White Paper: BS2000/OSD Business Servers - Using
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1. NKVTO10 TAPE QR6941 MOUNTED ON DEVICE FO UCO 000 162959 NBRO740 COMMAND COMPLETED ATT RESULT SC2 000 SC1 000 MC CMDOOO1 DATE 2004 04 28 SHOW DEVICE STATUS FO lt MNEM DEV TYPE CONF STATE POOL VSN DEV A PHASE ACTION 5 FO BM1662FS ATTACHED SW QF6941 FREE ONLINE NO ACTION Reading the meta data from the CDROM using HSMS START HSMS lt LIST VOLUMES INPUT VOLUME 0E 6941 DEVICE TYPE T9G lt END lt The LIST VOLUMES statement lists the contents of a volume which has been written by HSMS in a report with output to SYSLST or into a file Reading the meta data from the CDROM using Archive START ARCHIVE lt FILES lt LIST FROM QE6941 DEVICEH T9G LIST SYSOUT The LIST statement lists the contents of a volume which has been written by Archive in a report with output to SYSLST and or SYSOUT Console messages S0BGG 000 163246 ARCO000 ARCHIVE SUBTASK STARTED BY TSN OBGF S0BGG 000 163246 DMSODE3 TAPE WITH VSN QE6941 FOR FILE HOM2 S TSOS ARCHIVE SAVE FILE 040428 163242 000 I IS MOUNTED ON DEVICE FO 0BGG 000 163953 ARCO018 ARCHIVE SUBTASK TERMINATED Error messages E On SX servers with X2000 V3 0A9 or later versions and on SCP 3970 4 systems the BS2000 command ATTACH DEVICE is always executed for instance even if there is no medium CD or DVD in the drive E On older systems an error to the effect that the BS2000 command ATTACH DEVICE is aborted with the message EXC0858 IV2. CD to be used has to be observed The capacity can be 650 700 or 800 MB depending on the type of the CD When a DVD is to be written the maximum size supported by the system on which it is to be used has to be taken into account 2 GB for SX servers and 4 4 GB for the SCP 3970 4 Management of emfile files When several emulated tape drives are in use large volumes of data are generated Depending on the type and state of the system this may cause a shortage of system resources Unused enrfile files By removing a tape device only the corresponding tape emulation is deleted but not the associated data If emfi le files are no longer needed or are not needed for the time being cf the scenarios in chapter 3 they should be deleted or at least their size should be reduced It is the system administrator s responsibility to take the appropriate action Recommended Procedure On all systems the size of an emfile file can be reduced with actions from BS2000 in the following way By issuing the INIT statement INIT T9G VSN lt vsn gt ERASE The data on the emulated tape are erased This includes deleting the emulation file with the option data security erase re initialisation of the header label and reduction of the file size to 4 KB Alternative Procedure If necessary the emfile files can be deleted by the system administrator see introduction to chapter 2 The web interface of the SCP 3970 4 offers the possibility of deleting e
3. Issue February 2012 White Paper BS2000 OSD Business Servers Using Emulated Tape Devices Page 10 20 Notes on the allowed number and size and on the management of emfile files can be found in section 2 6 Supported data volume management of emf ile files Example Configuring a tape device using file emulation Ea wi Create new BS2000 tape Mootle d meltADM w He Uni HN Dicen p4 x oA F2 0183 Device Description FDTAFE1 TAPE E8 FILE active Senge Ip FRET BODODDEBOD Choose device mody Cumin ls Durie C4 Device node fs Ende Aanophs MAY S00 De miapefenniiletdos Size in ME Hg Swich Aalihi mies Svaiched nodes cancel Java upper etioen Amdos 2 2 Configuring tape devices with file emulation on the SCP 3970 3 The configuration of emulated tape devices on S servers with an SCP 3970 3 is performed using SINIX 2000 On S servers with an SCP 3970 3 the device is dynamically added to the device configuration in BS2000 OSD after its configuration has been completed However it is necessary to generate the emulated tape device by means of IOGEN see manual Any modification of the generation data is effective only after a restart of BS2000 OSD After having logged in the SINIX 2000 system under the user ID sysadm and having typed in the password or after input of the sysadm command the SINIX System Administration menu appears on the screen The user must ensure that the TERM var
