HP LTFS Linear Tape File System v1.2.
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Version: 1.2.0 Description This document outlines the functional changes and defect fixes for the HP Linear Tape File System (HP LTFS) software introduced between build version 1.1.0 and 1.2.0. Update recommendation Supersedes Recommended Version 1.1.0 Devices supported All HP Ultrium LTO-5 SAS standalone tape drives and media and newer generations. NOTE: Automation drives are not supported. Operating systems HP LTFS supports: • RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.
• • • • • • tional option is to flush every time a file is closed (sync_type=close). To keep the same behavior as previous releases, use sync_type=unmount. See the LTFS User Guide for more information.
Installation instructions (using precompiled binaries) Linux systems NOTE: To build LTFS from source, download and unpack the file HPLTFS_SOURCE.tar.gz then follow the instructions in ltfs-1.2.0/doc/BUILDING. Note that further software packages will be needed as described in the BUILDING.linux file; these may be installed from your normal installation media. IMPORTANT: Currently, HP only supports installations using the precompiled binaries. 1.
. On some systems, trying to execute the ltfs command may result in an error message of the form libltfs.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory. To resolve this, it is necessary to tell the linker/loader how to locate the required dynamic library files. There are several ways of doing this: a. Add /usr/local/lib/ to the environment variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH b. Or (As root) Add /usr/local/lib/ to the file /etc/ld.so.conf, and then execute /sbin/ ldconfig.
