BackBox H4.00 User Manual

Configuration
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• This is the location of the two Windows files the last time the volume
was re-written by a NonStop tape application.
• At NonStop restore time, this location is not used to retrieve the
virtual image in the online disk pool(s). It is only used to retrieve the
Windows files from a back-end Enterprise Backup software: this
“Last Update Index Path” makes up the fully qualified original file
name in the restore command.
• The host name of the VTC, provided as script parameter
BBOX_BACKUP_HOST (V31.0 and up). This parameter can be used
as client original identifier, to better identify the backup to restore
through an Enterprise Backup server in the case where the file is
restored by another VTC than the original one.
Each time a volume is loaded for input or output, other non-essential statistics are
updated in the VOLUME* files.
Basic protection for the BackPak files
These files are distributed with the AUDIT attribute and it is suggested to protect
them with TMF: STATE, VOLUME and VOLUME0.
The other data files, including OPER, cannot be audited by TMF.
• Each time the BackPak Domain configuration is changed:
o BACKUP the whole BackPak Domain NonStop sub-volume
to a specific volume (non-cataloged labeled), to be able to
restore it without the help of DSMTC and TMF.
Alternatively save this sub-volume in a PAK file.
o Also save the configuration BBSVCFG text file separately.
o Keep the copy of BBSVCFG and the PAK file (created
above) in a safe place available to the recovery
workstations.
o Plan for the license key that is included in the BBSVCFG
file. The production license keys specify allowed node
names and system numbers. IP address or host name of
the VTC might also be controlled by the license key.
• If the BackPak Catalog Sync Option is not available, each time the
list of virtual volumes is changed:
o BACKUP the whole BackPak Domain NonStop sub-volume
to a specific volume (non-cataloged labeled), to be able to
restore it without the help of DSMTC and TMF.
Alternatively save this sub-volume in a PAK file.
• Enable TMF protection on the VOLUME* files. Execute a TMF DUMP
once per day.