility lists

For information about the NetBackup use of SCSI reservation, see the following:
■ "Enable SCSI reserve" in the NetBackup Administrator’s Guide, Volume I.
■ "How NetBackup reserves drives" in the NetBackup Administrator’s Guide,
Volume II.
■ Veritas does not recommend or support the use of single-ended to differential
SCSI converters on NetBackup controlled devices. You may encounter problems
if you use these converters.

About the NetBackup compatibility lists

Veritas provides compatibility lists for the operating systems, peripherals, and
software with which NetBackup works.
See the NetBackup compatibility lists at the following webpage:
http://www.netbackup.com/compatibility
 Section 1
Operating systems

■ Chapter 2. Linux

■ Chapter 3. Solaris

■ Chapter 4. Windows
 Chapter 2
Linux
This chapter includes the following topics:

■ Before you begin on Linux

■ About the required Linux SCSI drivers

■ Verifying the Linux drivers

■ About configuring robot and drive control for Linux

■ Verifying the device configuration on Linux

■ About SAN clients on Linux

■ About SCSI persistent bindings for Linux

■ About Emulex HBAs

■ Utilities to test SCSI devices

■ Linux command summary

Before you begin on Linux

Observe the following important points when you configure the operating system:
■ Verify that NetBackup supports your server platform and devices. The Veritas
support Web site contains server platform compatibility information. For the
compatibility information, see the NetBackup compatibility lists :
http://www.netbackup.com/compatibility
■ For SCSI controlled libraries, NetBackup issues SCSI commands to the robotic
devices. For NetBackup to function correctly, the properly named device files
must exist. Information about how to configure device files is available.
See “About configuring robot and drive control for Linux” on page 13.
 Linux 12
About the required Linux SCSI drivers

■ Verify that a SCSI low-level driver is installed for each HBA in your system, as
follows:
■ Follow the HBA vendor's installation guide to install or load the driver in the
kernel.
■ Configure the kernel for SCSI tape support and SCSI generic support.
■ Probe all LUNs on each SCSI device and enable the SCSI low-level driver
for the HBA.
■ Enable multi-LUN support for the kernel according to the Linux
documentation.
For more information, refer to your HBA vendor documentation.
■ Multipath configurations (multiple paths to robots and drives) are supported only
with the following configurations:
■ Native path (/dev/nstx, /dev/sgx)
■ The sysfs file system that is mounted on /sys
■ Native udev rules for persistent device paths (/dev/tape/by-path)

After you configure the hardware, add the robots and the drives to NetBackup.

About the required Linux SCSI drivers

To use SCSI tape drives and robotic libraries, the following drivers must be
configured in the kernel or loaded as modules:
■ SCSI tape (st) driver.
■ Standard SCSI driver.
■ SCSI-adapter driver.
■ Linux SCSI generic (sg) driver. This driver allows pass-through commands to
SCSI tape drives and control of robotic devices.
NetBackup and its processes use the pass-through driver as follows:
■ To scan or discover drives
■ For SCSI reservations
■ For SCSI locate-block operations
■ For SAN error recovery
■ For Quantum SDLT performance optimization
■ To collect robot and drive information
 Linux 13
Verifying the Linux drivers

■ To collect Tape Alert information from tape drives

■ For WORM tape support
■ For future features and enhancements

The standard Enterprise Linux releases have the sg and the st modules available
for loading. The modules are loaded as needed. Also, you can load these modules
if they are not in the kernel. Use the following commands:

/sbin/modprobe st
/sbin/modprobe sg

About the st driver debug mode

You can enable debug mode for the st tape driver. Debug mode echoes each
command and its result to the system log. For details, see the Linux documentation.

Verifying the Linux drivers

NetBackup requires specific Linux drivers.
See “About the required Linux SCSI drivers” on page 12.
You can use the /sbin/lsmod command to verify that the st and the sg drivers are
loaded in the kernel.
To verify that the drivers are installed and loaded in the kernel
◆ Invoke the lsmod command as follows:

lsmod
Module Size Used by
sg 14844 0
st 24556 0

About configuring robot and drive control for

Linux
NetBackup supports SCSI control and API control of robotic devices. SCSI control
includes Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP), which is SCSI over Fibre Channel.
You must configure the control method, as follows:
■ SCSI or Fibre Channel Protocol control.
 Linux 14
About configuring robot and drive control for Linux

NetBackup uses device files to configure control for SCSI tape devices, including
robotic devices. (A robotic device in a library moves the media between storage
slots and the drives in the library.)
■ API control over a LAN.
See the "Oracle StorageTek ACSLS robots" topic of this guide.

About the Linux robotic control device files

For robotic devices, NetBackup uses the /dev/sgx device files, where x is a decimal
number from 0 to 255. Linux should create the device files automatically. If the
device files do not exist, see the Linux documentation for information about how to
create them.
If you use device discovery, NetBackup looks for /dev/sgx robotic control device
files. NetBackup discovers the robotic control device files (and hence the devices)
automatically. Alternatively, if you add a robot manually in NetBackup, you must
enter the pathname to the device file for that robotic device.

About the Linux tape drive device files

For tape drive device files, NetBackup uses the /dev/tape/by-path/xxxx-nst
symbolic link files (-nst indicates the no rewind device file). The /dev/tape/by-path
files are symbolic links to /dev/nstx device files. The Linux udev system creates
the /dev/tape/by-path symlinks. These are persistent paths that always point to
the same device. The/dev/nstx files can change associated devices, without
updating NetBackup. Therefore, the /dev/nstx paths should not be used.
The Linux driver should create the /dev/nstx device files automatically. The Linux
udev device management system should create the /dev/tape/by-path symbolic
link files automatically. If the device files do not exist, see the Linux documentation
for information about how to create them.
If you use device discovery in NetBackup, NetBackup looks for
/dev/tape/by-path/xxxx-nst symbolic link files. NetBackup discovers the device
files (and hence the devices) automatically. Alternatively, if you add a drive manually
in NetBackup, you should enter the /dev/tape/by-path/xxxx-nst symbolic link
pathname as the device file for that drive. If the /dev/nstx device paths are
configured, restarting the NetBackup Device Manager (ltid) converts the paths to
/dev/tape/by-path persistent paths.

The NetBackup avrd daemon establishes a default tape driver operating mode. If
you change the default mode, NetBackup may not read and write tapes correctly,
which results in data loss.
 Linux 15
Verifying the device configuration on Linux

Verifying the device configuration on Linux

The /proc/scsi/scsi file shows all of the devices that the SCSI driver detects.
If the operating system detects the SCSI devices, NetBackup can discover them.
To verify that the operating system can see the devices
◆ Run the following command from a terminal window:
cat /proc/scsi/scsi

The output that is displayed should be similar to the following:

Attached devices:
Host: scsi8 Channel: 00 Id: 05 Lun: 00
Vendor: IBM Model: ULT3580-HH8 Rev: HB81
Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 06
Host: scsi8 Channel: 00 Id: 05 Lun: 01
Vendor: IBM Model: 3573-TL Rev: 1110
Type: Medium Changer ANSI SCSI revision: 05
Host: scsi2 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 00
Vendor: IBM Model: ULT3580-HH7 Rev: H9E3
Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 06

About SAN clients on Linux

NetBackup SAN clients on Linux hosts require the SCSI Generic (sg) driver
pass-through tape drive device files for traffic to NetBackup FT media servers. The
media server FT devices appear as ARCHIVE Python tape devices during SCSI
inquiry from the SAN client. (However, they are not tape devices and do not appear
as tape devices in NetBackup device discovery.)
You should verify that you have the correct driver and device files.
See “Verifying the Linux drivers” on page 13.
If your Linux operating system does not add all of the SCSI device files automatically,
you can do so manually. The following is an example of code you can include in
the /etc/rc.local file to add LUN 1, targets 0-7 on Controllers 0-2. Note that the
last line is the MAKEDEV command, which makes the required device files. The code
you include in your /etc/rc.local file depends on how your hardware environment.

# Add the troublesome device on LUN 1 for the FT server

echo "scsi add-single-device 0 0 0 1" > /proc/scsi/scsi
echo "scsi add-single-device 0 0 1 1" > /proc/scsi/scsi
echo "scsi add-single-device 0 0 2 1" > /proc/scsi/scsi
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About SCSI persistent bindings for Linux

echo "scsi add-single-device 0 0 3 1" > /proc/scsi/scsi

echo "scsi add-single-device 0 0 4 1" > /proc/scsi/scsi
echo "scsi add-single-device 0 0 5 1" > /proc/scsi/scsi
echo "scsi add-single-device 0 0 6 1" > /proc/scsi/scsi
echo "scsi add-single-device 0 0 7 1" > /proc/scsi/scsi
echo "scsi add-single-device 1 0 0 1" > /proc/scsi/scsi
echo "scsi add-single-device 1 0 1 1" > /proc/scsi/scsi
echo "scsi add-single-device 1 0 2 1" > /proc/scsi/scsi
echo "scsi add-single-device 1 0 3 1" > /proc/scsi/scsi
echo "scsi add-single-device 1 0 4 1" > /proc/scsi/scsi
echo "scsi add-single-device 1 0 5 1" > /proc/scsi/scsi
echo "scsi add-single-device 1 0 6 1" > /proc/scsi/scsi
echo "scsi add-single-device 1 0 7 1" > /proc/scsi/scsi
echo "scsi add-single-device 2 0 0 1" > /proc/scsi/scsi
echo "scsi add-single-device 2 0 1 1" > /proc/scsi/scsi
echo "scsi add-single-device 2 0 2 1" > /proc/scsi/scsi
echo "scsi add-single-device 2 0 3 1" > /proc/scsi/scsi
echo "scsi add-single-device 2 0 4 1" > /proc/scsi/scsi
echo "scsi add-single-device 2 0 5 1" > /proc/scsi/scsi
echo "scsi add-single-device 2 0 6 1" > /proc/scsi/scsi
echo "scsi add-single-device 2 0 7 1" > /proc/scsi/scsi
/dev/MAKEDEV sg

About SCSI persistent bindings for Linux

Veritas recommends that you use persistent bindings to lock the mappings between
the SCSI targets that are reported to Linux and the specific devices. The Linux
kernel device manager udev creates the /dev/tape/by-path symbolic links to
/dev/nstx device paths that NetBackup uses to communicate with tape drives.
The udev system creates the persistent paths using the /dev/tape/by-path
symbolic links. Do not change the default udev rules that create these paths.
If you cannot use binding with the HBA in your configuration, add an
ENABLE_AUTO_PATH_CORRECTION entry in the /usr/openv/volmgr/vm.conf file on
all Linux media servers.

About Emulex HBAs

If you use a /usr/openv/volmgr/AVRD_DEBUG touch file on a NetBackup media
server with an Emulex HBA driver, the system log may contain entries similar to
the following:
 Linux 17
Utilities to test SCSI devices

Unknown drive error on DRIVENAME (device N, PATH) sense[0] = 0x70,

sense[1] = 0x0, sensekey = 0x5

You can ignore these messages.

Utilities to test SCSI devices

You can manipulate tape devices with the operating system mt command. For more
information, see the mt(1) man page.
You can use theNetBackup robtest utility to test robots. The robtest utility resides
in /usr/openv/volmgr/bin.
A set of SCSI utilities are available from the Linux SCSI Generic (sg) driver home
page.

