Veritas NetBackup™ Device Configuration Guide
- Introducing device configuration
- Section I. Operating systems
- Linux
- Before you begin on Linux
- About the required Linux SCSI drivers
- Verifying the Linux drivers
- About configuring robot and drive control for Linux
- Verifying the device configuration on Linux
- About SAN clients on Linux
- About SCSI persistent bindings for Linux
- About Emulex HBAs
- Utilities to test SCSI devices
- Linux command summary
- Solaris
- Before you begin on Solaris
- About the NetBackup sg driver
- Determining if the NetBackup sg driver is installed
- Special configuration for the StorEdge Network Foundation HBA driver
- About binding Fibre Channel HBA drivers
- Configuring Solaris 10 x86 for multiple drive paths
- Installing/reinstalling the sg and the st drivers
- Configuring 6 GB and larger SAS HBAs in Solaris
- Preventing Solaris driver unloading
- About Solaris robotic controls
- About Solaris tape drive device files
- Configuring Solaris SAN clients to recognize FT media servers
- Uninstalling the sg driver on Solaris
- Solaris command summary
- Windows
- Linux
- Section II. Robotic storage devices
- Robot overview
- Oracle StorageTek ACSLS robots
- About Oracle StorageTek ACSLS robots
- Sample ACSLS configurations
- Media requests for an ACS robot
- About configuring ACS drives
- Configuring shared ACS drives
- Adding tapes to ACS robots
- About removing tapes from ACS robots
- Robot inventory operations on ACS robots
- NetBackup robotic control, communication, and logging
- ACS robotic test utility
- Changing your ACS robotic configuration
- ACS configurations supported
- Oracle StorageTek ACSLS firewall configuration
- Device configuration examples
Sample ACSLS configurations
The sample ACSLS configurations show the following:
A typical UNIX ACSLS configuration.
A typical Windows ACSLS configuration.
The major components in typical configurations.
The following figure shows a typical UNIX ACSLS configuration.
The following figure shows a typical Windows ACSLS configuration.
The following table describes the components of the ACSLS configuration.
Table: ACSLS configuration component description
Component | Description |
|---|---|
NetBackup media server | Specifies a host that has NetBackup media server software and is a client to the ACS library software host. The NetBackup ACS robotic daemon (acsd) formulates requests for mounts, unmounts, and inventories. An API then uses IPC communication to routes these requests to:
|
Oracle StorageTek LibAttach Service Windows computers only | Specifies that Library Attach for Windows, an ACS library software client application, enables Windows servers to use the StorageTek Nearline enterprise storage libraries. LibAttach provides the connection between Windows and ACS library software through a TCP/IP network. Obtain the appropriate LibAttach software from Oracle. See the Veritas support Web site for the latest compatibility information. |
Receives the robotic requests from NetBackup and uses the Library Management Unit to find and mount or unmount the correct cartridge on media management requests. On compatible host platforms, you may be able to configure ACS library software and NetBackup media server software on the same host. | |
Provides the interface between the ACS library software and the robot. A single LMU can control multiple ACSLS robots. | |
Contains the robot, drives, or media. | |
Specifies that the NetBackup media server connects to the drives through device drivers and a control unit (tape controller). The control unit may have an interface to multiple drives. Some control units also allow multiple hosts to share these drives. Most drives do not require a separate control unit. In these cases, the media server connects directly to the drives. | |
CAP | Specifies the Cartridge Access Port. |