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Re: [Veritas-bu] ACSLS & Vault

2009-07-22 10:59:27
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] ACSLS & Vault
From: Howard Sherman <howardsroute-netbackup AT yahoo DOT com>
To: Nathan Kippen <nate.kippen AT gmail DOT com>, NetBackup MailingList <veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 07:56:18 -0700 (PDT)
CAP mode manual means that in order to enter tapes, you have to issue the ACSLS "enter  <capid>" command to put the CAP in unlocked mode so that you can enter tapes.
CAP mode automatic means you don't have to issue the ACSLS command, that the CAP at rest is unlocked. This setting is more convenient, but it means that any passer-by of the library can enter tapes, and may not sit well with an IT security audit.
 
To see what CAPs, i.e. CAP ids, are defined to your library, you can enter the ACSLS command, "q cap all".
The CAP id is a three digit, comma separated value: ACS,LSM,CAP
Some sample output:
ACSSA> q cap all
2009-07-22 10:31:07                CAP Status
 Identifier   Priority  Size  State            Mode       Status
   0, 1,0     0         39    online           automatic  available
   0, 1,1     0         39    offline          manual     available
   1, 1,0     0         39    online           automatic  available
   1, 1,1     0         39    offline          manual     available
 
For NetBackup Vault, one of a vault's attributes is "Media access port". This value is the CAP id. When a vault profile needs to eject tapes, it calls the ACSLS server via the acsssi interface, with the vault's configured capid, to perform the ejects.
 
With the CAP in enter mode, when you enter tapes into the CAP, the library's robot(s) automatically grab the tapes and put them in the library slots. It is after this that you are to run robotic inventory from NetBackup. So, this is why for ACS libraries, the "Empty access port" option is grey'ed out.
 
Hope this helps.
 
Howard Sherman
City of New York, DoITT
Office phone 718-403-1957


From: Nathan Kippen <nate.kippen AT gmail DOT com>
To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Sent: Monday, July 20, 2009 5:03:50 PM
Subject: [Veritas-bu] ACSLS & Vault

A couple of question for you ACSLS users:
 
1- Do I want the cap door mode automatic or manual?  (What is the difference)
 
2- I use the Vault option with Netbackup Enterprise.  How does the eject process work with ACSLS?
 
3- When I put tapes in the access port, I cannot click on 'Empty access port..." when trying to perform an inventory on the library.  Is the option suppose to be greyed out?
 
4- Any other useful informaiton you can think of that I should be aware of when using ACSLS with netbackup?  (perhaps something you found out that was helpful in the past).
 
 
TIA
 
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