Dear all,
Could anyone please tell me how to install TAPE Library for backup purpose in RHEL 5.2?

Plug it in, turn it on? You should be able to manipulate the tapes pretty much right away, for example with mt and mtx.

- Arch

Not without some decent information. What kind of tape library? Hooked to what interface (SCSI? Fiber Channel?)? Using what kind of backup software and library management?

In your case, it would be best to contact your library manufacturer, and get the drivers from them, and follow their load procedures. Then go to your backup software provider, and configure the library.

You're paying for support from them, along with RedHat. Use it.

Well TBone

Tape library: Dell TL2000
OS : RHEL 5.2 64 bit

Well my Tape Library is connected through the fiber channel but it shows as SCSI???
Kindly suggest me some thing.. M much new on Linux Servers
there are some outputs of commands

$ vi /proc/scsi/scsi
Attached devices:
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 32 Lun: 00
Vendor: DP Model: BACKPLANE Rev: 1.06
Type: Enclosure ANSI SCSI revision: 05
Host: scsi0 Channel: 02 Id: 00 Lun: 00
Vendor: DELL Model: PERC 6/i Rev: 1.11
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 05
Host: scsi0 Channel: 02 Id: 01 Lun: 00
Vendor: DELL Model: PERC 6/i Rev: 1.11
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 05
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
Vendor: DGC Model: RAID 5 Rev: 0326
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 04
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 01
Vendor: DGC Model: RAID 5 Rev: 0326
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 04
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 02
Vendor: DGC Model: RAID 5 Rev: 0326
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 04
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 03
Vendor: DGC Model: RAID 5 Rev: 0326
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 04
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 04
Vendor: DGC Model: RAID 5 Rev: 0326
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 04
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 05
Vendor: DGC Model: RAID 1 Rev: 0326
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 04
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 06
Vendor: DGC Model: RAID 5 Rev: 0326
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 04
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 00
Vendor: DGC Model: RAID 5 Rev: 0326
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 04
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 01
Vendor: DGC Model: RAID 5 Rev: 0326
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 04
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 02
Vendor: DGC Model: RAID 5 Rev: 0326
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 04
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 03
Vendor: DGC Model: RAID 5 Rev: 0326
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 04
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 04
Vendor: DGC Model: RAID 5 Rev: 0326
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 04
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 05
Vendor: DGC Model: RAID 1 Rev: 0326
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 04



$cd /dev/tape/by-id
$ll

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Mar 4 18:19 scsi-1IBM_3573-TL_00X2U78F0305_LL0 -> ../../sg34

