HP StorageWorks 9000 - Virtual Library System User Manual page 4

Installing VLS9000 series Interswitch Link Kit ................................................................................ 66
Reconfiguring Fibre Channel Switches 4/16q ........................................................................ 67
Reconfiguring Ethernet Switches ........................................................................................... 68
Installing XPAK Transponders ............................................................................................... 68
Applying Labels ................................................................................................................. 70
Installing Interswitch Fibre Channel Cables ............................................................................ 70
Installing Interswitch Ethernet Cables ..................................................................................... 71
3 Multi-node Setup ............................................................................. 73
Configuring Primary Node 0 ...................................................................................................... 73
Configuring the Secondary Nodes 1 through 7 ............................................................................ 73
4 Storage Configuration ...................................................................... 75
Managing VLS9000 series Capacity .......................................................................................... 75
Adding a VLS9000 Capacity Kit .......................................................................................... 75
Removing a VLS9000 Capacity Kit ....................................................................................... 76
Configuring the Storage Pool Policy ...................................................................................... 77
Viewing the Storage Pool .............................................................................................. 77
Rebuilding all Storage Pools .......................................................................................... 77
Rebuilding a Storage Pool ............................................................................................. 78
Installing Additional Licenses ...................................................................................................... 79
5 Automigration/Replication ................................................................ 81
Understanding Automigration Concepts ....................................................................................... 82
Echo Copy Concepts .......................................................................................................... 82
Smart Copy Concepts ......................................................................................................... 83
Replication Concepts .......................................................................................................... 83
Tape Initialization ............................................................................................................... 84
Connecting a Destination Library ................................................................................................ 85
Supported Destination Library Configurations ......................................................................... 85
Connecting a Destination Library to a VLS9000 ..................................................................... 85
Managing and Unmanaging a Destination Library ........................................................................ 85
Managing a SAN Library .................................................................................................... 86
Managing a LAN/WAN Replication Library .......................................................................... 86
Unmanaging a SAN or LAN/WAN Library ........................................................................... 87
Echo Copy Pool Operations ....................................................................................................... 88
Creating an Echo Copy Pool ................................................................................................ 89
Creating Virtual Tapes ........................................................................................................ 94
Restoring from a SAN Physical Cartridge ............................................................................... 94
Restoring from a LAN/WAN Virtual Cartridge ....................................................................... 95
Loading Blank Media into an Echo Copy Pool ........................................................................ 95
Loading Media into an Echo Copy Pool for Overwrite ............................................................. 96
Restarting a Broken Mirror ................................................................................................... 96
Viewing Cartridges in Automigration Source Libraries ............................................................. 97
Viewing Automigration Cartridges in the Firesafe .................................................................... 97
Smart Copy Pool Operations ...................................................................................................... 97
Editing SMI-S Settings ......................................................................................................... 97
Creating a Smart Copy Pool ................................................................................................ 98
Changing the Number of Drives in a Smart Copy Pool ............................................................ 99
Loading Blank Media into a Smart Copy Pool ........................................................................ 99
Loading Media into a Smart Copy Pool for Overwrite ............................................................. 99
Editing Copy Pools .................................................................................................................. 100
Moving a Copy Pool ......................................................................................................... 100
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