How to install the virtual tape library mhvtl in ubuntu

The project needs to use a tape library. first, install a virtual tape library mhvtl to simulate the installation. The following describes the installation steps. For more information, see Ubuntu.

1 download source code

From website.

2. ensure kernel version consistency

Make sure that your kernel development kit and the kernel running on your system are in the same version, because mhvtl has a kernel module that will compile it, if the kernel development kit is not the same version as the kernel running on your system, the kernel module in mhvtl cannot be loaded, although you can use include/linux/vermagic in the source code. modify VERMAGIC_STRING in h to be consistent with the current PC kernel uname-r, but it is not recommended.

3. decompress the source code

Tar xvfz mhvtl-2013-10-20.tgz

4 install four packages lsscsi, sg3_utils, liblzo2-dev, and can be directly installed with apt-get install command

Apt-get lsscsi sg3_utils liblzo2-dev
The liblzo2-dev package is not installed. the lzo/lzoconf. h file is not found when mhvtl is compiled.

5. create mhvtl groups and users

/Usr/sbin/groupadd -- system vtl

/Usr/sbin/useradd -- system-c "Vitrual Tape Library"-d/opt/vtl-g vtl-m vtl

6. Compile the kernel module

Cd mhvtl-2013-10-20/kernel

Make

Make install

7. compile user space code

Cd mhvtl-2013-10-20

Make

Make install

8. modify the directory owner of/opt/mhvtl and/etc/mhvtl.

Chown-R vtl: vtl/opt/mhvtl

Chown-R vtl: vtl/etc/mhvtl

/Etc/mhvtl is the configuration file path,/opt/mhvtl is the virtual tape library storage path

9 start the mhvtl daemon

/Etc/init. d/mhvtl start

10. view the status of the Virtual Tape Library

Lsscsi-g

We can see that our virtual device is mounted on HBA #6. the mediumx type device is a robotic arm. In this example,/dev/sg13,/dev/sg14.

Run the command maid status