Linux command summary

The following is a summary of commands that were used in this topic:
■ /sbin/lsmod
Lists the modules that are loaded.
■ /sbin/modprobe
Installs loadable kernel modules.
■ /usr/sbin/reboot
Stops and restarts the system.
■ /bin/mknod /dev/sgx c 21 N
Creates SCSI generic device files; x is a decimal number from 0 to 255.
 Chapter 3
Solaris
This chapter includes the following topics:

■ Before you begin on Solaris

■ About the NetBackup sg driver

■ Determining if the NetBackup sg driver is installed

■ Special configuration for the StorEdge Network Foundation HBA driver

■ About binding Fibre Channel HBA drivers

■ Configuring Solaris 10 x86 for multiple drive paths

■ Installing/reinstalling the sg and the st drivers

■ Configuring 6 GB and larger SAS HBAs in Solaris

■ Preventing Solaris driver unloading

■ About Solaris robotic controls

■ About Solaris tape drive device files

■ Configuring Solaris SAN clients to recognize FT media servers

■ Uninstalling the sg driver on Solaris

■ Solaris command summary

Before you begin on Solaris

Observe the following points when you configure the operating system:
■ Verify that NetBackup supports your server platform and devices. Download
the NetBackup hardware and the operating system compatibility lists.
 Solaris 19
About the NetBackup sg driver

http://www.netbackup.com/compatibility
■ For SCSI controlled libraries, NetBackup issues SCSI commands to the robotic
devices.
For NetBackup to function correctly, the properly named device files must exist,
as follows:
■ NetBackup installs its own pass-through driver, the SCSI generic sg driver.
You must configure this driver properly to create device files for any device
NetBackup uses.
■ The Solaris tape and disk driver interfaces also create a device file for each
tape drive device. These device files must exist for all read or write I/O
capability.
See “About Solaris robotic controls” on page 30.
■ Verify that the Solaris st driver is installed.
■ Verify that the devices are configured correctly. To do so, use the Solaris mt
command and the NetBackup /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/sgscan utility.
For the tape drives that you want to share among NetBackup hosts, ensure that
the operating system detects the devices on the SAN.
■ When you configure devices, you should attach all peripherals and restart the
system with the reconfigure option (boot -r or reboot -- -r).
■ If you remove or replace adapter cards, remove all device files that are
associated with that adapter card.
■ If you use the Automated Cartridge System (ACS) robotic software, you must
ensure that the Solaris Source Compatibility Package is installed. The package
is required so that the ACS software can use the shared libraries in /usr/ucblib.
■ Oracle systems with parallel SCSI host bus adapters do not support 16-byte
SCSI commands on any devices that are attached to these HBAs. Therefore,
those HBAs do not support WORM media. To override this limitation, create a
touch file as follows:
touch /usr/openv/volmgr/database/SIXTEEN_BYTE_CDB

After you configure the hardware, add the robots and the drives to NetBackup.

About the NetBackup sg driver

NetBackup provides its own SCSI pass-through driver to communicate with
SCSI-controlled robotic peripherals. This driver is called the SCSA (generic SCSI
pass-through driver), also referred to as the sg driver.
 Solaris 20
Determining if the NetBackup sg driver is installed

For full feature support, NetBackup requires the sg driver and SCSI pass-through
device paths.
Install the NetBackup sg driver on each Solaris NetBackup media server that hosts
tape devices. Each time you add or remove a device, you should reinstall the sg
driver again.
If you do not use a pass-through driver, performance suffers.
NetBackup uses the pass-through driver for the following:
■ By avrd and robotic processes to scan drives.
■ By NetBackup to position tapes by using the locate-block method.
■ By NetBackup for SAN error recovery.
■ By NetBackup for Quantum SDLT performance optimization.
■ By NetBackup for SCSI reservations.
■ By NetBackup device configuration to collect robot and drive information.
■ To collect Tape Alert information from tape devices allowing support of functions
such as tape drive cleaning.
■ For WORM tape support.
■ Future NetBackup features and enhancements

Note: Because NetBackup uses its own pass-through driver, NetBackup does not
support the Solaris sgen SCSI pass-through driver.

See “Installing/reinstalling the sg and the st drivers” on page 22.

Determining if the NetBackup sg driver is installed

Use the following procedure to determine if the sg driver is installed and loaded.
More information about the driver is available.
See “About the NetBackup sg driver” on page 19.
To determine if the sg driver is installed and loaded
◆ Invoke the following command:
/usr/sbin/modinfo | grep sg

If the driver is loaded, output includes a line similar to the following:

57 113d1d00 3760 316 1 sg (SCSA Generic Revision: 3.7a)
 Solaris 21
Special configuration for the StorEdge Network Foundation HBA driver

Special configuration for the StorEdge Network

Foundation HBA driver
When you configure the sg driver, it binds the StorEdge Network Foundation host
bus adapter World Wide Port Names for use by the sg driver.
See “Installing/reinstalling the sg and the st drivers” on page 22.
The configuration process uses the Solaris luxadm command to probe for HBAs
that are installed in the system. Ensure that the luxadm command is installed and
in the shell path. For Solaris 11 and later, NetBackup uses the Solaris sasinfo
command to probe for SAS attached devices.
To determine if a host contains a StorEdge Network Foundation HBA, you can run
the following command:
/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/sgscan

If the script detects a StorEdge Network Foundation HBA, it produces output similar
to the following example:

#WARNING: detected StorEdge Network Foundation connected devices not

in sg configuration file:
#
# Device World Wide Port Name 21000090a50001c8
#
# See /usr/openv/volmgr/NetBackup_DeviceConfig_Guide.txt topic
# "Special configuration for Sun StorEdge Network Foundation
# HBA/Driver" for information on how to use sg.build and
# sg.install to configure these devices

Each time you add or remove a device, you should configure the NetBackup sg
driver and the Sun st driver again.
See “About the NetBackup sg driver” on page 19.
For 6 GB and larger serial attached SCSI (SAS) HBAs, also configure class 08 and
0101 for the sg driver.
See “Configuring 6 GB and larger SAS HBAs in Solaris” on page 27.

About binding Fibre Channel HBA drivers

For Fibre Channel HBAs other than StorEdge Network Foundation, you must bind
the devices to specific target IDs on the NetBackup host. When you bind devices
to targets, the target ID does not change after a system reboot or a Fibre Channel
configuration change.
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In some instances, Veritas products are configured to use a specific target ID. If
you change the ID, the products fail until you configure the ID correctly.
How you bind devices to targets is vendor and product specific. For information
about how to modify the HBA configuration files to bind devices to targets, see the
documentation for the HBA.
The binding may be based on the following:
■ Fibre Channel World Wide Port Name (WWPN)
■ World Wide Node Name (WWNN)
■ The destination target ID and LUN
After you bind the devices to target IDs, continue with the Solaris configuration in
the same manner as for parallel SCSI installations.
See “Installing/reinstalling the sg and the st drivers” on page 22.
Each time you add or remove a device, you must update the bindings and then
configure the sg and the st drivers again.

Configuring Solaris 10 x86 for multiple drive paths

To use multiple paths to the same tape drive, NetBackup requires that Solaris
Multiplexed I/O (MPxIO) be disabled. MPxIO is enabled by default on Solaris 10
x86 systems.
Use the following procedure to disable MPxIO.
To disable MPxIO
1 Use a text editor to open the following file:
/kernel/drv/fp.conf

2 Change the mpxio-disable value from no to yes. After the change, the line
in the file should appear as follows:
mpxio-disable="yes"

3 Save the changes and exit from the text editor.

Installing/reinstalling the sg and the st drivers

You must install the NetBackup sg driver and the Sun st driver on each Solaris
NetBackup media server that hosts tape devices.
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Each time you add or remove a device, you should configure the NetBackup sg
driver and the Sun st driver again. For 6 GB and larger serial-attached SCSI (SAS)
HBAs, also configure class 08 and 0101 for the sg driver.
See “Configuring 6 GB and larger SAS HBAs in Solaris” on page 27.
Before you configure the sg and the st drivers, ensure that all devices are turned
on and connected to the HBA.
See “About the NetBackup sg driver” on page 19.
The sg.build command uses the Solaris sasinfo command to probe for SAS
attached device paths. This command is only available on Solaris 11 and later. On
Solaris 10 and earlier, you must configure the sg driver manually.
To install and configure the sg and the st drivers
1 Invoke the following two commands to run the NetBackup sg.build script:

cd /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/driver
/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/sg.build all -mt target -ml lun

The following describes the options:

■ The all option creates the following files and populates them with the
appropriate entries:
■ /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/driver/st.conf
See “st.conf file example” on page 25.
■ /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/driver/sg.conf
See “sg.conf file example” on page 25.
■ /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/driver/sg.links
See “sg.links file example” on page 26.

■ The -mt target option and argument specify the maximum target ID that
is in use on the SCSI bus (or bound to an FCP HBA). The maximum value
is 126. By default, the SCSI initiator target ID of the adapter is 7, so the
script does not create entries for target ID 7.
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■ The -ml lun option and argument specify the maximum number of LUNs
that are in use on the SCSI bus (or by an FCP HBA). The maximum value
is 255.

2 Replace the following seven entries in the /kernel/drv/st.conf file with all
of the entries from the /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/driver/st.conf file:

name="st" class="scsi" target=0 lun=0;

name="st" class="scsi" target=1 lun=0;
name="st" class="scsi" target=2 lun=0;
name="st" class="scsi" target=3 lun=0;
name="st" class="scsi" target=4 lun=0;
name="st" class="scsi" target=5 lun=0;
name="st" class="scsi" target=6 lun=0;

You should make a backup copy of the /kernel/drv/st.conf file before you
modify it.
3 Reboot the system with the reconfigure option (boot -r or reboot -- -r).
During the boot process, the system probes all targets in the st.conf file for
devices. It should create device files for all of the devices it discovers.
4 Verify that Solaris created the device nodes for all the tape devices by using
the following command:
ls -l /dev/rmt/*cbn

5 Install the new sg driver configuration by invoking the following two commands:

/usr/bin/rm -f /kernel/drv/sg.conf
/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/driver/sg.install

The NetBackup sg.install script does the following:

■ Installs and loads the sg driver.
■ Copies the /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/driver/sg.conf file to
/kernel/drv/sg.conf.

■ Creates the /dev/sg directory and nodes.

■ Appends the /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/driver/sg.links file to the
/etc/devlink.tab file.

6 Verify that the <command>sg</command> driver finds all of the robots and
tape drives.
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st.conf file example

The following /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/driver/st.conf file example shows targets
0-15 and LUNs 0-7.

name="st" class="scsi" target=0 lun=0;

name="st" class="scsi" target=0 lun=1;
name="st" class="scsi" target=0 lun=2;
name="st" class="scsi" target=0 lun=3;
name="st" class="scsi" target=0 lun=4;
name="st" class="scsi" target=0 lun=5;
name="st" class="scsi" target=0 lun=6;
name="st" class="scsi" target=0 lun=7;
name="st" class="scsi" target=1 lun=0;
name="st" class="scsi" target=1 lun=1;
name="st" class="scsi" target=1 lun=2;
.
<entries omitted for brevity>
.
name="st" class="scsi" target=15 lun=5;
name="st" class="scsi" target=15 lun=6;
name="st" class="scsi" target=15 lun=7;

sg.conf file example

The following /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/driver/sg.conf file example shows targets 0-15
and LUNs 0-8. It also includes target entries for three StorEdge Network Foundation
HBA ports.
The sg.build -mt option does not affect FCP targets, but the -ml option does. The
Solaris luxadm command detected three ports (identified by their World Wide
Names). Therefore, the sg.build script created entries for LUNs 0 through 7 for
those three ports.

name="sg" class="scsi" target=0 lun=0;

name="sg" class="scsi" target=0 lun=1;
name="sg" class="scsi" target=0 lun=2;
name="sg" class="scsi" target=0 lun=3;
name="sg" class="scsi" target=0 lun=4;
name="sg" class="scsi" target=0 lun=5;
name="sg" class="scsi" target=0 lun=6;
name="sg" class="scsi" target=0 lun=7;
name="sg" class="scsi" target=1 lun=0;
name="sg" class="scsi" target=1 lun=1;
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name="sg" class="scsi" target=1 lun=2;

