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x VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267Serverthroughputreport 215SCSIchannelthroughputreport 216Devicethroughputreport 217Physicalresourcesconf

Managing tapes86 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267UNIX—OnbackupserversthatrunSolarisorotherUNIXoperatingsystems,specifyacompressedta

Managing tapes96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 87 “Settingupreplicationforindividualtapes”onpage 92 “Manuallysynchronizingreplicas(manua

Managing tapes88 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 962676. WhentheSelect Virtual Tapes to enable Replication...panelappears,usethecheckboxes (D b

Managing tapes96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 898. WhentheSelect Target Serverpanel appears,usetheli st (J below)toselectorserverorpr

Managing tapes90 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 9626710. IfyouchosetheLocal Serveroptionabove, inStep 7,pressNext(O below).11. WhentheSele

Managing tapes96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 9112. WhentheSelect the Replication Timeout and Retry Policypanelappears,usethespinner contro

Managing tapes92 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 9626714. Whentheconfirmationpanelappears,pressFinish(W below).Stophere.▼ Settingupreplicati

Managing tapes96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 932. Thenopenthenodeforthelibrarythatholdsthetapeyouwanttoreplicate(A below),andopen

Managing tapes94 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 962676. WhentheSelect Target Serverpanelappears,usethelist(H below)toselectorserverorpres

Managing tapes96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 958. IfyouchosetheLocal Serveroptionabove,inStep 7,pressNext(N below).9. WhentheSelect t

96267 • G xiAboutthisbookThisbookintroducestapevirtualizationandguidesyouthroughtheadministrationofSunStorageTek VirtualTapeLibrary

Managing tapes96 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 9626710. WhentheSelect the Replication Timeout and Retry Policypanelappears,usethespinner contr

Managing tapes96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 9712. WhentheSelect a Creation Methodpanelappears, clicktheExpressradiobutton(U below),and

Managing tapes98 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 9626714. Whentheconfirmationpanelappears,pressFinish(Y below).Note – Onceyoucreateyourreplic

Managing tapes96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 99▼ Suspendingand resumingreplicationYoucanmanuallysuspendforthcomingreplicationsthatwould

Managing tapes100 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267▼ Checkingreplication status fromthe prim aryVTL server1. IntheobjecttreeoftheVTLc

Managing tapes96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 101▼ Checkingreplication status fromthe target VTLserver1. IntheobjecttreeoftheVTLcons

Managing tapes102 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 alltapesonagroupofserversReportscanbe filtered toexcludeallbutcurrentreplic at i

Managing tapes96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 103▼ Deletinga replicationconfiguration1. Right‐clickontheprimaryvirtualtape,and selectRe

Managing tapes104 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 962673. Fromthecontextmenus,selectReplication(B below),Promote(C).4. Whentheconfirmationpan

Managing tapes96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 105Youcanonlycopytapeswithbarcodesthatarenotfoundontheremoteserver.Ifacopyexistsan

xii VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267Whenthe setupprocessbranches,thetaskendswithconditionalalternatives:Nexttask: Ifthecustomerdoes

Managing tapes106 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 962675. WhentheSelect the Target Serverpanelappears,usethelisttoselecttheserverwhereyouw

Managing tapes96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 1077. Whenthe Specify a Locationpanelappears,selectalocationontheremoteserver(K below),an

Managing tapes108 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

Managing tapes96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 109▼ Importinga physicaltapeinto avirtuallib rary1. IntheobjecttreeoftheVTLconsole,ri

Managing tapes110 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 962673. WhentheSelect the import mode ...panelappears,clicktheradiobuttonthatcorrespondsto

Managing tapes96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 1116. Whenth eSelect the physical tape to import ...panelappea rs ,usethecheckboxesand/orse

Managing tapes112 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 962678. WhentheSelect Physical Devicespanelap pears ,usethechec kboxesand/orselectionbutt o

Managing tapes96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 11310. SettheVirtual Tape Sizetothefullsizeoftheemulatedmedia(Q below),andTabtoano the

Managing tapes114 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 9626712. Otherwise,resettheVirtual Tape Sizetothedefaultvalueforusingcapacityondemandwith

Managing tapes96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 115▼ Importingcartridges inanIBM iSeries environment1. Ifyouhavenot alreadydoneso,impor

96267 • G About this book xiiiUnderstandingtheconventionsusedinthisbookThetablebelowillustratestheconventionsthatrepresentliteraland

Managing tapes116 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 962672. WhentheMove Tape to Virtual Vaultdialogap pears ,selectthetape(s)thatyouwanttomove

Managing tapes96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 1174. WhentheSelect a physical library or drivepanelappears,usethelisttoselectthelibraryo

Managing tapes118 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 962676. SelectorcleartheEjectphysicaltapestoI/Eslotsafterexportcheckbox.7. SelectEncrypt

