LANFree config on Red Hat: IBM TS3310 Model

Instalación y configuración LANFree en RHEL 5.2:

0. Tener instalados los paquetes:

lin_tape-1.73.0-1.i386.rpm

lin_taped-1.73.0-rhel5.x86_64.rpm

1. ¿Estan instalado?

# rpm -qi lin_tape

Name        : lin_tape                          Relocations: (not relocatable)

Version     : 1.73.0                            Vendor: IBM

Release     : 1                                 Build Date: Fri 06 Jul 2012 01:40:35 PM UYT

Install Date: Fri 06 Jul 2012 01:41:13 PM UYT   Build Host: lnx-sgchistorico.ose-ad.winose.com.uy

Group       : System Environment/Kernel         Source RPM: lin_tape-1.73.0-1.src.rpm

Size        : 2273073                           License: GPL

Signature   : (none)

Packager    : IBM Tape SCSI Device Driver Development

Summary     : IBM Tape SCSI Device Driver for Linux

Description :

The IBM Tape Device Driver, lin_tape, product is a device driver

that provides attachment for the IBM TotalStorage and System

Storage tape devices to Linux compatible platforms.

 

2. ¿El daemon esta instalado?: NO

2.1 Entonces los instalo:

# rpm -ivh lin_tape-1.73.0-1.i386.rpm

Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]

   1:lin_tape               ########################################### [100%]

# rpm -ivh lin_taped-1.73.0-rhel5.x86_64.rpm

Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]

   1:lin_taped              ########################################### [100%]

Starting lin_tape:

lin_tape loaded

2.1 Verifico instalación:

# rpm -qi lin_taped

Name        : lin_taped                         Relocations: (not relocatable)

Version     : 1.73.0                            Vendor: IBM

Release     : 1                                 Build Date: Tue 29 May 2012 06:57:55 PM UYT

Install Date: Thu 06 Sep 2012 11:43:36 AM UYT   Build Host: spoiler.storage.tucson.ibm.com

Group       : System Environment/Kernel         Source RPM: lin_taped-1.73.0-1.src.rpm

Size        : 171074                            License: Proprietary

Signature   : (none)

Packager    : IBM Tape SCSI Device Driver Development

Summary     : IBM Tape SCSI Device Driver Application/Daemon

Description :

The IBM Tape Device Driver product is a Linux device driver that

provides attachment for the IBM TotalStorage and System Storage

devices to Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.6 (Tikanga)

on x86_64 compatible platforms.

# rpm -qi lin_tape

Name        : lin_tape                          Relocations: (not relocatable)

Version     : 1.73.0                            Vendor: IBM

Release     : 1                                 Build Date: Fri 06 Jul 2012 01:40:35 PM UYT

Install Date: Fri 06 Jul 2012 01:41:13 PM UYT   Build Host: lnx-sgchistorico.ose-ad.winose.com.uy

Group       : System Environment/Kernel         Source RPM: lin_tape-1.73.0-1.src.rpm

Size        : 2273073                           License: GPL

Signature   : (none)

Packager    : IBM Tape SCSI Device Driver Development

Summary     : IBM Tape SCSI Device Driver for Linux

Description :

The IBM Tape Device Driver, lin_tape, product is a device driver

that provides attachment for the IBM TotalStorage and System

Storage tape devices to Linux compatible platforms.

3. ¿Tengo los tapes?

# cat /proc/scsi/IBMtape

lin_tape version: 1.73.0

lin_tape major number: 252

Attached Tape Devices:

Number  model       SN                HBA             SCSI            FO Path

0       ULT3580-TD4 1310243290        qla2xxx         3:0:4:0         NA

1       ULT3580-TD4 1310243276        qla2xxx         3:0:5:0         NA

2       ULT3580-TD4 1310243364        qla2xxx         3:0:6:0         NA

4. ¿Los tapes, donde andan?

$ ls -l /dev/IBM*

crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 252, 2048 Jul  6 13:41 /dev/IBMchanger0

crw-r--r-- 1 root root 252, 3071 Sep  6 11:43 /dev/IBMtape

crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 252,    0 Jul  6 13:41 /dev/IBMtape0

crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 252, 1024 Jul  6 13:41 /dev/IBMtape0n

crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 252,    1 Jul  6 13:41 /dev/IBMtape1

crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 252, 1025 Jul  6 13:41 /dev/IBMtape1n

crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 252,    2 Jul  6 13:41 /dev/IBMtape2

crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 252, 1026 Jul  6 13:41 /dev/IBMtape2n

5. Consultar al área Storage si lo puede usar los dispositivos

6. Configuración LANFree: Próximamente...

Referencias:

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=577&uid=ssg1S7002972

Descargas:

http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm~ST~Tapedevicedriversandsoftware&product=ibm/Storage_Tape/Tape+device+drivers&release=1.0&platform=Linux&function=all