- Sun Storage Virtual Tape Library VTL User Guide

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CHAPTER
5
InstallingtheVTLconsole
TheVirtualTapeLibraryconsoleapplicationcanbeinstalledonafullrangeof
operatingplatforms.Inmostcases,aSunservicerepr esentat iveinstallstheconsole
ononecustomer‐providedserveraspartoftheinitialdeployment.Customerscan
installasmanyadditionalinstancesasrequiredonothermachines.Note,however,
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thatnomorethan two(2)instancesoftheconsolecanaccessthesameVTLserverat
thesametim e.
Toinstalltheconsole,followthe instructionsfortheselectedhosttype:
■ “Forinformationonthetext‐based,VTLcomm a ndlineuserinterface,see
Appendix A,“VTLcommand linereference”onpage 169.”onpage 143
■ “InstallingtheconsoleonLinuxplatforms” onpage 144
■ “InstallingtheconsoleonMicrosoft Windowsplatforms ”onpage 144.
Note – Forinformationonthetext‐based,VTLcommandlineuserinterface,see
Appendix A,“VTLcommand linereference”onpage 169.
▼ Installingthe cons oleonSolaris platforms
OnSolarissystems,youinstalltheconsoleusingtheprocedurebelow.
1. Logintothehostastheroot user.
2. UsingSecureFileTran sferProtocol(sftp),downloadtheinstallationfilestothe
client.
Forx86platforms,selectthe i386 package:
ForSPARCplatforms,selectthe sparc pac kag e:
% sftp vtladmin@appliance_IP-address
sftp> get /software/Solaris/vtlconsole-n.nn-n.nnn.i386.pkg
% sftp vtladmin@appliance_IP-address
sftp> get /software/Solaris/vtlconsole-n.nn-n.nnn.sparc.pkg