Managing tapes96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 11915. PressNext(S below).16. WhentheVerify and Export ...panelappears ,pressFinish(T below)

Managing tape caching120 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267ManagingtapecachingInmostcircumstances,theAutomatedTapeCachingfeaturemaintainst

Managing tape caching96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 1211. IntheobjecttreeoftheVTLconsole,right‐clickonthedirectlinktapeth at youwi

Managing tape caching122 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 962673. WhentheSync Librarydialogappears,checkthe checkboxthatcorrespondstothephysi

Creating and viewing reports96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 1236. Ifthedatawasencryptedbeforebeingmigrated,checktheUse encryption/decrypt

Creating and viewing reports124 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 962672. WhentheSelect a Report Typedial og appears,selectatypefromthelist(C b

Creating and viewing reports96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 1254. WhentheEnter the Report Namedial og appears, forthereport,enterthename

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Creating and viewing reports126 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267▼ Viewingareport1. IntheobjecttreeoftheVTLconsole,expandtheReportsnod

Encrypting and shredding data96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 127▼ Exportingdatafrom a report1. IntheobjecttreeoftheVTLconsole,expand 

Encrypting and shredding data128 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267Eachkeyconsistsofasecretphrase.For addit ion alsecurity,eachkeyispass

Encrypting and shredding data96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 1295. IntheNew Password andConfirm Passwordtextboxes(C below),typeapasswordf

Encrypting and shredding data130 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267Ifyourenameakey,youcanstillusethatkeytodecryptdatathatwasencrypted

Encrypting and shredding data96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 131▼ Exportinga keyWhenyouexportakey,youcreateaseparatefilecalledakey p

Encrypting and shredding data132 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 962676. SelectPrompt for new password for all keys in packageifyouwanttocreatea

Encrypting and shredding data96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 133thekeypackage.Ifyouprovideanincorrectpassword,youwillstillbeabletoim

Encrypting and shredding data134 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 962671. Movethetape(s)youwanttoshredto thevirtualvault.Intheobjecttreeof

Working with the Event Log96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 1354. Right‐clickononeofthetapesthatyouwanttoshred (G above),andselectTape

96267 • G 1CHAPTER1Introduction:VTLappliancesandenterprisedata‐protectionSunStorageTekVirtualTapeLibrary(VTL)technologymakesthebenefitso

Working with the Event Log136 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267Thecolumnsdisplayedare:TheVTLconsoleletsyouworkwithlogsinthefollowingwa

Working with the Event Log96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 137▼ Quicklyprinting an eventlog1. FromtheVTLconsolemainmenu,select File.2. Fr

Working with the Event Log138 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 962673. Fromthesubmenu,selecttheoperationthatyouwishtoperform(Dabove).Ifyouw

Working with the Event Log96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 139▼ Accessingthe Attention Requiredtab1. IntheVTLobjecttree,locat etheflagge

Managing VTL servers140 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267ManagingVTLserversTheVTLconsoleletsyoumanagetheservernodeby: “Settingserverpr

Managing VTL servers96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 1412. SelecttheSNMP Maintenancetab.3. Indicate theinformationthatshouldbeincludedint

Managing VTL servers142 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267

96267 • G 143CHAPTER5InstallingtheVTLconsoleTheVirtualTapeLibraryconsoleapplicationcanbeinstalledonafullrangeofoperatingplatforms.

144 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 962673. Ifyouareinstallingth econso lesoftwareonanx86platform,enterthefollowingcommand,andrespondto

96267 • G Chapter 5 Installing the VTL console 1452. UsingSecureFileTransferProtocol(sftp),logontotheVTL server,changetothe usr/vtl/pac

Features2 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267FeaturesTheSunStorageTekVTLsolutionhasthefollowingfeatures: Emulationofmostwidelyusedtapel

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96267 • G 147CHAPTER6Recoveryfollowing asystemfailureTorecoveraVTLhig h‐availabilitysystemfollowingafailureononenode,carryoutthefol

Failback148 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267Thesystemshoulddisplaytheex pe ct ednodename.3. Ifyouarenotloggedintothe correctsystem,

Failback96267 • G Chapter 6 Recovery following a system failure 1497. Runthesmscommand.Th eresultsshouldlooklikethoseshown.8. Openatermina

Failback150 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 962679. Makesurethatyouareloggedinto theactual ,failednode:Thesystemshoulddisplaytheex pe ct

Failback96267 • G Chapter 6 Recovery following a system failure 15113. Runthe smscommand,andmakesurethattheFailOverStatusisDOWN (failedove

Failback152 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267wherennn.nnn. nn n.nnx istheservice(“monitoring”)IPaddres softherestartednode,and vtladmin

Failback96267 • G Chapter 6 Recovery following a system failure 15321. Runthesmscommand,andmakesurethattheFailOverStatusis READYforfailba

Failback154 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 9626723. IntheobjecttreeoftheVT L console,right‐clicktherestartedservernode,VTLPLUSN1,andsele

