Sun StorageTek Storage Archive Manager Installation and Upgrade Guide
Version 4, Update 6
819-7932-10
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1. Planning Your Archiving System
High-Availability Configuration Using Sun Cluster (HA-SAM)
Hardware and Software Requirements
Sun StorageTek SAM Software Host Requirements
Verifying Third-Party Compatibilities
Verifying Requirements for File System Manager
Determining Disk Space Requirements

To Estimate Disk Cache Requirements
Example 1 - Using the format(1M) Command on Fibre-Channel-Attached Disks
Example 2 - Using the format(1M) Command on SCSI-Attached Disks

To Attach Removable Media Devices

To Obtain the Software From the Sun Download Center
Setting Up the Network Management Station
3. Installing and Configuring Sun StorageTek SAM
Installing the Software Packages

To Set Up PATH and MANPATH Variables
Installing the File System Manager Software

To Install the File System Manager Software
Using the File System Manager Software
To Create an Account for Multiple Users

To Invoke File System Manager for the First Time

To Add Tape Devices to the /kernel/drv/st.conf File

To Verify or Add a Target Device, LUN, or Worldwide Name to the st.conf File
Adding Device Support in the samst.conf File

To Add Device Support in samst.conf Using File System Manager

To Add Device Support in samst.conf Using the CLI

To Verify That All Devices Are Configured
Handling Errors in the st.conf File
Setting Up the Environment Configuration

To Create an mcf File Using File System Manager

To Create an mcf File Using a Text Editor
Identifying Peripherals Using the /var/adm/messages File
Updating the /etc/vfstab File and Creating the Mount Point

To Update the /etc/vfstab File and Create the Mount Point Using a Text Editor
Creating and Editing the samfs.cmd File

To Create and Edit the samfs.cmd File Using File System Manager

To Create and Edit the samfs.cmd File Using a Text Editor

To Mount the File System Using File System Manager

To Mount the File System From the Command Line
Performing Additional Configuration
Sharing the File System With NFS Client Systems

To Mount the File System on Clients
Creating Parameters Files for Network Attached Automated Libraries

To Configure the Parameters File for an ADIC/Grau Automated Library
Fujitsu LMF Automated Libraries

To Configure the Parameters File for a Fujitsu LMF Automated Library

To Configure the Parameters File for an IBM 3494 Automated Library
Sony Network Attached Automated Libraries

To Configure the Parameters File for a Sony Network Attached Automated Library
StorageTek ACSLS-Attached Automated Libraries

To Configure the Parameters File for a StorageTek ACSLS-Attached Automated Library

To Check the Drive Order of Tape or Magneto-optical Libraries With a Front Panel

To Check the Drive Order of Tape Libraries Without a Front Panel

To Check the Drive Order of Magneto-optical Libraries Without a Front Panel
Creating the archiver.cmd File

To Create an archiver.cmd File Using File System Manager

To Create an archiver.cmd File Using a Text Editor

To Enable Disk Archiving on the Host That Contains the Files to Be Archived

To Enable Disk Archiving on the Host to Which the Archive Copies Will Be Written
Editing the defaults.conf File
Features You Can Control From defaults.conf
Labeling Removable Media Cartridges

To Populate an Automated Library With Many Volumes

To Populate an Automated Library With a Small Number of Volumes

To Populate an IBM 3494 Automated Library
Quickly Populating a StorageTek ACSLS-Attached Library
StorageTek ACSLS-Attached Automated Libraries: Common Problems and Error Messages
Configuring the Remote Notification Facility

To Disable Remote Notification
Adding the Administrator Group

To Add the Administrator Group
Configuring Other Sun StorageTek Products
Scheduling Automatic Recovery Points

To Schedule Automatic Recovery Points Using File System Manager

To Schedule the samfsdump(1M) Command Using cron
Creating Recovery Points Manually

To Create a Recovery Point Using File System Manager

To Run the samfsdump(1M) Command From the Command Line
Backing Up Configuration Files
4. Upgrading Sun StorageTek SAM
Using the Version 1 and Version 2 Superblocks
Stopping the Sun StorageTek SAM Software

To Stop Archiving Operations From File System Manager

To Stop Archiving Operations From the Command Line

To Unmount Using File System Manager

To Unmount By Editing the /etc/vfstab File and Rebooting
Removing the Existing Software
To Install File System Manager
Restoring File Changes (inquiry.conf and samst.conf)
Reinitializing and Verifying the File System
Verifying the mcf, archiver.cmd, and stager.cmd Files

To Verify the archiver.cmd File

To Modify the /etc/vfstab File

To Reinitialize and Restore the File Systems

To Mount the File System Using File System Manager

To Mount the File System Using the CLI
Recompiling API-Dependent Applications
Preparing for a Hardware Device Upgrade
Switching Between SPARC and AMD Platforms

To Add Slots in an Automated Library

To Replace or Upgrade a Library

To Upgrade the Solaris OS in a Sun StorageTek SAM Environment
Directories Created at Installation
B. Uninstalling the File System Manager Software
General System Administrator Commands
Specialized Maintenance Commands
Application Programming Interface
Example Sun StorageTek SAM Configuration
Example Sun StorageTek SAM Disk Cache Configuration
Configuring a Manually Loaded Magneto-optical Drive
Configuring a Magneto-optical Library

To Configure the Magneto-optical Library
Configuring a Manually Loaded DLT Drive
Example mcf File Entries for Network Attached Libraries
Example mcf File Entries for the Sun StorageTek L1400 Library
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