Tandberg Data SLRTAPEDRIVE - User manual

TANDBERG SLR
TAPE INFORMATION STORAGE SOLUTION
Installation and User's Guide
PC-BACKUP-SYSTEME
Installation und Benutzeranleitung
SOLUTION DE STOCKAGE DE DONNÉES
SUR BANDE MAGNÉTIQUE
Manuel d'installation et guide de l'utilisateur
SOLUCIÓN DE ALMACENAMIENTO DE DATOS
EN CINTA MAGNÉTICA
Manual de Instalación y Guía del Usuario
Part No. 43 18 55-07
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Drive Series Publ. No. Part. No. Title
Tandberg SLR 9048 43 05 08 Tandberg SLR Product Line Reference Manual
6028 42 26 86 Tandberg SLR Product Line Maintenance Manual
6047 42 30 42 Tandberg SLR Product Line SCSI-2 Interface Functional
9084 43 15 65
Specifications
Tandberg SLR Product Line - SLR5 4.0/8.0GB Product
9033 43 01 37
Verification Reports
Tandberg SLR Product Line - SLR4 (TDC 4220) Product
9031 43 04 44
Verification Reports
Tandberg SLR7,SLR24, SLR40, SLR50, SLR60, SLR75
9063 43 07 43
SLR100 and SLR140 Reference Manual
Tandberg SLR7, SLR24, SLR40, SLR50, SLR60, SLR75
9100 43 17 88
SLR100 and SLR140 - SCSI Interface Functional
Specifications
Tandberg SLR50 (MLR3) PVR Manual
9144 43 21 67 Tandberg SLR100, SLR60 and SLR40
9148 43 22 23
PVR Manual - Internal
Tandberg SLR24-100 PVR Manual - External
9149 43 22 22 Tandberg SLR2-5 PVR Manual - External
9156 42 22 46 Tandberg SLR24 and SLR50 PVR Manual - Internal
(VU2000)
9162 43 23 17 Tandberg SLR7 PVR Manual - Internal
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this publication.
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Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Solution Contents 3
Information 5
Tape Drive Naming Convention 5
Tape Drive Capacity 5
Tape Drive Performance 6
Media Specifications 6
Tape Format Compatibility 6
Data Compression 7
Tape Drive Installation 9
SCSI Controller Board Installation 9
SCSI Configuration 11
External SLR2 -SLR140: 12
SCSI-bus Termination - Internal Tape Drives 13
SCSI-bus Termination - External Tape Drives 15
Mounting the Internal Tape Drive 15
Mounting a Tabletop Tape Drive 19
Tape Drive Operation 21
How to Rewind a Data Cartridge 23
Software Installation 27
Windows NT 29
SCSI Host Adapter 29
Tape Driver 29
Windows NT 4.0 Tape Driver Installation 29
Backup Applications 31
Computer Associates ARCserveIT for Windows NT 32
Veritas Software Server CD-ROM 35
Legato Networker for Windows NT 39
Windows 2000 41
SCSI Host Adapter 41
Tape Driver 41
Windows 2000 Tape Driver Installation 41
Backup Applications 43
Novell NetWare 45
Host Adapter 45
Backup Applications 45
Veritas Software Server CD-ROM 49
Windows 95 51
Host Adapter 51
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Backup Applications 51
Veritas Software Desktop CDROM 52
Windows 98 Windows 98 2nd Edition 53
Host Adapter 53
Backup Applications 53
Veritas Software Desktop CD-ROM 54
SCO Open Server Release 5 55
Host Adapter 55
Backup Applications 57
SCO UnixWare 59
Host Adapter 59
Backup Applications 59
Sunsoft Solaris 61
Tape Drive Installation 61
Backup Applications 62
Apple Macintosh 65
Backup Applications 65
IBM RS/6000 67
Tape Drive Installation 67
Backup Applications 68
HP/UX 71
Tape Drive 71
Backup Applications 72
Linux 73
SCSI Host Adapter 73
Backup Applications 74
Tape Drive Utility Disk 77
Troubleshooting 79
Hardware Checking 79
Software Checking 79
Verifying Recent Changes 80
Correcting Intermittent Failures 80
Software Troubleshooting 80
Appendix 81
Regulatory Compliance Notices 81
Glossary of Terms 83
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Introduction
Congratulations on your new
Tandberg Data SLR tape storage
solution!
Total customer satisfaction is of the most importance to
Tandberg Data. We guarantee that this product left our
premises defect free. If you are not satisfied the quality of this
product, please contact your distributor, dealer or the nearest
Tandberg Data office to have your problem resolved quickly.
If you need technical support or have any problem with your
SLR tape storage solution, phone, fax and addresses can be
found on the back cover of this manual, ask for Customer
Services.
Tandberg Data ASA is a leading global supplier of advanced, tape-
based information data storage products for the professional
market. The company offers a wide range of products and
solutions for data protection and other user applications within
data storage management.
Tandberg Data supplies Travan NS™, SLR™and DLT™
branded tape drives and tape storage solutions to the world's
leading OEMs and through a worldwide channel sales network.
On the following pages, before the installation guide starts,
there is some brief information about the Tandberg Data SLR
tape storage solutions. Also listed is what is included with the
Tandberg Data product you have purchased.
All documentation referred to in this Product Line installation
guide, is available as a downloadable PDF file from the
Tandberg Data web site:
www.tandberg.com
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Solution Contents
Please Check the Package Contents
before Beginning the Installation!