Failback96267 • G Chapter 6 Recovery following a system failure 15528. Runthevtl statuscommand:29. Ifone ormoreVTLprocessesarenotRUNNING,s

Features96267 • G Chapter 1 Introduction: VTL appliances and enterprise data-protection 3TheShredfeatureinsuresmilitarystandard,securedatadest

Failback156 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 9626730. Runthesmscommand,MakesurethattheFailOverStatusisnowUP:31. IntheobjecttreeoftheVTL

Resuming backups following a failover/failback96267 • G Chapter 6 Recovery following a system failure 157Failovereventsarealsoavailableviathepr

Resuming backups following a failover/failback158 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267

96267 • G 159CHAPTER7Configuring email alertsYou can configure VTL appliances to send automatic notifications to local system administrators via email

160 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267Note that email notifications cannot use an SSL connection. If the email server requires SSL, configure email n

96267 • G Chapter 7 Configuring email alerts 161 ipstorckcfg check ipstor.conf (VTL configuration check) notifies the administrator if the VTL softwa

162 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 962677. When the Set Email Alerts Event Notification Properties panel appears, use the radio buttons to select the e

96267 • G Chapter 7 Configuring email alerts 1631. In the object tree of the VTL console, right-click on the VTL server, and select Email Alerts from

164 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 962674. To create a new trigger, press Add (F below). When the Add a Customized Trigger dialog appears, supply a Tri

96267 • G 165CHAPTER8UpdatingVTLsoftwareWhensoft warepatchesbecomeavailable,theyarepostedontheonlineSunStorageTekCustomerResourceCent

Advantages of VTL tape virtualization4 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267AdvantagesofVTLtapevirtualizationAddingSunStorageTekVirtualTapeLibra

166 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 962673. Then,from theVTLconsolemainmenu,selectTools(Abelow).4. Fromthesubmenu,selectAdd Patch(B abov

96267 • G Chapter 8 Updating VTL software 1676. Locat ethesubdirectorywherethepatchfilesreside(Dbelow),se le ct thepatchfile(E),andpre

168 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 962679. Recon necttotheVTLserverbydouble‐clickingontheservernodeintheobjecttreeattheleftoftheVTL

96267 • G 169APPENDIXAVTLcommandlinereferenceVirtualTape Library User GuideVirtualTapeLibrary(VTL)providesasimpleutilitythatallowsyoutop

170 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 Foravalueenteredasaliteral, itisnecessarytoenclosethevalueinquotes(doubleorsingle)ifitco

Login/logout to the VTL Server96267 • G Appendix A VTL command line reference 171Login/logoutto theVTLServerLogintotheVTLServeriscon login [-

Virtual devices / Clients172 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267LogoutfromtheVTLServeriscon logout -s <server-name> [-X <rpc-timeout>

Virtual devices / Clients96267 • G Appendix A VTL command line reference 173‐C(‐‐long‐client‐list)displaystheassignedclientlistwhen‐l(‐‐longl

Virtual devices / Clients174 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267Addclientiscon addclient -s <server-name> [-u <username> -p <password&

Virtual devices / Clients96267 • G Appendix A VTL command line reference 175Thiscomma n d allowsyoutodelet eaclientfromthesp ecif ie dserve

Advantages of VTL tape virtualization96267 • G Chapter 1 Introduction: VTL appliances and enterprise data-protection 5Shorterruntimesfornon‐sequen

Virtual devices / Clients176 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267Thevaluesfor<access‐mode>are:Readonly,ReadWrite,ReadWriteNonExclusive.Th

Virtual devices / Clients96267 • G Appendix A VTL command line reference 177‐X(‐‐rpc‐timeout)isanoptiontospecifyanumberbetween1and30000in

Virtual devices / Clients178 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267‐v(‐‐vdevid)isrequiredtospecifythe virtualdeviceID.Avirtualdevicecannotbe

Virtual devices / Clients96267 • G Appendix A VTL command line reference 179‐X(‐‐rpc‐timeout)isanoptiontospecifyanumberbetween1and30000in

Virtual devices / Clients180 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267[--capacity-on-demand --initial-size=<initial-size> --increment-size=<increme

Virtual devices / Clients96267 • G Appendix A VTL command line reference 181‐T(‐‐num‐of‐slots)and‐E(‐‐import‐export‐slots)areoptional.The<n

Virtual devices / Clients182 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267‐L(‐‐tape‐librar y‐vid)isrequiredtospecifythevirtualtapelibrarytoaddthevi

Virtual devices / Clients96267 • G Appendix A VTL command line reference 183Theunitof<max‐capacity>,<initial‐size>and<increment‐s

Virtual devices / Clients184 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267‐B(‐‐barcode)isanoptiontoeithersetthevirtualtapewiththeprovidedbarcodeo

