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Submit comments about thi s document at: glsfs@sun.com Sun Microsystems, In c. www.sun.com Virtual Tape Library VTL User Guide Part No. 9626 7 May 2008, Revision G ...
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96267 • G iii Revision History Short Name Part # Revision Date Comments VTL User Guide 96267 Nov 2006 Base document supplied by the vendor . A Jan 2007 Major revision. B Mar 2007 Published. EC 131376. C Aug 2007 Major revision. D Nov 2007 Minor revision. E Feb 2008 Major revision to cover VTL Plus 2.0 F Mar 2008 Major revision to the commandline ...
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96267 • G v Contents About this book xi 1. Introduction: VTL appliances and enterprise data ‐ protection 1 Features 2 Advantages of VTL tape virtualization 4 Shorter runtimes and reduced dependency on backup windows 4 Shorter run times for non ‐ sequential bac ...
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vi VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 2. Understanding VTL Zoning 15 Zoning for standard ‐ av ailability systems 15 Zoning for high ‐ av ailability systems 16 3. Us ing the VTL console 19 Running the VTL console application 20 Populating the console 20 Understanding th ...
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96267 • G Contents vii Copying tapes 104 Moving tapes between virtual and physical libraries 107 Managing tape caching 120 Creating and viewing reports 1 23 Encrypting and shredding data 127 Working with the Event Log 135 Using the Attention Required tab 1 ...
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viii VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 Get client properties 175 Assign virtual device 175 Unassign virtual device 176 Create virtual device 1 77 Delete virtual device 177 Get supported virtual libraries 1 78 Get supported virtual driv es 179 Create virtual tape libra ...
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96267 • G Contents ix Get import/ex port job status 198 Resume import/export jobs 199 Delete import/export jobs 200 Suspend import/export jobs 200 Cancel import/export jobs 200 Replication 201 Create a replica 201 Promote a replica 203 Remove replication 2 03 Suspend replication ...
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x VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 Server throughput report 215 SCSI channel throughput report 2 16 Device throughput report 217 Physical resources configuration report 2 18 Disk usage report 218 Physical resources allocation re port 219 Specific physical resource alloca ...
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96267 • G xi About this book This book introduces tape virtualization and gui des you through the administration of Sun StorageT ek Vir t u a l Ta p e Library (VTL) solutions, including VTL Plus 2.0 and VTL Va l u e systems. It ...
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xii VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 When the setup process branches, the task ends with c onditional alternativ es: Next task: ■ If the customer does not plan to run the management console from a host on the local area n ...
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96267 • G About this book xiii Understanding the conventions used in this book The table below illustrates the conv entions that represent literal and va r i a b l e va l u e s , commands, and property name s in this book. Obtaining the latest ...
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96267 • G 1 CHAPTER 1 Introduction: VTL appliances and enterprise data ‐ protection Sun StorageT ek Vi r tu a l T a p e Library (VTL) technology makes the benefits of disk ‐ to ‐ disk ‐ to ‐ tape architecture available to co mplex backup environments ...
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Features 2 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 Features The Sun StorageT ek VTL soluti on has the followin g features: ■ Emulation of most widely used tape libraries, drives, and media types, including the latest Sun StorageT ek T10000 ‐ series ? ...
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Features 96267 • G Chapter 1 Introduction: VTL appliances and enterpr ise data-protection 3 The Shred featur e insures military standard, secure data destru ction by overwriting virtual tape with random bit patterns. Data destructi on jobs are queued so th ...
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Advantages of VTL tape virtualization 4 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 Adv antages of VTL tape virtualization Adding Sun StorageT ek Vi r t ua l T a p e Library appliances to an existing tape ‐ based backup architecture can thus realize the follow ing adv ...
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Advantages of VTL tape virtualization 96267 • G Chapter 1 Introduction: VTL appliances and enterpr ise data-protection 5 Shorter run times for non ‐ sequential backup jobs Disk ‐ based VTL systems reduce run time when storage operations are poorly matched to the o ...
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Advantages of VTL tape virtualization 6 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 that produce intermittent or non ‐ sequential I/O, such as incrementals and backups of wor k stati ons, are copied to tape only after they have been backed up to di ...
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Advantages of VTL tape virtualization 96267 • G Chapter 1 Introduction: VTL appliances and enterpr ise data-protection 7 Operating systems and backup applications that currently interact with a physical library via ACSLS continue to use ACSLS when accessi ng VTL v ...
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Key VTL features and options 8 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 Key VTL features and options ■ “NDMP migrati on” on page 8 ■ “VTL high ‐ av ai lability option” on page 9 ■ “A u t o m a t e d Ta p e Caching” on page 12 ■ “Vi rtual tape replica tion” ...
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Key VTL features and options 96267 • G Chapter 1 Introduction: VTL appliances and enterpr ise data-protection 9 controls NDMP agent softw ar e on the filer ( D below). This agen t software copies data from the filer over the SAN to virtual tape vo lu m es ...
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Key VTL features and options 10 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 includ ing the device in question, the failure is local to the primary , an d the secondary initiates failov er . If the secondary cannot access devices, the outage is global ...
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Key VTL features and options 96267 • G Chapter 1 Introduction: VTL appliances and enterprise data-protection 11 Storage path failover In a standard ‐ availabili ty VTL system, there is one logica l path from a VTL client to VTL storage, and every Fibre Chann ...
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Key VTL features and options 12 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 Automated Ta p e Caching The Automated Ta p e Caching option presents backup appl ications with virtual tape vol u me s that are physically implemented on disk, tape, or both . This ...
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Key VTL features and options 96267 • G Chapter 1 Introduction: VTL appliances and enterprise data-protection 13 Auto Replication The Auto Replication option copies virtual tapes from a virtual library to another VTL server whenever a backup application or utility ...
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Key VTL features and options 14 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 Remote Copy Remote Copy copies a single virtual tape to another serv er on demand. VTL Secure Ta p e encryption option The VTL Secure Ta p e option uses the Ad vanced Encryption ...
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96267 • G 15 CHAPTER 2 Understanding VTL Zoning Zoning is the crucial first step when integrating a storage system, suc h as the VTL appliance, in to a Fibre Channel storage area netw ork (SAN). While specific zoning recommendations ...
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16 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 Zoning for high ‐ av ailability systems Zoning a high ‐ ava ilability system is slightly more complex than zoning a standard system, due to the need for redundant paths between initiators and targe t ...
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96267 • G Chapter 2 Understanding VTL Zoning 17 Po r t zoning (hard zoning) A hard ‐ zoned SAN maps initiator to target using a physical port address. This port ‐ to ‐ port zoning establishes a fixed, physical rout e through the SAN. So, ...
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18 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 During failover , the standby port becomes active by spoofing the WWPN of the failed port. The figure below represent s a hard ‐ zoned SAN after VTL failover: SAN clients include backup applica ...
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96267 • G 19 CHAPTER 3 Using the VTL console The Vi r tu a l Ta p e Library console applicatio n is the graphica l user interface that yo u use when administering and managing the VTL system. The console provides you with full c ...
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Running the VTL console application 20 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 Running the VTL console application ▼ Launching the VTL console 1. T o launch the console on a Sun Solaris worksta tion, open a terminal window and enter the command shown ? ...
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Populating the console 96267 • G Chapter 3 Using the VTL console 21 1. Fro m the console main menu , select Tools ( A be low), then selec t Discover VTL Servers from the submenu ( B ). 2. When the Discover Virtual Tape Library Server dialog ap pears, enter the sub ...
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Understanding the VTL console interface 22 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 3. When the VTL User Login dialog appears, ente r the VTL Server host name or IP address ( C above) and the User Name , and Password ( D ), and press OK ( E ). Stop here. ...
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Understanding the VTL console interface 96267 • G Chapter 3 Using the VTL console 23 Once you have logged in to the serv er , clicking on the plus ( + ) symbol next to the icon expands the serv er branch of the interface, rev ealing the sub ...
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Understanding the VTL console interface 24 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 Vi r t u a l Ta p e Library System The Virtual Tape Library System branch of the object tree is the primary management tool for routine VTL operations. Right ‐ clicking on the s ...
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Understanding the VTL console interface 96267 • G Chapter 3 Using the VTL console 25 The Virtual Vault branch lists the virtual tapes that are currently being stored outside the virtual tape libraries, in barcode order . Vi r t u a l tapes in the vau l ...
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Understanding the VTL console interface 26 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 ■ virtual tape and library information ■ job status By right ‐ clicking on this branch, you can select and generate reports. Physical Resources The Physical Resources branch of the ...