...
<entries omitted for brevity>
...
name="sg" class="scsi" target=15 lun=5;
name="sg" class="scsi" target=15 lun=6;
name="sg" class="scsi" target=15 lun=7;
name="sg" parent="fp" target=0 lun=0 fc-port-wwn="500104f0008d53c3";
name="sg" parent="fp" target=0 lun=1 fc-port-wwn="500104f0008d53c3";
name="sg" parent="fp" target=0 lun=0 fc-port-wwn="500104f0008d53c6";
name="sg" parent="fp" target=0 lun=1 fc-port-wwn="500104f0008d53c6";
name="sg" parent="fp" target=0 lun=0 fc-port-wwn="500104f0008d53c9";
name="sg" parent="fp" target=0 lun=1 fc-port-wwn="500104f0008d53c9";
name="sg" parent="fp" target=0 lun=0 fc-port-wwn="500104f0008d53cc";
name="sg" parent="fp" target=0 lun=1 fc-port-wwn="500104f0008d53cc";
name="sg" parent="fp" target=0 lun=0 fc-port-wwn="500104f0008d53b9";
name="sg" parent="fp" target=0 lun=1 fc-port-wwn="500104f0008d53b9";
name="sg" parent="fp" target=0 lun=0 fc-port-wwn="500104f0008d53c3";
name="sg" parent="fp" target=0 lun=1 fc-port-wwn="500104f0008d53c3";
name="sg" parent="fp" target=0 lun=0 fc-port-wwn="500104f0008d53c6";
name="sg" parent="fp" target=0 lun=1 fc-port-wwn="500104f0008d53c6";
name="sg" parent="fp" target=0 lun=0 fc-port-wwn="500104f0008d53c9";
name="sg" parent="fp" target=0 lun=1 fc-port-wwn="500104f0008d53c9";
name="sg" parent="fp" target=0 lun=0 fc-port-wwn="500104f0008d53cc";
name="sg" parent="fp" target=0 lun=1 fc-port-wwn="500104f0008d53cc";
name="sg" parent="fp" target=0 lun=0 fc-port-wwn="500104f0008d53b9";
name="sg" parent="fp" target=0 lun=1 fc-port-wwn="500104f0008d53b

sg.links file example

The following /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/driver/sg.links file example shows
targets 0-15 and LUNs 0-7. It also includes entries for three StorEdge Network
Foundation HBA ports.
The sg.build -mt option does not affect FCP targets, but the -ml option does. The
Solaris luxadm command detected three ports (identified by their World Wide
Names). Therefore, the sg.build script created entries for LUNs 0 through 7 for
those three ports.
The field separator between the addr=x, y; field and the sg/ field is a tab. The
addr= field uses hexadecimal notation, and the sg/ field uses decimal values.

# begin SCSA Generic devlinks file - creates nodes in /dev/sg

type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=0,0; sg/c\N0t0l0
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type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=0,1; sg/c\N0t0l1
type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=0,2; sg/c\N0t0l2
type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=0,3; sg/c\N0t0l3
type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=0,4; sg/c\N0t0l4
type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=0,5; sg/c\N0t0l5
type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=0,6; sg/c\N0t0l6
type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=0,7; sg/c\N0t0l7
type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=1,0; sg/c\N0t1l0
type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=1,1; sg/c\N0t1l1
...
<entries omitted for brevity>
...
type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=f,5; sg/c\N0t15l5
type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=f,6; sg/c\N0t15l6
type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=f,7; sg/c\N0t15l7
type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=w500104f0008d53c3,0; sg/c\N0t\A1l0
type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=w500104f0008d53c3,1; sg/c\N0t\A1l1
type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=w500104f0008d53c6,0; sg/c\N0t\A1l0
type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=w500104f0008d53c6,1; sg/c\N0t\A1l1
type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=w500104f0008d53c9,0; sg/c\N0t\A1l0
type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=w500104f0008d53c9,1; sg/c\N0t\A1l1
type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=w500104f0008d53cc,0; sg/c\N0t\A1l0
type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=w500104f0008d53cc,1; sg/c\N0t\A1l1
type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=w500104f0008d53b9,0; sg/c\N0t\A1l0
type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=w500104f0008d53b9,1; sg/c\N0t\A1l1
type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=w500104f0008d53c3,0; sg/c\N0t\A1l0
type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=w500104f0008d53c3,1; sg/c\N0t\A1l1
type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=w500104f0008d53c6,0; sg/c\N0t\A1l0
type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=w500104f0008d53c6,1; sg/c\N0t\A1l1
type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=w500104f0008d53c9,0; sg/c\N0t\A1l0
type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=w500104f0008d53c9,1; sg/c\N0t\A1l1
type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=w500104f0008d53cc,0; sg/c\N0t\A1l0
type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=w500104f0008d53cc,1; sg/c\N0t\A1l1
type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=w500104f0008d53b9,0; sg/c\N0t\A1l0
type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=w500104f0008d53b9,1; sg/c\N0t\A1l1
# end SCSA devlinks

Configuring 6 GB and larger SAS HBAs in Solaris

Use the procedure in this topic to configure the NetBackup sg driver for Oracle 6
GB and larger SAS HBAs on Solaris.
A separate topic describes how to install the NetBackup sg and Sun st drivers.
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See “Installing/reinstalling the sg and the st drivers” on page 22.

Note: Support for Solaris 6 GB serial-attached SCSI (SAS) HBAs for tape devices
requires a specific Solaris patch level. Ensure that you install the required patches.
For supported Solaris versions, see the Oracle Support website.

To configure 6 GB and larger SAS HBAs in Solaris

1 Verify that the 6 GB SAS tape device path exists by running the following
command in a shell window:
ls -l /dev/rmt | grep cbn

6 GB SAS tape devices should have iport@ in the name path. The following
is an example of the output (the tape drive address is highlighted):

1cbn -> ../../devices/pci@400/pci@0/pci@9/LSI,sas@0/iport@8/tape@w500104f000ba856a,0:cbn

2 Edit the /etc/devlink.tab file

Include the following lines for every 6 GB SAS tape drive in the
/etc/devlink.tab file. Replace drive_address with the tape drive address;
see the output from step 1 for the tape drive addresses.

type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=wdrive_address,0,1; sg/c\N0t\A1l0
type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=wdrive_address,1,1; sg/c\N0t\A1l1

Include the following lines for every 6 GB SAS robotic library in the
/etc/devlink.tab file. Replace drive_address with the tape drive address;
see the output from step 1 for the tape drive address.

type=ddi_pseudo;name=medium-changer;addr=wdrive_address,0; sg/c\N0t\A1l0
type=ddi_pseudo;name=medium-changer;addr=wdrive_address,1; sg/c\N0t\A1l1

The following are example entries for the devlink.tab file:

# SCSA devlinks for SAS-2 drives:

type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=w500104f000ba856a,0,1; sg/c\N0t\A1l0
type=ddi_pseudo;name=sg;addr=w500104f000ba856a,1,1; sg/c\N0t\A1l1
# SCSA devlinks for SAS-2 libraries:
type=ddi_pseudo;name=medium-changer;addr=w500104f000ba856a,0; sg/c\N0t\A1l0
type=ddi_pseudo;name=medium-changer;addr=w500104f000ba856a,1; sg/c\N0t\A1l1
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3 Verify that the sg driver SCSI classes are 08 and 0101 by running the following
command:
grep sg /etc/driver_aliases

The following is an example of the output:

sg "scsiclass,0101"
sg "scsiclass,08"

4 If the sg driver SCSI classes are not 08 and 0101, reinstall the sg driver by
using the following commands:

rem_drv sg
update_drv -d -i "scsiclass,08" sgen
add_drv -m '* 0600 root root' -i '"scsiclass,0101" "scsiclass,08"' sg

5 Restart the host.

6 Verify that the sg drivers exist by running the following command:
ls -l /dev/sg

The following is an example of the output (the output was modified to fit on the
page):

c0tw500104f000ba856al0 ->
../../devices/pci@400/pci@0/pci@9/LSI,sas@0/iport@8/sg@w500104f000ba856a,0,1:raw
c0tw500104f000ba856al1 ->
../../devices/pci@400/pci@0/pci@9/LSI,sas@0/iport@8/medium-changer@w500104f000ba856a,1:raw

7 Verify that the NetBackup sgscan utility recognizes the tape devices by entering
the following command:
/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/sgscan

The following is an example of the output:

/dev/sg/c0tw500104f000ba856al0: Tape (/dev/rmt/1): "HP Ultrium 5-SCSI"

/dev/sg/c0tw500104f000ba856al1: Changer: "STK SL500"

Preventing Solaris driver unloading

When system memory is limited, Solaris unloads unused drivers from memory and
reloads drivers as needed. Tape drivers are often unloaded because they are used
less often than disk drivers.
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The drivers NetBackup uses are the st driver (from Sun), the sg driver (from Veritas),
and Fibre Channel drivers. Problems may occur depending on when the driver
loads and unloads. These problems can range from a SCSI bus not able to detect
a device to system panics.
Veritas recommends that you prevent Solaris from unloading the drivers from
memory.
The following procedures describe how to prevent Solaris from unloading the drivers
from memory.
To prevent Solaris from unloading the drivers from memory
◆ Add the following forceload statements to the /etc/system file:

forceload: drv/st
forceload: drv/sg

To prevent Solaris from unloading the Fibre Channel drivers from memory
◆ Add an appropriate forceload statement to the /etc/system file.
Which driver you force to load depends on your Fibre Channel adapter. The
following is an example for a Sun Fibre Channel driver (SunFC FCP
v20100509-1.143):
forceload: drv/fcp

About Solaris robotic controls

NetBackup supports SCSI control and API control of robotic devices. A robotic
device in a library moves the media between the storage slots and the drives in the
library.
Robotic control varies, as follows:
■ SCSI or Fibre Channel Protocol control.
See “About SCSI and FCP robotic controls on Solaris” on page 30.
■ API control over a LAN.
See the "Oracle StorageTek ACSLS robots" topic in this guide.

About SCSI and FCP robotic controls on Solaris

When you configure the NetBackup sg driver, a NetBackup script creates the device
files for the attached robotic devices.
See “About the NetBackup sg driver” on page 19.
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If you use device discovery in NetBackup, NetBackup discovers the robotic control
device files in the /dev/sg directory (and hence the devices) automatically. If you
add a robot manually in NetBackup, you must enter the pathname to the device
file.
To display the device files that the sg driver can use, use the NetBackup sgscan
command with the all parameter. The word "Changer" in the sgscan output
identifies robotic control device files.
Examples are available.
See “Examples of SCSI and FCP robotic control device files on Solaris” on page 31.

Examples of SCSI and FCP robotic control device files on Solaris

The following is an example of sgscan all output from a host, to which the
examples refer:

# /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/sgscan all
/dev/sg/c0t6l0: Cdrom: "TOSHIBA XM-5401TASUN4XCD"
/dev/sg/c1tw500104f0008d53b9l0: Changer: "STK SL500"
/dev/sg/c1tw500104f0008d53c3l0: Tape (/dev/rmt/0): "HP Ultrium 3-SCSI"
/dev/sg/c1tw500104f0008d53c6l0: Tape (/dev/rmt/1): "HP Ultrium 3-SCSI"
/dev/sg/c1tw500104f0008d53c9l0: Tape (/dev/rmt/2): "IBM ULTRIUM-TD3"
/dev/sg/c1tw500104f0008d53ccl0: Tape (/dev/rmt/3): "IBM ULTRIUM-TD3"
/dev/sg/c2t1l0: Changer: "STK SL500"
/dev/sg/c2t2l0: Tape (/dev/rmt/22): "HP Ultrium 3-SCSI"
/dev/sg/c2t3l0: Tape (/dev/rmt/10): "HP Ultrium 3-SCSI"
/dev/sg/c2tal0: Tape (/dev/rmt/18): "IBM ULTRIUM-TD3"
/dev/sg/c2tbl0: Tape (/dev/rmt/19): "IBM ULTRIUM-TD3"
/dev/sg/c3t0l0: Disk (/dev/rdsk/c1t0d0): "FUJITSU MAV2073RCSUN72G"
/dev/sg/c3t3l0: Disk (/dev/rdsk/c1t3d0): "FUJITSU MAV2073RCSUN72G"

You can filter the sgscan output for device types by using other sgscan options.
The following is the sgscan usage statement:
sgscan [all|basic|changer|disk|tape] [conf] [-v]

About Solaris tape drive device files

NetBackup uses the tape drive device files that support compression, no rewind
on close, and Berkeley style close.
When you configure the Solaris st driver, Solaris creates the device files for the
attached tape devices
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See “Installing/reinstalling the sg and the st drivers” on page 22.