Virtual devices / Clients96267 • G Appendix A VTL command line reference 185iscon movevirtualtape --server-name=<server-name>[--server-username=

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Advantages of VTL tape virtualization6 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267thatproduceintermittentornon‐sequentialI/O,suchasincrementalsandba

Virtual devices / Clients186 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267Tapecopyiscon tapecopy -s <server-name> [-u <username> -p <password>

Virtual devices / Clients96267 • G Appendix A VTL command line reference 187-v <vdevid> -Z <on|off> -Q <num-of-copies> [-X <rpc-t

Virtual devices / Clients188 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267Description:Thiscomma n d setstapeproperties.‐v(‐‐vdevid)isrequiredtospecify

Automated tape caching96267 • G Appendix A VTL command line reference 189‐k(‐‐key‐name),‐W(‐‐key‐password)and‐d(‐‐disable‐key)areoptionsfort

Automated tape caching190 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267Description:Thiscomma n d canbeusedinordertoenable,disable,orchangetheAutoma

Automated tape caching96267 • G Appendix A VTL command line reference 191‐X(‐‐rpc‐timeout)isanoptiontospecifyanumberbetween1and30000inse

Automated tape caching192 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267‐k(‐‐key‐name)and‐W(‐‐ke y‐password)areoptionsfortapeencryptionsupport.Ifthe

Automated tape caching96267 • G Appendix A VTL command line reference 193Reclaimdiskspaceiscon reclaimtapes -s <server-name> [-u <username&

System configuration194 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267‐I(‐‐scsiaddress)istheoptiontospecifywhichphysicaldevicesshouldbeusedtocreate

System configuration96267 • G Appendix A VTL command line reference 195Removealicensekeycodeiscon removelicense -s <server-name> [-u <user

Advantages of VTL tape virtualization96267 • G Chapter 1 Introduction: VTL appliances and enterprise data-protection 7Operatingsystemsandbackupapp

Import/Export196 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267‐F(‐‐vtl‐info‐filter)isanadditionalfilterthatca n becombinedusingthefollowingvaluess

Import/Export96267 • G Appendix A VTL command line reference 197‐M(‐‐import‐mode)isanoptioninoneofthefollowingvalues:copy(default)ordire

Import/Export198 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267Description:Thiscomma n d exportstheinformationfromavirtualtapetoaphysicaltape.‐v(‐‐

Import/Export96267 • G Appendix A VTL command line reference 199[-j <job-id-list>] [-T <job-type> -S <job_status>] [-X <rpc-timeo

Import/Export200 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267Deleteimport/exportjobsiscon deleteimportexportjobs -s <server-name> [-u <username>

Replication96267 • G Appendix A VTL command line reference 201[--server-username=<username> --server-password=<password>] --job-id-list=&l

Replication202 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267‐v(‐‐source‐vdevid)isrequiredtospecifytheIDofthevirtualtapetobeconfiguredforreplicat

Replication96267 • G Appendix A VTL command line reference 203Promoteareplicaiscon promotereplica -s <server-name> -v <vdevid> | -S <

Replication204 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267--server-password=<password>] [--target-username=<target-username>--target-password=<

Replication96267 • G Appendix A VTL command line reference 205Resumereplicationiscon resumereplication -s <server-name> [-u <username> -p

Key VTL features and options8 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267KeyVTLfeaturesandoptions “NDMPmigration”onpage 8 “VTLhigh‐a vailabilityopt

Replication206 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267‐w(‐‐watermark)isadatasizebasedtriggerinMB .Thewatermarkischec ke dwhenthetapeis u

Replication96267 • G Appendix A VTL command line reference 207‐v(‐‐source‐vdevid)isrequired tospecifytheIDofthesourcevirtualtape.‐X(‐‐rpc

Physical devices208 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267Stopreplicationiscon stopreplication -s <server-name> [-u <username> -p <passwo

Physical devices96267 • G Appendix A VTL command line reference 209Getphysicaltapelistiscon getphysicaltapelist -s <server-name> [-u <user

Physical devices210 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267‐B(‐‐physical‐tape‐barcode)identifiestheph y si c altapetobemoved.Ifbarcodeisnotpro

Physical devices96267 • G Appendix A VTL command line reference 211AssignphysicalresourcetoVTLiscon assignresourcetovtl -s <server-name> [-u

Physical devices212 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267Getphysicaldeviceinformationiscon getpdevinfo -s <server-name> [-u <username> -p

Physical devices96267 • G Appendix A VTL command line reference 213Rescanphysicaldevicesiscon rescandevices -s <server-name> [-u <username&

Physical devices214 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267The<guid>istheuniqueidentifierofthephysicaldevice.<ACSL>istheSCSIaddr

Reports96267 • G Appendix A VTL command line reference 215ReportsServerthroughputreportiscon createserverthroughputreport -s <server-name> [-u

