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Configuring and Managing Virtual Tape Libraries

This chapter contains information on configuring and managing
virtual tape libraries, Path-to-Tape, and auto archive features:

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Introduction ........................................................................................ 56

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Configuring virtual tape libraries.................................................... 59

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Managing virtual tape libraries ....................................................... 68

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Configuring and managing the Path-to-Tape feature................... 76

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Configuring Auto Archive................................................................ 82

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Managing auto archive...................................................................... 87

Configuring and Managing

Virtual Tape Libraries

Summary of Contents for DL3D 1500

Page 1: ...EMC Corporation Corporate Headquarters Hopkinton MA 01748 9103 1 508 435 1000 www EMC com EMC Disk Library DL3D 1500 and DL3D 3000 Version 1 1 ADMINISTRATOR S GUIDE P N 300 006 695 REV A02...

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Page 3: ...epository 20 Data reduction 21 Data de duplication 21 Hardware compression 22 Remote replication 23 Hardware components 24 DL3D 1500 components 24 DL3D 3000 components 24 Powering up the appliance 25...

Page 4: ...tion 52 Company 52 Primary Secondary 53 Chapter 4 Configuring and Managing Virtual Tape Libraries Introduction 56 Connecting the DL3D to the SAN 56 Virtual tape libraries 56 Other considerations 57 Co...

Page 5: ...Configuring barcode filters 86 Managing auto archive 87 Viewing media summary 87 Managing virtual actions on the media 87 Managing cartridge access 89 Managing physical actions on the media 90 Managi...

Page 6: ...iew of the replication process 141 Configuring and managing data replication 142 Prerequisites for replication 143 Setting up the target DL3D appliance 144 Setting up the source DL3D appliance 146 Rep...

Page 7: ...recycle media 181 writeprot media 181 offline online 181 list host 182 add host 182 edit host 182 del host 183 list target 183 list device 183 list sanclientgroup 184 add sanclientgroup 185 del sancli...

Page 8: ...get capacity 196 get capacity free 196 get capacity free dedup 196 get capacity used 196 get capacity used dedup 197 get ddratio 197 Replication commands 198 replicate vtl 198 replicate nas 198 lock v...

Page 9: ...ndix A DL3D Event Codes Appendix B Veritas NetBackup OST and LSU Configuration Veritas NetBackup OST and LSU Configuration 218 Enabling Verbose Logging 219 Appendix C Mounting or Mapping the NAS Share...

Page 10: ...EMC DL3D 1500 and DL3D 3000 Administrator s Guide 10 Contents...

Page 11: ...ions 74 7 Workgroup users fields 103 8 Add NAS share fields 106 9 NAS Share Summary fields 107 10 Storage Server Fields 112 11 LSU fields 113 12 Administration alerts 130 13 System status 132 14 Serve...

Page 12: ...EMC DL3D 1500 and DL3D 3000 Administrator s Guide 12 Tables...

Page 13: ...tly in use For the most up to date information on product features refer to your product release notes If a product does not function properly or does not function as described in this document please...

Page 14: ...configuration and OST configuration Chapter 6 Contains a description of DL3D 1500 3000 status information Chapter 7 Discusses the DL3D 1500 3000 alert information such as email account configuration...

Page 15: ...y death or substantial property damage if you ignore the warning DANGER A danger notice contains information essential to avoid a hazard that will cause severe personal injury death or substantial pro...

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Page 17: ...lied with the DL3D 1500 3000 appliance you must obtain and install it independently The DL3D 1500 3000 appliance supports the following Internet browsers Windows Internet Explorer IE 6 02 or later Fir...

Page 18: ...18 EMC DL3D 1500 and DL3D 3000 Administrator s Guide Preface...

Page 19: ...ents It also describes the procedures to power up and power down the appliance The chapter discusses the following topics Introduction to the DL3D 1500 3000 20 Data reduction 21 Remote replication 23...

Page 20: ...w capacity Data de duplication and multi site remote replication High performance for enterprise scale protection Advanced data de duplication increases disk retention for backup data The DL3D 1500 30...

Page 21: ...000 supports immediate and scheduled de duplication policies as well as no de duplication on individual shares or VTLs Immediate de duplication As the DL3D appliance ingests the backup data the DL3D w...

Page 22: ...tures are compared against those for existing unique blocks Only new unique blocks are stored along with pointers to existing unique blocks in the appropriate sequence that can be used to reconstitute...

Page 23: ...you to replicate backup data over WANs for secure network based disaster recovery protection and it lets you combine rapid local restores with sound disaster recovery protection With DL3D series repli...

Page 24: ...wing Two 4 Gb s Fibre Channel connections from the DL3D server to each back end storage processor SP A and SP B One or more shelves of SATA serial advanced technology attachment drives DL3D 3000 compo...

Page 25: ...S and the power cord retention bails are in place Power cords for the first disk array enclosure DAE3P enclosure address 0 EA 0 bus 0 are plugged into the SPSs and the power cord retention bails are i...

Page 26: ...ll I O activity to the SPE Stopping the I O allows the storage processor SP to destage cache data and may take some time The length of time depends on the size of the cache the amount of data in the c...

Page 27: ...hich lets you configure and manage the system from a remote workstation on the same network The DL3D 1500 and DL3D 3000 appliances are managed through web pages accessible using Internet browser softw...

