Creating a simulated tape library

Create a simulated tape library on a server on which the Remote Media Agent for Linux Servers is installed. You must create the simulated tape library on a hard disk or on a mounted volume.

See About the Tape Library Simulator Utility.

To create a simulated tape library

  1. At the Remote Media Agent, stop the Remote Agent for Linux or UNIX Servers daemon.

    See Stopping the Remote Agent for Linux or UNIX Servers daemon.

  2. Navigate to the following path that contains the Tape Library Simulator Utility:

    </opt/VRTSralus/bin>

    For example:

    cd /opt/VRTSralus/bin

  3. Start the mktls utility.

    For example:

    ./mktls

  4. Select Create a new simulated tape library, and then press Enter.

  5. Enter the appropriate information.

    See Simulated Tape Library options.

  6. Exit the utility.

  7. Restart the Remote Agent for Linux or UNIX Servers daemon.

    See Starting the Remote Agent for Linux or UNIX Servers daemon.

  8. On the media server, restart the Backup Exec services.

    See Starting and stopping Backup Exec services.

Creating a simulated tape library