PowerScale OneFS 9.8.0.0 Backup and Recovery Guide

Configure a tape library

With IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM), you must configure a tape library that contains the tape devices for backup and restore operations.

1. Create a TSM node by running the following command:

   register node <node-name> <admin-password> userid=admin domain=STANDARD type=NAS

   The following command creates a TSM node called node001:

   register node node001 password123 userid=admin domain=STANDARD type=NAS

2. Define a data mover for the node you want to back up data from by running the following command:

   define datamover <datamover_name> type=NAS hladdress=<backup_accelerator_ip_address> lladdress=<ndmp_port> userid=<ndmp_username> password=<ndmp_password> dataformat=ndmpdump

   The following command defines a data mover for node001:

   define datamover node001 type=NAS hladdress=10.13.17.117 lladdress=10000 userid=ndmp password=ndmppw dataformat=ndmpdump

3. Define a tape library by running the following command:

   def libr <library-name> libtype=scsi

   The following command defines a tape library called ISILIB:

   def libr ISILIB  libtype=scsi autolabel=overwrite shared=no serial=autodetect

4. Define the path for the data mover by running the following command:

   define path <data_mover_name> <tape_library> srctype=datamover desttype=library device=<backup_accelerator_library_name>

   Specify device as the name of the device entry for the tape library on the PowerScale cluster.

   The following command defines a path for the data mover created in step 2.

   define path node001 ISILIB srctype=datamover desttype=library device=mc005

5. Define drives for the tape library by running the following command:

   define drive <tape_library> <backup_accelerator_tape_drive> serial=autodetect online=yes element=<tape_element_address>

   The following commands defines four tape drives and configures TSM to automatically detect the addresses of the tape drives.

   define drive ISILIB tape015 serial=autodetect online=yes element=256
   define drive ISILIB tape016 serial=autodetect online=yes element=257
   define drive ISILIB tape017 serial=autodetect online=yes element=258
   define drive ISILIB tape018 serial=autodetect online=yes element=259

6. Define paths for tape drives by running the following command:

   define path <data_mover_name> <path_name> srctype=datamover desttype=drive libr=<tape_library> device=<backup_accelerator_tape_drive>

   The following commands define paths for the tape drives defined in the previous step:

   define path node001 tape015 srctype=datamover desttype=drive libr=ISILIB device=tape015
   define path node001 tape016 srctype=datamover desttype=drive libr=ISILIB device=tape016
   define path node001 tape017 srctype=datamover desttype=drive libr=ISILIB device=tape017
   define path node001 tape018 srctype=datamover desttype=drive libr=ISILIB device=tape018

7. Label the tape media by running the following command:

   label libvol <tape_library> voll=<tape_media_label>

   The following commands create labels for the tape media in the tape library:

   label libvol ISILIB voll=C90000LA search=yes overwrite=yes labelsource=barcode checkin=scratch
   label libvol ISILIB voll=C90001LA search=yes overwrite=yes labelsource=barcode checkin=scratch
   label libvol ISILIB voll=C90002LA search=yes overwrite=yes labelsource=barcode checkin=scratch
   label libvol ISILIB voll=C90003LA search=yes overwrite=yes labelsource=barcode checkin=scratch

8. Verify that the tape library has been configured accurately by performing the following steps:
   1. Verify that the tapes are online by running the following command:

      query tape libr=<tape_library>

   2. Query the tape media by running the following command:

      query libvol libr=<tape_library>

   3. Query the path configured to ensure that it is accurate:

      query path <data_mover_name>

   4. Audit the tape library by running the following command:

      audit library <lib_name>