Page 28: ...later Linux Firefox 1 5 or later JRE 1 4 2 or later Solaris Firefox 1 5 or later JRE 1 4 2 or later Accessing DL3D 1500 and DL3D 3000 web pages To access the DL3D 1500 and DL3D 3000 web pages 1 On the...

Page 29: ...pages is the system Home page The Home page is divided into the following sections Contents Status Data reduced by System details Virtual tape libraries data services NAS data services System status...

Page 30: ...data capacity available in the storage system Free Data capacity available for new data Used Data capacity consumed by data waiting to be de duplicated data that will not be de duplicated de duplicat...

Page 31: ...eduction statistics area contains details such as the original data size before reduction the data size after reduction and the resulting reduction ratio The cumulative replication statistics area sho...

Page 32: ...vices This section displays de duplication and replication status for all configured virtual tape libraries In the De duplication section click Info to view the Virtual Tape Libraries Configuration Su...

Page 33: ...Admin Enabled when an administrator alert has occurred The administrator alert is displayed under Admin Alerts on the Alerts page Action Enabled when an action is required on the system The required a...

Page 34: ...34 EMC DL3D 1500 and DL3D 3000 Administrator s Guide DL3D 1500 and DL3D 3000 Remote Management...

Page 35: ...the DL3D 1500 3000 appliance This chapter discusses configuring the following areas Accessing the configuration page 36 Configuring the network 37 Configuring the date and time 39 Configuring securit...

Page 36: ...he following areas Virtual Tape Libraries Path to Tape Disk Backup NAS OST Windows Domain Network Date Time Security Email SNMP Contacts Chapter 4 Configuring and Managing Virtual Tape Libraries conta...

Page 37: ...this bonding policy LACP Mode 4 From DL3D version 1 1 the Ethernet ports can also be bonded using the Link Aggregation Control Protocol LACP bonding The Ethernet ports are bundled into a single logica...

Page 38: ...de Configuring DL3D 1500 3000 8 Click Apply Figure 1 Configuring the network Table 1 Optional network node fields Field Description Domain Name Domain name for the DL3D 1500 3000 appliance Primary Sec...

Page 39: ...nual to manually set the system date and time using the Edit button to select the system date from the pop up calendar and drop down boxes for the system time Select Use NTP Network Time Protocol to s...

Page 40: ...40 EMC DL3D 1500 and DL3D 3000 Administrator s Guide Configuring DL3D 1500 3000 Figure 2 Configuring date and time...

Page 41: ...change the management pages This section lets you change the passwords for these accounts To set the monitor and administrator passwords 1 On the Monitor Password page type the desired password in the...

Page 42: ...e the CLI monitor or administrator account password Click Reset password to factory default to restore the factory default password for the CLI account Click Change password to create a new password T...

Page 43: ...ish a SSL connection a certification authority must assign an encryption key in the form of a certificate file private key file and pass phrase to your DL3D 1500 3000 appliance Once you install these...

Page 44: ...cate file The SSL certificate file must be named server crt 5 Click Upload to install the SSL certificate file 6 Type your private key and press Enter 7 Type your pass phrase and press Enter A Success...

Page 45: ...to receive To edit the email recipient information click Name or Edit Add The Add page lets you configure an email recipient To add an email recipient 1 Type an email name 2 Type an email address wher...

Page 46: ...desired 4 Disable email notifications to the recipient by clicking on Notifications Enabled 5 Click Apply 6 Click Yes to confirm the changes Delete The Delete page lets you delete a previously config...

Page 47: ...Type the Host Name or IP address for the outgoing email SMTP server for example the DNS name 2 Type the email address that will appear in the From line when the recipient receives an email from the sy...

Page 48: ...rom the Configuration page click SNMP The management frame displays the SNMP page The SNMP page is divided into the following sections Destinations Community Test Destinations Use the Destinations pag...

Page 49: ...P Address field if the value in the Network Mask edit box ends in a zero the value in the IP address edit box must also end in a zero Note An IP address of 0 0 0 0 will disable the IP address access c...

Page 50: ...the same number of zeroes in the same address octets as the IP address Examples of IP address and network mask combinations are as follows IP address 153 203 16 65 Network mask 255 255 16 65 This allo...

Page 51: ...00 3000 Test Use the Test page to send an SNMP trap 1 Select an SNMP destination 2 Click Send from the Test tab The test trap is sent Verify that the SNMP trap was sent at the destination Figure 6 SNM...

Page 52: ...ny support tickets generated and can provide valuable information for identifying the appliance Edit the company information as desired Table 3 contains a description of the fields by modifying the fi...

Page 53: ...dary contact information Field Description Name Primary secondary contact name Email Primary secondary contact email address Phone Primary secondary contact phone number Fax Primary secondary contact...

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Page 55: ...ging virtual tape libraries Path to Tape and auto archive features Introduction 56 Configuring virtual tape libraries 59 Managing virtual tape libraries 68 Configuring and managing the Path to Tape fe...

Page 56: ...nel switch listed in the EMC Support Matrix Avoid using hard port zoning schemes with backup devices Always define a single initiator target zoning scheme with the world wide part name wwpn Do not use...

Page 57: ...artridge size but it cannot exceed the capacity of its physical equivalent This ensures that the compressed data stored on a virtual tape cartridge will fit on a physical tape once it has been decompr...

Page 58: ...library with many tape drives but assign only a few tape drives to each backup server In this configuration each backup server has its own dedicated resources This also simplifies the initial installa...