The device files are in the /dev/rmt directory, and they have the following format:
/dev/rmt/IDcbn

The following describe the device file names:

■ ID is the logical drive number as shown by the NetBackup sgscan command.

■ c indicates compression.

■ b indicates Berkeley-style close.

■ n indicates no rewind on close.

If you use device discovery in NetBackup, NetBackup discovers the device files
and hence the devices. If you add a tape drive to a NetBackup configuration
manually, you must specify the pathname to the device file. NetBackup requires
compression, no rewind on close, and Berkeley-style close device files.
To display the tape device files that are configured on your system, use the sgscan
command with the tape parameter, as follows:

# /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/sgscan tape
/dev/sg/c1tw500104f0008d53c3l0: Tape (/dev/rmt/0): "HP Ultrium 3-SCSI"
/dev/sg/c1tw500104f0008d53c6l0: Tape (/dev/rmt/1): "HP Ultrium 3-SCSI"
/dev/sg/c1tw500104f0008d53c9l0: Tape (/dev/rmt/2): "IBM ULTRIUM-TD3"
/dev/sg/c1tw500104f0008d53ccl0: Tape (/dev/rmt/3): "IBM ULTRIUM-TD3"
/dev/sg/c2t2l0: Tape (/dev/rmt/22): "HP Ultrium 3-SCSI"
/dev/sg/c2t3l0: Tape (/dev/rmt/10): "HP Ultrium 3-SCSI"
/dev/sg/c2tal0: Tape (/dev/rmt/18): "IBM ULTRIUM-TD3"
/dev/sg/c2tbl0: Tape (/dev/rmt/19): "IBM ULTRIUM-TD3"

The following are examples of no-rewind, compression, Berkeley-style close device

files from the preceding sgscan example output:
■ For the Ultrium3 SCSI drive at LUN 0 of World Wide Node Name (WWNN)
500104f0008d53c3, the device file pathname is:
/dev/rmt/0cbn

■ For the HP Ultrium3 SCSI drive at SCSI ID 2 of adapter 2, the device file
pathname is:
/dev/rmt/22cbn

You can show all device types by using the all option. The output can help you
associate tape devices with other SCSI devices that may be configured on the same
adapter. The following is the sgscan usage statement:
sgscan [all|basic|changer|disk|tape] [conf] [-v]
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About Berkeley-style close

NetBackup requires Berkeley-style close for tape drive device files. The letter b in
the file name indicates Berkeley-style close device files.
In Berkeley-style close, the tape position remains unchanged by a device close
operation. (Conversely, in AT&T-style close, the drive advances the tape to just
after the next end-of-file (EOF) marker.) To establish the correct position for the
next tape operation, applications must assume the tape's position after a close.
NetBackup assumes Berkeley-style close on Solaris systems.

About no rewind device files on Solaris

NetBackup requires no rewind on close device files for tape drives.
With no rewind on close, the tape is not rewound after a close operation. It remains
in position for the next write operation.
The letter n in the device file names in the /dev/rmt directory specifies no rewind
on close.

About fast-tape positioning (locate-block) on Solaris

Applies to AIT, DLT, Exabyte, DTF, and half-inch tape drives.
To position a tape to a specific block, NetBackup supports the SCSI locate-block
command. It requires the NetBackup sg driver.
NetBackup uses the locate-block command by default.
Veritas recommends that you do not disable locate-block positioning. If you need
to disable it, execute the following command:
touch /usr/openv/volmgr/database/NO_LOCATEBLOCK

If locate-block positioning is disabled, NetBackup uses the forward-space-file/record

method.

About SPC-2 SCSI reserve on Solaris

By default, NetBackup uses SPC-2 SCSI reserve and release for tape drive
reservations in shared drive environments. The NetBackup Shared Storage Option
provides shared drive functionality in NetBackup.
Alternatively, you can use SCSI persistent reserve for shared tape drive reservations
in NetBackup, as follows:
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About Solaris tape drive device files

■ For the tape drives that support SPC-3 Compatible Reservation Handling (CRH),
you can use SCSI persistent reserve by enabling it in NetBackup. No special
configuration in Solaris is required.
■ For the tape drives that do not support CRH, you must disable SPC-2 SCSI
reserve in Solaris for those drives. After you disable SPC-2 SCSI reserve, you
can use persistent reserve by enabling it in NetBackup. If the drive does not
support CRH and you do not disable SPC-2 SCSI reserve, access attempts to
the drive fail.
See “Disabling SPC-2 SCSI reserve on Solaris” on page 34.
For more information about NetBackup and SCSI reservations, see the following:
■ The description of the Enable SCSI Reserve Media host property in the
NetBackup Administrator’s Guide, Volume I.
■ The "How NetBackup reserves drives" topic in the NetBackup Administrator’s
Guide, Volume II.

Disabling SPC-2 SCSI reserve on Solaris

Use the following procedure to disable SPC-2 SCSI reserve.
More information about reservations is available.
See “About SPC-2 SCSI reserve on Solaris” on page 33.
To disable SPC-2 SCSI reserve
◆ Modify the Solaris st.conf file on the NetBackup media server. In the
tape-config-list section of the st.conf file, set the ST_NO_RESERVE_RELEASE
configuration value (0x20000) in the appropriate data-property-name entry.
For example, the following entry disables SCSI reserve and release for all tape
drives that use the DLT7k-data configuration values:

DLT7k-data = 1,0x38,0,0x20000,4,0x82,0x83,0x84,0x85,2;

For more information about the st.conf file, see the Solaris st(7D) man page.

About nonstandard tape drives

Solaris includes the device drivers that support most standard devices.
To receive the most current support for devices, you should install the latest Solaris
patch for the st driver.
However, if you have a device that Solaris does not support, the device manufacturer
should provide the software to install and administer the device properly. In addition,
the device vendor should contact Oracle to add support for the device to Solaris.
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Configuring Solaris SAN clients to recognize FT media servers

For more information about what you need for unsupported devices, contact the
device vendor. Also see the Solaris devices and file systems documentation.

Configuring Solaris SAN clients to recognize FT

media servers
NetBackup SAN clients use tape drivers and SCSI pass-through methods for Fibre
Transport traffic to NetBackup FT media servers. The media server FT devices
appear as ARCHIVE Python tape devices during SCSI inquiry on the SAN client.
However, they are not tape devices and do not appear as tape devices in NetBackup
device discovery.
Veritas owns the ARCHIVE brand name and Python product name. Therefore,
st.conf file changes to ARCHIVE Python do not affect an existing tape drive product.

Table 3-1 is an overview of procedures to configure the Solaris operating system

so that it recognizes the NetBackup FT devices on the NetBackup media servers.

Table 3-1 Configuring SAN clients to recognize FT media servers

Step Task Procedure

1 Add the Fibre Transport device entry to See “Adding the FT device entry to the
the st.conf file st.conf file” on page 35.

2 Modify the st.conf file so that Solaris See “Modifying the st.conf file so that
discovers devices on two LUNS Solaris discovers devices on two LUNS”
on page 36.

Adding the FT device entry to the st.conf file

The following procedure describes how to add the FT device entry to the st.conf
file.
To add the FT device entry to the st.conf file
1 In the /kernel/drv/st.conf file, find the tape-config-list= section or create
it if it does not exist.
2 Examine the tape-config-list= section for a line that begins with ARCHIVE
Python and contains ARCH_04106. If such a line exists, ensure that it begins
with a comment character (#).
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Configuring Solaris SAN clients to recognize FT media servers

3 Add the following line to the tape-config-list= section:

"ARCHIVE Python", "FT Pipe", "ARCH_04106";

4 Find the line that begins with ARCH_04106, copy it, and paste it after the
tape-config-list= line. Delete the comment character (#) from the beginning
of the line. The following is an example of the line:
ARCH_04106 = 1, 0x2C, 0, 0x09639, 4, 0x00, 0x8C, 0x8c, 0x8C, 3;

Modifying the st.conf file so that Solaris discovers devices on two

LUNS
The following procedure describes how to modify the st.conf file so that Solaris
discovers devices on two LUNS.
To modify the st.conf file so that Solaris discovers devices on two LUNS
1 Find the following line in the st.conf file:
name="st" class="scsi" target=0 lun=0;

2 Replace that line and the following lines through target 5 with the following.
Doing so modifies the st.conf file to include searches on non-zero LUNs.

name="st" class="scsi" target=0 lun=0;

name="st" class="scsi" target=0 lun=1;
name="st" class="scsi" target=1 lun=0;
name="st" class="scsi" target=1 lun=1;
name="st" class="scsi" target=2 lun=0;
name="st" class="scsi" target=2 lun=1;
name="st" class="scsi" target=3 lun=0;
name="st" class="scsi" target=3 lun=1;
name="st" class="scsi" target=4 lun=0;
name="st" class="scsi" target=4 lun=1;
name="st" class="scsi" target=5 lun=0;
name="st" class="scsi" target=5 lun=1;
name="st" parent="fp" target=0;
name="st" parent="fp" target=1;
name="st" parent="fp" target=2;
name="st" parent="fp" target=3;
name="st" parent="fp" target=4;
name="st" parent="fp" target=5;
name="st" parent="fp" target=6;
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Uninstalling the sg driver on Solaris

Uninstalling the sg driver on Solaris

You can uninstall the sg driver. If you do, NetBackup performance suffers. The
following procedure describes how to uninstall the sg driver.
To uninstall the sg driver
◆ Invoke the following command:
/usr/sbin/rem_drv sg

Solaris command summary

The following is a summary of commands that may be useful when you configure
and verify devices:
■ /usr/sbin/modinfo | grep sg
Displays whether or not the sg driver is installed.
■ /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/driver/sg.install
Installs the sg driver or updates the sg driver.
■ /usr/sbin/rem_drv sg
Uninstalls the sg driver. This command usually is not necessary because
sg.install uninstalls the old driver before it upgrades a driver.

■ /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/sg.build all -mt max_target -ml max_lun

Updates st.conf, sg.conf, and sg.links, and generates SCSI Target IDs with
multiple LUNs.
■ /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/sgscan all
Scans all connected devices with an SCSI inquiry and provides correlation
between physical and the logical devices that use all device files in /dev/sg.
Also checks for the devices that are connected to the StorEdge Network
Foundation HBA that are not configured for use by Veritas products.
■ boot -r or reboot -- -r
Reboot the system with the reconfigure option (-r). The kernel’s SCSI disk (sd)
driver then recognizes the drive as a disk drive during system initialization.
See the procedures in this chapter for examples of their usage.
 Chapter 4
Windows
This chapter includes the following topics:

■ Before you begin configuring NetBackup on Windows

■ About tape device drivers on Windows

■ Attaching devices to a Windows system

Before you begin configuring NetBackup on

Windows
Observe the following points when performing the configurations described in this
chapter:
■ Verify that NetBackup supports your server platform and devices. Download
the NetBackup hardware and operating system compatibility lists:
http://www.netbackup.com/compatibility
■ For NetBackup to recognize and communicate with connected devices and for
device discovery to discover devices, NetBackup issues SCSI pass-through
commands to the devices in a configuration.
A tape driver must exist for each tape device. Attached devices appear in the
registry.
■ Use the Microsoft Windows device applications to verify that the devices are
configured correctly. The device applications available on your server may differ
depending on your Windows operating system. Make sure that Windows detects
the devices on the SAN before you configure the NetBackup Shared Storage
Option.
■ If you have multiple devices connected to a fibre bridge, Windows may only see
one LUN. This will normally be the device with the lowest-ordered LUN.
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About tape device drivers on Windows

This limitation occurs because of the default install settings for the device driver
for some fibre channel HBAs. See your vendor documentation to verify the
settings.
■ Information about how to configure API robot control over a LAN is available
See the "Oracle StorageTek ACSLS robots" topic in this guide.
After configuring the hardware, add the drives and robots to NetBackup.

