Virtual TapeServer 6.04.04 for NonStop Servers Supplemental Installation Guide

SCSI-to-Fibre Channel Adapter Upgrade

This chapter provides instructions to replace one or more SCSI cards with the same number of

VTS-supported Fibre Channel cards on the following VTS models:

• VT5900-E, on the HP ProLiant DL385 G2

• VT5900-H, on the HP ProLiant DL385 G5

Refer to Upgrading a SCSI Adapter to a Fibre Channel Adapter on page 44 if you need to

upgrade legacy hardware.

Requires the View/Manage Configuration access right

To replace SCSI cards with Fibre Channel cards and reconfigure VTS

1. Switch all ports to Physical (Tape) mode and block startup.

a. On the VTS web interface, click Manage Connections on the navigation pane.

b. When prompted, enter the login credentials.

c. Write down the current configuration.

d. Select the physical checkbox for all ports and then click Submit. Confirm to reboot

the server.

e. Click Supervisor Functions on the navigation pane.

f. Click Block TapeServer Startup on the Supervisory Functions page.

2. Unmount all vaults, stop the Process Multi-Function (PMF) on the NonStop server, and

shut down VTS.

a. From a terminal window on VTS, log in.

b. Become root:

su -

c. Use the umount /VAULTxx command (where xx is the vault number) to unmount all

vaults. Repeat this command for each vault on the system until all vaults are

unmounted.

d. Verify that all vaults are unmounted by typing mount in the VTS terminal window.

There should be no vaults mounted.

e. From the terminal window on VTS, open the /etc/fstab file. Use a text editor to

comment out all vaults in the /etc/fstab file by placing a # symbol before each

LABEL=/VAULT line (for example, #LABEL=/VAULT01). Repeat until all vaults are

commented out.

f. Save all changes and exit the editor.