Page 59: ...the SAN Clients and target devices with the virtual tape library See Managing SAN clients on page 64 Accessing virtual tape libraries To access the Virtual Tape Libraries page from the contents frame...

Page 60: ...Virtual Tape Library page The Virtual Tape Libraries Configuration page appears 2 On the Virtual Tape Library Configuration page click Add to add a virtual tape library to the system The Add Virtual T...

Page 61: ...duplication will not occur during this time window each day Only one backup window may be set per virtual tape library By default selecting only Enable De duplication enables immediate de duplication...

Page 62: ...Virtual Tape Libraries Figure 7 Adding a virtual tape library Creating media Use the Create Media page to create virtual tape cartridges for a specific virtual tape library You can also set the tape c...

Page 63: ...tom capacity To enter a custom capacity select custom size and enter the capacity for the tape cartridge Note Minimum and maximum values are displayed when the cartridge type is selected 5 Type the nu...

Page 64: ...you assign a virtual library to a SAN client the backup servers cannot use it To ensure correct library behavior and device discovery when assigning or unassigning ensure that device numbering on the...

Page 65: ...Alias box 5 Click Apply to add the host The new SAN client is added Managing targets Use the Target page to view the current target Fibre Channel configuration To access the Target page 1 On the SAN C...

Page 66: ...library you must create separate SAN client groups for each SAN client Use the Add page to add a SAN client group to a specific virtual tape library To add a SAN client group using the Add page 1 To a...

Page 67: ...s Single library with multiple hosts You must use the DL3D to create different groups for each host so that multiple hosts can use the same devices A group consists of exactly one host one target and...

Page 68: ...ails or export recycle delete or import virtual media see Managing media actions on page 72 To view a list of SAN clients see Managing SAN client groups on page 74 To edit SAN client groups see Editin...

Page 69: ...ual tape library in the Name column to edit it Note Click this information icon to view additional virtual tape library information such as the policy based backup window start and end times and the r...

Page 70: ...iance The Virtual Tape Library Name Current Mode online or offline and Serial Number are displayed Note Click the information icon to view additional virtual tape library information such as the polic...

Page 71: ...rives are NOT included in the list Drives may be offline if they have not been mapped to a host 4 To reduce the number of tape cartridges displayed on the Move page type a barcode that the system can...

Page 72: ...tape cartridges with a barcode beginning with LTO Hint Click the Quick Tip icon next to the Barcode Filters edit box for examples of acceptable barcode filters 8 Click Apply 9 Click Yes to confirm the...

Page 73: ...Virtual Actions The Virtual Actions page appears Note You can click the Barcode VTL Write Protect State Used and Capacity GB column headings to sort the rows by the data in the respective column Click...

Page 74: ...Client Access The SAN Client Access page appears 2 On the SAN Client Access page click Groups The Groups page appears 3 Click the virtual tape library drop down box to view the host groups associated...

Page 75: ...that you must add to the host group The LUN assignment is displayed next to the device 5 Click Apply to save the changes to the SAN client group The SAN client group is saved Deleting a SAN client gr...

Page 76: ...license or Auto Archive license one port FC Port 3 becomes an initiator port This initiator port is used to attach a physical tape library or an EDL VTL that the PTT feature will use 1 Install the DL...

Page 77: ...as been enabled see License keys on page 172 To access the Physical Device Discovery page on the PTT page click Physical Device Discovery To configure an attached physical library Note Click a Media C...

Page 78: ...rom the DL3D before it can be removed from the configuration Ignore when selected the system will ignore this attached physical library 4 Click Apply The changes are applied Figure 9 Discovering physi...

Page 79: ...and password for the backup software so that it can log in to the DL3D 1500 3000 and use the Path to Tape feature To configure backup application specific users 1 Discover attached physical devices S...

Page 80: ...Application Specific The Backup Application Specific User Configuration page appears 2 Click Add The Add Vendor Specific User page appears 3 Type the following backup application specific user inform...

Page 81: ...mation a Select the backup application specific username you want to edit b Edit the password c Confirm the password d Add a description optional e Click Apply to save the changes Deleting a backup ap...

Page 82: ...page is divided into the following sections Media Behaviors Devices To configure Auto Archive 1 Discover attached physical devices See Discovering physical devices on page 77 Change the intended use...

Page 83: ...dia Direct Access Creates virtual media but any data is written directly to corresponding physical media and is not written to virtual media c Select the Initial Location that defines the initial loca...

Page 84: ...manage the import export settings configure early tape creation and configure barcode filters To access the Import Export Behaviors page 1 On the Configuration page click PTT 2 On the PTT page click A...

Page 85: ...own access This option is used to manually assign access and pool cleaning service or application To change the default import behavior for individual media see Managing virtual actions on the media o...

Page 86: ...sed for drive cleaning The Barcode Filter page displays the barcode filters To access the Barcode Filters page on the Behaviors page click Barcode Filters The Barcode Filters page appears Cleaning Bar...

Page 87: ...ending actions on page 91 Manage device modes See Managing device modes on page 92 Viewing media summary Use the Media page to import export and remove virtual and physical cartridges from a physical...

Page 88: ...only for virtual cartridges with barcodes matching barcodes in physical library Export Behavior This action assigns an export rule to the selected cartridges The available export rules are I E statio...

Page 89: ...artridges in the physical library and allows you to change the access type Note Change access can be configured only if the Path to Tape license has been enabled To change the access type of the cartr...

