4 Libraries and Drives

This chapter describes the various libraries and drives supported by DIVArchive 7.3.

Supported Libraries and Control Software

The following table identifies popular libraries and control software supported by DIVArchive 7.3.

Manufacturer Library Control Software RobotManager Module
Dell TL4000/TL2000Foot 1 

ML6010Foot 2 

Direct SCS/FC

Direct SCS/FC

Robot_SCSI

Robot_SCSI

HP StoreEver

ESL G3-700

ESL G3-1500

ESL G3-3000

ESL G3-5000

MSL-2024

MSL-2048

Direct SCS/FC

Direct SCS/FC

Direct SCS/FC

Direct SCS/FC

Direct SCS/FC

Direct SCS/FC

Direct SCS/FC

Robot_SCSI

Robot_SCSI

Robot_SCSI

Robot_SCSI

Robot_SCSI

Robot_SCSI

Robot_SCSI

IBM TS3100

TS3200

TS3310

TS3500

TS4500

Direct SCS/FC

Direct SCS/FC

Direct SCS/FC

Direct SCS/FC

Direct SCS/FC

Robot_SCSI

Robot_SCSI

Robot_SCSI

Robot_SCSI

Robot_SCSI

Oracle StorageTek SL8500Foot 3 

SL500Foot 4 

SL150

LibAttach 1.4.2Foot 5 

Direct SCSI/FC

Direct SCSI/FC

Robot_ACSLS

Robot_SCSI

Robot_SCSI

Oracle StorageTek SL3000 LibAttach 1.4.2Foot 6 , Direct SCSI/FC Robot_ACSLS
Qualstar TLS-5000RLS-85210 Direct SCSI/FC

Direct SCSI/FC

Robot_SCSI

Robot_SCSI

Quantum (ADIC) Scalar i6000

Scalar i500

Scalar i40/i80

Direct SCSI/FC

Direct SCSI/FC

Direct SCSI/FC

Robot_SCSI

Robot_SCSI

Robot_SCSI

Sony ODA ODS-L10ODS-L30MODS-L60EODS-L100E Robot Manager

Robot Manager

Robot Manager

Robot Manager

Robot_SCSI

Robot_SCSI

Robot_SCSI

Robot_SCSI

Spectralogic T-Finity

T950

T680, T380, T200

T120

T50e

Direct SCSI/FC

Direct SCSI/FC

Direct SCSI/FC

Direct SCSI/FC

Direct SCSI/FC

Robot_SCSI

Robot_SCSI

Robot_SCSI

Robot_SCSI

Robot_SCSI


Footnote 1 The Dell TL2000 is an IBM TS3100 library.

Footnote 2 The Dell ML6010 is an AIDC i500 library.

Footnote 3 Operational upon robot failure when configured with multiple LSMs and one robot per LSM.

Footnote 4 The SL500 library will be transitioned to End of Life (EOL) soon.

Footnote 5 DIVarchive only supports 32-bit LibAttach and not 64-bit.

Footnote 6 DIVarchive only supports 32-bit LibAttach and not 64-bit.

Legacy Library Support

DIVArchive supports the following legacy libraries. Many of these systems may no longer be sold or supported by the storage vendor but are presented here for completeness.

Manufacturer Library Control Software RobotManager Module
Oracle StorageTek 9310

5500

L180

L700

SL24

L80

L40

L20

L1400M

ACSLS 7.1

ACSLS 7.2

ACSLS 7.3 or Direct SCSI/FC

ACSLS 8.0 or ACSLS 8.2

LibAttach 1.4.2Foot 1 

Direct SCSI/FC

Direct SCSI/FC

Direct SCSI/FC

Direct SCSI/FC

Robot_ACSLS

Robot_ACSLS

Robot_ACSLS or Robot_SCSI

Robot_ACSLS

Robot_ACSLS

Robot_ACSLS

Robot_ACSLS

Robot_ACSLS

Robot_ACSLS

Quantum (ADIC) Scalar 100

Scalar 1000

Scalar 10000

Scalar 12000

Scalar i2000Foot 2 Foot 3 

Scalar DLC or Direct SCSI/FC Robot_ADIC or Robot_SCSI
Sony Petasite S60 PSC 5.00 Robot_Sony

Footnote 1 DIVArchive only support 32-bit LibAttach and not 64-bit.

Footnote 2 Auto-clean is not supported.

Footnote 3 The Scalar i2000 with partitioning is supported.

Supported Drives

This section describes popular drives supported by DIVArchive 7.3.

Manufacturer Drive Model
HP LTO-3

LTO-4

LTO-5

LTO-6Foot 1 

LTO-7

IBM LTO-1

LTO-2

LTO-3

LTO-4

LTO-5

LTO-6

LTO-7Foot 2 

3592

TS1120

TS1140

TS1150Foot 3 

Oracle StorageTek Titanium 10000-A

Titanium 10000-B

Titanium 10000-C

Titanium 10000-D

Sony ODS-D55U (Optical)

ODS-D77F (Optical)


Footnote 1 HP LTO-6 drives require Windows 2008 R2 and are not supported in Windows 2003 Server.

Footnote 2 Drivers for the IBM LOT-7 drive currently (2016.1) only exist for Windows Server 2012, not for Windows Server 2008.

Footnote 3 Supported beginning with DIVArchive 7.2.2.

Manufacturer Drive Model
Oracle StorageTek 9840A

9840B

9840C

9940A

9940B

Matsushita LFD30xx

Sony ODA Optical Drives

Sony ODA Blu-ray Optical Drives are supported beginning with DIVarchive 7.2.x. The drives are viewable as a Tape Drive and Cartridge (having UDF format) under the Disk Drives tab in the Control GUI.The drives must be configured using the Optical Disk Archive Utility before configuring DIVArchive on the system.The Windows Device Manager will display the drives as an Unknown Device because there are no drivers available for them. Several configuration files must be modified to include these drives in the DIVArchive System. See the Oracle DIVArchive Installation and Configuration Guide for detailed information.