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96267 • G 27 CHAPTER 4 VTL operations This chapt er covers routine configura tion, administration, and management of server nodes, virtual tape libraries, drives, and tapes, including: ■ “Managing netw ork connectivity” on page 27 ■ “Managing vir ...
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Managing network connectivity 28 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 ▼ Configuring local area netw ork connections 1. In the Network Configuration property sh eet, ente r the Domain name ( A below). Check the Append suffix t o DNS lookup check box ( B ) if the ...
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Managing network connectivity 96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 29 5. When the IP Address Configuration property sheet appears, click the Static radio button ( F below). 6. Click the Edit button ( G above), and enter the IP address that the customer p ...
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Managing network connectivity 30 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 Note the Enable SSH , Enable FTP , and Allow root to login in telnet session check boxes. While ssh is enabled by default, ftp and remote login by root are disabled for security reasons ...
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Managing network connectivity 96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 31 3. When prompted to restart the network and server , press Yes ( C below). 4. Log back in to th e server to con tinue working. Stop here. ▼ Obtaining SAN interface configuration informat ...
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Managing network connectivity 32 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 2. Sel ect the HBA that you wish to check ( C above), and, in the pane at right, use the tabs to locate the required inform ation ( D ). Stop here. ▼ Administering SAN ...
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Managing virtual libraries 96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 33 3. T o see virtua l device assignments, ex pand the client node ( Db e l o w ) an d Fibre Channel protocol node ( C ) of the tree view . 4. Rig ht ‐ clicki ng on the client node ( D above) ...
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Managing virtual libraries 34 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 Configuring physical libraries and devices VTL software supports either dir ect ‐ attached libraries or , optionally , shared libraries managed by ACSLS/Libr ary Station software. ■ If you are ...
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Managing virtual libraries 96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 35 2. Otherwise, in the object tree of the VTL console, right ‐ click the Physical Resources node ( A below), and select Prepare Devices from the context menu ( B ). 3. When the Select a Preparati ...
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Managing virtual libraries 36 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 5. When the Select Physical Devices pa nel appears, use the check boxes and/or the selection buttons ( F below) to select the libraries or devices th at you want to assign to the ? ...
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Managing virtual libraries 96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 37 ▼ Assigning direct ‐ attached physical tape libraries/devices 1. In the object tr ee of the VTL console application, open the branch for the VTL server ( A below). 2. Ope n the bran ch fo ...
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Managing virtual libraries 38 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 Managing ACSLS and Library Station tape pools When the VTL softw are’ s ACSLS/Library Station option is enabled, Sun Storag eT ek ACSLS Manager™ or Library Station software manages ...
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Managing virtual libraries 96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 39 Configuring and provisioning virtual libraries This section describes the procedures for creating and maintain ing virtual libraries, with their virtual drives and media. It documents the ...
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Managing virtual libraries 40 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 both the needed long ‐ term storage capacity and the fastest possible transfer to tape media. Compression hardw are cannot further compress data that has been compressed by softw ...
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Managing virtual libraries 96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 41 ▼ Creating virtual tape libraries 1. When the Create Virtual Librar y Wizard appears, select the type of library that you want to emulate ( A below), enter a Virtual Library Name ( B ) or u ...
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Managing virtual libraries 42 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 If you plan to attach a physi cal tape li brary to the VTL appliance for tape import or export, emulate the physical li brary so that virtual tapes will be compatible ? ...
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Managing virtual libraries 96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 43 6. If you do not intend to implement autoarchiving or repl ication, press Next ( L below) to skip over the Auto Archive/Replication dialog. The Auto Archive option writes data to physic a ...
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Managing virtual libraries 44 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 7. Indicate if you want to use tape duplication. Ta p e duplication allows you to make up to five dupl icate copies of a phy sical tape whenever virtual tape data is export ...
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Managing virtual libraries 96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 45 Next task: ■ If you are going to conf igur e tape caching on this virtual library , go to “Configuring Automated Ta p e Ca ching” on page 45. ■ If you are going to use ...
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Managing virtual libraries 46 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 ▼ Creating simple schedule ‐ driven migrat ion policies When the Please select migration trigge r(s) dialog appears, proce ed as follows. 1. Click the Time Based radio button ( A below ). 2. T o mi grate ...
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Managing virtual libraries 96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 47 2. T o mi grate data when ALL of of the conditions specified are satisfied, click the And radio button ( B below). 3. T o mi grate data when ONE OR MORE of the conditions ...
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Managing virtual libraries 48 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 ▼ Creating a reclamation policy The reclamati on policy determin es when expired virt ual volu me s are released . Proceed as follows. 1. When the Please select a reclamat ion trigger dialog appears ...
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Managing virtual libraries 96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 49 ▼ Setting up the Auto Archiv e feature 1. When the Auto Archive/Replication dialog appears, check the Auto Archive/Replication check box ( A below). 2. Specify Auto Archive by clicking the Auto Arc ...
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Managing virtual libraries 50 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 ▼ Setting up the Auto Replication option 1. When the Auto Archive/Replication dialog appears, ch eck the Auto Archive/Replication check box ( A below). 2. Click the Auto Replication radio button ( B ...
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Managing virtual libraries 96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 51 ▼ Generating the virtual library Using this procedure, you define the remaining charac teristics of you r vir tual library and media. Yo u supply a barcode range, slot count, and im ...
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Managing virtual libraries 52 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 3. Usi ng the spi nner control provided, adjust the Number of Slots to 4096 , the maximum supported by major backup app lication software for a single virtual library ( C above) . In most case ...
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Managing virtual libraries 96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 53 6. When the Enter virtual tape proper ties dialog appears, check th e Tape Capacity On Demand check box ( E below). Sun recommends capacity on demand for most users. 7. If you are not using t ...
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Managing virtual libraries 54 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 10. Press Next ( E above). 11. When the confirmation screen appears, press Finish ( F below). 12. When the Batch Creation Status panel appears, press OK ( G below). Next task: If you decided to ? ...
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Managing virtual libraries 96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 55 3. Under the Virtual Tape Libraries node, right ‐ click on the virtual tape library that you want to enable, and select Properties . 4. When the Change Virtual Library Pr operties property sheet ? ...
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Managing virtual libraries 56 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 Creating virtual tapes Follow the proc edures outlined below: ■ “Enabling the adv anced tape creation method” on page 56 ■ “Setting replication parameters for virtual tape volu m es ” on ? ...
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Managing virtual libraries 96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 57 tries to calcul ate this va l u e for you , it does so using the currently allocated size of the virtual tapes. If you are using the capacity on dem and feature of the ...
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Managing virtual libraries 58 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 ■ Otherwise, the wizard skips directly to the Specify Batch Mode Information dialog. So go to “ Allocating disk space to virtual tapes” on page 6 0. ▼ Setting Auto Archiv e parameters ...
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Managing virtual libraries 96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 59 2. In the Select Physical Tapes dialog , select physical tapes using the check boxes ( C below) and/or button controls provided ( D ). Then press Next ( E ). Next task: “ Allocating ...
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Managing virtual libraries 60 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 ▼ Allocating disk space to virtual tapes 1. When the Specify Batch Mode Infor mation panel appears, en ter a descriptive prefix for the virtual tape labels ( A below). Choose a meaning name ...
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Managing virtual libraries 96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 61 3. Otherwise, if you plan to create additional libraries later , divide the Maximum ( B above) between the libraries, and enter the number allocated to this library as the Number of V ...
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Managing virtual libraries 62 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 1. When the Select Target Server for Auto-Replication Option dialog appears, check the Automatically replicate the virtual tape(s) to the selected target server check box ( A be low). 2. Sel ect the remote server from th ...
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Managing virtual libraries 96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 63 4. When the Specify Replicati on Timeout and Retry Policy property she et appears, configure timeout and retry intervals using the spinner controls provided ( F below). Then press Next ( G ). 5. When ...
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Managing virtual libraries 64 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 7. Pre ss Next ( K above). Next task: “Launching the virtual tape batch creati on process” on page 64. ▼ Launching the virtual tape batch creation process 1. When the Create Virtual Tapes su ...
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Managing virtual libraries 96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 65 ■ “A d d i n g Fi bre Channel SAN clients” on page 66 ■ “ Assigning virtual libra ries to storage clients” on page 69. ▼ Starting the Add Client W izard 1. In the tree menu of the ? ...
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Managing virtual libraries 66 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 ▼ Adding Fibre Channel SAN clients 1. When the Enter the Generic Client Name dialog appears, enter the client name in the text field provid ed ( A below). Press Next ( B ). The client is ...