Page 90: ...access the Media page click Auto Archive on the PTT page To access the Physical Actions page on the Media page click Physical Actions The Physical Actions page appears Importing media The Import secti...

Page 91: ...on the virtual media is lost If you recycle the virtual media the data is discarded and lost To export offline media in a physical library to a physical library export station 1 To reduce the number o...

Page 92: ...Device Discovery page see Discovering physical devices on page 77 Changing library modes The Library page allows you to turn the library online or offline To access the Library page on the Devices pag...

Page 93: ...o archive 93 Configuring and Managing Virtual Tape Libraries To turn a tape drive online or offline select the tape drive and click Apply The tape drive mode is changed to reflect the new online or of...

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Page 95: ...configuration page lets you set or configure the following areas of the DL3D 1500 3000 appliance Configuring and managing disk backup 96 Configuring and managing NAS shares 97 Configuring and managing...

Page 96: ...Backup Configuring and managing disk backup The Disk Backup page is used to configure NAS shares as well as OST storage servers The Disk Backup page is divided into the following sections NAS Configu...

Page 97: ...configuration The NAS section is used to add edit or delete NAS shares The NAS page is divided into the following sections Summary Page Add NAS Share Edit NAS Share Delete NAS Share To configure NAS s...

Page 98: ...ections Joining a Windows Workgroup Joining a Windows Domain Joining a Domain using a Domain User Credential Troubleshooting ADS Join Issues Joining a Windows workgroup To join a Windows workgroup 1 E...

Page 99: ...fully qualified name of the Primary Domain Controller PDC Choose one of these options Use DNS discovery Let the PDC be discovered automatically Type the fully qualified name or the IP address of the...

Page 100: ...large companies do not want to use the Administrator account to enable users to join the ADS domain They prefer to give special rights for joining the domain to a normal domain user account This secti...

Page 101: ...Scroll down the list and select the following Read dNSHostName Write dNSHostName Read servicePrincipalName Write servicePrincipalName j Click Finish Perform the following steps 1 On the Network page...

Page 102: ...such as Computers exists If you want to join an organizational unit that is different from the default then type the name of that organizational unit as it appears in MMC d Type the Administrator name...

Page 103: ...Tools page select MMC Computer Management 3 Access the DL3D 1500 3000 appliance from the Action menu Type the system hostname and click Enter 4 Expand System Tools and Shared Folders to access the sha...

Page 104: ...he Description and Enforce read only access to this share options You can also change the de duplication policy from immediate to scheduled and vice versa or change the window for scheduled de duplica...

Page 105: ...not complete before the next backup window occurs de duplication of the previous day s backup data will continue until finished This can cause your backup window to be extended De duplication of the...

Page 106: ...data in the respective column Click the column heading again to invert the sorting sequence from ascending order to descending order Table 8 Add NAS share fields Field Description Name Type a name for...

Page 107: ...ce it is enabled 4 Click Apply Deleting NAS shares To delete a NAS share 1 To access the NAS page on the Disk Backup Configuration page click NAS Column Description Share Name Lists the NAS share name...

Page 108: ...the Samba settings and Enable Disable Opportunistic Locking Opportunistic locking lets clients lock files and locally cache information without the risk of another user changing the file This increase...

Page 109: ...age servers LSUs Configuring OST To configure OST 1 Install the OST client plug in See Installing the OST client plug in on page 109 2 Configure OST storage servers on Veritas NetBackup See Veritas Ne...

Page 110: ...storage server The Add Storage Server page appears 2 Type the storage server information as desired Table 10 provides a description of the fields Note If you are editing a storage server you can edit...

Page 111: ...te If de duplication does not complete before the next backup window occurs de duplication of the previous day s backup data will continue until finished This can cause your backup window to extend De...

Page 112: ...the fields 3 Click Apply Table 10 Storage Server Fields Field Description Name Type a name for the storage server Description Optional Type a description for this storage server Max Connections Type...

Page 113: ...following ways Table 11 LSU fields Field Description Storage Server Select the storage server in which the LSU will be created LSU Name Type a name for the LSU Description optional Type a description...

Page 114: ...f OST storage servers allowed 100 number of storage servers created and number of logical storage units created LSUs The LSU page is used to add edit or delete LSUs To view the LSU page from the OST p...

Page 115: ...rvers are deleted Editing an LSU To edit an LSU 1 To access the LSU page from the OST page click LSU The LSU page appears 2 Click the LSU on the Summary page or click Edit The Edit LSU page appears 3...

Page 116: ...6 EMC DL3D 1500 and DL3D 3000 Administrator s Guide Configuring and Managing Disk Backup Note You cannot delete the LSUs in a storage server with active connections example non zero current connection...

Page 117: ...displays information about the emulated tape drives virtual disks robot storage bins and DL3D 1500 3000 appliance hardware This chapter discusses the following topics Accessing status 118 Hardware 11...

Page 118: ...vides a variety of hardware information from the Hardware Status page The Hardware Status page gives the current status of the hard drives power supplies fan modules temperature of the server Fibre Ch...

Page 119: ...ailable for the following components System board Boot disks Compression adapters FC adapters Network adapters Storage systems System board The server contains a system board that provides status on t...

Page 120: ...DL3D 3000 server contains two compression adapters compression card 1 and 2 the DL3D 1500 server contains only one compression adapter compression card 1 Each compression adapter status is shown in th...

