Table of Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Title and Copyright Information
- Preface
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1
Overview
- About ACSLS
- The acssa and acsss User IDs
- Starting and Stopping ACSLS
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Using cmd_proc
- Starting cmd_proc
- Suspending and Resuming cmd_proc
- Terminating cmd_proc
- Using cmd_proc in Curses Mode
- Using cmd_proc in Line Mode
- cmd_proc Keyboard Shortcuts in cmd_proc (curses and line modes)
- Using cmd_proc in Shell-Friendly Mode (cmd_proc_shell)
- Redirecting Input to cmd_proc - Input Files and Command Scripts
- Redirecting Output from cmd_proc
- ACSLS Directory Structure
- 2 Starting and Monitoring ACSLS
- 3 ACSLS GUI
- 4 Installing and Configuring Your Library Hardware
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5
Setting Variables that Control ACSLS Behavior
- Accessing the ACSLS Feature Configuration Menu
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Verifying and Changing Dynamic and Static Variables
- Setting CSI Tuning Variables
- Setting Event Logging Variables
- Setting General Product Behavior Variables
- Setting Access Control Variables
- Setting Automatic Backup Variables
- Rebuilding Access Control Information
- Defining Event Notification Settings
- Configuring or Updating your Library Hardware
- Setting OSCI Variables with dv_config
- Registering for Email Notification of System Events
- 6 Access Control
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7
Library Management
- Specifying ACS Numbers
- Reconfiguring ACSLS When Tape Drives are Moved, Added, or Removed
- Auditing the Library
- Adding a SCSI or fibre-attached library to ACSLS
- Using the Extended Store Feature
- Managing a Mixed-Media Library
- Managing Dual TCP/IP Connections
- Managing a Dual-LAN Client Configuration
- Registering for Event Notification
- Automatic Recovery to Desired State
- Queue and Retry Mounts and Dismounts when Library is Temporarily Unavailable
- Reconfiguring ACSLS When Tape Drives are Moved, Added, or Removed
- Media Validation
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8
Cartridge Management
- Populating the LSM
- Using the CAP
- Entering Cartridges
- Ejecting Cartridges
- Recovering CAPs
- Automatically Applying Policies to New and Reactivated Cartridges
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Cleaning Cartridges
- Automatic Cleaning by ACSLS
- Cleaning Cartridge Maximum Usage
- Manually Defining Cleaning Cartridges
- Monitoring Cleaning Cartridges
- Entering Cleaning Cartridges
- Ejecting Used Cleaning Cartridges
- Manually Cleaning a Drive
- Cleaning Cartridges on Fibre-Attached Libraries
- What To Do When Drives Are Not Being Cleaned
- Managing Scratch Cartridges
- Using Absent and Ejected Cartridge Support
- Absent, Ejected and Missing Cartridges
- Cartridge Recovery
- Missing Cartridges
- Absent and Ejected Cartridge
- Using the Manual Volume Delete Utility
- Identifying Expired Cartridges
- Moving Least-Recently Accessed Cartridges from Active LSMs
- Manually Loading Cartridges Into Drives in a Disabled LSM
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9
Database Administration
- Utilities Used
- Exporting the Database
- Importing the Database
- Migrating mchangers for Fibre to a New Platform
- Verifying the Imported Database and Library Configuration
- Automatic Database Backup
- Performing Manual Backups to Tape
- Backing up to a Specified Tape Device Attached to the ACSLS Server
- Backing up to a UNIX File
- Recovering and Restoring
- Restoring the Database to the Most Recent Backup
- Recovering from a Failed Server
- Restoring ACSLS Control Files
- 10 Reporting and Logging
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11
Utility Reference
- Overview
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Utility Commands
- acs_partition.sh
- acs_renumber.sh
- acs_rewallet.sh
- The acsss Macro
- bdb.acsss
- Dynamic Configuration (config) utilities
- config acs
- config drives
- config lsm
- config ports
- db_export.sh
- db_import.sh
- db_restore.sh
- del_vol
- drives_media.sh
- ejecting.sh
- free_cells.sh
- getHba.sh
- greplog
- install_scsi_Linux.sh
- lib_type.sh
- moving.sh
- probeFibre.sh
- rdb.acsss
- showDevs.sh
- showDrives.sh
- stats_report
- userAdmin.sh
- volrpt
- watch_vols
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12
Command Reference
- General Command Syntax
- Component Types and Identifiers
- Common Command Error Messages
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Commands
- audit
- cancel
- clear lock
- define pool
- delete pool
- dismount
- eject
- enter
- idle
- lock
- logoff
- mount
- mount *
- move
- query commands
- query acs
- query cap
- query clean
- query drive
- query lmu
- query lock
