User Guide

12 Storage Management Services Administration Guide
Storage Management Services Administration Guide
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August 29, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
Supported Storage Devices and Drivers
SBCON supports 0.25-inch, 4mm, and 8mm storage devices. If you are using
4mm tape, use only DDS (Digital Data Storage)-certified, computer-grade
tapes.
IMPORTANT: To ensure reliable operations, pretest all media storage devices
that are not Novell certified with the appropriate NetWare device driver and SBCON
backup and restore utility.
Use the driver files recommended by your hardware manufacturer.
Storage Management Engine (SME)
The Storage Management Engine (SME) is central to the SMS architecture.
The SME communicates with the network clients to back up and restore
information.
SBCON has three modules:
 User interface - Creates a job and submits to the NDS Queue.
 Q Manager (QMAN) - Takes the job from the NDS Queue which is ready
for execution.
 Engine - Completes the job.
Q Manager facilitates multiple job scheduling plus other features. Loading Q
Manager automatically loads the backup engine. The user interface can be
loaded after you load the Q Manager. See “Setting Up” on page 41 for
information on Q Manager.
The engine
NDS Queue
Q Manager
SME
User Interface creates a job and submits to the NDS queue
Q Manager takes the job from the NDS Queue which is ready for execution
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