Page 121: ...rage arrays The Common tab displays the components the DL3D 1500 3000 appliance shares Clicking Storage Arrays displays a list of both the RAID storage systems and JBODs The Name list displays the nam...

Page 122: ...stem CPU performance in a dynamic graph To view the CPU Performance page on the System page click CPU The CPU page appears You can choose to view the average performance of all CPUs or a specific CPU...

Page 123: ...duplication page displays the following system de duplication performance in a dynamic graph Horizontal axis Seconds 0 3600 seconds Vertical axis Data in KB 0 100 KB Vertical bars represent 60 second...

Page 124: ...d Total amount of space that has been used on the system This is the storage space consumed by de duplicated data data waiting to be de duplicated data that will never be de duplicated and system meta...

Page 125: ...System 125 Viewing Status Figure 17 Disk Usage page...

Page 126: ...el page on the System page click Fibre Channel The Fibre Channel page appears The Fibre Channel page displays the following information Horizontal axis Seconds 100 0 seconds Vertical axis Data in MB 0...

Page 127: ...a tape drive displays the specific details for that device on the right side of the VTL page Select the virtual tape library you wish to view from the list box The Show Hide links will either display...

Page 128: ...ays the throughput performance of each virtual tape library at that point in time Clicking a virtual tape library will display the detailed performance of the specific virtual tape library Note This i...

Page 129: ...Managing Alerts 129 7 The Alerts page displays the administration alerts action required and service tickets This chapter discusses the following topic Alerts 130 Managing Alerts...

Page 130: ...more specifics on this topic Note You can click the Item Library Last Update and Details column headings to sort the rows in the report by the data in the respective column Click the column heading ag...

Page 131: ...ional logic to determine whether the event warrants a service ticket If the event is not critical the process for the event is completed If the event is critical the service daemon creates and logs a...

Page 132: ...e System Status page appears The System Status page lists the information described in Table 13 Note You can click the Ticket State Priority Last Update and Details column headings to sort the rows in...

Page 133: ...ou more information on analyzing service tickets and additional information about a reported problem Modifying service tickets DL3D 1500 3000 users with the Administrator privilege can modify service...

Page 134: ...ail and click Details The Ticket Details screen appears This screen contains the service ticket number date and time when the ticket was last accessed ticket status Open or Closed the priority of the...

Page 135: ...e ticket The section Viewing service tickets on page 132 gives you more information 2 Click Analysis 3 The Ticket Analysis screen appears 4 Check the Close Ticket box 5 Click Apply to close the servic...

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Page 137: ...you configure space reclamation and configure the system replication capability This chapter discusses the following topics Accessing data services 138 Configuring and implementing data replication 1...

Page 138: ...indices associated with the data on each expired and relabeled cartridge or share The process that DL3D invokes to reclaim the storage space that the un referenced unique blocks have consumed is call...

Page 139: ...plays the space reclamation status Note The space reclamation process will affect system performance For optimal system performance ensure that space reclamation occurs when the system is idle 3 To st...

Page 140: ...140 EMC DL3D 1500 and DL3D 3000 Administrator s Guide Managing Data Services Figure 18 Scheduling space reclamation...

Page 141: ...cation process Replication transmits data over Ethernet using TCP The source DL3D can optionally encrypt the data in line using AES 128 before sending it across the TCP link to the remote DL3D where i...

Page 142: ...nd virtual tape Replication and synchronization Synchronization in addition to the replication process ensures that the contents of the shares and VTLs on the source and target systems are exactly the...

Page 143: ...ares with de duplication enabled can be replicated For namespace replication only virtual tape libraries or NAS shares with replication enabled can be replicated For cartridge based replication only v...

Page 144: ...t system 1 Access the remote management pages on the target system 2 On the Replication page click Target Role The Target Role page appears 3 Type the source system Hostname or IP address for the repl...

Page 145: ...artridge Based Replication target The VTL cartridge based replication configuration is completed at the target system Configuring directory file based replication on a NAS share In addition to adding...

Page 146: ...stem IP address on page 146 2 Enable virtual tape libraries or NAS shares for replication Specifying the target system IP address After adding the source system hostname or IP address to the target sy...

Page 147: ...the namespace it will be necessary to perform an on demand replication to obtain recoverable images of that VTL at the target system 4 Click Apply The Source Role VTL page appears Enabling replicatio...

Page 148: ...e unique data are complete If you do not specify a replication time for the namespace it will be necessary to perform an on demand replication to obtain recoverable images of that share at the target...

Page 149: ...d time or manually run namespace replication on virtual tape libraries that have replication enabled Namespace replication copies the current namespace description of the contents of the VTL replicate...

Page 150: ...arget system 4 Click Apply The Source Role VTL page appears Running a namespace replication manually on demand replication To manually replicate the namespace of a virtual tape library 1 On the Source...

Page 151: ...Configuring and implementing data replication 151 Managing Data Services Figure 19 Source Role Virtual tape libraries...

Page 152: ...ailable when a namespace replication is either run manually or scheduled Scheduling namespace replication NAS shares enabled for namespace replication continuously replicate their unique data to the t...

Page 153: ...urce Role page click NAS The Source Role NAS page appears 2 Click Check Readiness Check readiness informs if all the unique blocks of the NAS share are transferred to the target system 3 Select the NA...