Key VTL features and options96267 • G Chapter 1 Introduction: VTL appliances and enterprise data-protection 9controlsNDMP agentsoftwareon thefil

Reports216 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267SCSIchannelthroughputreportiscon createscsichannelthroughputreport -s <server-name> [-u <use

Reports96267 • G Appendix A VTL command line reference 217Devicethroughputreportiscon createdevicethroughputreport -s <server-name> [-u <us

Reports218 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267Physicalresourcesconfigurationreportiscon createphyresourcesconfreport -s <server-name> [-u <

Reports96267 • G Appendix A VTL command line reference 219Specifythe‐f(‐‐force)optionifyouwanttooverwritetheexistingfileiftheoutputfil

Reports220 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267Thiscomma n d createsareportthatdisplaysthephysicalresourceallocationofaspecificdeviceon

Reports96267 • G Appendix A VTL command line reference 221[-D <date-range>] [-r <repl-resource-type> | -R <resourceList>] [-o <ou

Reports222 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267[-o <filename>] [-f] [-X <rpc-timeout>]iscon createvirlibinforeport --server-name=<server

Reports96267 • G Appendix A VTL command line reference 223Createjobreportiscon createjobreport -s <server-name> [-u <username> -p <pa

Event Log224 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267EventLogGetEventLogiscon geteventlog -s <server-name> [-u <username> -p <password>

Technical support96267 • G Appendix A VTL command line reference 225TechnicalsupportGetX‐Rayiscon getxray -s <server-name> [-u <username>

Key VTL features and options10 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267includ in g thedeviceinquestion,thefailureislocaltotheprimary,andthese

Technical support226 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267Getattentionrequiredinformationiscon getattentionrequired -s <server-name> [-u <us

96267 • G 227APPENDIXBRequiredportsInordertomaintainahighlevelofsecurity,youshoulddisableallunnecessaryports.Th eonlyportsrequired

228 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267

96267 • G 229APPENDIXCTroubleshootingThisappendixaddressesthefollowingissues: “Problemsduringconsoleoperations”onpage 229 “Problemsaffect

230 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 962675. If you still cannot connect, try to connect using the server’s IP address instead of its server name (or vic

96267 • G Appendix C Troubleshooting 231Case: ConnectionfailswhileexpandingtheVTLservernode1. Check the memory consumption on the console host.

232 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267Case: Highserveractivity 1. Check the Event Log or syslog (/var/adm/messages) for CPU-intensive activity on

96267 • G Appendix C Troubleshooting 2337. If you have still not solved the problem, contact Sun technical support.ProblemswithvirtualresourcesIssu

234 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 962675. If you find disk space errors, there may not be enough physical disk space for the expansion. Add more physi

96267 • G Appendix C Troubleshooting 2352. If the operating system does not show the device, got to “The operating system cannot detect the device” on

Key VTL features and options96267 • G Chapter 1 Introduction: VTL appliances and enterprise data-protection 11StoragepathfailoverInastandard‐avail

236 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267Case: Thebackupapplicationcannotseethedeviceatall1. If the operating system sees the device but a backu

96267 • G Appendix C Troubleshooting 2373. Using the VTL console, load a tape into a virtual drive. Whilemostrawdeviceutilitiesworkwithtape dr

238 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267Youcanonlyimportand exportdatabetweenaphysi c al tapedeviceanda virtualtapedeviceofthe same

96267 • G Appendix C Troubleshooting 2392. If physical tape drives require cleaning, clean them, and stop here. Retry the import/export operation.3.

240 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267▼ Takingan X‐Ray1. IntheobjecttreeoftheVTLconsole,right‐clickonthebranchrepresentingtheVTLser

96267 • G Appendix C Troubleshooting 2412. WhentheX-Ray Optionsdialogappears,checkthecheckboxescorr espondingtotheitemsthatyouneedtoin

242 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267

96267 • G 243APPENDIXDSNMPtrapsTheVTLproductfamilydefinesthefollowingSimpleNetworkManagementProtocol(SNMP)traps. Trap Severity Message9

244 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 962671020 Informational Replication for virtual tape %1 started.1021 Informational Replication for virtual tape %1 f

96267 • G Appendix D SNMP traps 2451047 Error Rescan replica has failed for virtual device %1 -- the replica device failed with error %2.1048 Error Re

Key VTL features and options12 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267AutomatedTapeCachingTheAutomatedTapeCachingoption presentsbackupapplication

246 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 962671074 Error Replication cannot proceed -- unable to allocate memory.1075 Error Replication cannot proceed -- une

96267 • G Appendix D SNMP traps 2477002 Error Patch %1 failed -- it applies only to build %2.7003 Error Patch %1 failed -- you must be the root user t

248 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 9626710206 Informational Add scsi alias=%1.10207 Error "Add Adapter %1 failed, not enough memory."10208 In

96267 • G Appendix D SNMP traps 24911006 Error VTL communication module failed to start.11007 Warning There is not enough disk space available to succ

