Fujitsu BS2000 SE Series Operating Manual page 76

Hide thumbs Also See for BS2000 SE Series:
Table of Contents

Advertisement

Additive Components
Generally most settings are valid for both logical devices.
In the OCP menu
Configuration > Library Settings
are passed. This setting is important when a drive (or cable) fails:
When the master drive fails, the robot can no longer be controlled (and the device consequently quits Random
Mode).
When the other drive fails, the first logical device can be used again. However, here it must be borne in mind that
the next time the tape emulation is assigned (
recognized and therefore performs no partitioning. The cartridges of the second device are therefore also
available to what was originally the first device, which under some circumstances can lead to unwanted results. If
the tape library is switched on and detects the defect or the absence of a drive, it automatically switches over the
library master drive. In this case, too, the tape library is displayed to BS2000 as a non-partitioned device
following the next assignment (
i
Note the following in the case of a tape library with two drives in Sequential Mode:
Logical partitioning of the tape drive takes place in X2000 without it being stored in the tape library. In
Sequential Mode only the first drive is used. When a cartridge is ejected, the next cartridge from the next
highest slot is automatically loaded. In this case the logical partitioning limits of X2000 are not complied
with. When the BS2000 command
change of tape, these special features must be borne in mind. You are therefore recommended to insert
cartridges in Sequential Mode only "manually" via OCP or to insert and swap the RMU. As options such
as
Autoload
and
mode.
Cleaning the drives
LTO drives do not need to be cleaned regularly; they request a cleaning tape when one is required.
The tape library recognizes manual cleaning mode and automatic cleaning mode.To ensure BS2000 operates
problem-free, you must set automatic cleaning mode:
> Insert a cleaning cartridge in mailslot 3.
> Enable automatic cleaning mode with
/ATTACH-DEVICE
/UNLOAD-TAPE
Loop
are global within the device, you are recommended not to enable these in BS2000
Auto Clean
you set the drive (
Master Drive
command) the second device cannot be
/ATTACH-DEVICE
command).
is used or in the case of backup operations with a
.
) via which the library commands
76

Advertisement

Table of Contents
loading

Table of Contents