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Page 155: ...licated To initiate the replication of an individual file the entire path to the file must be specified in the replication command with the filename syscli replicate nas name NAS share name path direc...

Page 156: ...ce replication is scheduled to run Sync ID Displays the Sync ID of the virtual tape library if it is enabled for cartridge based replication The Information button is displayed during a replication in...

Page 157: ...ally completed Refer to the log file to view the files that were not replicated Success the replication job was completed successfully Failure the replication job was not completed Schedule Displays t...

Page 158: ...ice on page 158 Changing the replication state See Enabling or disabling replication on page 159 Generating replication reports See Generating replication reports on page 159 Viewing replication perfo...

Page 159: ...ocess the appliance will complete the entire replication and then disable replication on the system The appliance will be unable to replicate until you click Enable Generating replication reports Repl...

Page 160: ...gathered while replicating or failing back shares or partitions to target systems To clear these statistics click Clear Performing target role actions The Target Role Actions page displays the replic...

Page 161: ...existing recovered share must be deleted before proceeding to recover that share using another recovery point Deleting the first recovered instance does not remove the actual data contained in the sh...

Page 162: ...name for the recovered virtual tape library This name must be unique on the target system The virtual tape library and its cartridges are recreated on the target system You must add tape drives and a...

Page 163: ...ections provide information for your specific data type Failing back a virtual tape library Failing back a NAS share Failing back a virtual tape library To fail back a virtual tape library Note You mu...

Page 164: ...le page click NAS The Target Role NAS page displays the available NAS shares that have been replicated The page also displays information of failback jobs 2 To fail back a NAS share select the share a...

Page 165: ...ce functions on the DL3D 1500 3000 including uploading and activating software images and configuration files The Utilities page also lets you restart or shut down the DL3D appliance This chapter disc...

Page 166: ...ontains more information 2 Click Firmware The Firmware page appears 3 Type the location and filename of the new software image Note Use Browse to locate the new firmware image 4 Click Upload to place...

Page 167: ...ified below in the IP Address section should have NetServer enabled The Network page is divided into the following sections Performance Settings Performance The Performance section is used to perform...

Page 168: ...ntacting EMC customer support To download the system diagnostics file 1 Access the Utilities page 2 Click Diagnostics The diagnostics are divided into following sections System diagnostics file Networ...

Page 169: ...y are being run This section allows you to run healthchecks on demand and stop them if they are already running When healthchecks are run only those healthchecks that are enabled are executed The prog...

Page 170: ...w you to enable or disable the healthcheck Figure 22 Healthchecks Status Schedule The Schedule section allows you to configure the DL3D system to automatically run a healthcheck This lets you control...

Page 171: ...To reboot or shut down the DL3D server 1 Access the Utilities page and click Node Management Accessing utilities on page 166 contains more information 2 On the Node Management page click Shutdown 3 In...

Page 172: ...nse Keys The management frame displays the License Keys page To upload a license key enter the license key in the New Key field and click Add The new key is displayed in the Installed Keys section The...

Page 173: ...vailable virtual tape libraries NAS shares adding a virtual tape library editing a virtual tape library or NAS share and deleting a virtual tape library or NAS share The following sections provide inf...

Page 174: ...he next sections The following are the conventions for the syntax used You must prefix the option names with double dash You can type the option name or specify a value following it You must replace o...

Page 175: ...cated within parenthesis You must invoke the CLI program syscli and use it as the command followed by the options The syntax specified for the CLI in following sections start with options and values a...

Page 176: ...the virtual tape library mode library model drive model type number of drives number of media number of slots serial number de duplication status enabled disabled and backup window status enabled dis...

Page 177: ...virtual tape library Syntax syscli list tapedrive Output tapedrive count 2 tapdrive 1 model QUANTUMDLTS4 description Quantum DLT S4 tapedrive 2 model QUANTUMSDLT320 description Quantum SDLT 320 add vt...

Page 178: ...me slots number_of_slots drives number_of_drives startbackup hh mm endbackup hh mm del vtl Lets you delete an existing virtual tape library Description The del vtl command is used to delete an existin...

Page 179: ...ity is not specified the media type native capacity is considered Syntax syscli add media name vtl name type media type media number of media barcodestart starting barcode location slot ieslot capacit...

Page 180: ...ate You must specify the media barcode and the name of the virtual tape library Syntax syscli del media barcode barcode name vtl name Example bash 3 00 syscli del media barcode ENR114 name ENT VTL1 NR...

Page 181: ...the tape to write protected state Description The writeprot media command changes the state of the tape to write protected state You must specify the media barcode and the name of the virtual tape li...

Page 182: ...nection status active add host Adds a host to the available host list Description The add host command adds a host to the available host list You must specify the host s world wide port name WWPN If t...

Page 183: ...list target command displays the list of targets on the system It lists the node alias FC port and the WWPN Syntax syscli list target Output target count 1 target 1 node 1 alias FC3 wwpn 214108001bc0...

Page 184: ...ape library name group name host target and devices associated with the group If a virtual library name is specified this command lists only the group associated with that virtual tape library Syntax...

Page 185: ...either VMC or VTD and the desired host LUNs You must specify at least one device and LUN Syntax syscli add sanclientgroup name group name vtlname vtl name wwpn world wide port name target target devic...

Page 186: ...attributes The attributes include share name protocol export path de duplication status enabled disabled and backup window status enabled disabled permission access and description If the backup wind...

