Configuring Solaris SAN clients to recognize FT media servers
NetBackup SAN clients use tape drivers and SCSI pass-through methods for Fibre Transport traffic to NetBackup FT media servers. The media server FT devices appear as ARCHIVE Python tape devices during SCSI inquiry on the SAN client. However, they are not tape devices and do not appear as tape devices in NetBackup device discovery.
Veritas owns the ARCHIVE brand name and Python product name. Therefore, st.conf file changes to ARCHIVE Python do not affect an existing tape drive product.
Table: Configuring SAN clients to recognize FT media servers is an overview of procedures to configure the Solaris operating system so that it recognizes the NetBackup FT devices on the NetBackup media servers.
Table: Configuring SAN clients to recognize FT media servers
Step | Task | Procedure |
|---|---|---|
1 | Add the Fibre Transport device entry to the st.conf file | |
2 | Modify the st.conf file so that Solaris discovers devices on two LUNS | See Modifying the st.conf file so that Solaris discovers devices on two LUNS. |