About tape device drivers on Windows

Veritas does not provide device drivers for Windows hosts. If you require drivers,
contact Microsoft or the tape drive vendor.

Attaching devices to a Windows system

The following procedure describes a general method for attaching devices to a
Windows computer. The Microsoft Windows device applications available on the
server that you use in these steps may differ depending on your Windows operating
system.
To attach devices to a Windows system
1 Use the appropriate Windows application to obtain information on any currently
attached SCSI devices.
2 If you attach a new robotic library or drive to a NetBackup media server, follow
the vendor’s instructions for attaching the device.
Shut down the server and physically attach the supported device. Ensure that
SCSI targets and termination settings are consistent with adapter card and
peripheral vendor recommendations.
3 Reboot the server and answer the prompts for adapter card peripheral
configuration options. Watch the display to ensure that the adapter card
recognizes the attached peripherals.
4 If you add drives, install the tape drivers and use the appropriate Windows
application to verify that the drive was recognized.
 Section 2
Robotic storage devices

■ Chapter 5. Robot overview

■ Chapter 6. Oracle StorageTek ACSLS robots

■ Chapter 7. Device configuration examples

 Chapter 5
Robot overview
This chapter includes the following topics:

■ NetBackup robot types

■ NetBackup robot attributes

■ Table-driven robotics

■ Robotic test utilities

■ Robotic processes

NetBackup robot types

A robot is a peripheral device that moves tape volumes into and out of tape drives.
NetBackup uses robotic control software to communicate with the robot firmware.
NetBackup classifies robots according to one or more of the following characteristics:
■ The communication method the robotic control software uses; SCSI and API
are the two main methods.
■ The physical characteristics of the robot. Library refers to a large robot, in terms
of slot capacity or number of drives.
■ The media type commonly used by that class of robots. HCART (1/2-inch
cartridge tape) is an example of a media type.
The table lists the NetBackup robot types that are supported in release 10.5, with
drive and slot limits for each type.
To determine which robot type applies to the model of robot that you use, see the
NetBackup Enterprise Server and Server - Hardware and Cloud Storage
Compatibility List for your release.
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NetBackup robot attributes

Table 5-1 NetBackup robot types in release 10.5

Robot type Description Drive limits Slot limits Note

ACS Automated Cartridge System 1680 No limit API control. The ACS library
software host determines the
drive limit.

TLD Tape library DLT No limit 32000 SCSI control.

Note: The user interface for NetBackup may show configuration options for the
peripheral devices that are not supported in that release. Those devices may be
supported in an earlier release, and a NetBackup primary server can manage the
hosts that run earlier NetBackup versions. Therefore, the configuration information
for such devices must appear in the user interface. The NetBackup documentation
may also describe the configuration information for such devices. To determine
which versions of NetBackup support which peripheral devices, see the NetBackup
Enterprise Server and Server - Hardware and Cloud Storage Compatibility List.

NetBackup robot attributes

NetBackup configures and controls robots differently depending on the robot type.
The following tables list the attributes that dictate how these robot types differ.
For more detailed information about supported devices, firmware levels, and
platforms, see the hardware compatibility list for your NetBackup version:
http://www.netbackup.com/compatibility
See “NetBackup robot types” on page 41.

ACS robots
Unlike other robot types, NetBackup does not track slot locations for the media in
ACS robots. The ACS library software tracks slot locations and reports them to
NetBackup.
The following table describes the ACS robot attributes.

Table 5-2 ACS robot attributes

Attribute NetBackup server

API robot Yes

SCSI control No
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NetBackup robot attributes

Table 5-2 ACS robot attributes (continued)

Attribute NetBackup server

LAN control Yes

Remote Robot control No. Each host that has ACS drives that are attached to it has
robotic control.

NDMP support Yes

Shared drives support Yes

Drive cleaning support No. The ACS library software manges drive cleaning.

Media access port support Yes, for eject only.

NetBackup tracks slots No

Media type support DLT, DLT2, DLT3, HCART, HCART2, and HCART3.

Hosts Supported Windows, UNIX, and Linux.

Windows servers require STK LibAttach software. See the

Veritas support web site for the latest compatibility information
and obtain the appropriate LibAttach software from STK.

Barcode Support Yes. Depends on ACS library software to obtain NetBackup

media IDs.

Barcodes must be the same as the media ID (1 to 6

characters).

Robot Examples Oracle SL500, Oracle SL3000, and Oracle SL8500

TLD robots
The following table describes the tape library DLT attributes.

Table 5-3 TLD robot attributes

Attribute NetBackup Server NetBackup Enterprise

Server

API robot No No

SCSI control Yes Yes

LAN control Not Applicable No

Remote robot control Not Applicable Yes

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Table-driven robotics

Table 5-3 TLD robot attributes (continued)

Attribute NetBackup Server NetBackup Enterprise

Server

NDMP support Yes Yes

Shared drives support Not Applicable Yes

Drive cleaning support Yes Yes

Media access port Yes Yes

support

NetBackup tracks slots Yes Yes

Hosts supported Windows, UNIX, and Linux. Windows, UNIX, and Linux.

Media type support DLT, DLT2, DLT3 HCART, DLT, DLT2, DLT3, HCART,
HCART2, HCART3 HCART2, HCART3

Barcode support Yes. Barcodes can be from 1 to Yes. Barcodes can be from 1 to
16 characters in length. The 16 characters in length. The
Media Manager media ID is six Media Manager media ID is six
or fewer characters. or fewer characters.

Robot examples HPE MSL, Fujitsu FibreCAT HPE MSL, Fujitsu FibreCAT
TX48, IBM TotalStorage3583, TX48, IBM TotalStorage3583,
Spectra Logic T680, Sun/Oracle Spectra Logic T680, Sun/Oracle
SL3000 SL3000

Table-driven robotics
Table-driven robotics provides support for new robotic library devices without the
need to modify any library control binary files. This feature uses a device mapping
file for supported robots and drives.
You may be able to add support for new or upgraded devices without waiting for a
maintenance patch from Veritas. The device mapping file includes the information
that relates to the operation and control of libraries. Therefore, you can download
an updated mapping file to obtain support for newly NetBackup-certified devices.
For the device mappings file downloads, see the following URL:
http://www.netbackup.com/compatibility
See “NetBackup robot types” on page 41.
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Robotic test utilities

Robotic test utilities

You can use robotic test utilities for testing robots already configured in NetBackup.
Invoke the test utilities as follows:
■ /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/robtest (UNIX and Linux)

■ install_path\Veritas\Volmgr\bin\robtest.exe (Windows)

From each test utility, you can obtain a list of available test commands by entering
a question mark (?).
Use the drstat command to determine the drive addressing parameters for the
ACS robot type. This command is available in the robotic test utilities for these robot
types.
NetBackup addresses drives as follows:
■ For ACS robot types, by ACS, LSM, Panel, and Drive number
■ For other robot types, by the robot drive number
See “NetBackup robot types” on page 41.

Robotic processes
A NetBackup robotic process and possibly a robotic control process exist on a
NetBackup media server for each robot that you install, as follows:
■ Every media server that has a drive in a robotic library has a robotic process
for that robotic library. The robotic process receives requests from the NetBackup
Device Manager (ltid) and sends necessary information directly to the robotics
or to a robotic control process.
■ Robotic control processes exist only for the robot types that support library
sharing (or robot sharing).
When the NetBackup Device Manager starts, it starts the robotic processes and
the robotic control processes for all of the configured robots on that host. When the
Device Manager stops, the robotic processes and the robotic control processes
stop. (On UNIX, the name is Media Manager Device daemon.)
You can start and stop the Device Manager manually from the NetBackup web UI
in one of the following ways:
■ On the left, click Activity Monitor and then click the Daemons tab. Select ltid
and then click Start or Stop.
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Robotic processes

■ On the left, click Storage > Media servers and then click the Media servers
tab. Select the media server, then click Stop/Restart media manager device
daemon.
In addition, the NetBackup Commands Reference Guide describes commands to
control the robotic processes that run on Windows media servers.
You can determine if a robotic process or robotic control process is active by in the
Processes tab of the Activity monitor.
You can determine the control state of a device in the Device monitor. On the left
click Storage > Tape storage and click on the Device monitor tab. If the value in
the Control column for a drive shows the control mode, the robotic process is
running and the drive is usable. For example, for a TLD robot the control mode is
TLD.
Other values such as AVR or DOWN may indicate that the drive is unusable.
See “Processes by robot type” on page 46.
See “Robotic process example” on page 47.
See “NetBackup robot types” on page 41.

Processes by robot type

The following table describes the robotic processes and robotic control processes
for each robot type.

Table 5-4 Robotic processes and robotic control processes

Robot type Process Description

Automated Cartridge acsd The NetBackup ACS daemon acsd provides robotic control to mount and
System (ACS) dismount volumes. It also requests inventories of the volumes that are under
the control of ACS library software.

acssel The NetBackup ACS storage server interface (SSI) event logger acssel
logs events. UNIX and Linux only.

acsssi The NetBackup ACS storage server interface (SSI) acsssi communicates
with the ACS library software host. acsssi processes all RPC
communications from acsd or from the ACS robotic test utility that are
intended for the ACS library software. UNIX and Linux only.

Tape library DLT (TLD) tldd The tape library DLT daemon tldd runs on a NetBackup server that has a
drive in the tape library DLT. This process receives NetBackup Device
Manager requests to mount and unmount volumes, and sends these requests
to the robotic-control process, tldcd.
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Robotic processes

Table 5-4 Robotic processes and robotic control processes (continued)

Robot type Process Description

tldcd The tape library DLT Control daemon tldcd communicates with the tape
library DLT robotics through a SCSI interface.

For library sharing, tldcd runs on the NetBackup server that has the robotic
control.

See “NetBackup robot types” on page 41.

Robotic process example

Each drive in a tape library DLT (TLD) robot can be attached to a different host,
and a tldd process runs on each host. However, only one host controls the robotics,
and the tldcd robotic control process runs on that host only. To mount a tape, the
tldd process on the host to which the drive is attached sends control information
to the tldcd process on the robotic control host.
The following figure shows the processes and where they run for a TLD robot.

Figure 5-1 TLD robot control process example

Host A
Host B
Robotic control host

Device Manager Device Manager

tldd TLD robot tldd

Robotics
tldcd
Drive 1

SCSI SCSI
Drive 2

The following describes this example:

■ Each host connects to one drive, and a tldd robotic process runs on each host.
■ The robotic control and therefore the robotic control process, tldcd, is on host
A.
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Robotic processes

The NetBackup Device Manager services on host A and B start tldd. The tldd
process on host A also starts tldcd. Requests to mount tapes from host B go to
tldd on host B, which then sends the robotic command to tldcd on host A.

See “NetBackup robot types” on page 41.

 Chapter 6
Oracle StorageTek ACSLS
robots
This chapter includes the following topics:

■ About Oracle StorageTek ACSLS robots

■ Sample ACSLS configurations

■ Media requests for an ACS robot

■ About configuring ACS drives

■ Configuring shared ACS drives

■ Adding tapes to ACS robots

■ About removing tapes from ACS robots

■ Robot inventory operations on ACS robots

■ NetBackup robotic control, communication, and logging

■ ACS robotic test utility

■ Changing your ACS robotic configuration

■ ACS configurations supported

■ Oracle StorageTek ACSLS firewall configuration

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About Oracle StorageTek ACSLS robots

About Oracle StorageTek ACSLS robots

Note: If you use the access control feature of Oracle StorageTek ACSLS controlled
robots and the NetBackup media sharing feature, do the following: ensure that all
servers in the NetBackup media server share group have the same ACSLS
permissions to all the same ACSLS media and ACSLS drives. Any mismatches
can cause failed jobs and stranded tapes in drives.