Page 187: ...backup time window for the NAS share If de duplication is enabled you must specify the backup window start and end time You cannot change the de duplication state once the NAS share is created The bac...

Page 188: ...it explicitly or let the command discover it automatically It is not necessary for the admin user to have the same credentials as the domain user who is authorized to join the active directory domain...

Page 189: ...stem joined to a workgroup or a list of share administrators if the system is joined to a Windows domain Syntax syscli list user Output workgroupuser count 1 workgroupuser 1 name user1 end Administrat...

Page 190: ...for a system that is joined to a workgroup If the system is joined to an active directory domain this command merely removes the share administrator privileges from a domain user but the domain user w...

Page 191: ...p users Description The deleteall user command lets you delete all the workgroup users Syntax syscli deleteall user edit user Edits a workgroup user Description The edit user command lets you edit det...

Page 192: ...rator must exist in the specified domain Syntax syscli del shareadmin name domain_user_or_group_name deleteall shareadmin Removes the share admin privileges of all NAS share administrators Description...

Page 193: ...ser You must specify the name of the user and name of the share Syntax syscli del shareuser share sharename user username deleteall shareuser Removes the access privileges to a CIFS share from all wor...

Page 194: ...removes the access privileges to a NFS share from a NFS host You must specify the host name and the share name Syntax syscli del sharehost share sharename host hostname deleteall sharehost Removes the...

Page 195: ...nd Line Interface set smbsetting Changes the kernel oplocks settings in CIFS Description The set smbsetting command lets you change the kernel oplocks settings in CIFS Syntax syscli set smbsetting opl...

Page 196: ...city free command displays the amount of data in TB available for all data storage Syntax syscli get capacity free get capacity free dedup Displays the amount of unique data available excluding data t...

Page 197: ...licated Description The get capacity used dedup command displays the amount of user data in TB that has been de duplicated Syntax syscli get capacity used dedup get ddratio Retrieves de duplication ra...

Page 198: ...de of the cartridge Syntax syscli replicate vtl name vtlname barcode barcode disableok replicate nas Initiates directory file based replication Description The replicate nas command lets you initiate...

Page 199: ...ary You must specify the name of the virtual tape library Syntax syscli unlock vtl name VTL name force unlock nas Unlocks the specified NAS share Description The unlock nas command unlocks a specified...

Page 200: ...library Syntax syscli sync vtl name VTL name sync nas Synchronizes a NAS share Description The sync nas command synchronizes the specified NAS share You must specify the name of the NAS share Syntax...

Page 201: ...mmand Line Interface getstatus sync Retrieves the synchronization status Description The getstatus sync command lists the synchronization request status of a specified source or target Syntax syscli g...

Page 202: ...t proto cifs nfs ro hidden desc description dedup startbackup hh mm endbackup hh mm del storageserver Deletes a storage server Description The del storageserver command lets you delete a specified sto...

Page 203: ...ommand lets you add LSU to a specified storage server You must specify a number of parameters such as lsu name the maximum transfer size the block size and the capacity Syntax syscli add lsu name lsu_...

Page 204: ...nsfer size the block size and the capacity Syntax syscli edit lsu name lsu_name storageserver server_name desc lsu description maxtransfer lsu_max_transfer_size_KB blksize lsu_block_size_KB capacity l...

Page 205: ...s describe the system events Server events 206 Server software events 209 RAID events 212 Fibre Channel HBA events 213 Compression HBA events 214 Network data management protocol events 214 Software e...

Page 206: ...Warning The temperature rises Critical level SL_FRU_IO_SERVER SL_EVT_HIGHTEMP High Failed The temperature rises Non Recoverable level SL_FRU_IO_SERVER SL_EVT_TEMP_DEGRAD E High Failed Voltage status o...

Page 207: ...O_SERVER SL_EVT_VOLTAGE_ DEGRADE High Failed Voltage status of 5v Power Supply The voltage rises upper Non Critical level SL_FRU_IO_SERVER SL_EVT_OVERVOLTAGE Middle Warning The voltage rises upper Cri...

Page 208: ...d Fan speed status RPM The speed rises Non Critical level SL_FRU_IOS_FAN SL_EVT_FAN_LOW_ SPEED High Degraded The speed rises Critical level SL_FRU_IOS_FAN SL_EVT_SPEED_ CRITICAL High Failed The speed...

Page 209: ...Table 15 Server software events Subsystem Event occurred FRU ID Event Alert High Middle Low State Failed Degraded Warning Info Good Configuration Configuration not recommended SL_EVT_CFG_NOT_REC Low W...

Page 210: ...NKNOWN Low Warning No media found to satisfy the request SL_EVT_NO_MEDIA Low Warning Mode System taken offline SL_EVT_TAKEN_ OFFLINE Low Warning Operation Operation failure SL_EVT_OP_FAIL High Failed...

Page 211: ...failed SL_EVT_VAULT_FAIL High Failed Virtual Volume Virtual volume error SL_EVT_VIRT_VOL_E RR Low Warning Table 15 Server software events continued Subsystem Event occurred FRU ID Event Alert High Mi...

Page 212: ...W_LEVEL High Failed LUN communication failure SL_FRU_RAID_ CTRL SL_EVT_COMM_ LUN_FAIL High Failed Drive failure SL_FRU_RAID_ CTRL SL_EVT_DRV_ FAIL High Failed Drive removed SL_FRU_RAID_ CTRL SL_EVT_DR...