$ ll /dev
brw-r----- 1 root disk 65, 160 Mar 4 18:19 sdaa
brw-r----- 1 root disk 65, 161 Mar 4 18:19 sdaa1
brw-r----- 1 root disk 65, 165 Mar 4 18:19 sdaa5
brw-r----- 1 root disk 65, 176 Mar 4 18:19 sdab
brw-r----- 1 root disk 65, 177 Mar 4 18:19 sdab1
brw-r----- 1 root disk 65, 181 Mar 4 18:19 sdab5
brw-r----- 1 root disk 65, 192 Mar 4 18:19 sdac
brw-r----- 1 root disk 65, 193 Mar 4 18:19 sdac1
brw-r----- 1 root disk 65, 197 Mar 4 18:19 sdac5
brw-r----- 1 root disk 65, 198 Mar 4 18:19 sdac6
brw-r----- 1 root disk 65, 208 Mar 4 18:19 sdad
brw-r----- 1 root disk 65, 209 Mar 4 18:19 sdad1
brw-r----- 1 root disk 65, 213 Mar 4 18:19 sdad5
brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 16 Mar 4 18:19 sdb
brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 17 Mar 4 18:19 sdb1
brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 32 Mar 4 18:19 sdc
brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 33 Mar 4 18:19 sdc1
brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 37 Mar 4 18:19 sdc5
brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 48 Mar 4 18:19 sdd
brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 49 Mar 4 18:19 sdd1
brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 53 Mar 4 18:19 sdd5
brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 64 Mar 4 18:19 sde
brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 65 Mar 4 18:19 sde1
brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 69 Mar 4 18:19 sde5
brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 80 Mar 4 18:19 sdf
brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 81 Mar 4 18:19 sdf1
brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 85 Mar 4 18:19 sdf5
brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 96 Mar 4 18:19 sdg
brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 97 Mar 4 18:19 sdg1
brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 101 Mar 4 18:19 sdg5
brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 112 Mar 4 18:19 sdh
brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 113 Mar 4 18:19 sdh1
brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 117 Mar 4 18:19 sdh5
brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 118 Mar 4 18:19 sdh6
brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 128 Mar 4 18:19 sdi
brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 129 Mar 4 18:19 sdi1
brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 133 Mar 4 18:19 sdi5
brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 144 Mar 4 18:19 sdj
brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 145 Mar 4 18:19 sdj1
brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 149 Mar 4 18:19 sdj5
brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 160 Mar 4 18:19 sdk
brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 161 Mar 4 18:19 sdk1
brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 165 Mar 4 18:19 sdk5
brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 176 Mar 4 18:19 sdl
brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 177 Mar 4 18:19 sdl1
brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 181 Mar 4 18:19 sdl5
brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 192 Mar 4 18:19 sdm
brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 193 Mar 4 18:19 sdm1
brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 197 Mar 4 18:19 sdm5
brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 208 Mar 4 18:19 sdn
brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 209 Mar 4 18:19 sdn1
brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 213 Mar 4 18:19 sdn5
brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 224 Mar 4 18:19 sdo
brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 225 Mar 4 18:19 sdo1
brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 229 Mar 4 18:19 sdo5
brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 230 Mar 4 18:19 sdo6
brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 240 Mar 4 18:19 sdp
brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 241 Mar 4 18:19 sdp1
brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 245 Mar 4 18:19 sdp5
brw-r----- 1 root disk 65, 0 Mar 4 18:19 sdq
brw-r----- 1 root disk 65, 1 Mar 4 18:19 sdq1
brw-r----- 1 root disk 65, 5 Mar 4 18:19 sdq5
brw-r----- 1 root disk 65, 16 Mar 4 18:19 sdr
brw-r----- 1 root disk 65, 17 Mar 4 18:19 sdr1
brw-r----- 1 root disk 65, 21 Mar 4 18:19 sdr5
brw-r----- 1 root disk 65, 32 Mar 4 18:19 sds
brw-r----- 1 root disk 65, 33 Mar 4 18:19 sds1
brw-r----- 1 root disk 65, 37 Mar 4 18:19 sds5
brw-r----- 1 root disk 65, 48 Mar 4 18:19 sdt
brw-r----- 1 root disk 65, 49 Mar 4 18:19 sdt1
brw-r----- 1 root disk 65, 53 Mar 4 18:19 sdt5
brw-r----- 1 root disk 65, 64 Mar 4 18:19 sdu
brw-r----- 1 root disk 65, 65 Mar 4 18:19 sdu1
brw-r----- 1 root disk 65, 69 Mar 4 18:19 sdu5
brw-r----- 1 root disk 65, 80 Mar 4 18:19 sdv
brw-r----- 1 root disk 65, 81 Mar 4 18:19 sdv1
brw-r----- 1 root disk 65, 85 Mar 4 18:19 sdv5
brw-r----- 1 root disk 65, 86 Mar 4 18:19 sdv6
brw-r----- 1 root disk 65, 96 Mar 4 18:19 sdw
brw-r----- 1 root disk 65, 97 Mar 4 18:19 sdw1
brw-r----- 1 root disk 65, 101 Mar 4 18:19 sdw5
brw-r----- 1 root disk 65, 112 Mar 4 18:19 sdx
brw-r----- 1 root disk 65, 113 Mar 4 18:19 sdx1
brw-r----- 1 root disk 65, 117 Mar 4 18:19 sdx5
