Virtual TapeServer 6.02.00 Installation Guide

HP Virtual TapeServer Installation Guide 51 HP Part Number 528654-006 Sept 2006
These VTSPolicy commands are supported:
VTSPolicy HPD: Initiate and process using HP Data Protector
VTSPolicy TSM: Initiate and process using IBM Tivoli Storage Manager
VTSPolicy BEX: Initiate and process using Syncsort Backup Express
VTSPolicy NBU: Initiate and process using Veritas Netbackup
VTSPolicy LEG: Initiate and process using EMC Legato
VTSPolicy ARC: Initiate and process using CA Brightstor Arcserv
VTSPolicy IDR: Synchronize from VTS-to-VTS using Instant DR or AutoCopy
VTSPolicy Delete: Initiate the volume delete process
VTSPolicy Erase: Initiate the volume erase process
VTSPolicy BMA Command
The VTS Policy BMA command works with a large number of different BMA’s and commands exist for
HP Data Protector (HPD), IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM), Syncsort Backup Express (BEX), Veritas
Netbackup (NBU), EMC Legato (LEG), and CA-Brightsor Arcserv (ARC). Regardless of BMA type, the
EMS message should contain the following information:
VTSPolicy BMA "vault-pool [appropriate BMA values ...]"
Where: vault-pool is of the form /VAULTxx/poolname and is the required pool on which
we are to operate. And: BMA values is a valid combination of keywords and their
values.
The parameter following "BMA" is a quoted string. Either single or double quotes are acceptable. Within
the string, individual words (a word being a contiguous series of non-space or non-separator
characters) are space separated. A space may be one or more blanks. The equal sign is considered to
be a separator character, which is used to specify a keyword and an associated value (as in
keyword=value). Since both the equal sign and spaces are separators, spaces on either side of the
equal sign are optional. The / character is used to separate subdirectories in a UNIX path specification
is not considered to be a separator and is part of that filepath word. Dots specified in the fully qualified
form of a hostname, are also not treated as separators.
Note: The information following BMA is shown enclosed within quotes, which may be either
single quotes or double quotes. This is the format required by the ems_telnet.pl parser.
ems_telnet.pl invokes the argument "SERVER", which is the "mode" argument, followed by the
quoted string as the second argument, re-quoted. This script accepts the parameters specified
in the quoted string as separate non-quoted arguments. The arguments are concatenated,
which follow the "mode" argument into a single variable for processing.