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Chapter 6 HPSS Configuration
402 September 2002 HPSS Installation Guide
Release 4.5, Revision 2
All locally attached magnetic disk devices (e.g., SCSI, SSA) should be configured using the
pathname of the raw device (i.e., character special file).
The configuration of the storage devices (and subsequently the Movers that control them) can have
a large impact on the performance of the system because of constraints imposed by a number of
factors (e.g., device channel bandwidth, network bandwidth, processor power).
Before proceeding with device and drive configuration associated with StorageTek, or IBM
robotics, refer to , Section 6.8.13.2: LTO PVR Information on page 387, Section 6.8.13.3: IBM
3494/3495 PVR Information on page 388, Section 6.8.13.4: StorageTek PVR and RAIT PVR
Information on page 389, or Section 6.8.13.5: ADIC Automatic Media Library Storage Systems
Information onpage 392 as appropriate. Thesesections provide additional vendor-specific advice on robot and
drive configuration.
A Device and Drive configuration entry can be created, updated and deleted only if the PVL and
the associated Mover are not running.
The Device and Drive configuration entry can be created using the Mover Device and PVL Drive
Configuration window. After the configuration entry is created, it can be viewed, updated, or
deleted through the same window.
Before configuring a new device, you must shutdown the PVL and the Mover that will manage the
device. If this will be a tape device, you must also shutdown the PVR that will manage the drive
(see Section 1.8: Shutting Down an HPSS Server on page 32 of the HPSS Management Guide for details
on shutting down HPSS servers).
From the HPSS Health and Status window (shown in Figure 6-1), click on the Admin menu, select
the Configure HPSS option and click on the Devices and Drives option. The HPSS Devices and
Drives window will be displayed as shown in Figure 6-42.