To display the Library and Drive Configuration window
1.
From the Tools menu in the CommCell
Console, click Control Panel.
Double click Library
& Drive Configuration.
2.
Alternatively, from the CommCell Browser,
right-click Libraries under Storage Resources node, and
then click Library & Drive
Configuration...
3.
Select the MediaAgent(s) whose devices you want to detect
or display, and then click OK.
To configure
any shared library, make sure you select all the MediaAgents that share
the library.
NOTES
If a device has already been configured for the MediaAgent, the
system displays the device in the Library &
Drive Configuration window.
For cluster, select the cluster server as the MediaAgent.
4.
Click OK to continue.
NOTES
The system displays this prompt only if a library is not configured.
Subsequently the Library and
Drive Configuration window displays a blank screen.
If a library is already configured, this prompt is not
displayed. Subsequently the detected devices are
displayed with detection status detect
success in the Library and
Drive Configuration window.
You can now detect the devices controlled by
the selected MediaAgent(s) as described in
Detect Devices.
The following procedure describes the steps involved in detecting the devices
attached to a MediaAgent.
Before You Begin
Verify that the necessary SCSI adapters and drivers for the library
attached to the MediaAgent computer are installed.
Check and verify that the hardware is visible to the operating
system. For a more detailed explanation on verifying the driver configurations,
see the following sections:
Ensure that the CommServe computer and library are accessible.
CAUTION
Before configuring the libraries and drives in
SAN, we strongly
recommend you to verify and ensure that proper hardware zoning of tape drives be
implemented, especially when you have HBA fail over implemented in your
environment. For more information on zoning of HBA fail over, contact your HBA
software vendor.
This feature requires a Feature License to be available in the CommServe® Server.
Review general license requirements included in
License Administration. Also,
View All Licenses provides step-by-step
instructions on how to view the license information.
From the Library
and Drive Configuration window, click the Start
menu and choose Detect/Config Devices.
3.
In the Detect Library dialog box, choose the appropriate options:
SCSI Devices - If your library is
attached to the SCSI or Fiber Channel (FC) Adapter.
Detect on Selected MediaAgents in Parallel
- If you are performing the detection for multiple MediaAgents.
Automatically create DDS Drivepools - If your library is attached to multiple MediaAgents in a SAN
environment.
NDMP Devices - If your library is
attached to a NAS filer.
Exhaustive Detection - Only for libraries without Drive IDs
support.
Click OK.
4.
Optionally, from the Processing dialog box
you can perform the following operations:
Click the Abort button to abort the
exhaustive detection operation and unmount any mounted media from the
drives.
Click the View Log button to display
the Log dialog box which reports the
status of each task that is performed during the exhaustive detection
operation.
5.
An Information
prompt appears, informing you to right-click the device to continue the
configuration. Click OK to proceed.
6.
When the detection process is completed, the log file is
displayed. Note the log file contents and click Close to proceed.
7.
If the library supports
SCSI 3 drive identification, the system detects the devices and displays them with detection status
detect
success, in the Library and Drive
Configuration window.
Configure the library as described in
Configure Devices.
If the library does not support
SCSI 3 drive identification, the system
detects the Library with Empty Drive Slots and the drives as StndAln Library.
Verify that the necessary SCSI adapters and drivers for the library
attached to the MediaAgent computer are installed.
If you have two libraries with different drive types (e.g. AIT and DLT
4000 drive types) and even if you do not plan to use some of the drives,
ensure that all the drivers associated with all the drives types are
installed. In some cases, if you do not install all the appropriate drivers,
the device configuration may fail.
Consider the following:
In a SAN environment you may have libraries with two different drive
types connected to your bridge or switch (e.g., AIT and DLT 4000 drive
types) If you planned on using only the DLT 4000 drives and hence only
installed the drivers for the DLT 4000 drives, you would not be able to
configure these drives in the Library
and Drive Configuration window, until you install the drivers
associated with all the other drive types (AIT) in the libraries.