250 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 9626711170 Error Failed to virtualize LUN %1 because of mismatching size between configuration file and disk. Please

96267 • G Appendix D SNMP traps 25111232 Error Console (%1): Failed to get memory status.11233 Error Console (%1): Failed to map the SCSI device name

252 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 9626711265 Error Console (%1): Failed to restart IOCore module.11266 Error Console (%1): Failed to erase partition o

96267 • G Appendix D SNMP traps 25311298 Error Console (%1): Failed to reset cache on target device %2 (ID: %3) for %4 copy.11300 Error Invalid user n

254 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 9626711509 Informational Console (%1): Properties set for the VTL Server.11510 Error Console (%1): Failed to save re

96267 • G Appendix D SNMP traps 25511539 Error Console (%1): Failed to import physical device %2.11540 Error "Console (%1): Host name mismatch (o

Key VTL features and options96267 • G Chapter 1 Introduction: VTL appliances and enterprise data-protection 13AutoReplicationTheAuto Replicationopt

256 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 9626711575 Error Console (%1): Failed to unassign Fibre Channel device %2 from %3 (not rolled back) and returns %4.1

96267 • G Appendix D SNMP traps 25711651 Error Medium Test failed for SCSI device %1.11652 Error "Could not get type for SCSI device %1, because

258 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 9626711711 Error Console (%1): The replication setup for %2 %3(s) was rolled back.11712 Error Console (%1): Failed t

96267 • G Appendix D SNMP traps 25911740 Error Console (%1): Failed to create virtual tape drives. Error: %2.11750 Informational Console (%1): Add Vir

260 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 9626712005 Error Failed to allocate memory.12006 Warning Log size warning.12007 Error Failed to delete file %1.12008

96267 • G Appendix D SNMP traps 26113311 Error Failed to merge static configuration for the primary server. 13312 Error Failed to merge dynamic config

262 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 9626713811 Informational Primary server failback initiated.13812 Informational Server IP address add successfully.13

96267 • G Appendix D SNMP traps 26313843 Error Secondary server fail to get original conf file from repository before failback .13844 Error Failed to

264 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 9626713878 Error Primary server has invalid failover configuration.13879 Critical Secondary server detect kernel mod

96267 • G Appendix D SNMP traps 26519051 Informational [Remote Copy] The copying of the virtual tape %1 to the remote server has been started.19052 In

Key VTL features and options14 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267RemoteCopyRemoteCopycopiesasinglevirtualtapetoanotherserverondemand.VTL

266 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 9626719204 Error Console (%1): Failed to delete Key %2.19205 Informational Console (%1): Key %2 has been deleted suc

96267 • G Appendix D SNMP traps 26725001 Error %1 failed to start -- %2.25002 Informational %1 paused.25003 Error %1 failed to pause -- %2.25004 Infor

268 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 9626726207 Error Failed to define device %1 -- %2.26208 Error Failed to undefine device %1 -- %2.26209 Error Drive %

96267 • G Appendix D SNMP traps 26940007 Error "Unload tape from drive failed, Drive %1, EC %2"40008 Error Failed to create new tape in Virt

270 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 9626740038 Informational "Physical Library unassigned. Vid %1, [%2][%3]"40039 Error Read Element command t

96267 • G Appendix D SNMP traps 27140070 Error Cannot delete Tape %140071 Error "Cannot import Tape, dest slot %1 in Virtual Library %2 is full&q

272 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 9626740100 Error Waited %1 seconds to get a response from %2 (%3) after trying to retrieve drive information in ACS

96267 • G Appendix D SNMP traps 27340127 Informational Disk space allocated for tape VID %1 Barcode [%2] in vault has been reclaimed successfully40128

274 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267

96267 • G 275APPENDIXEEEILOMcommandreferenceThefollowingtablesummarizesIntegratedLightsOutManager(ILOM)commandsyoucanusetomanagethes

96267 • G 15CHAPTER2UnderstandingVTLZoningZoningis thecrucialfirststepwhenintegrating astoragesystem, suchastheVTLappliance,intoaF

276 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267Changethehostserialportconfiguration.Note:This speedsettingmustmatchthespeedsettingforserialpor

96267 • G Appendix E ILOM command reference 277Host System CommandsDeletethi s devicefrom anSNMPprivatecommunity.delete /SP/services/snmp/commu

278 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267

96267 • G iiiRevision HistoryShort Name Part # Revision Date CommentsVTL User Guide 96267 Nov 2006 Base document supplied by the vendor.A Jan 2007 M

16 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267Zoningforhigh‐availabilitysystemsZoningahigh‐availabilitysystemisslightlymorecomplex thanzoningast

96267 • G Chapter 2 Understanding VTL Zoning 17Portzoning(hardzoning)Ahard‐zonedSANmapsinitiatortotargetusingaphysic al portaddress.Thi

