Backup host control path failover setup, Backup application setup and support – Dell PowerVault TL4000 User Manual

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Dell PowerVault^*^ TL4000/TL2000 Failover Guide

The library validates the entered license key and provides a "Failover Enabled" message

upon successful completion. In the event you enter the wrong license key, the library

returns a "Key Not Validated" failure message.

1. Navigate to Configure Path Failover
2. Press the SELECT button to highlight the first digit of the 12-digit license key.

3. Use the UP and DOWN buttons to select each digit.
4. Press the SELECT button to move to the next digit.
5. After entering the final digit, press the DOWN button and select one of the following:
- Save - to apply your settings
- Cancel - to delete your settings

Configure the Dell PowerVauir
drives

TL2000/TL4000 control path in the secondary

By default, the library has only one control path via drive 1 in the library regardless of the number

of drives installed. In order to configure control path failover, you must enable the control path

in the drive settings for the secondary drive Please refer to the Dell PowerVault™ TL2000 Tape

Library and TL4000 Tape Library User's Guide for instructions on enabling control path. Enabled

control path for all additional drives in the library

Bring the Library Back Offline

Please refer to the Dell PowerVault™ TL2000 Tape Library and TL4000 Tape Library User's Guide

for instructions on bringing the library back online.

Backup Host Control Path Failover Setup

The host system must have Microsoft Windows 2003, 2008 Or 2008 R2 (32- or 64-bit). You must install

the Dell PowerVault™ TL4000 device driver on your backup host system. The Dell PowerVault™

TL2000/TL4000 driver can be downloaded from http://support.dell.com. Please follow the installation

Instructions included in the driver package.

Verify the OS sees the library. There will be a drives listed in the Device Manager for each physical

connection to the drive(s)

Backup Application Setup and Support

CommVault is the only backup application that currently supports failover. Install the backup

application; please refer to your CommVault documentation for installation instructions

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*lmportant Note: Ensure your CommVault installation install has all the updates required for LT05 tape

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