4.1 Installation Steps

Before beginning installation make sure you have all your SCSI devices which will be controlled by the archive system available. An easy way to ensure you have all the devices visible is to use the utility 'lsscsi'. This utility may be used to show a quick list of all SCSI devices present on the system.

 

You can install it if it is not already installed by this command:

 

# sudo apt install lsscsi

Once installed it can show all devices by simply executing

# sudo lsscsi

This will output a report similar the example given below

 

[1:0:0:0]    cd/dvd   VBOX     CD-ROM           1.0    /dev/sr0

[2:0:0:0]    disk     ATA      VBOX HARDDISK    1.0    /dev/sda

[3:0:0:0]    tape     IBM      ULT3580-TD5      H991   /dev/st0 

[4:0:0:0]    tape     IBM      ULT3580-TD5      H991   /dev/st2 

[5:0:0:0]    tape     IBM      ULT3580-TD5      H991   /dev/st1 

[6:0:0:0]    mediumx SPECTRA  PYTHON           2000   /dev/sch0

[7:0:0:0]    tape     IBM      ULT3580-TD5      H991   /dev/st3 

 

*Note this system has a robot

 

mediumx SPECTRA  PYTHON           2000   /dev/sch0

 

And 4 LTO5 drives

 

tape    IBM       ULT3580-TD5      H991  /dev/st0

 

You should ensure that a similar system is attached and configured before proceeding with the installation.

 

The installation can be performed across as many systems as required, only one system should be configured with the database. All other systems should simply connect to this first server.

 

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  1. Download the SFS Media .deb package directly to a directory on the SFS node, or use another workstation to download the .deb package and use SCP to transfer to the SFS node
  2. Use ‘cd’ to change directory to the location of the SFS .deb package
  3. Install the .deb package using dpkg: sudo dpkg -i sfs-<version>.deb
  4. Use ‘cd’ to change directory to the location of the SFS setup files: cd /usr/share/SFS/Setup
  5. Run the SFS Setup: sudo ./setup.sh