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IBM Tape Device Drivers Installation and User's Guide IBM Tape Device Drivers Installation and User’s Guide GC27-2130-20 IBM Tape Device Drivers Installation and User’s Guide GC27-2130-20 Note! Before this information and the product that it supports is used, be sure to read the general information under Notices. Twenty-first Edition (November 2014) This twenty-first edition of the IBM Tape Device Drivers Installation and User’s Guide, GC27-2130-20, replaces and makes obsolete the following manual: IBM Tape Device Drivers Installation and User’s Guide, GC27-2130-19. © Copyright IBM Corporation 2007, 2014. US Government Users Restricted Rights – Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. Read this first Accessing online technical support For online technical support for your Library, visit: http://www.ibm.com/support/. Registering for My Notification My Notification registration provides email notification when firmware levels have been updated and are available for download and installation. To register for My Notification: 1. Visit the web at http://www-01.ibm.com/software/support/einfo.html. 2. Click My Notifications. Note: Library firmware and tape drive firmware are verified and released together. When updating to the latest firmware, verify that all installed components such as tape drives, and library are at the latest levels noted on the Support website. Mixing different levels of library and tape drive firmware is not supported and can cause unpredictable results. Contacting IBM technical support In the USA: Call 1-800-IBM_SERV (1-800-426-7378). All other Countries/Regions: Visit http://www.ibm.com. To open a Service Request online: Under Support & downloads, click Open a service request. © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007, 2014 iii iv IBM Tape Device Drivers Installation and User’s Guide Contents Read this first ............iii Querying primary and alternative path Accessing online technical support.......iii configurations ............31 Registering for My Notification ........iii Configuring and unconfiguring primary and Contacting IBM technical support .......iii alternative devices ...........31 Data Path failover and load balancing support for Figures ...............ix tape drives ..............32 Installing Data Path failover license key ....32 Configuring and unconfiguring path failover Tables ...............xi support...............32 Primary and alternative paths .......33 Preface ..............xiii Querying primary and alternative path Related information ...........xiii configuration .............33 IBM tape products ...........xiii Configuring and unconfiguring primary and Additional information .........xv alternative devices ...........34 Sending your comments ..........xv System-managed encryption .........34 Special printing instructions ........xvi Device driver configuration ........34 Querying tape drive configuration......35 Introduction ............xvii Testing data encryption configuration and connectivity .............35 Chapter 1. Common extended features . 1 Error logging .............35 Field support information ........35 Path failover and load balancing........1 Problem determination ..........35 Automatic failover ...........1 Dump support ............35 Dynamic load balancing .........5 Device and volume information logging ....36 Dynamic Runtime Attributes .........6 Log file ...............37 Supported devices and feature codes ......6 Tape log utility ............37 Data encryption .............7 Reservation conflict logging ........37 Tape and library requirements .......7 Error logging .............38 Planning for application-managed tape Error log templates ...........38 encryption..............10 Automatic dump facility .........40 Planning for system-managed tape encryption. 10 Dynamic Runtime Attributes .......40 Planning for library-managed tape encryption . 13 Trace facility .............41 Encryption feature codes .........14 Atape System Trace (ATRC) utility .....41 Component tracing ...........41 Chapter 2. AIX Tape and Medium Atape Component Trace (ACTRC) utility . 42 Changer device driver ........15 Tape drive service aids ..........42 Product requirements ...........15 Tape drive service aids details .......42 Installation and configuration instructions ....15 Performance considerations .........45 Installation procedure ..........16 Data path ..............45 Configuring Tape and Medium Changer devices 17 Common AIX utilities ..........45 Configuring limitations .........17 AIX iostat utility for tape performance ....46 Deconfiguring tape devices ........18 Before Support is called .........46 Deconfiguring Medium Changer devices . 18 Uninstalling .............18 Chapter 3. HP-UX Tape and Medium Tape drive, media, and device driver parameters . 19 Changer device driver ........47 Configuration parameters.........19 Product requirements ...........47 Media parameters ...........25 ATDD implementation .........47 Special files ..............26 Hardware requirements .........48 Special files for tape devices ........26 Software requirements ..........48 Special files for Medium Changer devices . 27 Software interface to the device driver ....48 Persistent Naming Support .........28 Installation and configuration instructions ....49 Changing the logical name after initial boot . 29 Configuration limitations .........49 Control Path failover support for tape libraries . 30 Installing and configuring PCI drivers ....49 Configuring and unconfiguring path failover Supported configuration parameters ......57 support...............30 Configuration parameter definitions .....58 Primary and alternative paths .......30 © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007, 2014 v Special files ..............61 Primary and alternative paths .......91 Persistent Naming Support .........63 Querying primary and alternative path Control Path failover support for tape libraries . 63 configuration .............92 Configuring and unconfiguring path failover Disabling and enabling primary and alternative support...............63 paths ...............92 Primary and alternative paths .......64 Tape Reserve Type ...........92 Querying primary and alternative path Open source device driver - lin_tape ......92 configurations ............65 Comparing IBMtape and lin_tape ......93 Disabling and enabling primary and alternative Installation .............93 paths ...............65 Driver parameters and special device files . 93 Data Path failover and load balancing support for Taking devices offline and completing tape drives ..............65 maintenance .............94 Configuring and unconfiguring path failover Path failover support ..........94 support...............66 lin_taped daemon ...........94 Primary and alternative paths .......67 System-managed encryption .........94 Querying primary and alternative path Configuring device drivers ........94 configuration .............67 Querying tape drive configuration......96 Disabling and enabling primary and alternative Problem determination ..........96 paths ...............68 Tracing driver modules .........96 Problem determination ..........68 Configuring and running the lin_taped daemon 96 Error logging .............68 Reservation conflict logging .......101 Sense data logging ...........68 Support_info script ...........68 Chapter 5. Solaris Tape and Medium Tracing facility ............69 Changer Device Driver .......103 Problems and solutions .........70 Product requirements...........103 Installation and configuration instructions ....104 Chapter 4. Linux Tape and Medium Preventing conflicts with other device drivers 104 Changer device driver ........73 Preinstallation considerations .......105 Product requirements ...........73 Installing and updating IBMtape ......105 Installation and Configuration instructions ....73 Configuring IBM tape devices with Fibre Conventions used ...........74 Channel and SAS HBAs .........111 Configuration limitations .........74 Configuring limitations .........116 Components created during installation ....74 Solaris Zones support .........116 Installation procedure ..........75 Configuration parameters ........119 Updating procedure ..........76 Dynamic Runtime Attributes .......123 Querying the installed package .......76 Removing IBMtape ..........124 Configuring Tape and Medium Changer devices Adding or removing devices .......124 on Intel-compatible systems ........76 Unconfiguring tape devices........125 Configuring Tape and Medium Changer devices Tapelist Utility Program .........125 on IBM System p models .........77 Special files ..............127 Configuring Tape and Medium Changer devices Device behaviors ...........128 on IBM System z models .........77 File naming conventions.........128 Uninstallation procedure .........79 Persistent Naming Support .........129 Tape drive, media, and device driver parameters . 79 Control Path failover support for libraries ....131 Configuration parameters.........79 Configuring and deconfiguring Path Failover Nonchangeable parameters ........80 support ..............131 Changeable parameters .........82 Primary and alternative paths .......131 Special files ..............85 Querying primary and alternative path Special files for the tape device .......85 configuration ............132 Special files for the Medium Changer device . 86 Disabling and enabling primary and alternative Persistent Naming Support ........86 paths ...............132 Control Path failover support for tape libraries . 88 Data Path failover and load balancing support for Configuring and unconfiguring path failover tape drives ..............132
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