Quantum DAT 160 Verweisanleitung

Installing a DLT, SDLT, VS, LTO, or DAT Tape Drive Into a Linux Operating System

6464215-01, Rev B

January 2006

mtx Tape Library Tool

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All the matching initializations are collected in the order they are defined in 

the 

stinit.def

 file. This means that you can define global parameters that apply 

to all devices by placing them before all tape device definitions in 

stinit.def.

 For 

an example, see 

# Global Keywords and Values

 in

mtx Tape Library Tool

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 is a tape library media management tool. This section shows you how to 

determine if 

 is installed and how to install it.  

The use of 

 is beyond the scope of this document.

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To verify 

 is installed, execute the following command:

# rpm -qa mtx

This command returns the name of the package followed by a version 

number (for example, RHEL2.1 returns 

mtx-1.2.13-1

).

If no information is returned, mtx is not installed on the system. To install 

mtx, see 

block[size]=value

 

The tape block size can be set to value bytes. Quantum 

recommends using the default block[size] = 0, 

signifying variable block mode.   

comp[ression]=
value

 

Compression of the data by the drive is enabled if 

 

does not equal zero. 

 

Note that the tape driver cannot 

enable compression for all drives that can compress 

data. Some drives define compression using density 

codes. Quantum does not use density codes and 

requires compression to be enabled. 
The compression default setting is determined by 

stinit.def. If stinit.def is not found, compression defaults 

to ON.

is not included in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0. If you 

are running RHEL 3.0, you will not be able to use the 

 module.