ETERNUS SF AdvancedCopy Manager Operator's Guide for Tape Backup Option
13.0 -Microsoft(R) Windows(R) 2000/Microsoft(R) Windows Sever(TM) 2003-,
-Solaris-, -HP-UX-, -Linux-, -AIX-
Contents
Before using this online manual
Preface
Chapter 1 Overview of Tape Backup of AdvancedCopy Manager
1.1 What is AdvancedCopy Manager?
1.2 What is Tape Backup of AdvancedCopy Manager?
1.2.1 What is Tape Backup function?
1.2.2 What are the advantages of installing Tape Server?
1.3 Product Configuration
1.3.1 Function System
1.3.2 System Configuration
1.3.3 Combinations of Products
1.3.3.1 Combinations of product versions
1.3.3.2 Combinations of Servers and platforms
1.4 Function Overview of Tape Backup
1.4.1 Management Functions
1.4.2 Backup and Restoration Function
1.4.3 Other Functions
1.5 Operating Environment of Tape Backup of AdvancedCopy Manager
1.5.1 Hardware Requirements
1.5.2 Software Requirements
1.6 Supported Devices of Tape Backup of AdvancedCopy Manager
1.6.1 Normal Devices
1.6.2 SDX Object of PRIMECLUSTER GDS/SynfinityDISK
1.6.3 Volumes under control of VERITAS Volume Manager (VxVM)
1.6.4 Volumes under control of Logical Volume Manager (LVM)
Chapter 2 Starting and Stopping Daemons
2.1 Daemons that Configure Tape Backup of AdvancedCopy Manager
2.2 Starting Daemons
2.2.1 Starting daemons while the operating system is stopped state
2.2.2 Starting daemons while the operating system is active state
2.3 Stopping Daemons
2.3.1 Stopping daemons by stopping the operating system
2.3.2 Stopping daemons without stopping the operating system
Chapter 3 Designing the Backup Operation
3.1 Considerations on Designing the Tape Backup Operation
3.2 Association of Storage Servers with Tape Servers
3.3 Device Class
3.4 Storage Pool
3.4.1 Private operation and scratch operation
3.4.2 Primary storage pool and copy storage pool
3.5 Backup Policy
3.5.1 Backup policy for using disks
3.5.2 Backup policy for using tapes
3.5.2.1 Tape backup management class
3.5.2.2 Tape backup policy
3.6 Summary of Relationship between Transaction Volumes and various Definitions
Chapter 4 Settings Performed on the Tape Server before Start of Operation
4.1 Setting a Device Class
4.2 Setting a Storage Pool
4.2.1 Creating a storage pool
4.2.2 Loading a Tape (CHECKIN)
4.2.2.1 Checking in a new tape
4.2.2.2 Checking in an initialized tape
4.2.3 Registering a tape volume
4.2.4 Setting for simultaneous writing
Chapter 5 Backup Operations (Normal Transaction Volumes)
5.1 Overview
5.1.1 Snapshot backup processing
5.1.2 Synchronized high-speed backup processing
5.1.3 Backup processing using the Suspend/Resume function
5.1.4 Backup processing without using the advanced copy function
5.1.5 Restore processing
5.2 Operation Design
5.3 Preparations
5.3.1 Activating daemons
5.3.2 Registering a Storage Server
5.3.3 Fetching device information on a Storage Server
5.3.4 Setting the environment for a backup operation server
5.3.5 Setting the operation type for a device
5.3.6 Setting options
5.3.7 Setting backup policies
5.3.7.1 Backup policy for using disks
5.3.7.2 Backup policy for using tapes
5.3.7.2.1 Tape backup management class
5.3.7.2.2 Tape backup policy
5.3.8 Customizing preprocessing and postprocessing scripts
5.3.9 Preparing a device map file
5.3.9.1 Describing a device map file
5.3.10 Backup schedule
5.4 Operation
5.4.1 Backup to disks and tapes
5.4.1.1 Snapshot high-speed backup
5.4.1.2 Synchronous high-speed backup
5.4.1.3 Backup using the Suspend/Resume function
5.4.2 Backup to only tape
5.4.3 Copying backup data once saved to a disk to a tape
5.4.4 Checking the backup status
5.4.5 Restoration
5.4.5.1 Restoring an entire volume
5.4.5.2 Restoring an individual file
5.4.6 Checking the status of restoration
5.4.7 Managing a backup history
5.4.7.1 Displaying a backup history
5.4.7.2 Deleting a backup history