Oracle StorageTek Automated Cartridge System Library Software controlled robots

are NetBackup robot type ACS.
ACS robots are API robots (a NetBackup robot category in which the robot manages
its own media).
Unlike other robot types, NetBackup does not track slot locations for the media in
ACS robots. The Automated Cartridge System Library Software tracks slot locations
and reports them to NetBackup.
The term automated cartridge system (ACS) can refer to any of the following:
■ A type of NetBackup robotic control.
■ The Oracle StorageTek system for robotic control.
■ The highest-level component of the Oracle StorageTek ACSLS. It refers to one
robotic library or to multiple libraries that are connected with a media
pass-through mechanism.
The ACS library software component can be either of the following Oracle
StorageTek products:
■ Oracle StorageTek Automated Cartridge System Library Software (ACSLS)
■ Oracle StorageTek Library Station

Sample ACSLS configurations

The sample ACSLS configurations show the following:
■ A typical UNIX ACSLS configuration.
See Figure 6-1 on page 51.
■ A typical Windows ACSLS configuration.
See Figure 6-2 on page 52.
■ The major components in typical configurations.
See Table 6-1 on page 53.
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Sample ACSLS configurations

The following figure shows a typical UNIX ACSLS configuration.

Figure 6-1 Typical ACSLS configuration on UNIX

ACSLS
NetBackup media server Administrative Utility

ascd IPC Robotic requests

using RPC
acsssi ACS Library Software

acssel
Database
Device Drivers
SCSI SCSI

Library Management
Unit (LMU)

Robotics

Data Drive Library Storage

Control
Module (LSM)
CAP

Unit (CU)
Drive
Drive

The following figure shows a typical Windows ACSLS configuration.

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Sample ACSLS configurations

Figure 6-2 Typical ACSLS configuration on Windows

ACSLS
NetBackup media server Administrative Utility

Oracle Robotic requests

acsd IPC StorageTek using RPC
LibAttach ACS Library Software
Service

Database
Device Drivers

SCSI SCSI

Library Management
Unit (LMU)

Robotics

Data Control Drive Library Storage

Unit
CAP
Module (LSM)
(CU) Drive
Drive

The following table describes the components of the ACSLS configuration.

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Sample ACSLS configurations

Table 6-1 ACSLS configuration component description

Component Description

NetBackup media server Specifies a host that has NetBackup media server software and is a client to the ACS
library software host.
The NetBackup ACS robotic daemon (acsd) formulates requests for mounts, unmounts,
and inventories. An API then uses IPC communication to routes these requests to:

■ (UNIX) The NetBackup ACS storage server interface (acsssi). The requests are
converted into RPC-based communications and sent to the ACS library software.
■ (Windows) the Oracle StorageTek LibAttach service. This service sends the requests
to the ACS library software.

Oracle StorageTek Specifies that Library Attach for Windows, an ACS library software client application,
LibAttach Service enables Windows servers to use the StorageTek Nearline enterprise storage libraries.

Windows computers only LibAttach provides the connection between Windows and ACS library software through
a TCP/IP network.

Obtain the appropriate LibAttach software from Oracle. See the Veritas support Web site
for the latest compatibility information.

The following ACS library Receives the robotic requests from NetBackup and uses the Library Management Unit
software: to find and mount or unmount the correct cartridge on media management requests.

■ Automated Cartridge On compatible host platforms, you may be able to configure ACS library software and
System Library NetBackup media server software on the same host.
Software (ACSLS)
■ Oracle StorageTek
Library Station

Library Management Unit Provides the interface between the ACS library software and the robot. A single LMU
(LMU) can control multiple ACSLS robots.

Library Storage Module Contains the robot, drives, or media.

(LSM)

Control Unit (CU) Specifies that the NetBackup media server connects to the drives through device drivers
and a control unit (tape controller). The control unit may have an interface to multiple
drives. Some control units also allow multiple hosts to share these drives.

Most drives do not require a separate control unit. In these cases, the media server
connects directly to the drives.

CAP Specifies the Cartridge Access Port.

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Media requests for an ACS robot

Media requests for an ACS robot

The following is the sequence of events for a media request for an ACS robot:
■ The Media Manager device daemon (UNIX) or NetBackup Device Manager
service (Windows) ltid receives the request from bptm.
■ ltid sends a mount request to the NetBackup ACS process acsd.

■ acsd formulates the request.

An API then uses Internal Process Communications (IPC) to send the request
on the following systems:
■ UNIX. The NetBackup ACS storage server interface acsssi. The request is
then converted into RPC-based communications and sent to the ACS library
software.
■ Windows. The Oracle StorageTek LibAttach service. This service sends the
request to the ACS library software.

■ If the Library Storage Module (LSM) in which the media resides is offline, the
ACS library software reports this offline status to NetBackup. NetBackup assigns
the request a pending status. NetBackup retries the request hourly until the LSM
is online and the ACS library software can satisfy the media request.
■ The ACS library software locates the media and sends the necessary information
to the Library Management Unit (LMU).
■ The LMU directs the robotics to mount the media in the drive. When the LibAttach
service (Windows) or acsssi (UNIX) receives a successful response from the
ACS library software, it returns the status to acsd.
■ The acsd child process (that is associated with the mount request) scans the
drive. When the drive is ready, acsd sends a message to ltid that completes
the mount request. NetBackup then begins to send data to or read data from
the drive.

About configuring ACS drives

An ACS robot supports DLT or 1/2-inch cartridge tape drives. If an ACS robot
contains more than one type of DLT or 1/2-inch cartridge tape drive, you can
configure an alternate drive type. Therefore, there can be up to three different DLT
and three different 1/2-inch cartridge drive types in the same robot. If you use
alternate drive types, configure the volumes by using the same alternate media
type. Six drive types are possible: DLT, DLT2, DLT3, HCART, HCART2, and
HCART3.
 Oracle StorageTek ACSLS robots 55
About configuring ACS drives

Before you configure drives in NetBackup, configure the operating system tape
drivers and device files for those drives. For information about how to do so, refer
to the operating system documentation. For guidance about the NetBackup
requirements, see the information about the host operating system in this guide
Use the same methods to create or identify device files for these drives as for other
drives. If the drives are SCSI and connect to the robot through a shared control
unit, the drives share the same SCSI ID. Therefore, you must specify the same
logical unit number (LUN) for each drive.
When you configure ACS drives as robotic in NetBackup, you must include the
ACS drive coordinate information.
The following table shows the ACS drive coordinates.

Table 6-2 ACS drive coordinates

ACS drive coordinate Description

ACS number Specifies the index, in ACS library software terms, that
identifies the robot that has this drive.

LSM number Specifies the Library Storage Module that has this drive.

Panel number Specifies the panel where the drive is located.

Drive number Specifies the physical number of the drive in ACS library
software terms.

The following figure shows the location of this information in a typical ACS robot.
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Figure 6-3 ACSLS robot and drive configuration information

ACS Library Software

Host ACS Library Software

ACS number (0-126)

Library Management Unit

(LMU)

LSM number (0-23)

ID
SI
Panel number (0-19)

SC
Robotics

ve
ri
D
SCSI ID Control Drive
Unit (CU) Library Storage SCSI ID
Module (LSM) Drive
Drive

Drive number
(0-19)

Configuring shared ACS drives

If the ACSLS server does not support serialization, use the following procedure to
configure shared drives. Shared drives require the NetBackup Shared Storage
Option license. Oracle StorageTek ACSLS versions before 6.1 do not support
serialization.) If the server supports serialization, use the NetBackup Device
Configuration Wizard to configure shared drives.
This procedure can significantly reduce the amount of manual configuration that is
required in an SSO environment. For example, for 20 drives that 30 hosts share,
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these configuration steps require that you configure only 20 device paths rather
than 600 device paths.
During the setup phase, the NetBackup Device Configuration Wizard tries to
discover the tape drives available. The wizard also tries to discover the positions
of the drives within the library (if the robot supports serialization).
A SAN (including switches rather than direct connection) can increase the possibility
of errors. If errors occur, you can define the tape drive configuration manually by
using the NetBackup Administration Console or NetBackup commands.
Take care to avoid any errors. With shared drives, the device paths must be correct
for each server. Also, ensure that the drives are defined correctly to avoid errors.
(A common error is to define a drive as ACS index number 9 rather than ACS index
0.)
Use the following procedure to configure shared drives in a nonserialized
configuration.
To configure shared drives in a nonserialized configuration
1 Run the NetBackup Device Configuration Wizard on one of the hosts to which
drives in an ACS-controlled library are attached. Allow the drives to be added
as stand-alone drives.
2 Add the ACS robot definition and update each drive to indicate its position in
the robot. Make each drive robotic and add the ACS, LSM, Panel, and Drive
information.
Information about how to determine the correct drive addresses and how to
verify the drive paths is available. See "Correlating device files to physical
drives" in the NetBackup Administrator’s Guide, Volume I.
3 After you verify the drive paths on one host, run the Device Configuration
Wizard again. Scan all hosts that have ACS drives in the library.
The wizard adds the ACS robot definition and the drives to the other hosts and
uses the correct device paths.
For this process to work correctly, the following must be true:
■ The wizard discovered the devices and their serial numbers successfully
the first time.
■ You configured the drive paths correctly on the first host.
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Adding tapes to ACS robots

ACS robotic control software supports the following characters in a volume ID that
are not valid NetBackup media ID characters. (Volume ID is the ACS term for media
ID).
Therefore, do not use any of the following characters when you configure ACS
volumes:
■ Dollar sign ($)
■ Pound sign (#)
■ The yen symbol
■ Leading and trailing spaces
The following tables is an overview of how to add tapes to an ACS robot and then
add those tapes to NetBackup.

Table 6-3 Adding tapes to ACS robots process

Task Description

Add barcode labels to the The Library Manager reads the bar codes and classifies the media by media type. A
media and insert the media category is assigned to each volume. Some volume categories restrict application
into the robot by using the access to certain volumes. The Library Manager tracks volume locations.
media access port.

Define the media in To define the media, do one of the following:

NetBackup by using the ACS
■ Update the volume configuration by using the robot inventory function.
volume IDs as media IDs.
■ Add new volumes by using the Volume Configuration Wizard.

See the NetBackup Administrator’s Guide, Volume I:

http://www.veritas.com/docs/DOC5332

Because the ACS volume IDs and bar codes are the same, NetBackup has a record
of the bar codes for the media. Note that you do not enter slot locations because the
ACS library software manages slot locations.

Verify the volume Use Show Contents and Compare Contents with Volume Configuration from the
configuration Robot Inventory dialog.

About removing tapes from ACS robots

You can remove tapes by using the Oracle StorageTek utility or by using NetBackup.
See “Removing tapes using the ACSLS utility” on page 59.
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See “Removing tapes using NetBackup” on page 59.

Removing tapes using the ACSLS utility

If you remove media from an ACS robot, you must move the media logically to
stand alone in NetBackup.
If you do not move media logically, NetBackup does not know that the media were
moved. NetBackup may issue mount requests for it, which causes a misplaced
tape error.
However, you can move media from one location to another within the robot. The
ACS library software finds the requested media if its database is current.
To remove tapes using the SCSLS utility
◆ Do one of the following:
■ Update the volume configuration by using the NetBackup robot inventory
function.
See the NetBackup Administrator’s Guide, Volume I.
http://www.veritas.com/docs/DOC5332
■ Move the volumes.
See the NetBackup Administrator’s Guide, Volume I.
http://www.veritas.com/docs/DOC5332

Removing tapes using NetBackup

To remove tapes using NetBackup
◆ Use one of the following methods:
■ Select Actions > Eject Volumes From Robot in the NetBackup
Administration Console.
■ Use the NetBackup vmchange command.
See the NetBackup Commands Reference Guide.
http://www.veritas.com/docs/DOC5332
Both of these methods performs the logical move and the physical move.

