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Re: [Networker] Steps to install storage node on Solaris -- need help

2004-01-28 14:34:59
Subject: Re: [Networker] Steps to install storage node on Solaris -- need help
From: Itzik Meirson <imeirson AT MBI.CO DOT IL>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 21:33:33 +0200
George,
Your steps seem to be adequate.
To see if your system supports the QUANTUM DLT7000 you can execute the
following command:
"strings /kernel/drv/st | grep -i dlt". If your output will show your
exact device designation you do not have to add anything into the
st.conf file.
Itzik

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Legato NetWorker discussion
[mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On Behalf Of George
> Sinclair
> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 21:10
> To: NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> Subject: [Networker] Steps to install storage node on Solaris -- need
help
> 
> Hi,
> 
> We would like to install a temporary storage node server on a Sun box
> running Solaris 2.9. This is just a test, and I want to make sure that
I
> have the correct steps. We're currently running NetWorker 6.1.1
Network
> edition on our primary server (Sun box running Solaris 2.8) and one
> storage node on a Linux RedHat 7.3 box also running NetWorker storage
> node 6.1.1. Basically, we'd like to move the Storagetek L80 (4 LTO
> generation 1 drives) from the Linux box over to this Sun to test it
> there. The ATL P1000 SDLT library would remain on the Linux box.
Because
> we do not want the storage node to be at a lower release than the
> primary server, we were thinking to just slap 6.1.1 on there, too, but
I
> do see that Solaris 9 is not "officially" supported prior to 6.1.2, at
> least according to the 2088 Media Kit info for 6.1.1 and 6.1.2
> respectively, but assuming we can still do it, I wanted to see if I
have
> the steps correct, or if there's something I've overlooked. I did read
> the installation guide for 6.1:
> 
> 1. Install temporary 45-Day enabler code for Storage Node for Unix on
> primary server
> 2. Add root@sunhost to Administrator list on primary server.
> 3. Delete Storagetek jukebox via nwadmin
> (rd=storage_node_server:STK_L80), but leave other SDLT jukebox entry
> alone.
> 4. Shut down current Linux storage node.
> 5. Move Storagetek library over to sun box (other library will remain
on
> Linux box)
> 6. Boot -r on Sun box to recognize new device(s)
> 7. Install 6.1.1 LGTOclnt, LGTOdrvr and LGTOnode in that order.
> 8. Run /etc/LGTOuscsi to ensure picker (changer) and all 4 devices
show
> up
> 9. Run jbconfig to configure devices
> 10. Reboot Linux box and or server if need be and play around with
> writing and recovering data from tapes?
> 
> The Big question is: Do we need to set up anything special in the
> /kernel/drv/st.conf file? I didn't see anything about this in the
> installation guide, and the reason I ask, is because on our primary
> server, we had to set the following values for its ATL P1000 library
> (DLT 7000 drives) to get NetWorker to work properly with it:
> 
> tape-config-list = "QUANTUM DLT7000", "Quantum-ATL DLT7000",
> "DLT7k-data";
> 
> DLT7k-data = 1, 0x36, 0, 0x8639, 4, 0x82, 0x83, 0x84, 0x85, 3;
> 
> I thought I saw somewhere on this listing that this wasn't necessary
> anymore, but we'd still be using NetWorker 6.1.1, and Solaris is only
> one release ahead on this particular Sun box versus the primary
server,
> so maybe we'd still need it. I remember we had weird problems on
primary
> server until we added the st.conf entries. And, on our Linux storage
> node server, we had to create an /etc/stinit.def file with entries for
> the Storagetek library and the ATL P1000 SDLT tape library in order to
> avoid those "tape positioning by record disabled" messages during
> recoveries. Don't know what entries I'd need to add, but just asking.
> 
> Would appreciate any help.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> George
> 
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