HP StorageWorks DAT SAS Tape Drives User Guide (DW092-90918, June 2010)
Table Of Contents
- DAT SAS Tape Drives
- Table of Contents
- About this guide
- 1 Before you start
- 2 Drivers and backup software
- 3 Installing an internal DAT tape drive
- 4 Installing an external SAS tape drive
- 5 Verify installation
- 6 Operating your tape drive
- 7 Use the correct media
- 8 Using HP OBDR
- 9 Diagnostic Tools and Performance
- 10 Troubleshooting
- 11 Replacing an internal tape drive
- A Connecting an external tape drive to an internal SAS port
- Index
Index
A
audience, 9
B
backup software
encryption, 20
supported, 20
buttons
Unload, 48
C
cables, 14
cabling options
connect external drive by recabling internal
SAS port ,
connect external drive to external SAS port,
38
connect external drive to spare internal SAS
port on host HBA, 72
connect to new HBA, 28
connect to spare SAS port on host HBA, 29,
31
external drives to external SAS port, 37
internal drive, 27
replace cable to SAS port ,
cartridge life, 54
cartridges
See
best use of, 54
cleaning, 53
compatibility with backup application, 49
compatibility with tape drive, 50
encryption, 50
handling, 54
inserting, 47
jammed, 67
loading, 47
not accepted, 67
power off, 48
problems, 65
removing, 48
unloading, 47
write protecting, 52
CD-ROM, 16
cleaning cartridges, 53
compatibility
backup software, 20
connect external drive to existing HBA
recabling internal SAS port, 75
spare internal SAS port, 72
connect external drive to new HBA
external SAS port, 38
connect to existing HBA
recable SAS port, 31
spare SAS port, 29
connect to new HBA, 28
connecting SAS cables
external drive, 37, 71
internal drive, 27
conventions
document, 9
text symbols, 10
D
DAT 160 cartridges, 49
DAT 320 cartridges, 49
DAT tape drive
front view, 13
LEDs, 44
loading, 47
models supported, 13
power on, 43, 44
powering off, 48
unloading, 47
diagnostic tools
L&TT, 61
performance assessment, 63
disaster recovery
See OBDR
document
conventions, 9
related documentation, 9
documentation
HP website, 9
providing feedback, 11
drive
operating, 43, 44
DAT SAS Tape Drives 81