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pylej
Level 4
15 years ago

ACLS SL8500 configuration

Hi Guys,

I am tring to make sense on how to add a SL8500 robot which currently uses ACLS software to Netbackup. Has anyone done this before? Any help is appreciated. What are some of the big differences between adding this type of robot and any other robot with drives. The way I understand it so far, it that the ACLS software controls all media movements and Netbackup is like a client to this software. But when I actually configure it in NBU what would be some differences, I would think you add it as a Storage group as per normal.

Thank you
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  • Nicolai's avatar
    Nicolai
    15 years ago
    The drive you have added, does it ever go in "ACS" status (see below)  ?

    Please check :
    • Does the master/media server have multiple network cards ?. If yes, you need to set ACS_SSI_HOSTNAME = { IP of NIC to use} in vm.conf
    •  
    • Any firewall involved ?. If yes, you need to configure ACSLS for firewall compliant operating.
    Can you possible post the messages file from the Solaris box with any relevant ACSD/ACSssi messages. This will help a lot.

    Drv Type   Control  User      Label  RecMID  ExtMID  Ready   Wr.Enbl.  ReqId
  1 hcart3   ACS               Yes   503146  503146   Yes     Yes        0
  2 hcart3   ACS               Yes   500437  500437   Yes     Yes        0
  3 hcart3   ACS               Yes   500199  500199   Yes     Yes        0
 14 hcart    ACS                -                     No       -         0
 15 hcart    ACS               Yes   600560  600560   Yes     Yes        0
 16 hcart    ACS                -                     No       -         0
 17 hcart    ACS                -                     No       -         0

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  • Limey's avatar
    Limey
    Level 2
    15 years ago
    There is a StorageTec interface component that should be installed to allow ACSLS control over the SL8500, you'll register the tape drive serial numbers in Netbackup, and then you can create storage groups etc as normal!
  • David_McMullin's avatar
    David_McMullin
    Level 6
    15 years ago
    I have this same setup.

    After you set up the robot and the acsls, and map all your drives to your media servers...

    Before you scan, you should be able to use sgscan tape or scan -tape to see your drives at the OS level of your media servers, and tpautoconf -t should show them as well.

    When you scan using the wizard, you can select your hosts and tell them you have an ACS robot, this will bring up a screen asking for the server name of the acsls once you add that it should scan and find all your drives.

    Cleaning is done from the ACSLS, it cleans the drives automagically, you just need to monitor them and load fresh ones when they are used up.

    Please get the acsls manual and read it, there are some nice commands available that will help you with tape and drive issues like manually mounting/dismounting tapes.



  • pylej's avatar
    pylej
    Level 4
    15 years ago
    Hi Guys,

    I have been using the Device Config guide, but not really getting anywhere. I am able to do a scan and it see the drives. The problem is with the robot. I selected it as a ACS type robot, and it seem to find it however, after the scann it says Unusable.

    Any ideas specifically related to robotics between netbackup and a acls sl8500 robot?

    Thank you
    Jim
  • Nicolai's avatar
    Nicolai
    Moderator
    15 years ago
    Does acstest work ?.

    # acstest -r {ACSLS  server} -C qserver

    I don't think the wizard work with API controlled robots like the SL8500. The wizard work only with TLD controlled robots (as far as I can recall). I always configure my SL8500 manual.
  • pylej's avatar
    pylej
    Level 4
    15 years ago
    Hi Nicolai,

    acstest does not work. I have been able to start the process manuelly acsssi etc, but still no luck. Is there any special lincesing required for NBU to operate with a ACLS server?

    I also used tpconfig and adding a the robot manuelly, but that seems to be no good, because NBU it not able to mount any tapes. So it is not working properly.

    Thanks for everyones help and ideas with this.

  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    Level 6
    15 years ago
    You did not mention the O/S of your Master/Media server(s)?
    If Windows - have you installed STK LibAttach software?
    The acsd and acsssi processes can only start once you have added drives in NBU.
    Have you managed to map ACS drive locations to correct O/S device names? Once you have completed the mapping it is quite easy to use the GUI or tpconfig to add drives.

  • pylej's avatar
    pylej
    Level 4
    15 years ago
    Hi Marianne,

    It is Solaris 10 box. I have the drives added, no problem. But when I kick off a job it is not communicating properly with the ACLS server(Robot control) to get a tape to mount.

    Any ideas?

    Thank you
  • Nicolai's avatar
    Nicolai
    Moderator
    15 years ago
    The drive you have added, does it ever go in "ACS" status (see below)  ?

    Please check :
    • Does the master/media server have multiple network cards ?. If yes, you need to set ACS_SSI_HOSTNAME = { IP of NIC to use} in vm.conf
    •  
    • Any firewall involved ?. If yes, you need to configure ACSLS for firewall compliant operating.
    Can you possible post the messages file from the Solaris box with any relevant ACSD/ACSssi messages. This will help a lot.

    Drv Type   Control  User      Label  RecMID  ExtMID  Ready   Wr.Enbl.  ReqId
  1 hcart3   ACS               Yes   503146  503146   Yes     Yes        0
  2 hcart3   ACS               Yes   500437  500437   Yes     Yes        0
  3 hcart3   ACS               Yes   500199  500199   Yes     Yes        0
 14 hcart    ACS                -                     No       -         0
 15 hcart    ACS               Yes   600560  600560   Yes     Yes        0
 16 hcart    ACS                -                     No       -         0
 17 hcart    ACS                -                     No       -         0