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DellPowerVault™TL4000/TL2000FailoverGuide

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1|Page 12/31/09 version 2.0

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Alwaysrefertowww.dell.com\supportforlatestdocumentationandupdates

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DellPowerVault™TL4000/TL2000FailoverConfigurationGuide

Thisdocumentdescribesthefailoverfeature,outlinesthesupportedfailoverconfigurationsfortheDell

PowerVault™

TL4000andTL2000productsandprovidesinstructionsforconfiguringthelibrary,drives,

andhostserverforfailover.

PleasenotethesupportedconfigurationsarecloselyrelatedtotheLTOdrivegenerationandformfactor

installedinthetapelibrary.PleasereferDellPowerVault™supportedFailoverconfigurationmatrixtable

1and2

Contents

WhatisFailover?........................................................................................................................................... 2

DellPowerVault™TL2000/TL4000ConfigurationSupportmatrix ............................................................... 2

BasicEnvironmentConfigurationRequirements.......................................................................................... 3

FailoverSupportConfigurationDetails......................................................................................................... 4

ConfigurationSamples.................................................................................................................................. 4

LT05SpecificRequirementsForFailoverSupport ......................................................................................11

Heterogeneousvalidatedconfigurations ................................................................................................... 13

ConfiguringyourEnvironmenttoSupportFailover.................................................................................... 15

DellPowerVault™TL2000/TL4000LibraryFailoverSetup.......................................................................... 16

TaketheLibraryOffline............................................................................................................................... 16

UpgradeLibraryandDriveFirmwaretotheLatestVersion .......................................................................16

BackupHostControlPathFailoverSetup ................................................................................................... 18

BackupApplicationSetupandSupport ......................................................................................................18

FailoverConfigurationVerification............................................................................................................. 20

FailoverTestProcedure ..............................................................................................................................20

FailoverPerformanceconsiderations ......................................................................................................... 21

AppendixA‐Recoveringfromafailoverevent .......................................................................................... 22

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