18 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267Duringfailover,thestandbyportbecom esactivebyspoofingtheWWPNofthefailedport.Thefigurebelowrepr

96267 • G 19CHAPTER3UsingtheVTLconsoleTheVirtualTapeLibraryconsoleapplicationisthegraphicaluserinterface thatyouusewhenadmin i st er

Running the VTL console application20 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267RunningtheVTLconsoleapplication▼ LaunchingtheVTL cons ole1. Tolaunch

Populating the console96267 • G Chapter 3 Using the VTL console 211. Fromthe consolemainmenu ,selectTools(A below),thenselectDiscover VTL Se

Understanding the VTL console interface22 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 962673. WhentheVTL User Login dialogappears,enterthe VTL Serverhostnam

Understanding the VTL console interface96267 • G Chapter 3 Using the VTL console 23Onceyouhavelogged intothese rver,clickingontheplus(+)s

Understanding the VTL console interface24 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267VirtualTapeLibrarySystemTheVirtual Tape Library Systembranchofthe

Understanding the VTL console interface96267 • G Chapter 3 Using the VTL console 25TheVirtual Vaultbranchliststhevirtualtapesthatarecurrently

iv VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267

Understanding the VTL console interface26 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 virtualtapeandlibraryinformation jobstatusByright‐clickingonth

96267 • G 27CHAPTER4VTLoperationsThischapt e rcoversroutineconfiguration,administration,andmanagementofservernodes,virtualtapelibraries,

Managing network connectivity28 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267▼ Configuringlocalarea networkconnections1. IntheNetwork Configurationprope

Managing network connectivity96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 295. WhentheIP Address Configurationpropertysheetappears,clicktheStaticradio

Managing network connectivity30 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267NotetheEnable SSH,Enable FTP,andAllow root to login in telnet sessioncheckbo

Managing network connectivity96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 313. Whenpromptedtorestartthenetworkandserver,press Yes (Cbelow).4. Logback

Managing network connectivity32 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 962672. SelecttheHBAthatyouwishto check(C above),and,inthepane at right, 

Managing virtual libraries96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 333. Toseevirtualdeviceassignments,expandtheclientnode(Dbelow)andFibre Channel

Managing virtual libraries34 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267ConfiguringphysicallibrariesanddevicesVTLsoftwaresupportseitherdirect‐attached

Managing virtual libraries96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 352. Otherwise,in theobjecttreeoftheVTLconsole,right‐clickthePhysical Resource

96267 • G vContentsAbout this book xi1. Introductio n:VTLappliancesand enterprisedata‐protect ion 1Features 2AdvantagesofVTLtape virtualizati

Managing virtual libraries36 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 962675. Whenthe Select Physical Devicespanelappears,usethecheckboxesand/orthesele

Managing virtual libraries96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 37▼ Assigningdirect‐attached physicaltape libraries/devices1. Intheobjecttreeof

Managing virtual libraries38 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267ManagingACSLSandLibraryStationtapepoolsWhenthe VTLsoftware’sACSLS/LibrarySt

Managing virtual libraries96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 39Configuringandprovisioningvirtual librariesThissectiondescribestheproceduresfo

Managing virtual libraries40 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267boththeneededlong‐termstoragecapacityandthefaste stpossibletransfertotape

Managing virtual libraries96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 41▼ Creatingvirtual tape libraries1. WhentheCreate Virtual Library Wizardappears,

Managing virtual libraries42 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267IfyouplantoattachaphysicaltapelibrarytotheVTLappliancefortape importor

Managing virtual libraries96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 436. Ifyoudonotintend toimplementautoarchivingorreplication,pressNext(L below

Managing virtual libraries44 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 962677. Indicateifyouwanttousetapeduplication.Tapeduplicationallowsyoutomake u

Managing virtual libraries96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 45Nexttask: Ifyouaregoingtoconfig uretapecachingon thisvirtuallibrary,got

vi VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 962672. UnderstandingVTLZoning 15Zoningforstandard‐availabilitysystems 15Zoningforhigh‐availabilitysystems 16

Managing virtual libraries46 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267▼ Creatingsimple schedule‐drivenmigrationpoliciesWhenthe Please select migratio

Managing virtual libraries96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 472. TomigratedatawhenALLofoftheconditionsspecifiedaresatisfied,clickth eAn

Managing virtual libraries48 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267▼ Creatinga reclamationpolicyThereclamatio npolicydetermineswhenex pired vir

Managing virtual libraries96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 49▼ Settingupthe AutoArchivefeature1. WhentheAuto Archive/Replicationdialogappe

Managing virtual libraries50 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267▼ Settingupthe AutoReplicationoption1. WhentheAuto Archive/Replicationdialog

Managing virtual libraries96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 51▼ Generatingthe virtual libraryUsingthisproced ure,youdefinethe remainingcha