5.4.8 Canceling backup or restoration
5.4.8.1 Canceling backup
5.4.8.2 Canceling restoration
5.5 Changing the setting information
5.5.1 Adding ETERNUS storage system
5.5.2 Deleting ETERNUS storage system
5.5.3 Adding a device
5.5.4 Deleting a device
5.5.4.1 Deleting a transaction volume
5.5.4.2 Deleting a backup volume
5.5.5 Adding a Storage Server
5.5.6 Deleting a Storage Server
5.6 Stopping the Operation
5.7 SDX Object Operations
5.7.1 Supported Storage server platforms
5.7.2 Units of SDX object operations
5.7.2.1 Configuration and conditions of unsupported SDX objects
5.7.3 Backup operation (without using GDS Snapshot)
5.7.3.1 Designing the backup operation
5.7.3.2 Fetching device information from a Storage server
5.7.3.3 Setting the operation type for a device
5.7.3.4 Customizing preprocessing and postprocessing
5.7.3.5 Backup
5.7.3.6 Restore
5.8 VxVM Volume Operation
5.8.1 Backup operation in units of physical slice
5.8.2 Backup operation in units of physical disk
5.8.2.1 Executing backup
5.8.2.2 Executing tape copy
5.8.2.3 Executing restoration
5.9 LVM Volume Operations
5.9.1 Operations for each volume group
5.9.2 Backup operations for each physical disk in the disk group
5.9.2.1 Executing backups
5.9.2.2 Executing tape copies
5.9.2.3 Executing restorations
Chapter 6 Backup Operations (Symfoware)
Chapter 7 Backup Operations Using the QuickOPC Function
7.1 Overview
7.2 Designing Differential Backup Operations
7.3 Operation Flow
7.4 Preparations
7.4.1 Activating daemons
7.4.2 Registering a Storage Server
7.4.3 Fetching device information on a Storage Server
7.4.4 Setting up the environment for a backup operation server
7.4.5 Setting the operation type for the device
7.4.6 Setting backup policies
7.4.7 Customizing preprocessing and postprocessing scripts
7.4.8 Preparing a device map file
7.4.9 Operation
7.4.9.1 Executing backups
7.4.9.2 History management
7.4.9.3 Executing restoration
7.4.9.4 Displaying the execution status of tracking processing
7.4.9.5 Stopping tracking processing
7.4.10 Stopping the operation
Chapter 8 Customization of Storage Pool after Start of Operation
8.1 Adding a Tape to the Storage Pool
8.2 Deleting a Tape from Storage Pool
8.3 Changing the Device Class Settings
8.4 Changing the Storage Pool Settings
8.5 Reclamation
8.6 Migration
8.7 Collocation
8.8 Backup and Restoration of Storage Pool
8.9 Deletion of Settings
Chapter 9 Operation Maintenance
9.1 Maintenance of Database
9.1.1 Making individually backup of databases
9.1.1.1 Maintaining a backup a management list
9.1.1.1.1 Backing up a backup management list
9.1.1.1.2 Restoring a backup management list
9.1.1.2 Maintaining a database
9.1.1.2.1 Saving a database
9.1.1.2.2 Finding an error in a database
9.1.1.2.3 Recovering a database
9.1.1.3 Maintaining authentication management list
9.1.1.3.1 Backing up an authentication management list
9.1.1.3.2 Restoring an authentication management list
9.1.1.4 Maintaining a registry
9.1.1.4.1 Backing up a registry
9.1.1.4.2 Restoring a registry
9.1.1.5 Maintaining a tape management information
9.1.1.5.1 Backing up a tape management information
9.1.1.5.2 Restoring a tape management information
9.1.2 Making a package backup of databases
9.2 Troubleshooting
9.2.1 Troubleshooting for insufficient free space in a repository
9.2.2 Collecting maintenance information
9.2.2.1 Collecting information using a Web window
9.2.2.2 Collecting error survey information
9.2.3 Troubleshooting for a failure in access to a repository database
9.3 Troubleshooting for a Hardware Error, etc. occurring during backup
9.3.1 Overview
9.3.2 Troubleshooting
9.3.2.1 Troubleshooting for a hardware error, etc. on a transaction volume
9.3.2.2 Troubleshooting for a hardware error, etc. on a backup volume
9.3.2.3 Troubleshooting for an error (halt) on a remote copy processing