Page 213: ...Middle Low State Failed Degraded Warning Info Good Table 17 Fibre Channel HBA events Subsystem Event occurred FRU ID Event Alert High Middle Low State Failed Degraded Warning Info Good Hotplug Absent...

Page 214: ...EVT_NOT_ PRESENT High Failed Compressed errors SL_FRU_COMPRESS SL_EVT_SW_ FAULT High Failed Hardware errors SL_FRU_COMPRESS SL_EVT_HW_ FAULT High Failed Table 19 Network data management protocol event...

Page 215: ...Warning Info Good Software Metadump failed SL_FRU_REPL SL_EVT_ METADUMP_FAIL Ticket High Failed Namespace replication failed SL_FRU_REPL SL_EVT_REPL_ FAIL Ticket High Failed Replication paused by sys...

Page 216: ...T_REPL_TB_MSG_FAILED Trigger replication message notification failed RAS event codes New tickets Alert level Event enum FRU enum Reason HTM recommended action page State Medium SL_EVT_REPL_TB_OST_FILE...

Page 217: ...onfiguration 217 B This appendix lists the commands required for configuring OST and LSU on Veritas NetBackup Veritas NetBackup OST and LSU Configuration 218 Enabling Verbose Logging 219 Veritas NetBa...

Page 218: ...erver name should be in the following format storage server name as entered in DL3D GUI _ IP address of DL3D interface Example Adding a storage server by name server1_10 180 12 205 Adding a media serv...

Page 219: ...stspi_claim exited DEBUG 20080725 16 12 43 15982 pgnapi c 754 stspi_get_server_prop_byname_v9 entered DEBUG 20080725 16 12 43 15982 comm c 939 ostSendRequest message 0x20000005 DEBUG 20080725 16 12 43...

Page 220: ...220 EMC DL3D 1500 and 3000 Administrator s Guide Veritas NetBackup OST and LSU Configuration...

Page 221: ...or Mapping the NAS Shares 221 C This appendix lists the procedures required for mounting NFS shares and mapping CIFS shares Mounting NFS shares 222 Mapping CIFS shares 225 Mounting or Mapping the NAS...

Page 222: ...n the following environments AIX 5 2 Type the following command nfso o nfs_use_reserved_ports 1 Note This mount command does not persist across AIX reboots For AIX 5 2 or later use the p option to mou...

Page 223: ...share on another NFS version use the command mount o vers 1 2 3 nfs_server export path mountpoint To show the list of file systems exported by the NFS server showmount e nfs_server and showmount e df...

Page 224: ...3 cosmowanda Q shares tl_nfs_1 stoli1 To mount the NFS share on another NFS version use the command mount o vers 1 2 3 nfs_server export path mountpoint Note The mount nfs_server directory mountpoint...

Page 225: ...ke the user a member of the Administrators and Backup Operators group 5 Under Device Manager Services edit NetWorker Backup and Recover Server and NetWorker Remote Exec Service a Under Log on as choos...

Page 226: ...service For NBU version 6 5 you may have to change most of the NetBackup Services to use the Logon account credential of the CIFS shares a Open the Windows Services directory and stop all NetBackup s...

Page 227: ...and password your media server uses to log in to its domain d When all necessary edits have been made restart the Backup Exec services and exit the Services directory Note For more information on conf...

Page 228: ...connect as cvadmin 8 Navigate to the mount path and select the CIFS share you created on the DL3D A MagLibrary with the share will appear under Libraries 9 Right click the device and configure it if...

Page 229: ...n Compress A process of removing fine grained redundancy from data prior to storing or transmitting it The granularity may vary but generally compression deals with redundancy in grains of a few bytes...

Page 230: ...r file marks as long as it is not coincident with EOT End of tape EOT The last usable point on the tape Also referred to as the End of Media EOM ESD Electro static discharge F File mark FM A mark writ...

Page 231: ...technology M MSBF Mean swaps before failure MTBF Mean time between failures MTTR Mean time to repair N NDMP path to tape A licensed feature of DL3D 1500 3000 that permits the customer backup applicat...

Page 232: ...vices This standard is for ASYNCHRONOUS TRANSFER between computer equipment and accessories Data is transmitted bit by bit in a serial fashion The RS 232 standard defines the function and use of all 2...

Page 233: ...r digital data equal to approximately 1 000 gigabytes or 1 099 511 627 776 bytes V Virtual tape cartridge VTC An emulation of a real physical tape cartridge including a type any nonvolatile memory ass...

Page 234: ...234 EMC DL3D 1500 and DL3D 3000 Administrator s Guide Glossary...

Page 235: ...AS commands 186 OST commands 202 replication commands 198 status commands 196 syntax conventions 174 CLI accounts 42 configuration accessing 36 56 date and time 39 NAS 96 network 37 security 41 VTL 56...

Page 236: ...37 network configuration fields 38 viewing editing 37 network time protocol NTP 39 O opportunistic locking 108 P Path to Tape Vendor Specific 79 performance CPU 122 de duplication 123 disk usage 124 E...

Page 237: ...ystem details 31 system status 33 131 T tape cartridges degraded 127 unavailable 127 tape drive details 128 Ticket Analysis screen 133 135 Ticket Details screen 134 tickets closing service 135 modifyi...

Page 238: ...EMC DL3D 1500 and DL3D 3000 Administrator Guide 238 Index...

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