HP LTFS Linear Tape File System user guide
HP LTFS Linear Tape File System user guide
HP LTFS Linear Tape File System user guide
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2 Linux: Installation and configuration<br />
When using <strong>HP</strong> <strong>LTFS</strong> with <strong>HP</strong> LTO-5 tape drives, the following components are required:<br />
• A drive firmware revision that supports dual partitioning. <strong>HP</strong> <strong>LTFS</strong> will check and tell you if<br />
your tape drive needs updating. <strong>HP</strong> L&TT should be used if a firmware update is required.<br />
• The software package that contains the “run-time” executable, this can be found at http://<br />
www.hp.com/go/<strong>LTFS</strong><br />
• The FUSE kernel module<br />
NOTE:<br />
<strong>HP</strong> L&TT can be downloaded from http://www.hp.com/support/tapetools.<br />
Downloading and installing <strong>HP</strong> <strong>LTFS</strong> (precompiled binaries))<br />
1. Before starting to install and use <strong>HP</strong> <strong>LTFS</strong>, you must ensure that the FUSE kernel module is<br />
present and loaded.<br />
To check, execute the following command:<br />
$ lsmod | grep fuse<br />
• If the module is not listed as currently loaded, you must load it before proceeding:<br />
$ modprobe fuse<br />
• If the module is not present on your system, you must first obtain and install it. Details of<br />
how to do this are beyond the scope of this document; refer to http://fuse.sourceforge.net/<br />
for further information.<br />
2. Determine whether you want to use precompiled binaries or build your own version of the <strong>HP</strong><br />
<strong>LTFS</strong> application.<br />
To build your own, download and unpack the file <strong>HP</strong><strong>LTFS</strong>_SOURCE.tar.gz then follow the<br />
instructions in ltfs-1.2.0/doc/BUILDING.linux.<br />
IMPORTANT:<br />
Currently, <strong>HP</strong> only supports installations using the precompiled binaries.<br />
3. To use precompiled binaries, download the appropriate Binaries file and unpack it:<br />
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Download <strong>HP</strong><strong>LTFS</strong>_BINARIES_RHEL5.tar.gz<br />
• SuSE Enterprise Linux (SLES): Download <strong>HP</strong><strong>LTFS</strong>_BINARIES_SLES11.tar.gz<br />
For example on a Linux RHEL5.4 or later system:<br />
$ gunzip <strong>HP</strong><strong>LTFS</strong>_BINARIES_RHEL5.tar.gz<br />
$ tar xvf <strong>HP</strong><strong>LTFS</strong>_BINARIES_RHEL5.tar and select the appropriate file for your<br />
installation:<br />
<strong>HP</strong><strong>LTFS</strong>_BINARIES_RHEL5.tar.gz contains the following files:<br />
• <strong>HP</strong><strong>LTFS</strong>_BINARIES_RHEL5.4_x86.tar.gz (for x86 32-bit installations)<br />
• <strong>HP</strong><strong>LTFS</strong>_BINARIES_RHEL5.4_x64.tar.gz (for x64 64-bit installations)<br />
NOTE: Although the file name for the first two files includes RHEL5.4, the executables<br />
have been tested by <strong>HP</strong> and verified for correct operation on versions up to and including<br />
RHEL 6.0.<br />
• README.txt (general usage info)<br />
• INSTALLING.txt (prerequisites and how-to install)<br />
• COPYING.lib (LGPL v2.1 required licensing text)<br />
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