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5.5 IBM AIX
5.5.1 Tape Drive Installation
To install any of the Tandberg LTO HH tape drives on IBM AIX, the smit utility must be used.
1. Be sure the SCSI-ID of the tape drive is not used in the SCSI Sub-System.
2. Install the LTO HH tape drive.
3. Login as root.
4. Run smit devices.
5. Select Tape Drive.
6. Follow the instructions on the screen.
For improved performance on LTO HH, the default block size should be set to 0 and the density to
default LTO type :
1. Run smit devices.
2. Select Change/Show characteristics of a tape drive.
3. Select the tape driver you want to modify.
4. Set the BLOCK size to 0
5. You can set the density codes that the LTO HH support by enter the value of 66 & 64 (0x42 for
LTO2 and 0x40 for LTO1) in the field DENSITY setting #1 & #2 respectively.
5.5.2 IBM AIX System Command
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)
Please refer to the IBM AIX documentation for more information.
Tar command examples:
tar cvf /dev/rmt0 /etc performs the backup of the /etc directory
tar tvf /dev/rmt0 reads the data on the tape
tar xvf /dev/rmt 0 restores the data from the tape to the current directory tree
5.5.3 IBM AIX Storage Manager
This application is part of the operating system. Install as follows:
1. Open the System Administrator window.