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Managing virtual libraries 96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 67 3. When the Set Client Fibre Channel Properties property sheet appears, select the Wo r l d Wid e Port Name ( WWPN ) of the initiator by checking the corresponding check box ( E below), or ? ...
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Managing virtual libraries 68 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 5. When the Add the Generic Client summa ry screen appears, press Finish ( L below) to add the client. Next task: “Starting the Assign a Vir tu a l Ta p e Library Wi zard” on page 68. ...
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Managing virtual libraries 96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 69 ▼ Assigning virtual libraries to storage clients 1. When the Assign a Virtual Tape Lib rary Wizard appears, check the Assign the tape library and all drive s... check box ( A below), select a client ( B ), ...
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Managing virtual libraries 70 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 3. When the Assign a Fibre Channel C lient to the Virtual Tape Library confirmation screen appears, press Finish ( F ). 4. Log in to each VTL client (each backup server), and scan for new Fibre ? ...
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Managing virtual libraries 96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 71 3. Perform a configuration reboot: Next task: “Crea ting ACSLS host driver instances for virtual libra ries” on page 71. ▼ Creating ACSLS host driver instances for virtual libraries Once yo ...
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Managing virtual libraries 72 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 5. Edi t the file /usr/kernel/drv/mchanger.conf , adding an entry for each virtual library that the oeprating syst em discovered. Each library entry includes a driver name ( mchanger ), ? ...
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Managing virtual libraries 96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 73 10. When prompted, confirm your entries by entering y (yes). The script builds the driver instan ces for the specified libraries: 11. Load the driver: 12. Change to the ACSSS home directory , ...
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Managing virtual libraries 74 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 2. When you are asked if the ACS (Automated Cartridge Subsystem) is in a partitioned librar y , enter n (no): 3. When you are prompted, confirm the changes by entering y (yes): Is ACS in a partiti ...
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Managing virtual libraries 96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 75 4. W ait for 60 seconds (one minute), then start the ACSLS command preocessor , cmd_proc : 5. Audit the newly ad ded libraries. At the ACSSA> prompt, enter audit : 6. Log the configuration ...
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Managing virtual libraries 76 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 ■ “Manually saving the VTL configuration” on page 76 ■ “ Automatically backing up the VTL configuration” on page 76. ▼ Manually saving the VTL configuration 1. In the object tr ee of ...
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Managing virtual libraries 96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 77 1. In the object tr ee of the VTL console, right ‐ click on the the VTL server branch ( A below). 2. Fro m the context menu, select Properties ( B above). A B ...
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Managing virtual libraries 78 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 3. Sel ect the Auto Save Config tab ( C below). 4. Che ck Enable Auto Save Configuration File check box ( D abov e). 5. In the field provided, enter the Ftp Server Name for the machine that will host the ...
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Managing virtual libraries 96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 79 Stop here. Recov ering the server configuration If the VTL server configuration is lost or corrupt, you can recover it from a backup file using the procedure below . Caution – T ...
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Managing virtual libraries 80 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 Mirroring supplies an additional laye r of protection. Mirrored databases maintain two separate, synchronized copies of th e metadata, either of which can provide access to virtual ...
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Managing virtual libraries 96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 81 5. When the Select a Creation Method dialog appears, sele ct Express ( F below), and press Next ( G ). The Express method takes adv antage of the intelligence built in to the RA ID subsys ...
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Managing virtual libraries 82 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 6. When the confirmation dialog appears, confirm that all information is correct , and then click Finish to create the mirrors. The VTL software creates and synchronizes the mirror ...
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Managing virtual libraries 96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 83 ▼ Managing administrators Only the root user can add or delete a VTL administrator or change an administrator ’ s password. 1. In the ob ject tree of the VTL console, right cl ...
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Managing virtual libraries 84 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 ▼ Changing administrator passw ords 1. Rig ht ‐ click on the VTL server node name ( A below ), and select Change Password from the context menu ( B ). 2. When the dialog appears, enter the ...
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Managing virtual libraries 96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 85 VTL supports two types of compressi on: ■ Hardw are compression ‐ uses a Hif n Express DR10 00 (1 GB/sec compressi on) or DR600 (600 MB/sec) compression card. A license keycode is ...
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Managing tapes 86 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 UNIX — On backup servers that run Solaris or other UNIX operating systems, specify a compressed tape device file such as /dev/rmt/0cbn to enable compression or /dev/rmt/0ubn to d ...
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Managing tapes 96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 87 ■ “Setting up replication for individual tapes” on page 92 ■ “Manually synchronizin g replicas (manual replication)” on page 98 ■ “Stopping a replication that is already under way ” on pa g ...
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Managing tapes 88 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 6. When the Select Virtual Tapes to enable Replication... panel appears, use the check boxes ( D below) and/or selection buttons to select tapes ( E ). Press Next ( F ). 7. When the Specify the Target serve r ...
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Managing tapes 96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 89 8. When the Select Target Server panel appears, use the list ( J below) to select or server or press Add ( K ) to add one to the list. Press Next ( L ). 9. If you chose the Remote ...
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Managing tapes 90 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 10. If you chose the Local Server option above, in Step 7, press Next ( O below). 11. When the Select the Replication Po licy ... panel appears, use the check boxes, list boxes, and spinner contro ...
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Managing tapes 96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 91 12. When the Select the Replication Ti meout and Retry Policy panel appears, use the spinner controls provided to define the policy you want to apply ( S below). Press Next ( T ). 13. When the Specify th ...
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Managing tapes 92 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 14. When the confirmation panel appears, press Finish ( W below). Stop here. ▼ Setting up replication for individual tapes 1. In the object tr ee of the VTL console, expand the VTL server ? ...
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Managing tapes 96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 97 12. When the Select a Creation Meth od panel appears, click the Express radi o button ( U below), and press Next ( V ). The Sun StorageT ek VTL appliance includes an integrated RAID device, so th ...
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Managing tapes 98 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 14. When the confirmation panel appears, press Finish ( Y below). Note – Once you create you r replication conf iguration, you should not change the hostname of the source (primary) server . If ...
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Managing tapes 96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 99 ▼ Suspending and resuming replication Yo u can manually suspend forthcom ing replications that wou ld otherwise be launched automatically from yo ur replication policie s (currently active replications are ...
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Managing tapes 100 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 ▼ Checking replication status from the primary VTL server 1. In the object tree of th e VTL console, drill down to the Tapes node, and select the primary virtual tape ( A below) ...
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Managing tapes 96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 101 ▼ Checking replication status from the target VTL server 1. In the object tr ee of the VTL console, drill down to the Replica Resources node ( A below). 2. Sel ec t the replica resour ce c ...
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Managing tapes 102 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 ■ all tapes on a group of servers Reports can be filtered to exclude all but current replica tion configurations, all but deleted or prompted configurations, or any desired combination. ...
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Managing tapes 96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 103 ▼ Deleting a replication configuration 1. Rig ht ‐ click on the primary virtual tape , and select Replication from the context menu. 2. Sel ec t Remove from the following context menu. This allows ? ...
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Managing tapes 104 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 3. Fro m the context menus, select Replication ( B below), Promote ( C ). 4. When the confirmation panel appears, press OK ( D below). 5. Rescan devices from the SAN client or restart the client ...
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Managing tapes 96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 105 Yo u can only copy tapes with barcodes that are not found on the remote server . If a copy exists and you wish to proceed, yo u must first delete the existing remote copy ...
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Managing tapes 106 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 5. When the Select the Target Serve r panel appears, use the list to select the server where you want to copy the tape ( E below) or press Add ( F ) to add a server to the ...
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Managing tapes 96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 107 7. When the Specify a Location panel appe ars, select a location on the remote server ( K below), and press Next ( L ). 8. When the confirmation panel ap pears, press Finish ( M below). Stop here. M ...
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Managing tapes 108 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 ■ copy a physical tape to a virtual tape that emulates the same type of media ■ directly access a physical tape without copying the entire tape ■ recycle a physical tape after ? ...
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Managing tapes 96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 109 ▼ Importing a physical tape into a virtual library 1. In the object tr ee of the VTL console, right ‐ click the node for the physical tape library or drive that ho lds the tape ? ...
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Managing tapes 110 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 3. When the Select the import mode ... pa nel appears, click the radio button that corresponds to the behavior you want ( E below). 4. If the tape is encrypted and you wish to decrypt ...
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Managing tapes 96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 111 6. When the Select the physical tape to import ... panel appears, use the check boxes and/or selection buttons provided to select the tape(s) that you want to import ( H below). Then press Next ...