9.3.2.4 Troubleshooting for a hardware error, etc. on a tape media
9.4 Changing the Operating Environment
9.4.1 Changing the IP address of Storage Management Server
9.4.2 Changing the IP address of Storage Server
9.4.3 Changing the IP address of Tape Server
9.4.4 Changing the port number of Storage Management Server
9.4.5 Changing the port number of Storage Server
9.4.6 Changing the port number of Tape Server
9.4.7 Changing the server name of Storage Management Server
9.4.8 Changing the server name of Storage Server
9.4.9 Changing the server name of Tape Server
9.4.10 Changing the device configuration
9.4.11 Changing the IP address for GUI connection of Storage Management Server
9.4.12 Deleting the user who specified it as the repository access user, and changing the password
9.4.13 Changing the operating environment of the cluster operating
9.4.13.1 Changing the IP address of Storage Management Server transaction
9.4.13.2 Changing the IP address of Storage Server transaction
9.4.13.3 Changing the port number of Storage Management Server transaction
9.4.13.4 Changing the port number of Storage Server transaction
9.4.13.5 Changing the server name of Storage Management Server transaction
9.4.13.6 Changing the server name of Storage Server transaction
9.4.13.7 Deleting the user who specified it as the repository access user, and changing the password
9.4.13.8 Changing the logical node name
9.4.13.9 Changing the transaction name
9.4.13.10 Changing the shared disk for AdvancedCopy Manager shared data
9.4.13.11 Changing the shared disk for AdvancedCopy Manager repository
Chapter 10 Restoring from Tape when the Storage Server is Stopped
10.1 Overview
10.2 Displaying History Information on Tape
10.3 Restoring from Tape
10.4 Displaying the Status of Restoration from Tape
Chapter 11 Commands
11.1 Backup Management Commands
11.1.1 Environment definition commands
11.1.1.1 Storage Server configuration information setting command (acmsvrset)
11.1.1.2 Storage Server configuration information display command (acmsvrdisp)
11.1.1.3 Device information setting command (acmdevinfoset)
11.1.1.4 Device operating status display command (acmdevdisp)
11.1.1.5 Disk backup policy setting command (acmbkpolset)
11.1.1.6 Disk backup policy display command (acmbkpoldisp)
11.1.1.7 Disk backup policy delete command (acmbkpoldel)
11.1.1.8 Tape backup policy setting command (acmtpbkpolset)
11.1.1.9 Tape backup policy display command (acmtpbkpoldisp)
11.1.1.10 Tape backup policy delete command (acmtpbkpoldel)
11.1.1.11 Tape backup management class setting command (acmtpmgmtclassset)
11.1.1.12 Tape backup management class display command (acmtpmgmtclassdisp)
11.1.1.13 Tape backup management class delete command (acmtpmgmtclassdel)
11.1.2 Operation commands
11.1.2.1 Backup command (acmbackup)
11.1.2.2 Tape copy command (acmtphistcopy)
11.1.2.3 Restore command (acmrestore)
11.1.2.4 Restore cancellation command (swstcancelrest)
11.1.2.5 Restore execution status display command (swstreststat)
11.1.2.6 History information display command (acmhistdisp)
11.1.2.7 History information delete command (acmhistdel)
11.1.2.8 Backup synchronous processing start command (acmstartsync)
11.1.2.9 Backup synchronous processing cancel command (acmcancelsync)
11.1.2.10 Backup synchronous processing progress display command (acmsyncstat)
11.1.2.11 Execution status display command (acmexecstat)
11.1.2.12 Tracking cancel command (acmcanceltrk)
11.1.2.13 Tracking status display command (acmtrkstat)
11.1.2.14 Drive letter allocation command(swstdrvset)
11.1.2.15 Drive letter deallocation command(swstdrvunset)
11.1.2.16 Dismount command(swstdismount)
11.1.2.17 Volume unlock command(swstvolunlock)
11.1.2.18 Locked-volume information display command(swstvollockstat)
11.1.3 Maintenance commands
11.1.3.1 Resource match command (swstsrsemtch)