If you have an existing library (e.g. a library with DLT 4000 drives)
which is already configured, and if you add another library with another
drive type into your environment (e.g. a library with AIT drives) the
SCSI ID of the configured library may change and you may need to edit
the address in the properties of the devices in the
Library and Drive Configuration window.
Check and verify that the hardware is visible to the operating system. For a more detailed explanation on verifying the driver configurations,
see the following sections:
Ensure that the CommServe computer and library are accessible.
As this operation may involve the mounting of a media in a drive, ensure
that media is available in the library. Also ensure that the media is not a
cleaning media.
Exhaustive detection should not be performed when other jobs are using the
drives in the library. Stop all jobs before performing an exhaustive
detection.
Verify and ensure that no media is mounted in the drives available in the
libraries connected to the selected MediaAgent(s).
CAUTION
Before configuring the libraries and drives in
SAN, we strongly
recommend you to verify and ensure that proper hardware zoning of tape drives be
implemented, especially when you have HBA fail over implemented in your
environment. For more information on zoning of HBA fail over, contact your HBA
software vendor.
From the Library
and Drive Configuration window, click the Start
menu and choose Detect/Config Devices.
3.
In the Detect Library dialog box, choose the appropriate options:
SCSI Devices - If your library is
attached to the SCSI or Fiber Channel (FC) Adapter.
Detect on Selected MediaAgents in Parallel
- If you are performing the detection for multiple MediaAgents.
Automatically create DDS Drivepools - If your library is attached to multiple MediaAgents in a SAN
environment.
NDMP Devices - If your library is
attached to a NAS filer.
Exhaustive Detection - Only for libraries without Drive IDs
support.
Click OK.
4.
Click Yes to continue.
5.
From the Device Selection dialog box,
select the libraries and drives you wish to detect and then click OK.
The detection process will attempt to detect the devices by mounting
the media in each of the selected drives to determine the correct drive to
library mapping.
You can track the progress of the operation in the
Processing dialog
box.
6.
Optionally, from the Processing dialog box
you can perform the following operations:
Click the Abort button to abort the
exhaustive detection operation and unmount any mounted media from the
drives.
Click the View Log button to display
the Log dialog box which reports the
status of each task that is performed during the exhaustive detection
operation.
7.
When the exhaustive detection process is completed, the log file is
displayed. Note the log file contents and click Close to proceed.
8.
An Information prompt appears, informing you to right-click the
device to continue the configuration. Click OK to proceed
Exhaustive detection may not be able to unload a drive, if it is not
detected. If this occurs manually remove the media from the drive.
In the expanded tree in the sample image , the unconfigured devices
controlled by MediaAgent are
displayed.
Note that if the devices are not configured at this point, the detection
information will not be saved if you exit from the
Library and Drive Configuration window now.
Verify that the necessary SCSI adapters and drivers for the library
attached to the MediaAgent computer are installed.
If you have two libraries with different drive types (e.g. AIT and DLT
4000 drive types) and even if you do not plan to use some of the drives,
ensure that all the drivers associated with all the drives types are
installed. In some cases, if you do not install all the appropriate drivers,
the device configuration may fail.
Consider the following:
In a SAN environment you may have libraries with two different drive
types connected to your bridge or switch (e.g., AIT and DLT 4000 drive
types) If you planned on using only the DLT 4000 drives and hence only
installed the drivers for the DLT 4000 drives, you would not be able to
configure these drives in the Library
and Drive Configuration window, until you install the drivers
associated with all the other drive types (AIT) in the libraries.
If you have an existing library (e.g. a library with DLT 4000 drives)
which is already configured, and if you add another library with another
drive type into your environment (e.g. a library with AIT drives) the
SCSI ID of the configured library may change and you may need to edit
the address in the properties of the devices in the
Library and Drive Configuration window.