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Managing tapes 112 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 8. When the Select Physical Devices panel appears, use the ch eck boxes and/or selection buttons provided to select the LUNs that you wish to use ( M below). Press Next ( N ). 9. When the ...
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Managing tapes 96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 113 10. Set the Virtual Tape Size to the full size of the emulated media ( Q below), and Tab to another field to recalculate the Maximum number of tapes possible with the available stora ...
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Managing tapes 114 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 12. Otherwise, reset the Virtual Tape Size to the default value for using capacity on demand with th is type of media ( T below). Check the Use default ID for Starting Number check box ( U ), ...
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Managing tapes 96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 115 ▼ Importing cartridges in an IBM iSeries environment 1. If you have not already done so, import ta pes into the virtual library using the VTL console, as described in “Importing a ? ...
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Managing tapes 116 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 2. When the Move Tape to Virtual Vault dialog ap pears, select the tape(s) that you want to move using the check boxes and/or selection buttons provided ( C below). Press OK ( D ). 3. Now , i ...
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Managing tapes 96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 117 4. When the Select a physica l library or drive panel appears, use the list to select the library or device to which you want to export virtual tape ( G below). Press Next ( H ). 5. Sel ec t how ...
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Managing tapes 118 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 6. Sel ect or clear the Eject physical tapes to I/E slots after export check box. 7. Sel ect Encrypt data when exporting to physical tape with the selected key if you want to ...
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Managing tapes 96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 119 15. Press Next ( S below). 16. When the Verify and Export ... panel appears, press Finish ( T below). Stop here. ▼ Exporting cartridges to the virtual va u lt in an IBM iSeries environment 1. Exp ort a ? ...
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Managing tape caching 120 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 Managing tape caching In most circumstances, the Automated Ta p e Caching feature maintains tape caches and linkages automatical ly , provided that policies are suitably defined. Howev e r , w ...
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Managing tape caching 96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 121 1. In the object tr ee of the VTL console, right ‐ click on the direct link tape that you wish to recache. 2. Sel ec t Renew Cache from the context menu. Stop here. ▼ Disabling a ...
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Managing tape caching 122 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 3. When the Sync Librar y dialog appears, check the checkbox that corresponds to the physical tape that needs to be relinked ( A belo w) or use the Selec t-All button. 4. Pre ss Next ? ...
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Creating and viewing reports 96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 123 6. If the data was encrypted before being migrat ed, check the Use encryption/decryption on tape(s) check box, and supply the select the appropriate key using the list control provided ...
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Creating and viewing reports 124 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 2. When the Select a Report Type dialog appears, select a type from the list ( C below). Press Next ( D ). 3. When the Select Report Options panel appears, select the desired report pro ...
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Creating and viewing reports 96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 125 4. When the Enter the Report Name dialog appears, for the report , enter the name in the field provi ded ( H below), and pres s Next ( J ). 5. When the Create the Report panel appears, ...
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Creating and viewing reports 126 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 ▼ Vi e w in g a report 1. In the object tree of the VTL console, expand the Reports node ( A below) to view the list of current reports. 2. Sel ect the current report that ...
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Encrypting and shredding data 96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 127 ▼ Exporting data from a report 1. In the object tr ee of the VTL console, expand the Reports node and right ‐ click the name of the report that you want to export ...
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Encrypting and shredding data 128 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 Each key consists of a secret phrase. For additional security , each key is password ‐ protected . Yo u must provide this passw ord in order to chang e the key name, pass ...
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Encrypting and shredding data 96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 129 5. In the New Password and Confirm Password text boxes ( C belo w), type a password for accessing the key (10–16 characters). Yo u will need to provide this password when changin g ...
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Encrypting and shredding data 130 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 If you rename a key , you can still use that key to decrypt data that wa s encrypted using the old key name. For exampl e, if yo u encrypt data using Key1 , ...
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Encrypting and shredding data 96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 131 ▼ Exporting a key When you export a key , you create a separate file called a key package that contains one or more ke ys. Yo u can then send this file to another si ...
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Encrypting and shredding data 132 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 6. Sel ect Prompt for new password for all keys in package if yo u want to create a new password for the key package. If you select this option, yo u will be prompted to provide th ...
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Encrypting and shredding data 96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 133 the key package. If you provide an incorrect passw ord, you will still be able to import the keys in the packag e, but you will not be able to use them to ...
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Encrypting and shredding data 134 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 1. Mov e the tape(s) you want to shred to the virtual vault. In the object tree of the VTL console, start by right ‐ clicking on a tape that yo u want to shre ...
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Working with the Event Log 96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 135 4. Rig ht ‐ click on one of the tapes that you want to shred (G above) , and select Tape Shredding ( H ) and Shred Tape ( J ) from the context menus. 5. When the Shred Virtual Tape Resourc ...
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Working with the Event Log 136 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 The columns displayed are: The VTL console lets you wor k with logs in the following wa y s : ■ “V iewing an ev e nt log” on page 136 ■ “Sorting an ev ent log” on page 136 ...
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Working with the Event Log 96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 137 ▼ Quickly printing an event log 1. Fro m the VTL console main menu, select File . 2. Fro m the submenu, se lect Print . Stop here. ▼ Filtering, exporting, purging, and printing an ev ent ...
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Working with the Event Log 138 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 3. Fro m the submenu, se lect the operati on that you wish to perfo rm ( D above). If you wish to search or filter the log, the Event Log Options dialog ( E below) lets yo u set ? ...
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Working with the Event Log 96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 139 ▼ Accessing the Attention Required tab 1. In the VTL object tree, locate the flagged server ( A below). 2. In the right ‐ hand pane, select the Attention Required tab of the server p ...
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Managing VTL servers 140 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 Managing VTL servers The VTL console lets you manage the serv er node by: ■ “Setting serv er properties” on page 140 ■ “Configuring SNMP traps” on page 140 . ▼ Setting serv er properties ...
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Managing VTL servers 96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 141 2. Sel ec t the SNMP Maintenance tab. 3. Indicate the information that should be included in traps sent to your SNMP manager . SysLocation ‐ Enter the location that should be included in ...
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96267 • G 143 CHAPTER 5 Installing the VTL console The Vir t u a l Ta p e Library console application can be i nstalled on a full range of operating platforms. In most cases, a Sun service representative installs the c onsole on ...
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144 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 3. If you are installing th e console software on an x86 platform, enter the following command, and respond to th e on ‐ screen prom pts: 4. If you are installing th e console software on a ? ...
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96267 • G Chapter 5 Installing the VTL console 145 2. Usi ng Secure File Tr a n s f e r Protocol ( sftp ), log on to the VTL server , change to the usr/vtl/packages/build/Windows/ directory , and download all list ed installa tion files to a temporary ...
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96267 • G 147 CHAPTER 6 Recov ery following a system failure To recover a VTL high ‐ avai lability system following a failure on one node, carry out the following task s: ■ “Failback” on page 147 ■ “Resuming backups following a fail ...
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Failback 148 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 The system shoul d display the expected node name. 3. If you are not logged in to the correct system, you may have accidently logged into the service (“monitoring”) IP addr ess of ? ...
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Failback 96267 • G Chapter 6 Recovery following a system failure 149 7. Run the sms command. The results should look like those shown. 8. Ope n a terminal window on the management host, and ssh to the service (“monitoring”) IP address of the ? ...
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Failback 150 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 9. Mak e sure that you are logg ed in to the actu al, failed node: The system shoul d display the expected node name. 10. If you are not logged in to the correct system, you have ? ...
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Failback 96267 • G Chapter 6 Recovery following a system failure 151 13. Run the sms command, and make sure that the FailOve rStatus is DOWN (failed over to th e standby server): 14. Restart the failed se rver node gracefully , using the init6 comm ...
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Failback 152 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 where nnn.nn n.nnn.nnx is the service (“monitoring”) IP address of the restarted node, and vtladmin is the VTL administrator account user ID. 16. Make sure that you are logged in to the ...
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Failback 96267 • G Chapter 6 Recovery following a system failure 153 21. Run the sms command, and make sure th at the FailOverStatus is READY for failback: 22. Log in using the VTL management console. [ VTL_Plus ]vtladmin# sms Usage: sms {force|nas|nasc|fm|sm|bmr|b mrrese ...
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Failback 154 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 23. In the object tree of the VTL console, right ‐ click the restarted server node, VTLPLUSN1 , and select Failover > Stop Takeover from the contex t menu. 24. Open a terminal window on the ? ...
