Virtual TapeServer 6.04.02 Operations and Administration Guide

140 | Adding Vaults on External Storage
These are the device names for the SCSI disks that the operating system recognizes
on boot. Each line indicates the host number, bus, SCSI ID, LUN, and SCSI type for
each device. For example, look at the /dev/sda line, which provides information about
the /dev/sda device, the following information is listed:
Host number = 12
Bus = 0
SCSI ID= 0
LUN = 1
SCSI type = 0
4. If the disk partition is less than 2TB in size, complete the following steps to configure the
disk partition:
a. Starting with the first recognized disk (sda), create the partition by entering the
following command:
fdisk /dev/sda
The fdisk command displays a : prompt. The next commands are entered at this
prompt.
b. Add a new partition by entering the following command:
n
c. Choose the primary partition by entering the following command:
p
d. Select the first partition by entering the following command:
1
e. Accept the cylinder defaults by pressing ENTER twice.
f. Write the settings to a file by entering the following command:
w
This exits the fdisk utility and displays the # prompt.
g. Check the settings by entering the following command:
fdisk /dev/sda
h. Print the settings by entering the following command:
p
i. To exit the fdisk utility, enter the following:
q
j. Repeat these steps for each of the sdn partitions.
5. If the disk partition is 2-4TB in size, complete these steps to configure the disk partition:
a. Start the partition editor, which is an interactive program similar to fdisk:
parted /dev/sda
b. Create a GPT disk label, which is a GUID partition table:
mklabel gpt