brw-r----- 1 root disk 65, 128 Mar 4 18:19 sdy
brw-r----- 1 root disk 65, 129 Mar 4 18:19 sdy1
brw-r----- 1 root disk 65, 133 Mar 4 18:19 sdy5
brw-r----- 1 root disk 65, 144 Mar 4 18:19 sdz
brw-r----- 1 root disk 65, 145 Mar 4 18:19 sdz1
brw-r----- 1 root disk 65, 149 Mar 4 18:19 sdz5
crw------- 1 root root 21, 0 Mar 4 18:19 sg0
crw------- 1 root root 21, 1 Mar 4 18:19 sg1
crw------- 1 root root 21, 10 Mar 4 18:19 sg10
crw------- 1 root root 21, 11 Mar 4 18:19 sg11
crw------- 1 root root 21, 12 Mar 4 18:19 sg12
crw------- 1 root root 21, 13 Mar 4 18:19 sg13
crw------- 1 root root 21, 14 Mar 4 18:19 sg14
crw------- 1 root root 21, 15 Mar 4 18:19 sg15
crw------- 1 root root 21, 16 Mar 4 18:19 sg16
crw------- 1 root root 21, 17 Mar 4 18:19 sg17
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 21, 18 Mar 4 18:19 sg18
crw------- 1 root root 21, 19 Mar 4 18:19 sg19
crw------- 1 root root 21, 2 Mar 4 18:19 sg2
crw------- 1 root root 21, 20 Mar 4 18:19 sg20
crw------- 1 root root 21, 21 Mar 4 18:19 sg21
crw------- 1 root root 21, 22 Mar 4 18:19 sg22
crw------- 1 root root 21, 23 Mar 4 18:19 sg23
crw------- 1 root root 21, 24 Mar 4 18:19 sg24
crw------- 1 root root 21, 25 Mar 4 18:19 sg25
crw------- 1 root root 21, 26 Mar 4 18:19 sg26
crw------- 1 root root 21, 27 Mar 4 18:19 sg27
crw------- 1 root root 21, 28 Mar 4 18:19 sg28
crw------- 1 root root 21, 29 Mar 4 18:19 sg29
crw------- 1 root root 21, 3 Mar 4 18:19 sg3
crw------- 1 root root 21, 30 Mar 4 18:19 sg30
crw------- 1 root root 21, 31 Mar 4 18:19 sg31
crw------- 1 root root 21, 32 Mar 4 18:19 sg32
crw------- 1 root root 21, 33 Mar 4 18:19 sg33
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 21, 34 Mar 4 18:19 sg34
crw------- 1 root root 21, 4 Mar 4 18:19 sg4
crw------- 1 root root 21, 5 Mar 4 18:19 sg5
crw------- 1 root root 21, 6 Mar 4 18:19 sg6
crw------- 1 root root 21, 7 Mar 4 18:19 sg7
crw------- 1 root root 21, 8 Mar 4 18:19 sg8
crw------- 1 root root 21, 9 Mar 4 18:19 sg9
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 60 Apr 20 17:19 shm
crw------- 1 root root 10, 231 Mar 4 18:19 snapshot
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 9, 0 Mar 4 18:19 st0
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 9, 96 Mar 4 18:19 st0a
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 9, 32 Mar 4 18:19 st0l
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 9, 64 Mar 4 18:19 st0m
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 9, 1 Mar 4 18:19 st1
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 9, 97 Mar 4 18:19 st1a
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 9, 33 Mar 4 18:19 st1l
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 9, 65 Mar 4 18:19 st1m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Mar 4 18:19 stderr -> /proc/self/fd/2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Mar 4 18:19 stdin -> /proc/self/fd/0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Mar 4 18:19 stdout -> /proc/self/fd/1
crw------- 1 root root 4, 0 Mar 4 18:19 systty
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 60 Mar 4 18:19 tape
crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 5, 0 Apr 14 17:13 tty
crw-rw---- 1 root root 4, 0 Mar 4 18:19 tty0
crw------- 1 root root 4, 1 Mar 4 18:20 tty1
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 10 Mar 4 18:19 tty10
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 11 Mar 4 18:19 tty11
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 12 Mar 4 18:19 tty12
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 13 Mar 4 18:19 tty13
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 14 Mar 4 18:19 tty14
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 15 Mar 4 18:19 tty15
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 16 Mar 4 18:19 tty16
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 17 Mar 4 18:19 tty17
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 18 Mar 4 18:19 tty18
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 19 Mar 4 18:19 tty19
crw------- 1 root root 4, 2 Mar 4 18:20 tty2
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 20 Mar 4 18:19 tty20
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 21 Mar 4 18:19 tty21
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 22 Mar 4 18:19 tty22
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 23 Mar 4 18:19 tty23
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 24 Mar 4 18:19 tty24
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 25 Mar 4 18:19 tty25
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 26 Mar 4 18:19 tty26
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 27 Mar 4 18:19 tty27
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 28 Mar 4 18:19 tty28
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 29 Mar 4 18:19 tty29
crw------- 1 root root 4, 3 Mar 4 18:20 tty3
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 30 Mar 4 18:19 tty30
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 31 Mar 4 18:19 tty31
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 32 Mar 4 18:19 tty32
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 33 Mar 4 18:19 tty33
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 34 Mar 4 18:19 tty34
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 35 Mar 4 18:19 tty35