11.1.3.2 Resource backup command (swstresback)
11.1.3.3 Resource restore command (swstresrst)
11.2 Configuration Management Commands
11.2.1 Management server information change command (stgcmmodnode)
11.2.2 Repository access user change command (stguserset)
11.2.3 GUI connection information setting command (stgguiipset)
11.2.4 Server information addition command(stgxfwcmaddsrv)
11.2.5 Server information change command (stgxfwcmmodsrv)
11.2.6 Server information deletion command (stgxfwcmdelsrv)
11.2.7 Device information collection/reflection command (stgxfwcmsetdev)
11.2.8 Device information deletion command (stgxfwcmdeldev)
11.2.9 Server information display command (stgxfwcmdispsrv)
11.2.10 Device information display command (stgxfwcmdispdev)
11.2.11 Partition information display command (stgxfwcmdisppat)
11.2.12 Environment information display command(stgenvdisp)
11.2.13 Management information package backup server registration/deletion command (stgmgrinfoset)
11.2.14 Management information package backup command (stgmgrinfobkup)
11.2.15 Management information package backup status display command (stgmgrinfodisp)
11.2.16 SDX object management unit setting command(stgxfwcmsetsdx)
11.3 Commands Executed on a Tape Server
11.3.1 Tape Server definition file check command (tbochkconf)
11.3.2 Tape restore command (tborestore)
11.3.3 Tape Server execution status display command (tboexecstat)
11.3.4 Tape history information display command (tbohistdisp)
11.3.5 Tape management information backup command (tboresback)
11.3.6 Tape management information restore command (tboresrst)
11.3.7 Trace log output level setting command (tbomodlog)
11.3.8 Server information change report command (tbomodsrv)
11.3.9 ETERNUS3000 information acquisition command (tbogetoluinfo)
11.4 Starting and Stopping Daemons
11.4.1 Starting and stopping the communication daemon
11.4.2 Starting and stopping the RMI daemon
11.4.3 Starting and stopping the RDB daemon
11.4.4 Starting and stopping the authentication daemon
11.4.5 Starting and stopping AdvancedCopy Manager daemons
11.4.6 Starting and stopping the AdvancedCopy Manager Tape daemon
11.4.7 Starting and stopping the TSM daemon
Chapter 12 Web Functions
12.1 Configuration Management
Chapter 13 Notes on Operations
13.1 Notes on Backup Operation
13.1.1 General Notes
13.1.2 Notes on the Snapshot High-speed Backup
13.1.3 Notes on Synchronous High-speed Backup
13.1.4 Notes on Restoration
13.1.5 Notes on SDX Object Operations
13.1.6 Notes on Restarting a Tape Library System
13.2 Notes on the Web Window Environment
Appendix A Preprocessing and Postprocessing of Backup, Restoration, and Tape Copy
A.1 Overview
A.2 Preprocessing and Postprocessing of Backup
A.3 Preprocessing and Postprocessing of Restoration
A.4 Preprocessing and Postprocessing of Tape Copy
A.4.1 Tape copy preprocessing in Solaris
A.4.2 Tape copy postprocessing in Solaris
A.4.3 Tape copy preprocessing in Linux
A.4.4 Tape copy postprocessing in Linux
A.4.5 Tape copy preprocessing in HP-UX
A.4.6 Tape copy postprocessing in HP-UX
A.4.7 Tape copy preprocessing in AIX
A.4.8 Tape copy postprocessing in AIX
A.4.9 Tape copy preprocessing in Windows
A.4.10 Tape copy postprocessing in Windows Windows
A.4.11 Backup volume lock specification file for tape copying in Windows
Appendix B Restoring from Tape when the Cluster Service is Stopped
B.1 Overview
B.2 Restoration procedure
Appendix C Backup Operation of System Volume
C.1 Overview
C.2 Backup of System Volume
C.2.1 Preparation
C.2.2 Registration of Storage Server
C.2.3 Registration of device information
C.2.4 Settings of replication volume information
C.2.5 Settings of tape backup
C.2.6 Executing backup
C.3 Restoration of System Volume
C.3.1 Executing restoration (disk data)
C.3.2 Executing restoration (tape data)
Glossary