HP StorageWorks 6000-series Virtual Library System User Guide (AH809-96049, September 2010)

virtual cartridges are retained according to their automigration policies, which define how many days
the virtual cartridges remain in the firesafe before being automatically deleted.
NOTE:
From the Automigration/Replication tab of Command View VLS, the firesafe in the window shows
items placed in the firesafe by automigration only; items placed in the firesafe from different functions
of the VLS are not shown here.
To view cartridges in the firesafe, from the Automigration/Replication tab, select Firesafe from the
navigation tree. For mirror copies, the firesafe date is the date of the most recent copy.
When the physical tape is moved back into the physical library, the corresponding virtual tape is
immediately moved from the firesafe back to the appropriate location (based on the location of the
physical tape). The physical tape is not read upon load and is not synchronized to the virtual tape.
Therefore, if you have modified the physical tape while it was outside of the library, then it is now
out-of-sync with the virtual tape in the firesafe. If you want to keep these modifications to the physical
tape, you will need to ensure that the data is copied to the virtual tape. Either manually delete the
virtual tape from the firesafe or perform a Load Media for Restore. This forces the system to read the
physical tape upon load and causes automigration to create a new virtual copy. See “Restoring from
a SAN Physical Cartridge” on page 85.
Smart Copy Pool Operations
Smart copy allows the backup application to trigger copies from virtual cartridges to destination
cartridges, and the VLS then performs that copy inside the device. The backup application can only
use this feature if it supports the HP smart copy mechanism (via SMI-S v1.3 or later copy services).
Editing SMI-S Settings
SMI-S is the communications mechanism between the backup application and smart copy. If your
backup application supports smart copy, you will need to link your backup application to the device
SMI-S interface. This may require you to modify the device SMI-S security. See “SMI-S
Support” on page 181 for SMI-S information.
Creating a Smart Copy Pool
Smart copy pools are created from physical library slots after a destination tape library is added to
the VLS automigration configuration. Each smart copy pool defines:
• The single destination library
• The single source virtual library
• The slot range
• The pool mode – echo copy or smart copy
• The number of drives allocated to the pool (for smart copy only)
To create a smart copy pool:
1. Select the Automigration/Replication tab and expand the task bar of the navigation tree so that
you can see all the items listed under Destination Libraries.
2. Select Copy Pools on a destination library for which you want to create a pool.
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