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QuickSpecs
Product Highlights
Automigration Automigration Automigration Automigration
Automigration - Echo Automigration - Echo Automigration - Echo Automigration - Echo
Copy Copy Copy Copy
Automigration - Smart Automigration - Smart Automigration - Smart Automigration - Smart
Copy Copy Copy Copy
Data Protection Software Data Protection Software Data Protection Software Data Protection Software
& ISV support & ISV support & ISV support & ISV support
Electronic Software Electronic Software Electronic Software Electronic Software
Delivery Delivery Delivery Delivery
Compatibility Compatibility Compatibility Compatibility
The HP StorageWorks 6200 and 6600 Virtual Library Systems support Automigration. This service is a
form of "disk cache to tape", called "echo copy", which allows copies of data to be moved off the virtual
library to a physical library or another VLS under the control of the VLS, not the backup application.
Future updates will allow full integration with ISVs via SMI-S 1.3 specifications supporting what is known
as "smart copy". HP Data Protector 6.1 supports smart copy. Automigration is an HP developed
intellectual property and does not require licensing. SAN based Automigration is only supported on non-
deduplication/replication enabled VLS systems.
Echo copy can streamline the process and reduce the costs of making physical tape cartridges from
virtual tape cartridges, for vaulting and off-sitting purposes. Echo copy is run through the Automigration
software (a tab on the VLS GUI), not the backup application. It acts as a transparent disk cache to the
physical library, so that the backup application writes to virtual cartridges in the virtual library, and
Automigration then automatically schedules the copies from virtual cartridges to their matching physical
cartridges (with the same barcodes) based on the Automigration policies the user establishes.
Since Echo copy is managed through the Automigration software, not the backup application, the
destination library is not visible to the backup application - so no licensing is required. Copy traffic is no
longer routed through the SAN which speeds up the copy process. Since the tape library is dedicated to
the VLS no copy servers are required. Echo copy also eliminates the need for tape-to-tape copy
administration since this is automated through copy policy management. All destination tapes created by
echo copy are in the native tape format, so they can be easily restored directly from any tape drive or
library that is visible to the backup application.
Smart copy provides the same capabilities with one important exception. Smart Copy allows the backup
ISV to initiate the copy with the VLS6000 actually implementing the move. The cartridge bar codes
between the two copies are different and the backup ISV is able to track the move. SMI-S 1.3 support is
required by the ISV to be able to implement Smart Copy. HP Data Protector 6.1 supports smart copy.
Check the EBS website for the latest VLS and Accelerated deduplication supported backup ISVs and data
types http://www.hp.com/go/ebs
Electronic software is now available in most countries. HP recommends purchasing electronic products
over physical products when available for faster delivery and the convenience of not having to manage-
either file away or throw away-confidential paper licenses. For more information, please contact an HP
representative.
HP's Enterprise Business Solutions (EBS) assures that your HP StorageWorks 6000 Virtual Library System
works with leading servers, operating systems, and backup applications - and not just those sold by HP.
Based on a foundation of extensive interoperability testing, EBS 1-2-3 provides a step-by-step
methodology for designing, configuring, and implementing your SAN ensuring HP VLS6000 will work
seamlessly in many environments. HP VLS6000 is especially suitable in a mixed system environment. For
the latest list of servers, workstations, operating systems, and backup software that support HP 6000
Virtual Library System, check the tape backup compatibility pages on our web site at:
http://www.hp.com/go/ebs.
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