Robot inventory operations on ACS robots

If the ACS library software host is a Oracle StorageTek Library Station, an Inventory
Robot Filter (INVENTORY_FILTER) entry may be required in the vm.conf file. Old
versions of Library Station do not support queries of all volumes in an ACS robot.
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In NetBackup, the ACS robot type supports bar codes.

The following sequence of events occurs when you inventory an ACS robot in
NetBackup:
■ NetBackup requests volume information from the ACS library software.
■ The ACS library software provides a listing of the volume IDs, media types, ACS
location, and LSM location from its database.
See Table 6-4 on page 60.
■ NetBackup maps the volume IDs into media IDs and bar codes. For example
in the previous table, volume ID 100011 becomes media ID 100011 and the
barcode for that media ID is also 100011.
■ If the operation does not require a volume configuration update, NetBackup
uses the media type defaults for ACS robots when it creates its report.
■ If the operation requires a volume configuration update, NetBackup does the
following:
■ Maps the ACS media types to the default NetBackup media types.
■ Adds the ACS and the LSM locations for new volumes to the EMM database.
This location information is used for media and drive selection.

Information about the default media type mappings and how to configure media
type mappings is available.
See the NetBackup Administrator’s Guide, Volume I.
The following table shows an example of the ACS drive coordinates that NetBackup
receives.

Table 6-4 ACS drive coordinates

ACS volume ID ACS media type ACS LSM

100011 DLTIV 0 0

200201 DD3A 0 0

412840 STK1R 0 1

412999 STK1U 0 1

521212 JLABEL 0 0

521433 STK2P 0 1

521455 STK2W 0 1

770000 LTO_100G 0 0
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Table 6-4 ACS drive coordinates (continued)

ACS volume ID ACS media type ACS LSM

775500 SDLT 0 0

900100 EECART 0 0

900200 UNKNOWN 0 0

Configuring a robot inventory filtering on ACS robots

If you want NetBackup to use only a subset of the volumes under ACS library
control, you can filter the volume information from the library. To do so, you use
the ACSLS administrative interface to assign the volumes you want to use to a
scratch pool or pools. Then you configure NetBackup to use only the volumes in
those scratch pools.
A NetBackup robot inventory includes the volumes that exist in the ACS scratch
pool. The ACS library software moves each volume from the scratch pool after it
is mounted.
A partial inventory also includes those volumes that NetBackup can validate exist
in the robotic library, including volumes not in the ACS scratch pool. To prevent
losing track of previously mounted volumes, the library reports the complete list of
volumes that exist in the robotic library.
The following procedure is an example of how to configure an inventory filter.
To configure an inventory filter (example)
1 Use the ACSLS administrative interface (ACSSA) command to create a scratch
pool. Assign ID 4 and 0 to 500 as the range for the number of volumes, as
follows:

ACSSA> define pool 0 500 4

2 Use the ACSLS administrative interface (ACSSA) command to define the

volumes in scratch pool 4:

ACSSA> set scratch 4 600000-999999

3 On the NetBackup media server from which you invoke the inventory operation,
add an INVENTORY_FILTER entry to the vm.conf file. The following is the
usage statement:

INVENTORY_FILTER = ACS robot_number BY_ACS_POOL acs_scratch_pool1

[acs_scratch_pool2 ...]
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The following define the options and arguments:

■ robot_number is the number of the robot in NetBackup.
■ acs_scratch_pool1 is the scratch pool ID as configured in the ACS library
software.
■ acs_scratch_pool2 is a second scratch pool ID (up to 10 scratch pools are
allowed).
For example, the following entry forces ACS robot number 0 to query scratch
volumes from Oracle StorageTek pool IDs 4 and 5.

INVENTORY_FILTER = ACS 0 BY_ACS_POOL 4 5

NetBackup robotic control, communication, and

logging
How NetBackup uses robotic control, communication, and logging during tape
operations depends on the operating system type as follows:
■ Windows systems
See “NetBackup robotic control, communication, and logging for Windows
systems” on page 62.
■ UNIX systems
See “NetBackup robotic control, communication, and logging for UNIX systems”
on page 63.

NetBackup robotic control, communication, and logging for Windows

systems
The NetBackup acsd process provides robotic control to mount and dismount
volumes. It also requests inventories of the volumes that are under the control of
ACS library software. The NetBackup Device Manager service ltid starts the acsd
process and communicates with it.
The acsd process requests SCSI tape unloads through the device host’s tape driver
before it uses the ACS API to request that tape dismounts. This request process
accommodates the configurations that have SCSI multiplexors. Loaded tapes are
not ejected forcibly when a dismount operation occurs.
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NetBackup robotic control, communication, and logging for UNIX

systems
On UNIX systems, several NetBackup daemons and processes provide robotic
control, communication, and logging.

NetBackup ACS daemon (acsd)

The NetBackup ACS daemon acsd provides robotic control to mount and dismount
volumes. It also requests inventories of the volumes that are under the control of
ACS library software. the Media Manager device daemon ltid starts the acsd
daemon and communicates with it. If ltid is active already, you can start acsd
manually.
The acsd daemon requests SCSI tape unloads through the device host’s tape driver
before it uses the ACS API to request that tape dismounts. This control process
accommodates the configurations that have SCSI multiplexors. Loaded tapes are
not ejected forcibly when a dismount operation occurs.
When acsd starts, it first starts the NetBackup acssel process and then starts the
acsssi process. When it starts acsssi, acsd passes the ACS library software host
name to acsssi. One copy of acsssi starts for each ACS library software host that
appears in the NetBackup device configuration for the media server. If multiple
media servers share drives in an ACS robot, acsssi must be active on each media
server.

NetBackup ACS SSI event logger (acssel)

The NetBackup ACS storage server interface (SSI) event logger acssel is modeled
after the Oracle StorageTek mini_el event logger. Therefore, its functional model
differs from other NetBackup robotic controls.
The NetBackup acsd daemon starts acssel automatically. You also can start it
manually. Event messages are logged to the following file:
/usr/openv/volmgr/debug/acsssi/event.log

Note: Veritas recommends that acssel run continuously because it tries to connect
on the event logger's socket for its message logging. If acsssi cannot connect to
acssel, NetBackup cannot process requests immediately. Therefore, retry and
error recovery situations can occur.
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On UNIX systems, only the kill command stops acssel. The NetBackup
bp.kill_all utility (UNIX ) stops the acssel process. On Windows systems, the
bpdown.exe program stops the acssel process.

The full path to the event logger is /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/acssel. The usage

format is as follows:

acssel [-d] -s socket_name

The following describes the options:

■ -d displays debug messages (by default, debug messages are disabled).
■ socket_name is the socket name (or IP port) to listen on for messages.

Using acssel with a different socket name

If the vm.conf file does not contain an ACS_SEL_SOCKET entry, acssel listens on
socket name 13740 by default.
You can change this default by using one of the following methods:
■ Modify the vm.conf configuration file.
See To change the default by modifying the vm.conf configuration file.
■ Add environment variables. This method assumes that one ACS robot is
configured and that the SSI default socket name has not been changed. (The
vm.conf ACS_SEL_SOCKET entry can change the default).
See To change the default by adding environment variables.
acssel also has a command line option to specify the socket name. However,
because acsssi needs to know the event logger socket name, setting an
environment variable is preferred.
To change the default by modifying the vm.conf configuration file
1 Edit the vm.conf file and add an ACS_SEL_SOCKET entry. The following is an
example:
ACS_SEL_SOCKET = 13799

2 Stop the acsd, acsssi, and acssel processes by invoking the following script.
(This script stops all NetBackup processes.)
/usr/openv/NetBackup/bin/bp.kill_all

3 Restart the NetBackup daemons and processes by invoking the following script:
/usr/openv/NetBackup/bin/bp.start_all
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To change the default by adding environment variables

1 Stop the acsd, acsssi, and acssel processes by invoking the following script.
(This script stops all NetBackup processes.)
/usr/openv/NetBackup/bin/bp.kill_all

2 Set the wanted socket name in an environment variable and export it. The
following is an example:

ACS_SEL_SOCKET = 13799
export ACS_SEL_SOCKET

3 Start the event logger in the background.

/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/acssel &

4 Set the ACS library software host name for acsssi in an environment variable.

CSI_HOSTNAME = einstein
export CSI_HOSTNAME

5 Start acsssi as follows:

/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/acsssi 13741 &

6 Optionally, start acstest by using the robtest utility or by using the following
command:
/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/acstest -r einstein -s 13741

If you request SCSI unloads, you also must specify drive paths on the acstest
command line.
See “ACS robotic test utility” on page 67.
The robtest utility specifies drive paths automatically if ACS drives have been
configured.
7 Start ltid as follows, which starts acsd. You can use the -v option for verbose
message output.
/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/ltid

During initialization, acsd obtains the SSI Event Logger socket name from
vm.conf and sets ACS_SEL_SOCKET in the environment before it starts acssel.
If acsssi is started manually, it has to use (listen on) the same SSI socket that
acsd uses to send data.
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NetBackup ACS storage server interface (acsssi)

The NetBackup ACS storage server interface (SSI) acsssi communicates with the
ACS library software host. acsssi processes all RPC communications from acsd
or from the ACS robotic test utility that are intended for the ACS library software.
One copy of acsssi must run for each unique ACS library software host that is
configured on a NetBackup media server. acsd tries to start copies of acsssi for
each host. However, if an acsssi process for a specific ACS library software host
exists already, the new acsssi processes for that host fails during initialization.
In normal operations, acsssi runs in the background and sends log messages to
acssel.

You can specify the socket name (IP port) used by acsssi in any of the following
ways:
■ On the command line when you start acsssi.
■ By using an environment variable (ACS_SSI_SOCKET).
■ Through the default value.
If you configure acsssi to use a nondefault socket name, you also must configure
the ACS daemon and ACS test utility to use the same socket name.
The ACS library software host name is passed to acsssi by using the CSI_HOSTNAME
environment variable.
acsssi is based on the Oracle StorageTek storage server interface. Therefore, it
supports environment variables to control most aspects of operational behavior.
See “Optional environment variables” on page 67.

About the ACS_SSI_SOCKET configuration option

By default, acsssi listens on unique, consecutive socket names; the socket names
begin at 13741. To specify socket names on an ACS library software host basis,
you can add a configuration entry in the NetBackup vm.conf file.
Use the following format:
ACS_SSI_SOCKET = ACS_library_software_hostname socket_name

The following is an example entry (do not use the IP address of the ACS library
host for this parameter):
ACS_SSI_SOCKET = einstein 13750
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Starting acsssi manually

This method is not the recommended method to start acsssi. Normally, acsd starts
acsssi.

Before you can start acsssi manually, you must configure the CSI_HOSTNAME
environment variable. The following is a Bourne shell example:

CSI_HOSTNAME=einstein
export CSI_HOSTNAME
/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/acsssi 13741 &

Use the following procedure to start acsssi.

To start acsssi
1 Start the event logger, acssel.
2 Start acsssi. The format is acsssi socket_name.

Optional environment variables

If you want individual NetBackup acsssi processes to operate differently, you can
set environment variables before the acsssi processes are started.
The following table describes the optional environment variables.

Table 6-5 Optional environment variables

Environment Description
variable

SSI_HOSTNAME Specifies the name of the host where ACS library software RPC
return packets are routed for ACS network communications. By
default, the local host name is used.

CSI_RETRY_TIMEOUT Set this variable to a small positive integer. The default is 2 seconds.

CSI_RETRY_TRIES Set this variable to a small positive integer. The default is five retries.

