HP Storage Linear Tape File System (LTFS) Linux and Mac User Guide

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When using HP LTFS with LTO-5 or LTO-6 tape drives, the following components are required:
• A drive firmware revision that supports dual partitioning. HP LTFS will check and tell you if
your tape drive needs updating. HP L&TT should be used if a firmware update is required.
• The software package that contains the “run-time” executable. This can be found at:
http://www.hp.com/go/ltfs
• The FUSE kernel module
NOTE: HP L&TT can be downloaded from http://www.hp.com/support/tapetools.
Downloading and installing HP LTFS (precompiled binaries)
1. Before starting to install and use HP LTFS, you must ensure that the FUSE kernel module is
present and loaded.
To check, execute the following command:
$ lsmod | grep fuse
• If the module is not listed as currently loaded, you must load it before proceeding:
$ modprobe fuse
• 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 guide; refer to http://fuse.sourceforge.net/
for further information.
2. Determine whether you want to use precompiled binaries or build your own version of the HP
LTFS application.
To build your own, download and unpack the tar source file and then follow the instructions
in ltfs-<version>/doc/BUILDING.linux.
IMPORTANT: Currently, only installations using the precompiled binaries are supported.
3. To use precompiled binaries, download the appropriate Binaries file and unpack it.
The installation package for RHEL x64 contains the below files:
• Compressed tar file for installation on 64–bit systems
• README.txt (general usage information)
• INSTALLING.txt (prerequisites and installation instructions)
• COPYING.lib (LGPL v2.1 required licensing text)
NOTE: Although the file name for the first two files may include RHEL5.5, the
executables have been tested by HP and verified for correct operation on versions up to
and including RHEL 6.5.
The installer package for SuSE Linux contains a similar set of files with appropriate binaries
for 32-bit and 64-bit systems.
4. Unpack the appropriate package for your architecture into the root directory.
$ gunzip <File_Name>
$ tar-xvf <File_Name> -C /
This will place four executables in /usr/local/bin/ (ltfs, mkltfs, ltfsck,
unltfs).
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