HP Ultrium tape drives Q1538-90925 - Manual (Page 9)

HP Ultrium drives technical reference manual, volume 5: UNIX configuration guide 9
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1 Introduction
Purpose of this manual
This manual provides basic information on configuring the drives with various operating systems.
See the top-level release notes that accompany the drive for expected functionality and features.
Ultrium drives are supported on the following platforms:
• HP UNIX systems (HP-UX) ( Chapter 2 )
• HP Alpha UNIX ( Chapter 3 )
• IBM (AIX) ( Chapter 4 )
• Linux ( Chapter 5 )
• Sun Systems, Solaris 8, 9, 10 ( Chapter 6 )
For platforms not mentioned here, contact HP because there may be new connectivity details
available that arrived after the release notes were published.
See
Chapter 7 for details of how to verify the installation.
Ultrium drives in a library
Although Ultrium drives may also be used in a library, instructions about installing device drivers for
automatic robotics are not included in this manual.
Backup applications
For optimum performance it is important to use a backup application that supports the drive’s
features within your system’s configuration. See the Getting Started Guide for more information
about usage models.
The following applications are suitable for use within an Enterprise environment and have been
tested with Ultrium drives. They use the operating system’s standard, built-in device drivers, as
described in this manual. For further information about optimizing performance and making full use
of the drive’s functions, contact the software manufacturer or HP.
1. Cell Manager is only available on HP-UX or Windows
2. Redhat Server only (not Caldera, SUSE, and so on)
HP-UX AIX Sun, Solaris Linux
HP Omniback 1 yes yes yes yes
Legato Networker yes yes yes yes
Veritas NetBackup yes yes yes yes 2