BackBox H4.00 User Manual

Configuration
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Installation with QTOS
The virtual volumes are defined in both QTOS and BackBox. To register the volumes
in the BackPak Domain:
- Have them first created in the QTOS data base
- Use the BackPak GUI, Volume tab, “Import from Tape Catalog” page, to
populate BackPak according the QTOS data base
QTOS must be set for SILO.
QTOS vault must be set for Vault location "V" and Silo "S".
A BackBox Volume Group must be configured for each QTOS vault. They will contain
the same set of tape volumes.
Auto scratch should be enabled only on non-appended BACKUP.
It is assumed no backup will run in APPEND mode.
BE AWARE that any volume requested for output will be deleted first, whatever the
status of the volume in QTOS.
Installation with CA Universe
The virtual volumes must be defined in both CA and BackBox. For BackBox use the
BackPak GUI, Volume tab, “Create Volume” page.
Auto scratch should be enabled only on non-appended BACKUP.
It is assumed no backup will run in APPEND mode.
BE AWARE that any volume requested for output will be deleted first, whatever the
status of the volume in CA
If the BackBox Data Store is Windows files and if the Windows files are archived (on
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for example) and deleted, the index file of each volume
(.IND suffix) should be deleted along with .DAT suffix file.
CA verifies the tape header HDR1 of each loaded volume, requires retrieving the
same file-ID and same expiry date recorded in its catalog. To allow auto-scratch,
BackBox stores this HDR1 image in its catalog of virtual volumes on NonStop, and
use it when auto-scratch must be executed.
For the auto-scratch feature with the CA catalog, BackBox VTC recreates an assigned
but empty volume with the tape headers expected by CA.
NonStop Access Authorizations
This section describes the default and recommended setup that controls the access
to NonStop resources. Some adjustments might be implemented, as described in
the next section “NonStop access authorization – BBSV PROGID”.
In a NonStop system, there is no interaction between the tape applications such as
BACKUP, RESTORE, TMFDR and the BackPak processes.