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 36 Mar 4 18:19 tty36
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 37 Mar 4 18:19 tty37
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 38 Mar 4 18:19 tty38
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 39 Mar 4 18:19 tty39
crw------- 1 root root 4, 4 Mar 4 18:20 tty4
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 40 Mar 4 18:19 tty40
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 41 Mar 4 18:19 tty41
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 42 Mar 4 18:19 tty42
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 43 Mar 4 18:19 tty43
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 44 Mar 4 18:19 tty44
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 45 Mar 4 18:19 tty45
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 46 Mar 4 18:19 tty46
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 47 Mar 4 18:19 tty47
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 48 Mar 4 18:19 tty48
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 49 Mar 4 18:19 tty49
crw------- 1 root root 4, 5 Mar 4 18:20 tty5
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 50 Mar 4 18:19 tty50
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 51 Mar 4 18:19 tty51
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 52 Mar 4 18:19 tty52
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 53 Mar 4 18:19 tty53
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 54 Mar 4 18:19 tty54
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 55 Mar 4 18:19 tty55
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 56 Mar 4 18:19 tty56
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 57 Mar 4 18:19 tty57
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 58 Mar 4 18:19 tty58
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 59 Mar 4 18:19 tty59
crw------- 1 root root 4, 6 Mar 4 18:20 tty6
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 60 Mar 4 18:19 tty60
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 61 Mar 4 18:19 tty61
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 62 Mar 4 18:19 tty62
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 63 Mar 4 18:19 tty63
crw-rw---- 1 root root 4, 7 Mar 4 18:19 tty7
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 8 Mar 4 18:19 tty8
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 9 Mar 4 18:19 tty9
crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 64 Mar 4 18:19 ttyS0
crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 65 Mar 4 18:19 ttyS1
crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 66 Mar 4 18:19 ttyS2
crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 67 Mar 4 18:19 ttyS3
cr--r--r-- 1 root root 1, 9 Mar 4 18:19 urandom
crw------- 1 root root 442, 0 Mar 4 18:19 usbdev1.1_ep00
crw------- 1 root root 442, 0 Mar 4 18:19 usbdev1.1_ep81
crw------- 1 root root 442, 2 Mar 4 18:19 usbdev1.3_ep00
crw------- 1 root root 442, 2 Mar 4 18:19 usbdev1.3_ep81
crw------- 1 root root 442, 3 Mar 4 18:19 usbdev1.4_ep00
crw------- 1 root root 442, 3 Mar 4 18:19 usbdev1.4_ep81
crw------- 1 root root 442, 2048 Mar 4 18:19 usbdev2.1_ep00
crw------- 1 root root 442, 2048 Mar 4 18:19 usbdev2.1_ep81
crw------- 1 root root 442, 4096 Mar 4 18:19 usbdev3.1_ep00
crw------- 1 root root 442, 4096 Mar 4 18:19 usbdev3.1_ep81
crw------- 1 root root 442, 4097 Mar 4 18:19 usbdev3.2_ep00
crw------- 1 root root 442, 4097 Mar 4 18:19 usbdev3.2_ep81
crw------- 1 root root 442, 4097 Mar 4 18:19 usbdev3.2_ep82
crw------- 1 root root 442, 6144 Mar 4 18:19 usbdev4.1_ep00
crw------- 1 root root 442, 6144 Mar 4 18:19 usbdev4.1_ep81
crw------- 1 root root 442, 8192 Mar 4 18:19 usbdev5.1_ep00
crw------- 1 root root 442, 8192 Mar 4 18:19 usbdev5.1_ep81
crw------- 1 vcsa tty 7, 0 Mar 4 18:19 vcs
crw------- 1 vcsa tty 7, 1 Mar 4 18:20 vcs1
crw------- 1 vcsa tty 7, 2 Mar 4 18:20 vcs2
crw------- 1 vcsa tty 7, 3 Mar 4 18:20 vcs3
crw------- 1 vcsa tty 7, 4 Mar 4 18:20 vcs4
crw------- 1 vcsa tty 7, 5 Mar 4 18:20 vcs5
crw------- 1 vcsa tty 7, 6 Mar 4 18:20 vcs6
crw------- 1 vcsa tty 7, 7 Mar 4 18:20 vcs7
crw------- 1 vcsa tty 7, 128 Mar 4 18:19 vcsa
crw------- 1 vcsa tty 7, 129 Mar 4 18:20 vcsa1
crw------- 1 vcsa tty 7, 130 Mar 4 18:20 vcsa2
crw------- 1 vcsa tty 7, 131 Mar 4 18:20 vcsa3
crw------- 1 vcsa tty 7, 132 Mar 4 18:20 vcsa4
crw------- 1 vcsa tty 7, 133 Mar 4 18:20 vcsa5
crw------- 1 vcsa tty 7, 134 Mar 4 18:20 vcsa6
crw------- 1 vcsa tty 7, 135 Mar 4 18:20 vcsa7
drwx------ 2 root root 60 Mar 4 18:19 VolGroup00
drwx------ 2 root root 80 Mar 4 18:19 VolGroup01
drwx------ 2 root root 60 Mar 4 18:19 VolGroup02
drwx------ 2 root root 60 Mar 4 18:19 VolGroup03
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Mar 4 18:19 X0R -> null
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 5 Mar 4 18:19 zero

I did "suggest you" something, did you read my post??

1. Contact the tape library manufacturer, and get the drivers from them. They will have installation instructions....read them and follow them.

2. Contact the manufacturer of your backup software, to find out how to integrate the library with your software.

3. Contact RedHat support if you have further questions, since you're paying for support from all three of these parties.