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Failback 96267 • G Chapter 6 Recovery following a system failure 155 28. Run the vtl status command: 29. If one or more VTL processes are not RUNNING , stop the server software and then restart: [ VTL_Plus ]vtladmin# vtl status Sun Microsystems VTL Server v n.nn (Build nn ...
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Failback 156 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 30. Run the sms command, Make sure that the FailOverStatus is now UP : 31. In the object tree of the VTL console, make sure that neither node name is shown in red, indicating an ...
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Resuming backups follow ing a failover/failb ack 96267 • G Chapter 6 Recovery following a system failure 157 Failover eve nts are also available via the primary server ʹ s Ev ent Log. Next task: “Resuming backups following a failov er/failback” on page 157. Resuming ...
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96267 • G 159 CHAPTER 7 Configuring email alerts Y ou can configur e VTL appliances to send automatic notifications to local system administrators via email wh enev er system pr oblems arise. ▼ Configuring email alerts 1. In the object tree of the VTL console, right-click on the VTL server node, and select Options > Enable CallHome . 2. When ...
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160 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 Note that email notification s cannot use an SSL connec tion. If the e mail server requi res SSL, conf igure email notific ation to use the local host SMTP se rver , and make sur e that DNS and SMTP are set up and running on the VTL server node. The email account password is stored in plain text, so set u ...
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96267 • G Chapter 7 Configuring email alerts 161 ■ ipstorckcfg check ipstor.conf (VTL configuration check) notifies the administrator if the VTL software’s XML con figuration file, ipstor.conf , changes. If changes ar e found or if no previous version exists, the scrip t creates a copy of the current file under the name ipstorconf.diff. nnn , ...
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162 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 7. When the Set Email Alerts Event Notification Properties panel appears, use the radio buttons to select th e event-severity level that should trigger notification ( K below), use the spinner control to set the Maximum e vent wait time ( L ), and press Next ( M ). 8. When the Verify the Email Alerts Prop ...
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96267 • G Chapter 7 Configuring email alerts 163 1. In the object tree of the VTL console, right-click on th e VTL server , and select Email Alerts from the context menu. 2. When the Set Email Alerts Properties dialog appe ars, select the Trigger tab ( A below). 3. If you want to modify an existing trigger , highl ight the trigger ( B above), and ...
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164 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 4. T o create a new trigger , press Add ( F below). Wh en the Add a Customized Trigger dialog appear s, supply a Trigger Name , a command line Argument string, and a File Location (path and filename) for th e script ( G ), and redirect notifications, if desired ( H ). Press OK ( J ). 5. Pre ss OK to exit ...
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96267 • G 165 CHAPTER 8 Updating VTL softw are When softw are patches become available, they are pos ted on the online Sun StorageT ek Customer Resource Center with accomp anying, explanatory text (“readme”) files. Download the patch fi ...
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166 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 3. The n, from the VTL console main menu, select Tools ( A be low). 4. Fro m the submenu, se lect Add Patch ( B above). 5. When the warning notice appears, click OK ( C below) to continue. A B C ...
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96267 • G Chapter 8 Updating VTL software 167 6. Loc at e the subdirectory where the patch files reside ( D below), select the patch file ( E ), and press Open ( F ). In the example, the patch files are shown in the standard locatio ...
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168 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 9. Rec on nec t to the VTL server by double ‐ clicking on the server node in the object tree at the left of the VTL console. 10. V erify that the patch was successfully applied: after you ...
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96267 • G 169 APPENDIX A VTL command line reference Virt ualT ape Library User Guide Vir t u a l T ap e Library (VTL) provides a simple utility that allows you to perform some of the more common VTL functions at a command line instead of ? ...
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170 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 ■ For a va l u e entered as a literal, it is necessary to enclose the val u e in quotes (double or single) if it contains sp ecial characters such as *, <, >, ?, |, %, $, ...
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Login/logout to the VTL Server 96267 • G Appendix A VTL command line reference 171 Login/logout to the VTL Serv er Log in to the VTL Serv er iscon login [-s <server-name> -u <username> -p <pa ssword>|-e] [-X <rpc- timeout>] iscon login [--server-name=<server-name> --server- usernam ...
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Virtual devices / Clients 172 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 Log out from the VTL Serv er iscon logout -s <server-name> [-X <rpc-timeout>] iscon logout --server-name=<server-name> [--rpc-ti meout=<rpc-timeout>] Description : This command allows you to log out from ...
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Virtual devices / Clients 96267 • G Appendix A VTL command line reference 173 ‐ C ( ‐‐ long ‐ client ‐ list) displays the assi gned client list when ‐ l ( ‐‐ long list) option is specified. ‐ M ( ‐‐ output ‐ delimiter) can be specified when ‐ l is ...
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Virtual devices / Clients 174 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 Add client iscon addclient -s <server-name> [-u <username> -p <password>] -c <client-name> [-I <initiator-wwpns>] [-a <on|off>] [-A <on|off>]] | [-C <on|off>] [- X <rpc- timeout>] iscon addclient --server-name=<server-n ...
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Virtual devices / Clients 96267 • G Appendix A VTL command line reference 175 This comm and allows yo u to delete a client from the spec ified server . ‐ c ( ‐‐ client ‐ name) is the name of the client to be deleted. ‐ X ( ‐‐ rpc ‐ timeout) ...
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Virtual devices / Clients 176 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 The va l u e s for <access ‐ mode> are: Readonly , ReadWrite, ReadWriteNonExclusive . The val u e s for the short format are: R / W / N. ‐ y ( ‐‐ vlib ‐ only) is an option ...
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Virtual devices / Clients 96267 • G Appendix A VTL command line reference 177 ‐ X ( ‐‐ rpc ‐ timeout) is an option to specify a number between 1 and 30000 in seconds for the RPC timeout. The system will retry the command for the amo ...
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Virtual devices / Clients 178 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 ‐ v ( ‐‐ vdevid) is required to specify the virtual device ID. A virtual device cannot be deleted if any of the following co nditions apply: ■ The specified virtual device ...
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Virtual devices / Clients 96267 • G Appendix A VTL command line reference 179 ‐ X ( ‐‐ rpc ‐ timeout) is an option to specify a number between 1 and 30000 in seconds for the RPC timeout. The system will retry the command for the amo ...
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Virtual devices / Clients 180 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 [--capacity-on-demand --initial-size=<initial-size > --increment- size=<increment-size>] [--max-capacity=<max-capacity>] [--auto-loader=<on |off>] [--key-name=<key-name> --key-pasword=<key-password >] [--rpc-timeout=<rpc- timeout>] Descri ...
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Virtual devices / Clients 96267 • G Appendix A VTL command line reference 181 ‐ T ( ‐‐ num ‐ of ‐ slots) and ‐ E ( ‐‐ import ‐ export ‐ slots) are optional. The <num ‐ of ‐ slots > can exceed the maximum number of slots supported by the specif ...
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Virtual devices / Clients 182 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 ‐ L ( ‐‐ tape ‐ library ‐ vid) is required to specify the virtual tape library to add the virtual tape drive(s). ‐ r ( ‐‐ vdrive ‐ name ‐ prefi x) is an option to specify t ...
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Virtual devices / Clients 96267 • G Appendix A VTL command line reference 183 The unit of <max ‐ capacity>, <initial ‐ size> and <in crement ‐ size> are all in GB. ‐ X ( ‐‐ rpc ‐ timeout) is an option to specify a number between 1 a ...
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Virtual devices / Clients 184 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 ‐ B ( ‐‐ barcode) is an option to either set the virtual tape with the provided barcode or create virtual tapes in batch mode configured with barc odes form the speci ...
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Virtual devices / Clients 96267 • G Appendix A VTL command line reference 185 iscon movevirtualtape --server-name=<server-name> [--server-username=<username> --server-password=<p assword>] --vdevid=<vdevid> [--tape-library-vid=<tape-library-vid> | --tape-dr ive-vid=<tape-drive-vid> | --slot-no=<slot-no>] ...
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Virtual devices / Clients 186 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 Ta p e copy iscon tapecopy -s <server-name> [-u <username> -p <password>] -v <source-vdevid> -S <target-name> [-U <target-us ername> -P <target- password>] [-L <tape-library-vid> | -D <tape-drive-vid>] [-n <vdevname> ...
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Virtual devices / Clients 96267 • G Appendix A VTL command line reference 187 -v <vdevid> -Z <on|off> -Q <num-of-copies> [-X <rp c-timeout>] iscon setvirtuallibrarytapeduplication --server-na me=<server-name> [--server-username=<username> --server-password=<p assword>] --vdevid=<vdevid> --tape-dupli ...