CSI_CONNECT_AGETIME Set this variable to a value between 600 seconds and 31536000
seconds. The default is 172800 seconds.

ACS robotic test utility

The acstest utility lets you verify ACS communications and provides a remote
system administrative interface to an ACS robot. It can also be used to query, enter,
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eject, mount, unload, and dismount volumes. In addition, acstest lets you define,
delete, and populate ACS library software scratch pools.
While acsd services requests, do not use acstest. Communication problems may
occur if acsd and acstest process ACS requests at the same time.

acstest on Windows systems

acstest depends on the Oracle StorageTek LibAttach service being started
successfully. You can verify that this service is started by using the Services tool
available in administrative tools in the Windows control panel. acstest attempts to
communicate with ACS library software by using the LibAttach service.
The usage format follows:
acstest -r ACS_library_software_hostname [-d device_name ACS, LSM,
panel, drive] ... [-C sub_cmd]

The following example assumes that the LibAttach service started:

install_path\Volmgr\bin\acstest -r einstein -d Tape0 0,0,2,1

acstest on UNIX systems

acstest depends on acsssi being started successfully. You can use the UNIX
netstat -a command to verify that a process listens on the SSI socket. acstest
attempts to communicate with ACS library software using acsssi and connects on
an existing socket.
The usage format follows. You can pass the socket name on the command line.
Otherwise, the default socket name (13741) is used.
acstest -r ACS_library_software_hostname [-s socket_name] [-d
drive_path ACS, LSM, panel, drive] ... [-C sub_cmd]

The following example assumes that the acsssi process has been started by using
socket 13741:
/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/acstest -r einstein -s 13741

Changing your ACS robotic configuration

UNIX and Linux systems only.
If you change your ACS robot configuration, you should update NetBackup so that
acsssi can successfully communicate with acsd, acstest, and ACS library software.
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Any acsssi processes must be canceled after your changes are made and before
the Media Manager device daemon ltid is restarted. Also, for the acstest utility
to function, acsssi for the selected robot must be running.
Use the following procedure to update NetBackup after you change your
configuration.
To update NetBackup after you change your configuration
1 Make your configuration changes.
2 Use /usr/openv/NetBackup/bin/bp.kill_all to stop all running processes.
3 Restart the NetBackup daemons and processes by invoking the following script:
/usr/openv/NetBackup/bin/bp.start_all

ACS configurations supported

UNIX and Linux systems only.
NetBackup supports the following ACS configurations:
■ Multiple robots that are controlled from a single ACS host
See “Multiple ACS robots with one ACS library software host” on page 69.
■ Multiple robots that are controlled from multiple ACS hosts
See “Multiple ACS robots and ACS library software hosts” on page 70.

Multiple ACS robots with one ACS library software host

NetBackup supports the following configuration:
■ A NetBackup server is connected to drives in multiple ACS robots.
■ The robots are controlled from a single ACS library software host.
The following figure shows multiple ACS robots that are controlled from a single
ACS library software host.
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Figure 6-4 Multiple ACS robots, one ACS library software host

Robot 1
Oracle
StorageTek
ACS 0

NetBackup Server
ACS Library
ACS(10) controls drive 1 Software
ACS(20) controls drive 2 Host

Robot 2
Oracle
StorageTek
ACS 0

Network Communications (RPC)

Inventory requests include: the volumes that are configured on the ACS library
software host that resides on the ACS robot that is designated in the drive address.
In this example, assume the following about drive 1:
■ Has an ACS drive address (ACS, LSM, panel, drive) of 0,0,1,1 in the NetBackup
device configuration
■ Is under control of robot number 10 (ACS(10)).
If any other robot ACS(10) drives have a different ACS drive address (for example,
1,0,1,0), the configuration is invalid.
NetBackup supports configurations of multiple LSMs in a single ACS robot if a
pass-through port exists.

Multiple ACS robots and ACS library software hosts

NetBackup supports the following configuration:
■ A NetBackup server is connected to drives in multiple ACS robots.
■ The robots are controlled from separate ACS library software hosts.
The following figure shows multiple ACS robots that are controlled from multiple
ACS library software hosts.
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Figure 6-5 Multiple ACS robots, multiple ACS library software hosts

Robot 1
ACS Library
Oracle
Software
StorageTek
Host A
ACS 0

NetBackup Server

ACS(10) controls drive 1

ACS(20) controls drive 2

Robot 2
ACS Library
Oracle
Software
StorageTek
Host B
ACS 0

Network Communications (RPC)

Inventory requests include the volumes that are configured on the ACS library
software hosts (Host A for Robot 1 and Host B for Robot 2). The software hosts
reside on the robot (ACS 0 for each) that is designated in the Oracle StorageTek
drive address.
In this example, assume the following about drive 1:
■ Has an ACS drive address (ACS, LSM, panel, drive) of 0,0,1,1 in the NetBackup
device configuration
■ Is under control of robot number 10 (ACS(10))
If any other robot ACS(10) drives have a different ACS drive address (for example,
1,0,1,0), the configuration is invalid.
NetBackup supports configurations of multiple LSMs in a single ACS robot if a
pass-through port exists.

Oracle StorageTek ACSLS firewall configuration

To configure an ACS robot in an Oracle StorageTek ACSLS firewall environment,
use the following NetBackup vm.conf file configuration entries to designate TCP
port connections:
■ ACS_CSI_HOSTPORT

■ ACS_SSI_INET_PORT

■ ACS_TCP_RPCSERVICE

More information about vm.conf entries is available.

See the NetBackup Administrator’s Guide, Volume I.
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The Oracle StorageTek ACSLS server configuration options must match the entries
in the vm.conf file. For example, in a typical ACSLS firewall configuration, you
would change the following settings as shown:
■ Changes to alter use of TCP protocol...
Set to TRUE - Firewall-secure ACSLS runs across TCP.
■ Changes to alter use of UDP protocol...
Set to FALSE - Firewall-secure ACSLS runs across TCP.
■ Changes to alter use of the portmapper...
Set to NEVER - Ensures that the ACSLS server does not query the portmapper
on the client platform.
■ Enable CSI to be used behind a firewall...
Set to TRUE - Allows specification of a single port for the ACSLS server.
■ Port number used by the CSI...
The port that the user chooses. The 30031 default value is used most often.
This port number must match the port number that you specify in the NetBackup
vm.conf file.
For complete information about setting up a firewall-secure ACSLS server, refer to
your vendor documentation.
 Chapter 7
Device configuration
examples
This chapter includes the following topics:

■ An ACS robot on a Windows server example

■ An ACS robot on a UNIX server example

An ACS robot on a Windows server example

The following figure shows a Windows server and ACS robot configuration.
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Figure 7-1 Windows server and ACS robot configuration example

Windows server shark ACSLS host whale

acsd

Automated Cartridge System

Library Software – (ACS 0)
STK LibAttach

SCSI

Library Management Unit (LMU)

Data
Panel 2 Robotics

lun 0
Drive 0

CAP
Library Storage
Control unit (cu)
lun 1 Module (LSM 0)
Drive 1

This configuration uses an Automated Cartridge System (ACS) robot for storage.
Server shark can be a Windows NetBackup primary server or media server.
The following are items to note when you review this example:
■ The Oracle StorageTek ACSLS host (in the Add Robot dialog) is host whale,
where the ACS library software resides. In this example, Automated Cartridge
System Library Software (ACSLS) is installed as the ACS library software.
On some server platforms, you can run NetBackup media server software and
ACS library software on the same server. Therefore, you need only one server.
■ The ACS, LSM, PANEL, and DRIVE numbers are part of the ACS library software
configuration and must be obtained from the administrator of that host.
■ Robot number and ACS number are different terms. Robot number is the robot
identifier used in NetBackup. ACS number is the robot identifier in ACS library
software. These numbers can be different, although they both default to zero.
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■ If you connnect the drives through an independent control unit, you must use
the correct Logical Unit Numbers (LUNs) so that the correct tape name is used.
■ The Add Robot dialog entries include an ACSLS Host entry so that the ACS
library software host communicates by using STK LibAttach software. This
software must be installed on each Windows server that has the ACS drives
attached to it.
The following table shows the robot attributes for the remote host shark.

Table 7-1 Add Robot dialog entries (remote host)

Dialog box field Value

Device Host shark

Robot Type ACS (Automated Cartridge System)

Robot Number 0

Robot control is handled by a remote host Set (cannot be changed for this robot type)

ACSLS Host whale

The following table shows the drive 0 attributes.

Table 7-2 Add Drive dialog entries (drive 0)

Dialog box field Value

Device Host shark

Drive Type 1/2" Cartridge (hcart)

Drive Name shark_drive_0

Path Information [5,0,1,0]

Drive is in a Robotic Library Yes

Robotic Library ACS(0) - whale

ACS ACS: 0

LSM: 0

PANEL: 2

DRIVE: 0

The following table shows the drive attributes for drive 1.

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Table 7-3 Add Drive dialog entries (drive 1)

Dialog box field Value

Device Host shark

Drive Type 1/2" Cartridge (hcart)

Drive Name shark_drive_1

Path Information [4,0,1,1]

Drive is in a Robotic Library Yes

Robotic Library ACS(0) - whale

ACS ACS: 0

LSM: 0

PANEL: 2

DRIVE: 1

An ACS robot on a UNIX server example

The following figure shows a UNIX server and ACS robot configuration.
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Figure 7-2 UNIX server and ACS robot configuration example

UNIX server shark ACSLS host whale

acsd

Automated Cartridge System

Library Software – (ACS 0)
acsssi

SCSI

Library Management Unit (LMU)

Data
Panel 2 Robotics

lun 0
Drive 0

CAP
Library Storage
Control unit (cu)
lun 1 Module (LSM 0)
Drive 1

This configuration uses an Automated Cartridge System (ACS) robot for storage.
Host shark can be a UNIX NetBackup primary server or media server.
The following are some items to note when you review this example:
■ The ACSLS Host (in the Add Robot dialog) is server whale, where the ACS
library software resides. In this example, Automated Cartridge System Library
Software (ACSLS) is installed as the ACS library software.
On some server platforms, you can run NetBackup media server software and
ACS library software on the same server. Therefore, you need only one server.
■ The ACS, PANEL, LSM, and DRIVE numbers are part of the ACS library software
configuration and must be obtained from that system.
■ Robot number and ACS number are different terms. Robot number is the robot
identifier used in NetBackup. ACS number is the robot identifier in ACS library
software. These numbers can be different, although they both default to zero.
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■ If you connnect the drives through an independent control unit, you must use
the correct Logical Unit Numbers (LUNs) so that the correct tape name is used.
■ The Add Robot dialog entries include an ACSLS Host entry. That entry configures
NetBackup to use the ACS Storage Server Interface (acsssi) to communicate
with the ACS library software host.
The following table shows the robot attributes.

Table 7-4 Add Robot dialog entries (remote host)

Dialog box field Value

Device Host shark

Robot Type ACS (Automated Cartridge System)

Robot Number 0

Robot control is handled by a remote host Set (cannot be changed for this robot type)

ACSLS Host whale

The following table shows the drive 0 attributes.

Table 7-5 Add Drive dialog entries (drive 0)

Dialog box field Value

Device Host shark

Drive Name shark_drive_0

Drive Type 1/2" Cartridge (hcart)

No Rewind Device /dev/rmt1.1

Drive is in a Robotic Library Yes

Robotic Library ACS(0) - whale

ACS ACS Number: 0

LSM Number: 2

PANEL Number: 0

DRIVE Number: 0

The following table shows the drive 1 attributes.

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Table 7-6 Add Drive dialog entries (drive 1)

Dialog box field Value

Device Host shark

Drive Name shark_drive_1

Drive Type 1/2" Cartridge (hcart)

No Rewind Device /dev/rmt1.1

Drive is in a Robotic Library Yes

Robotic Library ACS(0) - whale

ACS ACS Number: 0

LSM Number: 2

PANEL Number: 0

DRIVE Number: 1