Check and verify that the hardware is visible to the operating system. For a more detailed explanation on verifying the driver configurations,
see the following sections:
Ensure that the CommServe computer and library are accessible.
As this operation may involve the mounting of a media in a drive, ensure
that media is available in the library. Also ensure that the media is not a
cleaning media.
Exhaustive detection should not be performed when other jobs are using the
drives in the library. Stop all jobs before performing an exhaustive
detection.
Verify and ensure that no media is mounted in the drives available in the
libraries connected to the selected MediaAgent(s).
CAUTION
Before configuring the libraries and drives in
SAN, we strongly
recommend you to verify and ensure that proper hardware zoning of tape drives be
implemented, especially when you have HBA fail over implemented in your
environment. For more information on zoning of HBA fail over, contact your HBA
software vendor.
To perform an exhaustive detection for the Library/Drive/Library Controller
Right-click the Library, Drive or the Library Controller, select
Advanced Options and click Exhaustive Detection.
3.
Click Yes to continue.
4.
From the Device Selection dialog box,
select the libraries and drives you wish to detect and then click OK.
The detection process will attempt to detect the devices by mounting
the media in each of the selected drives to determine the correct drive to
library mapping.
You can track the progress of the operation in the
Processing dialog
box.
5.
Optionally, from the Processing dialog box
you can perform the following operations:
Click the Abort button to abort the
exhaustive detection operation and unmount any mounted media from the
drives.
Click the View Log button to display
the Log dialog box which reports the
status of each task that is performed during the exhaustive detection
operation.
6.
When the exhaustive detection process is completed, the log file is
displayed. Note the log file contents and click Close to proceed.
7.
An Information prompt appears, informing you to right-click the
device to continue the configuration. Click OK to proceed
Exhaustive detection may not be able to unload a drive, if it is not
detected. If this occurs manually remove the media from the drive.
In the expanded tree in the sample image, the unconfigured devices
controlled by MediaAgent are
displayed.
Note that if the devices are not configured at this point, the detection
information will not be saved if you exit from the
Library and Drive Configuration window now.
Note that the Library and Drive Configuration
window displays a master drive pool (with a drive pool and the associated
drives) for the library.
3.
Optionally, perform the following steps if you do not want the system to
automatically create a storage policy during configuration:
Right-click the library and then click Properties.
From the Library Properties window, if
necessary, clear the
Automatically create storage policy for new
Datapaths option.
Click OK.
4.
From the Library
and Drive Configuration window, right-click the library that you
want to configure, and then click Configure.
5.
Choose one of the following options from the Configuration
dialog box:
Library only option if you want to
configure the drives individually. ( See
Configuring a Drive for information on individually configuring the
drives.)
Library and all drives option if you
want to configure all the drives within the library (e.g., if you are
doing a typical library installation)
6.
If you have not already performed an exhaustive detection, or if your
exhaustive detection did not detect one or more of the existing devices,
the Device Configuration dialog box is
displayed. Choose one of the following options:
Choose the Do Exhaustive Detection Now
option if you wish to perform the exhaustive detection operation. If
you choose this option, follow steps 5 to 8 in the procedure,
Detect Devices Using Exhaustive Detection.
Choose the Configure Devices without
Exhaustive Detection option if you do not wish to perform the
exhaustive detection operation.
7.
A Confirm prompt appears, asking you if
your library has a barcode reader.
Click Yes, if the library has a
barcode reader. (sighted library)
Click No, if the library does not
have a barcode reader. (blind library)
On Windows MediaAgents, this prompt is displayed only in the following
situations:
When the media changer is disabled in the operating system.
When the media changer is enabled, but the operating system detects
an unknown media changer.
If Windows detects the correct media changer, this prompt will not
be displayed.
8.
If the library has a barcode reader, the Discover
Media Options dialog box is displayed.
Perform one of the following:
To automatically discover the media in the library, select the
default media type and then click Yes.
To manually discover the media, click No.
For more information on discovering media in a library, see
Discover Media.