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Virtual devices / Clients 188 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 Description : This comm and sets tape properties. ‐ v ( ‐‐ vdevid) is required to specify the ID of the virtu al tape to se t the properties. ‐ B ( ‐‐ barcode) is the option ? ...
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Automated tape caching 96267 • G Appendix A VTL command line reference 189 ‐ k ( ‐‐ key ‐ name), ‐ W ( ‐‐ key ‐ passw ord) and ‐ d ( ‐‐ disable ‐ key) are options for tape encryption support to be set in conjunction with Auto ‐ Archiv e Mode. ? ...
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Automated tape caching 190 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 Description : This comm and can be used in order to enable, disable, or change the Automated Ta p e Ca ching policy for a virtual tape library . ‐ L ( ‐‐ tape ‐ library ‐ vid) is ? ...
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Automated tape caching 96267 • G Appendix A VTL command line reference 191 ‐ X ( ‐‐ rpc ‐ timeout) is an option to specify a number between 1 and 30000 in seconds for the RPC timeout. The system will retry the command for the amount ...
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Automated tape caching 192 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 ‐ k ( ‐‐ key ‐ name) and ‐ W ( ‐‐ key ‐ password) are options for tape en cryption support. If the tape to be synchronized was encrypted through the sy stem, you need to ? ...
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Automated tape caching 96267 • G Appendix A VTL command line reference 193 Reclaim disk space iscon reclaimtapes -s <server-name> [-u <username> -p <password>] -T <tape-vid-list> [-X <rpc-timeout>] iscon reclaimtapes --server-name=<server-name> [--server-username=<username> --server-password=<p ...
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System configuration 194 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 ‐ I ( ‐‐ scsiaddress) is the option to specify which physical devices should be used to create the virtual device. It can be a list of ACSLs separated with commas or ? ...
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System configuration 96267 • G Appendix A VTL command line reference 195 Remov e a license keycode iscon removelicense -s <server-name> [-u <username > -p <password>] -k <license-keycode> [-X <rpc-timeout>] iscon removelicense --server-name=<server-name> [--server-username=<username> --server- ...
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Import/Export 196 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 ‐ F ( ‐‐ vtl ‐ info ‐ filter) is an additional fi lter that can be combined using the following val u e s separated with comma s: library or drive or tape . ■ library = include physica ...
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Import/Export 96267 • G Appendix A VTL command line reference 197 ‐ M ( ‐‐ import ‐ mode) is an option in one of the following val u es : copy (default) or dire ct ‐ access or recycle . ‐ v ( ‐‐ pdrive ‐ or ‐ pdriv e ‐ vid) is required to spe ...
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Import/Export 198 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 Description : This comm and exports the inform ation from a vir tual tape to a physical tape. ‐ v ( ‐‐ vdevid) is required to specify the ID of the virtu al tape to be exported ? ...
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Import/Export 96267 • G Appendix A VTL command line reference 199 [-j <job-id-list>] [-T <job-type> -S <job_status>] [-X <rpc-timeout>] iscon getimportexportjobstatus --server-name=<serv er-name> [--server-username=<username> --server-password=<p assword>] [--job-id-list=<job-id-list>] | [--job-type ...
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Import/Export 200 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 Delete import/export jobs iscon deleteimportexportjobs -s <server-name> [-u <username> -p <password>] -j <job-id-list> [-X <rpc-timeout>] iscon deleteimportexportjobs --server-name=<server -name> [--server-username=<username> --server-passwor ...
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Replication 96267 • G Appendix A VTL command line reference 201 [--server-username=<username> --server-password=<p assword>] --job-id- list=<job-id-list> [--rpc-timeout=<rpc-timeout>] Description : This comm and cancels specified import/export jobs. The jobs must be held in t ...
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Replication 202 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 ‐ v ( ‐‐ source ‐ vdevid) is required to specify the ID of the virtual tape to be configured for replication. ‐ S ( ‐‐ target ‐ name) is required to spec ify the target server na ...
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Replication 96267 • G Appendix A VTL command line reference 203 Promote a replica iscon promotereplica -s <server-name> -v <vdevid> | -S <target-name> -V <replicaid> [-u <username> -p <password>] [-U <target-username > -P <target-password>] [- f] [-X <rpc-timeout>] iscon promotereplica ...
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Replication 204 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 --server-password=<password>] [--target-username=< target-username> --target-password=<target-password>] [--force] [--rpc-timeout =<rpc-timeout>] This command allows you to remove the rep lication configuration from the primar ...
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Replication 96267 • G Appendix A VTL command line reference 205 Resume replication iscon resumereplication -s <server-name> [-u <user name> -p <password>] -v <vdevid> [-X <rpc-timeout>] iscon resumereplication --server-name=<server-name > [--server-username=<username> --server-passwor d=<password&g ...
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Replication 206 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 ‐ w ( ‐‐ wa t e r m a r k ) is a data size based trigger in MB. The wa t e r m a r k is check ed when the tape is unloaded from the tape drive and the replicatio n is triggered ...
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Replication 96267 • G Appendix A VTL command line reference 207 ‐ v ( ‐‐ source ‐ vdevid) is required to specify the ID of the source virtual tape. ‐ X ( ‐‐ rpc ‐ timeout) is an option to specify a number between 1 and 30000 in ...
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Physical devices 208 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 Stop replication iscon stopreplication -s <server-name> [-u <userna me> -p <password>] -v <vdevid> [-X <rpc-timeout>] iscon stopreplication --server-name=<server-name> [--server-username=<username> --server-password=<p assword>] -vdevid= ...
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Physical devices 96267 • G Appendix A VTL command line reference 209 Get physical tape list iscon getphysicaltapelist -s <server-name> [-u <us ername> -p <password>] -l <physical-tape-library-vid> [-X <rpc-timeout>] iscon getphysicaltapelist --server-name=<server-na me> [--server-username=<userna ...
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Physical devices 210 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 ‐ B( ‐‐ physical ‐ tape ‐ barcode) iden tifies the physical tape to be mov ed. If barcode is not provided , the current tape location must be provided accordingly to the requested ope ...
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Physical devices 96267 • G Appendix A VTL command line reference 211 Assign physical resource to VTL iscon assignresourcetovtl -s <server-name> [-u <us ername> -p <password>] -I <ACSL> [-L <tape-library-vid>] [-X <rpc-timeout >] iscon assignresourcetovtl --server-name=<server-na me> [--ser ...
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Physical devices 212 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 Get physical device information iscon getpdevinfo -s <server-name> [-u <username> -p <password>] [-F [-M | -C <category>] | [-a] [-A] [-I <ACSL>] ] [-o <output-format>] [-X <rpc-timeout>] iscon getpdevinfo --server-name=<server-name ...
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Physical devices 96267 • G Appendix A VTL command line reference 213 Rescan physical devices iscon rescandevices -s <server-name> [-u <username > -p <password>] [-a <adapter-range>] [-i <scsi-range>] [-l <lun-ra nge>] [-L] [-X <rpc- timeout>] iscon rescandevices --server-name=<server-name> [ ...
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Physical devices 214 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 The <guid> is the unique identifier of the physical device. <ACSL > is the SCSI address of the physical device in the following format: #: #:#:# ( adapter:chann el:scsi id:lun) ...
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Reports 96267 • G Appendix A VTL command line reference 215 Reports Serv er throughput report iscon createserverthroughputreport -s <server-name > [-u <username> -p <password] [-z <report period>] | [-D <date-range>] [-o <file name>] [-f] [-X <rpc- timeout>] iscon createserverthroughputreport --serve ...
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Reports 216 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 SCSI channel throughput report iscon createscsichannelthroughputreport -s <server -name> [-u <username> -p <password>] [-z <report period>] | [-D <date-range>] -t <adapter-no> [-o <filename>] [-f] [-X <rpc-timeout>] iscon createscsichanne ...
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Reports 96267 • G Appendix A VTL command line reference 217 Device throughput report iscon createdevicethroughputreport -s <server-name > [-u <username> -p <password>] -I <ACSL> [-z <report period>] | [-D <date-range>] [-o <filename>] [-f] [-X <rpc-timeout>] iscon createdevicethroughputrepor ...
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Reports 218 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 Physical resources configuration report iscon createphyresourcesconfreport -s <server-name > [-u <username> -p <password>] [-o <filename>] [-f] [-X <rpc-timeout>] iscon createphyresourcesconfreport --server-name=< server-name> [--server-username=< ...
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Reports 96267 • G Appendix A VTL command line reference 219 Specify the ‐ f ( ‐‐ force) option if you wa n t to overwrite the existing file if the output file already exists. ‐ X ( ‐‐ rpc ‐ timeout) is an option to specify a number ...
