| Sun StorEdge SAM-FS Installation and Upgrade Guide |     |
| Sun StorEdge SAM-FS Installation and Upgrade Guide | |
Sun StorEdge SAM-FS Installation and Upgrade Guide
Version 4, Update 5
819-4330-10
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Contents |
1. Planning Your Archiving System
Hardware and Software Requirements
Sun StorEdge SAM-FS 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. Installation and Configuration Tasks
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 Tasks
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 StorEdge Products
Scheduling Automatic Metadata Snapshots
To Schedule Automatic Snapshots Using File System Manager
To Schedule the samfsdump(1M) Command Using cron
Creating Metadata Snapshots Manually
To Create a Metadata Snapshot Using File System Manager
To Run the samfsdump(1M) Command From the Command Line
Backing Up Configuration Files
4. Upgrade and Configuration Tasks
Using the Version 1 and Version 2 Superblocks
Stopping the Sun StorEdge SAM-FS Software
To Stop the File System From File System Manager
To Stop the File System 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 StorEdge SAM-FS Environment
Directories Created at Installation
B. Uninstalling the File System Manager Software
General System Administrator Commands
Specialized Maintenance Commands
Application Programming Interface
Example Sun StorEdge SAM-FS Configuration
Example Sun StorEdge SAM-FS 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
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