- query lsm
- query mount
- query mount *
- query pool
- query port
- query request
- query scratch
- query server
- query volume
- set commands
- set cap mode
- set cap priority
- set clean
- set lock
- set owner
- set scratch
- show
- start
- switch lmu
- unlock
- uptime
- vary
- 13 Display Command Reference
- 14 lib_cmd
- A ACSLS Backup and Recovery Tools
- B Enterprise Library Connection Options
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C
ACSLS Support of the SL8500
- Connecting to Multiple SL8500s Using Multi TCP/IP
- Understanding SL8500 Internal Addresses and ACSLS Addresses
- Using SL Console to Translate Addresses
- Moving Cartridges Before Removing Cells from a Partition
- SL8500 CAPs
- Minimizing Elevator and PTP Activity
- Configuring Tape Drives to Support Your Workloads
- Managing Cartridge Locations
- Finding Missing Cartridges
- Varying the SL8500 Offline
- Using the Dynamic Configuration (config) utility
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Expanding the SL8500
- What is Involved
- Diagram of SL8500 Modules:
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Connecting SL8500s with Pass-Thru-Ports
- Before You Install SL8500 PTP Connections
- Adding New SL8500s
- Adding a New SL8500 to the Left
- Dynamically Configuring the New ACSLS Configuration
- Adding a New SL8500 to the Right
- Considerations When Adding an SL8500 to the Right
- Dynamically Configuring the New ACSLS Configuration
- Procedures for Merging ACSs
- Merging ACSs Numbered from Right to Left
- Procedure for Merging ACSs Numbered from Right-to-Left
- Merging ACSs Numbered from Left-to-Right
- Procedure for Merging ACSs Numbered from Left-to-Right
- Removing PTPs and Splitting ACSs
- Splitting ACSs, with the new ACS Created from SL8500(s) on the Left - Possible Scenarios
- ACSLS Procedure for Splitting an ACS
- Adding the New ACS on the Right Hand side of the Split
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D
ACSLS Support of the SL3000
- ACSLS Support
- Before Configuring ACSLS for the SL3000
- SL3000 Addressing
- Using the AEM
- Aliasing SL3000 CAP IDs
- Moving Cartridges Before Removing Cells from a Partition
- SL3000 CAP Behavior
- Finding Missing SL3000 Cartridges
- Varying the SL3000 Offline
- Using the Dynamic Configuration (config) utility
- Auditing New Cartridge Addresses
- ACSLS Dual TCP/IP
- E ACSLS Support of the SL150
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F
ACSLS Support of the SL4000
- ACSLS Support
- Before Configuring ACSLS for the SL4000
- Configuring the SL4000 to ACSLS
- SL4000 Modules
- SL4000 Panel Types
- Understanding SL4000 Addressing
- SL4000 Addressing
- Varying the SL4000 Offline
- Using the Dynamic Configuration (config) utility
- Moving Cartridges Before Removing Cells from a Partition
- Finding Missing SL4000 Cartridges
- Auditing New Cartridge Addresses
- Unknown Cell Information Reported When Auditing the SL4000 Library
- Bulk Operations with the AEM
- Aliasing SL4000 CAP IDs
- SL4000 OCSI Retention Time
- ACSLS Support for Library Upgrade of SL3000 to SL4000
- G Logical Library Support
- H Library Partitioning
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I
Troubleshooting
- ACSLS Event Log
- Key Observation Points
- Diagnosing ACSLS Startup Problems
- Testing Library Connections
- Testing a Client Connection
- CAP in Fibre Library Attached Through a Bridged Drive is Locked
- Gathering Diagnostic Information for Oracle Support
- ACSLS and Security-Enhanced Linux (SE Linux)
- Verifying the GUI is Operational
- GUI Troubleshooting Tips
- Linux 7.3 and 7.6 Performance Issues
- SL4000 OCSI Retention Time
- J Issues Installing ACSLS Client Applications
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K
Library Performance
- Sending Enough Concurrent Mount and Dismount Requests
- Connecting to Multiple SL8500s
- Minimizing Pass-thru Activity Between LSMs
- Floating Cartridges During a Dismount
- Maintaining Empty Storage Cells in an LSM
- Mount and Dismount Timeouts
- Entering Cartridges into a Library
- Ejecting Cartridges from a Library
- Minimizing Pass-Thru Activity Using ACSAPI Requests and ACSLS Commands
- Using these ACSAPI Requests & ACSLS Commands
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L
Firewall Security Option
- Running ACSLS Behind a Firewall
- Addressing Security Areas
- Benefits of the Firewall-Secure Option
- Turning on Firewall Secure Features and Setting Variables
- Firewall Secure Solution Scenarios
- Turning On the Firewall Security on ACSLS Servers
- Turning Off Firewall Security on ACSLS Servers
- Firewall-Secure Configuration
- Troubleshooting Firewall-Secure Communications
- Frequently Asked Questions
- M CSCI
- N Media Management
- O XAPI Client Interface
- P Accessibility Features in ACSLS
- Glossary
- Index