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Reports 220 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 This comm and creates a report that displays the physical resource a llocation of a specific device on a specific serv er . ‐ I <ACSL> ( ‐‐ scsiaddress) is the LUN address of the ...
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Reports 96267 • G Appendix A VTL command line reference 221 [-D <date-range>] [-r <repl-resource-type> | -R <r esourceList>] [-o <outputFilename>] [-f] [-X <rpc-timeout>] iscon createreplicationstatusreport --server-name= <server-name> [--server-username=<username> --server-password=<p assword>] [-- ...
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Reports 222 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 [-o <filename>] [-f] [-X <rpc-timeout>] iscon createvirlibinforeport --server-name=<server -name> [--server-username=<username> --server-password=<p assword>] [--output- file=<filename>] [--force] [--rpc-timeout=<rpc-timeout>] Description : This comm a ...
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Reports 96267 • G Appendix A VTL command line reference 223 Create job report iscon createjobreport -s <server-name> [-u <userna me> -p <password>] [-z <report period>] | [-D <date-range>] [-o <file name>] [-f] [-X <rpc- timeout>] iscon createjobreport --server-name=<server-name> [--server-u ...
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Event Log 224 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 Ev ent Log Get Event Log iscon geteventlog -s <server-name> [-u <username> -p <password>] [-D <date-range>] [-F <fileFormat>] [-o <filename> ] [-H] [-f] [-X <rpc- timeout>] iscon geteventlog --server-name=<server-name> [--server-usernam ...
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Technical support 96267 • G Appendix A VTL command line reference 225 T echnical support Get X ‐ Ray iscon getxray -s <server-name> [-u <username> -p < password>] [-l <#|all|YYMMDDhhmm-YYMMDDhhmm>] [-r] [-o <filen ame>] [-f] [-X <rpc- timeout>] iscon getxray --server-name=<server-name> [--server ...
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Technical support 226 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 Get attention required information iscon getattentionrequired -s <server-name> [-u <u sername> -p <password>] [-X <rpc-timeout>] iscon getattentionrequired --server-name=<server-n ame> [--server-username=<username> --server-password=<p a ...
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96267 • G 227 APPENDIX B Required ports In order to mainta in a high level of security , yo u should disable all unnecessary ports. The only ports required by VTL are: ■ TCP port 11576 ‐ Used for VTL Console to VTL Se ...
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96267 • G 229 APPENDIX C T roubleshooting This appendix addresses the following issues: ■ “Problems during console opera tions” on page 229 ■ “Problems affecting physi cal resources” on page 232 ■ “Problems with virtual resources” on page 233 ■ “ ...
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230 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 5. If you still cannot connect, try to conn ect using the server ’s IP address instead of its server name (or vice versa). 6. If you can now connect , stop here. The host name or IP address that failed may be incorrect. 7. If you still cannot connect, check networ ...
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96267 • G Appendix C Troubleshooting 231 Case: Connection fails while expanding the VTL server node 1. Chec k the memory consumption on the console host. 2. If memory consumption is excessive, stop unnecess ary pr ocesses, and retry . 3. If you can connect, stop here. Av o i d running memory ‐ intensive a ...
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232 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 Case: High server activity 1. Chec k the Event Log or syslog ( /var/adm/messages ) for CPU-intensive activity on the server . Backup jobs that backup to multiple virtual or physical devices in parallel, data compression, and encrypti ...
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96267 • G Appendix C Troubleshooting 233 7. If you have still not solved the pr oblem, contact Sun technical support. Problems with virtual resources Issue: V irtual tapes are shown offline in the console Indications: V irtual tapes are offline . Diagnostics: Locate th e physical ...
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234 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 5. If you fi nd disk space errors, ther e may not be enough physical dis k space for the expansion. Add more physica l stor age or ch ange the size of exp ansion. Then r etry . 6. If no disk space problems wer e found, or if correcting them does not solve the problem, ma ke sure that the physical storag e ...
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96267 • G Appendix C Troubleshooting 235 2. If the operating system does not show the device, go t to “The operating system cannot detect the device” on page 235. 3. If the operating sys tem does show the device, go to “App lications cannot se e the device” on page 235. Case: The operating system cannot detect the ...
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236 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 Case: The backup applicati on cannot see the device at all 1. If the operating system sees the device but a backup applicatio n does not, check the drivers for the backup sof tware. Make sur e the driver is appropriate for the library and tape drive type. 2. If a driver app ...
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96267 • G Appendix C Troubleshooting 237 3. Using the VTL console, load a tape into a virtual drive. While most raw device utilities work with tape drives, they canno t, in most cases, load tapes. Even if some can mo ve tapes, you need to know ...
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238 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 Yo u can only import and export data between a physic al tape device and a virtual tape device of the same type, using physic al and virtual media of the same capacity . 2. If dissimilar ...
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96267 • G Appendix C Troubleshooting 239 2. If physical tape drives requir e cleaning, clean them, and stop here. Retry the import/export operation. 3. If cleaning is unnecessary or does not help, see if phy sical tapes need to be moved and mounted before the import/export operation can continue. 4. If tapes have to be moved, move th em, and stop ...
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240 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 ▼ Ta k i n g an X ‐ Ray 1. In the object tr ee of the VTL console, right ‐ click on the branch representing the VTL server ( A below), and select X-Ray fr om the context menu ( B ). D A ...
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96267 • G Appendix C Troubleshooting 241 2. When the X-Ray Options di alog appears, check the checkboxes corresponding to the items that you need to include ( C belo w). The defaults are shown below: If you select the Log File option, y ...
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96267 • G 243 APPENDIX D SNMP traps The VTL product family de fines the following Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) traps. T rap Severity Message 9 Error SCSI Port E rror -- %1. 1000 Error Socket connecti on could not be terminate d properly -- %1. 1001 Error Socket connecti on could ...
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244 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 1020 Informational Replication for virtual tape %1 started . 1021 Informational Replication for virtual tape %1 finishe d. 1022 Warning Replication has failed for virtual tape %1 -- %2. 1023 Error Failed to conn ect to physica l device %1. Switching alias to %2. 1024 Informational Device %1 has attached t ...
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96267 • G Appendix D SNMP traps 245 1047 Error Rescan replica has failed for virtua l device %1 -- the rep lica device failed with error %2. 1048 Error Rescan replica ha s failed for virtual devi ce %1 -- the network trans port returned error %2 . 1049 Error Rescan replica ca nnot proceed -- replica tion control area not pr esent on virtual devi ...
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246 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 1074 Error Replication can not proceed -- unable to al locate memory. 1075 Error Replication can not proceed -- unexpected er ror %1. 1076 Informational Starting replicati on for virtual device %1 of group %2 to replica de vice %3. 1077 Informational Replication for group %1 has completed successfully. 10 ...
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96267 • G Appendix D SNMP traps 247 7002 Error Patch %1 failed -- it ap plies only to build %2. 7003 Error Patch %1 failed -- you must be the root user to apply the patch. 7004 Warning Patch %1 installa tion failed -- it has already been applied. 7005 Error Patch %1 installa tion failed -- prerequi site patch %2 has not been applied. 7006 Error P ...
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248 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 10206 Informational Add scsi alias=%1. 10207 Error "Add Adapter % 1 failed, not enough memory. " 10208 Informational "Set Adapter %1 offline , adapter count %2." 10209 Error "Add Physical Device %1 fail ed, not enough memory." 10210 Warning Marked Physical Dev ice [%1] OFFLIN ...
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96267 • G Appendix D SNMP traps 249 11006 Error VTL communicati on module failed to start . 11007 Warning There is not enough di sk space available to successfully comp lete this operation and mai ntain the integrity of the configuratio n file. There is currently %1 MB of disk space availab le. VTL requires %2 MB of disk space to continue. 11010 ...
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250 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 11170 Error Failed to virtualiz e LUN %1 because of mis matching size betwe en configuration file and disk. Please do re scan and try it again. 11200 Error Buffer overflow. 11201 Error Too many Console connec tions. 11202 Error Console (%1): Illegal access. 11203 Error Console (%1): SCSI device re -scanni ...
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96267 • G Appendix D SNMP traps 251 11232 Error Console (%1) : Failed to g et memory stat us. 11233 Error Console (%1) : Failed to m ap the SCSI d evice name for [%2 %3 %4 %5]. 11234 Error "Console (%1): Fa iled to execute ""hdpar m"" for %2." 11235 Error Console (%1) : Failed to g et the VTL Se rver module status. 1 ...
