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1 Introduction
2 Prerequisites
3 Configuration
4 Troubleshooting
- 4.1 Adding Media Fails
5 Further Links/Literature

Introduction

RDX is a solution based on changeable Hard Disks as well as Solid State Drives for storing big amounts of backup data. It uses SATA for connecting the changeable media in the drive and the USB port with external drive or SATA with internal drive for the connection to the computer. WORM media (write once read multiple) are also available.

Prerequisites

SEP sesam Server Version >= 4.0.2.13

Configuration

Creating a new Drive Group

It's recommended to create new Drive-Group to which RDX Drive will be added. To do this go to "Components -> Drives" and create a new drive group called "RDX" with the "New Group" Button:

Linux

Device configuration

Before you can configure the RDX Drive on Linux, you have to check which device Name is used for the RDX Drive. If you attach the RDX Drive to the Linux-System, most distributions will automatically mount it (e.g. in /media).

If this is not the case, please check via the "dmesg" command which device is used for the RDX Drive (usually /dev/sdXY).

It is absolutely necessary that each time you change the RDX drive it is detected with the same Device Name - this can be done with a so-called UDEV rule.

It is also recommended to format the inserted "RDX Tapes" with a common Linux File System (ext3/reiserfs/xfs).

Adding a new drive on Linux Systems

The drive on Linux systems is added with the following options:

Drive: As shown in this screenshot:

Options:

After adding the drive, continue with the general steps.

Windows

Adding a New Drive on Windows Systems

After the drive group has been created, continue by adding a new drive to the group. To do this, select the drive group and click the "New Drive" button. The drive should have the following settings:

Drive:

Options:

As shown in this screenshot:

General Steps for both Windows and Linux

Creating a new Media Pool

After successfully creating a drive, switch to "Components -> Media pools" and create a new media pool as shown in this screenshot:

(Optional) Create a new Media Type

Please check in "Configuration -> Media Types" whether if a media type DISK-RESERVE_1GB exists, as shown in this screenshot:

If not, please create it with the following options:

Add Media to the Media Pool

After these steps are done it is now time to add your first RDX media to the media pool. In "Components -> Media pools" select the created media pool "RDX-Pool" and click the "New Media" button.

Add the RDX Drive currently inserted with the following options:

Repeat this step for all your RDX changeable media.

Troubleshooting

Adding Media Fails

If you are unable to add media, please check the "Day Protocol" of the SEP sesam Server for possible errors.

Further Links/Literature

Retrieved from "http://wiki.sepsoftware.com/wiki/index.php/How_to_configure_RDX_Drives"

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