Virtual TapeServer 8.2 Configuration Guide
Table Of Contents
- Virtual TapeServer for NonStop Servers Configuration Guide
- Preface
- Introduction
- Overview of Tasks
- Reconfiguring Vaults
- Enabling Licensed Features
- Configuring Ports
- Creating and Managing VTLs and VTDs
- Enabling and Performing Tape-to-tape Exports
- Enabling and Performing Stacked Exports
- Enabling and Configuring Data Replication
- Enabling and Configuring Role Swapping
- Configuring EMS Communication
- Enabling and Configuring Data Encryption
- Creating and Managing Virtual Media
- Enabling and Configuring Scan/Cleanup
- Configuring User Accounts
- Configuring Web Interface Preferences
- Managing the VTS Server
- Troubleshooting
- Maintaining GFS for VTS
- Reinstalling and Restoring VTS
- Attaching External Devices after Initial Deployment
- TCP/IP Ports and Protocols
- Index
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Attaching External Devices after Initial Deployment
You can attach an external tape device, such as a tape drive or robotic library, to VTS after
initial deployment. You can then export to physical tapes loaded in the device if migration,
stacked export, or tape-to-tape export is enabled.
Requires the View/Manage
Configuration and Halt and Reboot TapeServer access rights
To add an external tape device to the VTS server
1. If a virtual tape drive (VTD) is already defined on the port, complete the following steps to
remove the drive:
a. Delete the VTD that uses the target port. Click Configuration→Virtual Devices on
the navigation pane. If necessary, log in. Then, click
next to the VTD you want to
remove. A dialog box is displayed indicating that VTD operations will be interrupted if
you modify the VTD. Click OK to confirm the deletion.
b. Change the system limits for the target port.
c. In the MANAGE PORT CONFIGURATION section of the Configure Virtual Devices
page, select physical from the drop-down list that corresponds to the target port and
then click Submit. Confirm that you want to reboot the server.
2. Power down the VTS server and then cable the physical tape device (through the SCSI
converter as necessary) to the VTS server. Then, power on the physical tape device and
SCSI converter. Refer to the VTS Quick Start Guide for hardware diagrams and
information.
3. Power on the VTS server.
4. To confirm that the physical tape device was created and is communicating with the
operating system, go to the Linux text console and enter the following command:
sg_map –x
Here is an example of the output from this command:
/dev/sg0 0 0 3 0 1 /dev/nst0
/dev/sg1 6 0 0 0 5 /dev/scd0
/dev/sg2 6 0 0 1 5 /dev/scd1
/dev/sg3 6 0 0 2 5 /dev/scd2
/dev/sg4 6 0 0 3 5 /dev/scd3
/dev/sg5 6 0 0 4 5 /dev/scd4