Ensure that media is discovered, before using the library for a
data protection operations.
9.
If the library does not have a barcode reader, the Discover
Media Options dialog box is displayed.
Select the correct media type available in the library and then click OK.
10.
If the library does not have a barcode reader the Confirm
prompt is displayed.
Click Yes, if you want to
automatically start the inventory process after 5 minutes.
Click No, if you want to manually
start the inventory process. Ensure that a full inventory is performed
on the library, before using the library for a data protection
operations.
The status of the library changes to configured.
If you chose to configure all associated drives, the status of the drives
(and of the drive pool that contains them) changes to configured
as well.
If the library is an optical library, the system automatically
identifies the optical library and uses the optical library icon to
display the library information.
The Library tab provides
the physical view of the devices (library and drives).
The Data Paths tab provides a logical view of the data path used to access
the devices - library, master drive pool, drive pool, drive.
Validate the Drives in a Library
The following procedure describes the steps for validating drives in a
library.
Before You Begin:
You should have discovered at least one new media before attempting to
validate a drive
Validation of drives cannot be performed if media is in the drives.
Therefore, do not validate the devices until you remove the media from
the drives.
Do not validate drives when a job is in progress in the library.
Do not run any jobs when you validate drives. Disable all scheduled jobs
in the library you wish to validate. You can do this by disabling the jobs
in the Activity Control dialog box at the appropriate level in the CommServe
tree.
Drive validation may fail because of a mount or unmount problem. For an
unmount error, unload the media manually and Reset the library.
Right-click the configured library, master drive pool, drive pool or drive
that you want to validate, and then click Validate.
Note that the library must contain discovered media. (For information on discovering
media, see
Discover Media
from the CommCell Console.)
A prompt appears, informing you that validation may take several minutes per drive and
asking if you want to continue. Click Yes to start the validation
process.
The system attempts to mount a media in each drive within the library, master
drive pool, drive pool or drive. A
progress bar reports the progress of the validation job.
Click on the View Log button to display the Log dialog box
which reports the status of each task that is performed during the drive
validation operation.
A status message
reporting the success or failure of the operation appears in the Status Bar at the bottom
of the Library and Drive Configuration window.
You can configure a library or a device in a global zone and then access the
same library from a local zone. Use the SCSiZone tool to configure the library
in the global zone. Follow the steps given below to configure the library:
On the computer hosting the global zone, navigate to
the following location:
<Install Directory>/WA
Enter the following command to detect the devices:
./wa_sunqlc_add
The library and tape drive devices are detected. To confirm this,
navigate to to /var/adm/ and view the
messages file. It displays the list of detected devices.
4.
On the local zone, enter the following
command to stop the Calypso services:
simpana stop
5.
On the global zone, navigate to <Install
Directory>/Base and enter the
following command:
./ScsiZoneTool -i <local zone
name>
6.
Restart the services on the local zone using the following commnad:
simpana start
7.
From the Tools menu in the CommCell
Console, click Control Panel.
8.
Double click Library
& Drive Configuration.
9.
Select the MediaAgent(s) installed on the local Zone.
Click OK.
10.
From the Library
and Drive Configuration window, click the Start
menu and choose Detect/Config Devices.
11.
In the Detect Library dialog box, select SCSI Devices.
Click OK.
12.
Click Yes to continue.
13.
From the Device Selection dialog box, select the libraries and drives you wish to detect and then click OK.
This dialog box displays the same list of library and tape drives that
appeared on global zone.
The detection process will attempt to detect the devices by mounting
the media in each of the selected drives to determine the correct drive to
library mapping.
You can track the progress of the operation in the
Processing dialog
box.
14.
When the exhaustive detection process is completed, the log file is
displayed. Note the log file contents and click Close to proceed.
15.
An Information prompt appears, informing you to right-click the
device to continue the configuration. Click OK to proceed.
To validate the SCSI mapping of drives within a library:
