HP LTFS Linear Tape File System v2 release notes (EH957-90927, September 2010)

Prerequisites

• A firmware update may be required. HP LTFS will check and tell you if your tape drive needs up-

dating.

• You must also determine whether you want to use precompiled binaries or build your own version

of the HP LTFS application.

• Linux: The FUSE kernel mode subsystem must be present and loaded.

To check, execute the following command:

$ lsmod | grep fuse

If the module is not currently loaded, you can load it as follows:

$ modprobe fuse

If the module is not present on your system, you must first obtain and install it. Refer to http://

fuse.sourceforge.net/ for further information.

• Mac OS X: The MacFUSE module version 2.0.3,2 must be present and loaded.

If the module is not present on your system, you must first obtain and install it. Details of how to

do this are beyond the scope of this document; refer to http://code.google.com/p/macfuse/ for

further information.

Installation instructions (using precompiled binaries)

Linux systems

NOTE:

To build LTFS from source, download and unpack the file HPLTFS_SOURCE.tar.gz then follow

the instructions in ltfs-1.0.1/doc/BUILDING. Note that further software packages will be

needed as described in the BUILDING.linux file; these may be installed from your normal installation

media.

IMPORTANT:

Currently, HP only supports installations using the precompiled binaries.

1. To use pre-compiled binaries, download and unpack the appropriate package for your installation:

• HPLTFS_BINARIES_RHEL5.tar.gz for RedHat 5.4, 32-bit and 64-bit

• HPLTFS_BINARIES_SLES11.tar.gz for SuSE Enterprise Linux (SLES) 11, 32-bit and 64-

bit

2. Select the appropriate 32–bit or 64–bit package for your installation.

For example, for RedHat 5.4 installations select:

• HPLTFS_BINARIES_RHEL5.4_x86.tar.gz (for x86 32-bit installations)

• HPLTFS_BINARIES_RHEL5.4_x64.tar.gz (for x64 64-bit installations)