Managing virtual libraries52 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 962673. Usingthespinnercontrolprovided,adjustthe Number of Slots to4096,themaximum

Managing virtual libraries96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 536. WhentheEnter virtual tape propertiesdialogappears,checktheTape Capacity On De

Managing virtual libraries54 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 9626710. PressNext(E above).11. Whentheconfirmationscreenappears,pressFinish(F bel

Managing virtual libraries96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 553. UndertheVirtual Tape Librariesnode,right‐clickonthevir tualtapelibrar ytha

96267 • G Contents viiCopyingtapes 104Movingtapesbetweenvirtualandphysicallibraries 107Managingtapecach ing 120Creatingandviewingreports

Managing virtual libraries56 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267CreatingvirtualtapesFollowtheproceduresoutlinedbelow: “Enablingtheadvancedta

Managing virtual libraries96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 57triestocalculat e thisvalueforyou,itdoessousingthecurrentlyallocatedsize

Managing virtual libraries58 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 Otherwise,thewizardskipsdirectlytotheSpecify Batch Mode Informationdialog.S

Managing virtual libraries96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 592. IntheSelect Physical Tapesdialog,selectphysicaltapesusingthecheckboxes(C

Managing virtual libraries60 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267▼ Allocatingdisk spaceto virtualtapes1. WhentheSpecify Batch Mode Information

Managing virtual libraries96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 613. Otherwise,ifyo uplantocreateadditional librarieslater,dividetheMaximum(B

Managing virtual libraries62 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 962671. WhentheSelect Target Server for Auto-Replication Optiondialogappears,checkthe

Managing virtual libraries96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 634. WhentheSpecify Replication Timeout and Retry Policypropertysheetappears,config

Managing virtual libraries64 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 962677. PressNext(K above).Nexttask :  “Launchingthevirtualtapebatch creationproc

Managing virtual libraries96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 65 “A d d i n g FibreChanne l SANclients”onpage 66 “As si gni ng virtuallibrari

viii VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267Getclientproperties 175Assignvirtualdevice 175Unassignvirtual device 176Createvirtualdevice 177Delete

Managing virtual libraries66 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267▼ AddingFibreChan nelSAN clients1. WhentheEnter the Generic Client Namedialog

Managing virtual libraries96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 673. WhentheSet Client Fibre Channel Propertiespropertysheetappears,selecttheWorl

Managing virtual libraries68 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 962675. WhentheAdd the Generic Clientsummaryscreenappears,pressFinish(L below)toa

Managing virtual libraries96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 69▼ Assigningvirtuallibrariesto storage clients1. WhentheAssign a Virtual Tape Li

Managing virtual libraries70 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 962673. WhentheAssign a Fibre Channel Client to the Virtual Tape Libraryconfirmationscr

Managing virtual libraries96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 713. Performaconfigurationreboot:Nexttask: “CreatingACSL Shostdriverinstancesfo

Managing virtual libraries72 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 962675. Editthefile/usr/kernel/drv/mchanger.conf,adding anentryforeachvirtuallibr

Managing virtual libraries96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 7310. Whenprompted,confirmyourentriesbyentering y (yes).Thescriptbuildsthedrive

Managing virtual libraries74 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 962672. Whenyouareaskedifthe ACS (AutomatedCartridgeSubsystem)isinapartitionedl

Managing virtual libraries96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 754. Waitfor60 seconds(oneminute),thenstarttheACSLScommandpreocessor,cmd_proc

96267 • G Contents ixGetimport/exportjobstatus 198Resumeimport/exportjobs 199Deleteimport/exportjobs 200Suspendimport/exportjobs 200Cancel

Managing virtual libraries76 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267 “Manuallysa vi ngtheVTLconfiguration”onpage 76 “Automaticallybackingupthe

Managing virtual libraries96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 771. IntheobjecttreeoftheVTLconsole,right‐clickonthetheVTLserverbranch(A b

Managing virtual libraries78 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 962673. SelecttheAuto Save Config tab(C below).4. Check Enable Auto Save Configuration

Managing virtual libraries96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 79Stophere.RecoveringtheserverconfigurationIftheVTLserverconfiguration islost

Managing virtual libraries80 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267Mirroringsuppliesan additionallayerofprotection.Mirroreddatabasesmaintaintwo

Managing virtual libraries96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 815. WhentheSelect a Creation Methoddialogappears,se lec tExpress(F below),andpr

Managing virtual libraries82 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 962676. Whenthe confirmationdialogappears,confi rm thatallinformationis correct,

Managing virtual libraries96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 83▼ ManagingadministratorsOnlytherootusercanaddordeleteaVTLadministratororc

Managing virtual libraries84 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267▼ Changingadministrator passwords1. Right‐clickontheVTLservernodename(A bel

Managing virtual libraries96267 • G Chapter 4 VTL operations 85VTLsupportstwotypesofcompression: Hardwarecompression‐usesaHifnExpressDR10