For the Internal Solution:
·Internal Tandberg SLR tape drive (SLR2-140)
•Internal SCSI cable (with removable LVD/SE terminator for
Tandberg SLR24, SLR7, SLR40, SLR50, SLR60, SLR75,
SLR100 and SLR140)
·Data cartridge (1 or 5 depending on type of kit/solution)
·Cleaning cartridge (Tandberg SLR5, SLR24, SLR7,
SLR40, SLR50, SLR60, SLR75, SLR100 and SLR140)
·Application software
·Installation and User's Guide
·Warranty Card
For the Tabletop Solution:
·Tabletop Tandberg SLR tape drive with power cord
·External LVD/SE SCSI terminator (Tandberg SLR24,
SLR7, SLR40, SLR50, SLR60, SLR75, SLR100 and SLR140)
·External SCSI cable
·Data cartridge (1 or 5 depending on type of kit/solution)
·Cleaning cartridge (Tandberg SLR24, SLR7, SLR40,
SLR50, SLR60, SLR75, SLR100 and SLR140)
·Application software
·Installation and User's Guide
·Warranty Card
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NOTE:
See also our website: www.tandberg.com.
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Information
Tape Drive Naming Convention
The following table gives the equivalence between the original
tape drive name and their associated SLR naming.
Tandberg SLR2 Tandberg TDC 3820
Tandberg SLR3 Tandberg TDC 4120
Tandberg SLR4 Tandberg TDC 4220
Tandberg SLR4-DC Tandberg TDC 4222
Tandberg SLR5 NA
Tandberg SLR24 Tandberg SLR6
Tandberg SLR7 NA
Tandberg SLR40 NA
Tandberg SLR50 Tandberg MLR3
Tandberg SLR60 NA
Tandberg SLR75 NA
Tandberg SLR100 NA
Tandberg SLR140 NA
Tape Drive Capacity
Tandberg Data Tape Drive Model Capacity
Tandberg SLR2 (TDC 3820) 525 MB
Tandberg SLR3 (TDC 4120) 1.2GB
Tandberg SLR4 (TDC 4220) 2.5GB
Tandberg SLR4-DC (TDC 4222) 2.5GB/5.0*GB
Tandberg SLR5 (SLR5 4/8 GB) 4.0GB/8.0*GB
Tandberg SLR24 (SLR6 12/24 GB) 12GB/24*GB
Tandberg SLR7 20 GB/40GB*
Tandberg SLR40 20GB/40*GB
Tandberg SLR50 (MLR3 25/50 GB) 25GB/50*GB
Tandberg SLR60 30GB/60*GB
Tandberg SLR75 38 GB/75*GB
Tandberg SLR100 50GB/100*GB
Tandberg SLR140 70GB/140*GB
* Using 2:1 Hardware Compression
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Tandberg SLR Name Convention Previous Tape Drive Name
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Tape Drive Performance
Tandberg Data Tape Drive Model Per Minute Per Hour
Tandberg SLR2 525MB (TDC 3820) 12 MB/min 720 MB
Tandberg SLR3 1.2GB (TDC 4120) 18 MB/min 1.08 GB
Tandberg SLR4 2.5GB (TDC 4220) 18 MB/min 1.08 GB
Tandberg SLR4-DC 5GB (TDC 4222) 18/36* MB/min 2.16 GB
Tandberg SLR5 (SLR5 4/8 GB) 24/48* MB/min 2.88 GB
Tandberg SLR24 (SLR6 12/24 GB) 72/144* MB/min 8.64 GB
Tandberg SLR7 180/360* MB/min 21.6 GB
Tandberg SLR40 180/360* MB/min 21.6 GB
Tandberg SLR50 (MLR3 25/50 GB) 120/240* MB/min 14.4 GB
Tandberg SLR60 240/480* MB/min 28.8 GB
Tandberg SLR75 240/480* MB/min 28.8 GB
Tandberg SLR100 300/600* MB/min 36.0 GB
Tandberg SLR140 360/720* MB/min 43.2 GB
* Using 2:1 Hardware Compression
Media Specifications
DC 6250 or equivalent 1020 250
DC 6525 or equivalent 1020 525
MAGNUS 1.2 or equivalent 950 1200
MAGNUS 2.5 or equivalent 1200 2500
SLR5 8GB * 1500 4000
SLRtape24 24 GB * 1130 12 000
SLRtape7 40 GB* 1545 20 000
SLRtape40 40 GB* 600 20 000
SLRtape50 50 GB * 1515 25 000
SLRtape60 60 GB* 900 30 000
SLRtape75 75 GB* 1150 38 000
SLRtape100 100 GB* 1500 50 000
SLRtape140 140 GB* 1670 70 000
* Using 2:1 Hardware Compression
Tape Format Compatibility
Tape Native Tape Drive Compatibility
Drive Media Type SLR140 SLR100 SLR75 SLR60 SLR50 SLR40 SLR7 SLR32 SLR24 SLR5 SLR
4
SLR3 SLR2
SLR140 SLRtape140 R/W
SLR100 SLRtape100 RR/W
SLR75 RR/W R/W
SLR60 SLRtape60 RR/W R/W R/W
SLR50 SLRtape50 RR/W R/W R/W R/W
SLR40 SLRtape40 RR/W R/W R/W -R/W
SLR7 SLRTape7 RR* RR* -R* R/W
SLR32 SLR32,
MLR1-26GB,
Accuscribe 13GB
R R R R/W R - R/W
SLR24 SLRtape24 R R R R/W R - R/W R/W
SLR5 SLR5 R R R R R R/W RR/W
SLR4 Magnus 2.5,
Magnus 2.0,
DC 92xx, QD 92xx
R R R R/W RRW R/W
SLR3 Magnus 1.2,
Magnus 1.0,
DC 91xx, QD 91xx
R/W R/W R/W
SLR2 DC6525, DC6320 R/W R/W R/W R/W
SLR1 DC6250, DC6150 R/W R/W R/W
R à Read only
R/W à Read and Write compatible
*SLR7 read capability available in F/W 04.30 or greater
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