BackBox H4.00 User Manual

Product Description
13 BackBox H4.00 User Manual
Basic Functions
Basic BackBox functionalities allow:
Creation of virtual volumes,
Completion of tape mounts requests in Guardian,
Emulation of a tape drive connected to a NonStop host
Safeguard of virtual volumes and their data.
Import/export of virtual volumes through a physical tape drive attached to
the VTC (virtualization / materialization)
Encryption of virtual volumes (see the separate manual
BackBox Tape
Encryption Option).
Replication of catalog entries (BackPak catalog and DSM/TC catalog) to a
secondary site (see the separate manual BackPak Catalog Sync option
).
Some BackBox optional functionalities are controlled by the license key entered into
each BackPak Domain. For example, the use of specific storage types, such as a
StoreOnce de-duplication appliance, is controlled by license key.
Some features are distributed by ETI-NET, such as the use of legacy tape drives for
the virtualization).
Virtual volume creation
Virtual volumes must be created before being used. Volumes are created through the
BackPak user interface in a process that:
For some configurations, creates the image of a scratch volume in the chosen
Data Store.
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Inserts an entry into the Domain virtual volume catalog. The catalog stores
the virtual media label to enable the Domain Manager to process mount
request (no separate labeling step is required under Guardian.)
Creates an entry in the Guardian tape catalog (DSM/TC or TMF) if the
Volume Group is associated to such catalogue. BackBox does not allow the
manual deletion of a virtual volume that contains non-expired data.
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Volumes are usually associated to a NonStop tape catalogue such as DSM/TC and
configured for auto-scratch. In this case, they are not materialized in the Data Store
until they contain data.