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18 Tandberg LTO HH Installation and User Manual
5.2 SCO Open Server
5.2.1 Host Adapter
SCO OS includes a driver for most SCSI host adapters.
If you can not find the appropriate driver, please refer to the installation guide provided with the SCSI
interface adapter.
To install the host adapter:
1. Login as root.
2. Type the following command: MKDEV TAPE.
3. Select Install a SCSI Tape Drive.
4. Enter the prefix of the SCSI host adapter that supports this device.
(Typing h gives you a list of the supported SCSI host adapter)
5. Which SCSI host adapter supports this device?
If only one SCSI host adapter in installed select 0. If two SCSI host adapters of the same type are
installed, select 1
6. What is the target ID for this device? (2 is the Tandberg default SCSI-ID)
7. What is the LUN of this device? (Must be set to 0).
8. Update the SCSI Configuration?
Check first that the table on the screen is conformed to the Tape Drive configuration.
9. Press Return for the next three questions to use the default settings.
10. Select Tape Device Types. Choose 1 for Generic SCSI-1/SCSI-2 tape drive.
Note: The Kernel has to be rebuilt to reflect the new Hardware configuration, and a reboot is
mandatory before you can use your LTO tape drive.
For any questions related to this operating system or its embedded Backup applet, please refer to the
documentation provided on the SCO OS CD-ROM.
5.2.2 SCO Open Server System Commands
TAR, CPIO and DD allow simple backup, verify or restore operations to be performed.
Two different device drivers can be used:
• A Non Rewind device driver (used to perform append Backup)
• A Rewind device driver (used only to perform overwrite backup)
For a complete explanation on how to use the system commands, please refer to the SCO Open Server
documentation, or the online help. (MAN command).
Tar command examples:
tar cvf /dev/rStp0 /etc will perform the backup of the /etc directory
tar tvf /dev/rStp0 will read the data on the tape
tar xvf /dev/rStp0 will restore the data from the tape to the current directory tree