RHEL 8.x Spectrum Protect Configure Tape, Define the class and storage pool creation

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1. Tape installation files are

   lin_tape-3.0.59-1.src.rpm

   lin_taped-3.0.59-rhel8.ppc64le.rpm

2. Rebuild the src rpm

   rpmbuild --rebuild lin_tape-3.0.59-1.src.rpm

3. Install the rpm files

   rpm -ivh /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/ppc64le/lin_tape-3.0.59-1.ppc64le.rpm
   rpm -ivh lin_taped-3.0.59-rhel8.ppc64le.rpm

4. Get the below details

   cd /proc/scsi
   cat IBMchanger
   cat IBMtape

Configure the tape device

1. Configure the device

   dsmadmc
   > DEFINE LIBRARY TS4300 LIBTYPE=SCSI SERIAL=AUTODETECT SHARED=YES AUTOLABEL=NO RESETDRIVE=NO
   > DEFINE PATH GPBKPSRV TS4300 SRCTYPE=SERVER DESTTYPE=LIBRARY DEVICE=/dev/IBMchanger0 ONLINE=YES
   > DEFINE DRIVE TS4300 TAPE0 ELEMENT=autodetect ONLINE=Yes SERIAL=AUTODETECT
   > DEFINE PATH GPBKPSRV TAPE0 SRCTYPE=SERVER DESTTYPE=DRIVE LIBRARY=TS4300 DEVICE=/dev/IBMtape0 ONLINE=YES

Define the Device class

1. Define the Device class

   > DEFINE DEVCLASS LTOCLASS DEVTYPE=LTO FORMAT=DRIVE MOUNTLIMIT=DRIVES MOUNTWAIT=60 MOUNTRETENTION=10 PREFIX=ADSM LIBRARY=TS4300 WORM=NO DRIVEENCRYPTION=ALLOW

2. Set the dbrecovery password

   > set dbrecovery ltoclass password=admin123

Storage pool creation for tape

1. Storage pool creation for tape

   DEFINE STGPOOL <pool-name> LTOCLASS pooltype=PRIMARY description="description for the storage pool" maxscratch=999 collocate=no
   EX:
   DEFINE STGPOOL NONPRDWKLYLTOPOOL LTOCLASS pooltype=PRIMARY description="Storage pool for Weekly NON Production filesystem backup" maxscratch=999 collocate=no

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