Configuring and Using Backup Devices
Shared Devices in the SAN Environment
Chapter 248
This section describes how you can manually configure the library
robotics so that they can be used in a SAN environment.
• Manually configuring the devices
This section describes the steps that need to be performed to
configure the drives. It also explains when Lock Names and direct
access should be used.
• Manually configuring the libtab file
This section describes the purpose and usage of the libtab file.
Examples of libtab files are also provided.
• Simplified configuration using the SANconf tool
This section describes the SANconf tool, which simplifies
configuration on Windows, HP-UX, and Solaris systems in a SAN
environment.
Configuration Goals
The SAN environment can range from one host using a library to several
hosts using several libraries. The hosts can run on several operating
system platforms. In the example below, the SAN environment is made
up of the following systems:
• two Windows NT systems (the Windows NT system dupin is used as
the default host to control the library robotics)
• one Windows 2000 system
• one HP-UX 11.11 system
•one bridge
•one switch
• one library with 4 HP LTO Ultrium drives and 40 slots