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252 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 11265 Error Console (%1): Failed to rest art IOCore mod ule. 11266 Error Console (%1): Failed to eras e partition of virtual device %2. 11267 Informational Console (%1): Virtual device %2 partiti on erased. 11268 Error Console (%1): Failed to update meta informati on of virtual device %2. 11269 Error Cons ...
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96267 • G Appendix D SNMP traps 253 11298 Error Console (%1): Failed to reset cache on targe t device %2 (ID: %3) for %4 c opy. 11300 Error Invalid user name (%1) us ed by client at IP address %2. 11301 Error Invalid passwor d for user (%1) used by clien t at IP address %2. 11302 Error Invalid passcod e for machine (%1) used by cl ient at IP addr ...
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254 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 11509 Informational Console (%1): Proper ties set for the VTL Server. 11510 Error Console (%1): Failed to save report -- %2 . 11511 Error Console (%1): Failed to get the informatio n for the NIC. 11512 Error "Console (%1): Faile d to add a replica for virtua l tape %2 to VTL Server %3 (watermark: %4 ...
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96267 • G Appendix D SNMP traps 255 11539 Error Console (%1): Fai led to import physical de vice %2. 11540 Error "Console (%1): Ho st name mismatch (old: %2 , new: %3)." 11541 Error Console (%1) : Failed to s ave event mess age (ID: %2). 11542 Error Console (%1): Fai led to remove virtual tap e replica %2. 11543 Informational Console (% ...
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256 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 11575 Error Console (%1): Faile d to unassign Fibre C hannel device %2 fro m %3 (not rolled back) and retu rns %4. 11576 Informational Console (%1): Fibre Channel device %2 u nassigned from %3. 11577 Error Console (%1): Failed to get Fibre Channel target information. 11578 Error Console (%1): Failed to ge ...
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96267 • G Appendix D SNMP traps 257 11651 Error Medium Test faile d for SCSI device %1. 11652 Error "Could not get type fo r SCSI device %1, becaus e of inquiry string failu re." 11653 Error "Discarded s csi device %1, unsupported t ype ""%2""." 11654 Error "Discarded s csi device %1, missing MTI vendo ...
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258 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 11711 Error Console (%1): The replication setup for %2 %3(s) was rolled back. 11712 Error Console (%1): Failed to configure replicati on for %2 %3(s). Error: %4 . 11713 Informational Console (%1): Replic ation for %2 %3(s) configured successfu lly. 11714 Error Console (%1): The confi guration file update ...
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96267 • G Appendix D SNMP traps 259 11740 Error Console (%1): Fai led to create virtual tap e drives. Error: %2. 11750 Informational Console (%1) : Add VirtualTape Library Emulation option successf ully. 11751 Informational Console (%1) : Remove VirtualTape Libr ary Emulation option succe ssfully. 11780 Informational Tape id %1 [%2] is enable d w ...
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260 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 12005 Error Failed to allo cate memory. 12006 Warning Log size warning. 12007 Error Failed to delete file %1. 12008 Error Wrong file format %1. 12009 Error Missing paramet er %1. 12010 Error Invalid paramet er %1. 12011 Error Wrong status for file %1. 13000 Informational "VTL Failover Module started ...
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96267 • G Appendix D SNMP traps 261 13311 Error Failed to merge stat ic configuration for the primary server. 13312 Error Failed to m erge dynamic c onfiguration fo r the primary server. 13313 Error Out of memory -- %1. 13314 Error Failed to read from fi le %1. 13315 Error Failed to merge auth entication inform ation for the primary ser ver. 1331 ...
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262 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 13811 Informational Primary server failback initiated. 13812 Informational Server IP addr ess add successfully. 13814 Informational Quorum disk returned to primary. 13815 Informational Virtual drives added successfully. 13816 Informational Primary server restored. 13817 Critical Primary server failback wa ...
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96267 • G Appendix D SNMP traps 263 13843 Error Secondary se rver fail to get original c onf file from repository before failback . 13844 Error Failed to write %1 to re pository. 13845 Warning Quorum disk failu re detected. Secondary is still in takeove r mode. 13846 Informational Force takeover is initiated. Sec ondary will perfor m SCSI reserve ...
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264 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 13878 Error Primary server has invalid f ailover configu ration. 13879 Critical Secondary server det ect kernel module failure, reboot machi ne may need. 15050 Error Server ioctl call %1 fail ed on vdev id %2: Invalid Arg ument (EINVAL). 15051 Error Server ioctl c all %1 failed on vdev id % 2: I/O error ( ...
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96267 • G Appendix D SNMP traps 265 19051 Informational [Remote Copy ] The copying of the v irtual tape %1 to the r emote server has been started. 19052 Informational [Remote Copy] The copying of the virtua l tape %1 to the remote serve r has finished. 19053 Informational "[Remote Copy] Th e configuration for remote copy is removed . Server: ...
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266 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 19204 Error Console (%1): Failed to dele te Key %2. 19205 Informational Console (%1): Key %2 has be en deleted successfully. 19206 Error Console (%1): Failed to update information fo r key %2. 19207 Informational Console (%1): Inform ation for key %2 has been updated successful ly. 19208 Error Console (%1 ...
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96267 • G Appendix D SNMP traps 267 25001 Error %1 failed to start -- %2 . 25002 Informational %1 paused. 25003 Error %1 failed to pause -- %2 . 25004 Informational %1 resumed. 25005 Error %1 failed to resume -- %2. 25006 Informational %1 stopped. 25007 Error %1 failed to stop -- %2. 25008 Informational %1 shutdown. 25009 Informational %1 startin ...
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268 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 26207 Error Failed to define device %1 -- %2. 26208 Error Failed to unde fine device %1 -- %2. 26209 Error Drive %1 is busy a nd cannot be det ached. The SAN C lient cannot stop at this time. 26210 Informational Both %1 and % 2 have the same disk sig nature (%3). 27000 Error Failed to conn ect to VTL Se r ...
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96267 • G Appendix D SNMP traps 269 40007 Error "Unload tape from drive f ailed, Drive % 1, EC %2" 40008 Error Failed to c reate new tape in Virtual L ibrary %1 40009 Error "HW Error with Move Me dium command, Lib %1, Sr cEle %2 DestEle %3" 40010 Error Attach to t ape %1 failed 40011 Error "Failed to read from Virt ual Ta ...
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270 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 40038 Informational "Physical Library un assigned. Vid %1, [%2][%3]" 40039 Error Read Element c ommand to Phys ical Library % 1 failed. EC %2 40040 Error Attach to device %1 faile d. EC %2 40041 Informational "Physical Tape Drive assigned to exclus ive use for VTL. VID %1, [%2] [%3]" 4 ...
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96267 • G Appendix D SNMP traps 271 40070 Error Cannot delete Tap e %1 40071 Error "Cannot impo rt Tape, dest slot %1 in V irtual Library %2 is ful l" 40072 Informational "Properties of Ta pe %1 has been changed. Barcode %2, MaxCapac ity %3 MB" 40073 Informational "Tape Created in Sta nd Alone Virtual Tape Drive. Tape VID ...
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272 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 40100 Error Waited %1 seconds to get a re sponse from %2 (%3) after trying to retrieve drive information in ACS %4. Timing out. 40101 Error Failed to retr ieve volume in formation in A CS %1 and Pool %2. Erro r from %3 (%4): %5. 40102 Error Waited %1 seconds to ge t a response from ACSLS (%2) after trying ...
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96267 • G Appendix D SNMP traps 273 40127 Informational Disk space alloca ted for tape VID %1 Barcode [%2] in vault has bee n reclaimed successfully 40128 Error Failed to reclaim disk space allocated for tape VID %1 Barcode [%2] in va ult 40129 Informational No Free physical dri ve to load direct link tape VID %1 BarCode [%2]. 40130 Warning Unabl ...
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96267 • G 275 APPENDIX E E E ILOM command reference The following table summarizes Inte grated Lights Out Manager (ILOM ) commands you can use to manage the service processor . For more information on ILOM commands, see the ILOM Adminis ...
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276 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 Change the host serial port configuration. Note: This sp eed setting must match the speed setting for ser ial port 0, COM1 or /dev/ttyS 0 on the host operating system. set /SP/serial /host pendingspeed= int ...
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96267 • G Appendix E ILOM command reference 277 Host System Commands Delet e thi s device from an SNMP private community . delete /SP/ser vices/snmp/communities/priva te/ comm2 Start the host system. start /SYS Stop the host system. stop /SYS Reset the host system. reset /SYS Start ? ...
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