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SECURING THE FUTURE OF YOUR DATA
HP CVTL support in QStar Archive Manager (ASM)
Vladas Chiaoudkoulis
Senior VP
Architecture and Development
SECURING THE FUTURE OF YOUR DATA
History and Background
Experts in Archiving for 27 YearsEstablished 1987, Bethesda, MD, USA
Corporate HeadquartersNavarre, Florida - USA
Milan – Italy
Regional Sales Offices in USA, EMEA & APAC
Worldwide Sales & SupportPartners in 67 Countries on 6 Continents,
over 8,500 installations worldwide
Founding Member of Active Archive (est. 2010)
A Trusted Leading Global Provider of Archiving and Data Management software and solutions
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Archive Manager in a Nutshell
QStar ASM is targeted for Archive application
Presents file system interface exportable to local or NFS/CIFS HTTP/FTP clients
Supports tape, disk, cloud back-end storage
Uses disk space as a cache
It is not a backup – therefore tape media is used for long periods of time – years – and it is usually not rotated.
That requires media to support health controls
HP CVTL provides possibility to verify media health and prevent data loss
Cache
TCP/IPNFSCIFSHTTP
QStar ASM software
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CVTL and QStar ASM
QStar ASM
FC interface
CVTL Management Software
REST Interface FLEX UI
CVTL support Utility
ESL G3 library (MSL6480 in 2015)
Windows orLinux Server
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Where do I start?1. Configure CVTL
supported library in QStar ASM
2. If it is ESL G3 or MSL 6480 libraries the button will appear
3. The CVTL automatic verification configuration tool allows to tune verification schedules and actions according to user policies.
4. User may schedule when to perform media verification
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How do I check results?1. Use Storage Library ->
Statistics page
2. Media Health is indicated as 100% if it is in HP recommended margins
3. Media Health Button shows graphical presentation of media health parameters
4. Accumulated statistics allows to estimate media health.
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Automatic Verification
Verification SchedulerHow often media verification needs to be performed
Type of verification (quick, moderate, full)
E-mail notification is sent about marginal and failed media
Remedial Action SchedulerAllows automatic media copy for marginal and failed media
Subject to resource limitations (not enough drives, media, etc)
Automatic Logscvtl_jb_log.txt file is created in C:\QStar\log or /opt/QStar/log (UNIX) directory to trace all CVTL related automatic operations.
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On-Demand Operations
Windows GUI
From statistics page using right click on media verification can be initiated.
Windows or Linux CLI
cvtlcmd - provides following functionality:- select drive and media to verify- select verification mode- check verification results (per cartridge, per system)