Virtual TapeServer 8.3 Supplemental Installation Guide

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5. Click DISPATCH at the bottom of the page to start the Instant DR process and to display the
main Instant DR page.
You can monitor the process in the Job History box, which shows a one-line summary of the jobsets
that are running and those that are complete. Click REFRESH until the Job History indicates finished.
The virtual tape is available on the remote VTS server until it is needed or until the process runs
again and updates it. To display complete job log information on the process, click §.
Automatically replicating a virtual tape using Instant DR
You can initiate an Instant DR jobset by configuring the NonStop server to send an EMS message to
VTS. This automates the Instant DR process. VTS parses the message and executes the specified
Instant DR jobset. You can configure the NonStop server by defining a file utility program (FUP) call
or by creating a TACL macro.
To use a file utility program (FUP) call
You can issue a simple FUP call to copy the contents of a text file to the $0 process. Complete the
following steps:
1. Create a text file named IDRTEXT1 on the NonStop server that contains the following line:
VTSPolicy IDR idrjobname1
where idrjobname1 is the name of the Instant DR job defined in VTS. Note that this text is case
sensitive.
2. From Batchcom or within an existing backup script, run the following command:
FUP COPY IDRTEXT1, $0
This send the contents of the IDRTEXT1 file to the EMS collector.
To use a TACL macro in obey script
On the NonStop server, you can create an obey script that includes a TACL macro that communicates
with the VTS server through EMS. In the script file, add the commands specified below. To initiate
the script, run the script using the obey command, add the lines to the end of an existing script, or
schedule the script to run from Batchcom.
#SET collector $0
#SET evt_num number
#SET action -1