4. an empty tape medium see manual The medium can then be processed using the usual BS2000 OSD utilities such as ARCHIVE or HSMS Example Initialization of the medium of the emulated tape device attached in BS2000 with the MN F1 and export of the file SYS SSD CAT X with HSMS or ARCHIVE SHOW DEVICE STATUS F1 lt MNEM DEV TYPE CONF STATE POOL VSN DEV A PHASE ACTION F1 BM1662FS ATTACHED SW FREE NO ACTION o START INIT lt init t9g vsn emtp0l1 unit fl1l lt NVIO102 NO LABELS FOUND VOLUME IS EMPTY NVIO117 OVERWRITE VOLUME REPLY YES YES N NO ie a te 4 NVIO210 INITIALIZATION OF VOLUME EMTPO1 ON DEVICE F1 COMPLETED NVIOOO1l ENTER COMMAND END TERMINATE INIT end lt NVIOO11 PROGRAM INIT TERMINATED NORMALLY o Console messages during the INIT run 0DHB 000 171859 NKVT013 MOUNT TAPE SCRAT ON DEVICE F1 USE SPECIAL WR UNDEF TYPE T6250 INIT T6250 VSN EMTPO1 ETX YES N NO dhb UCO 000 171936 LD NKVTO13 TM 000 171936 NKVTO24 EMPTY TAPE MOUNTED ON DEVICE F1 TAPE CAN ONLY BE PROCESSED WITH USE SPECIAL 6Q0DHB 000 171936 COMPLETED o NBRO792 QUESTION 000 FROM QDHB ANSWERED BY CO REPLY MSG o NKVTO17 MOUNTING OF TAPE UNKNO ON DEVICE F1 FOR TASK ODHB o 0DHB 000 171936 EXC0858 DER INF TAPE 0OO PL EMPT ELT4AORIE U0 0 100000A002 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000810000000000000000 TM 000 17200
5. download depending on the system and the transfer direction In this case an administrator PC is not required Care has to be taken that the file name is not corrupted by an upload or download because of a conversion from small to capital letters 3 3 Installing Software for BS2000 OSD shipped on a CD or DVD Example of an SX server Partition X2000 CD DVD j CDROM Emulation SX Server Procedure If not yet present configure the emulated tape device for CDROM emulation Insert the CD DVD into the drive of the SMC or of the SX100 server or the SCP 3970 Attach the emulated tape device in BS2000 OSD Install the BS2000 OSD software using the IMON installation monitor see the manual L The installation with IMON may be performed directly from the CD DVD or at a later time after having temporarily parked the installation data with IMON in a user ID of BS2000 OSD created for this purpose For older systems a Detach the emulated tape device in BS2000 OSD m Eject the CD DVD by issuing the eject command m For SX servers with X2000 V3 0A09 or later and for the SCP 3970 4 E Eject the medium by issuing the command UNLOAD TAPE UNIT lt mn gt a Detach the emulated tape device in BS2000 OSD White Paper Issue February 2012 White Paper BS2000 OSD Business Servers Using Emulated Tape Devices Page 19 20 3 4 Exchanging migrating BS2000 OSD data between different servers The data exchange can be performed homogeneously betw
6. real tape device certain restrictions have to be observed during operation E Modifications If an existing emulation is to be modified e g modification of the maximum size it must be ensured that the tape device in BS2000 has the status detached Otherwise the reservation information of the emulated tape ist lost and further access would only be possible after a detach attach sequence UNLOAD TAPE Unlike real tape drives the medium of the file emulation is fixed Load and unload functions via BS2000 are therefore not possible Accordingly the BS2000 UNLOAD DEVICE function is executed as No Operation NOOP File size The size of the Solaris Linux or SINIX 2000 files created by the emulation is never reduced even if the amount of data is written by BS2000 OSD is smaller on subsequent usage Deleting files The files created by the emulation are not deleted However a corresponding option exists on the SCP 3970 4 see section 2 3 The system administrator is responsible for deleting emfiles that are no longer used in order to reduce the size of the used disk space Access to file system Access to a file system which has been mounted as a result of an ATTACH DEVICE command to the directory var opt SMAW X2000 emtape in Solaris data emfile inLinuxor usr apc emfile in SINIX 2000 is not permitted Required main storage Every tape emulation needs up to 6 MB of main storage for administration information E SX s
7. the emulated tape devices by clicking the Remove pushbutton White Paper Issue February 2012 White Paper BS2000 OSD Business Servers Using Emulated Tape Devices Page 7 20 1 4 Using tape devices with CDROM emulation in BS2000 OSD Emulated tape devices can be addressed as devices of type T9G in BS2000 OSD they are displayed as type BM1662FS by the command SHOW DEVICE STATUS Before the CD DVD can be accessed by BS2000 OSD the emulated tape device has to be attached using the BS2000 command ATTACH DEVICE The emfile file on the CDROM is then automatically mounted by the device emulation Similarly the file is unmounted when the BS2000 command DETACH DEVICE is issued After the emulated tape device has been attached in BS2000 OSD the system reports successful reading of the label by displaying the message NKVT010 The medium of the emulated tape device can then be read in the usual way e g by ARCHIVE HSMS or IMON Example BS2000 OSD console message issued during configuration of the device with the mnemonic FO by the PWSV application Bs2Devices S IOR1 000 162822 NKRO164 DEVICE FO OF TYPE E800 ADDED Messages issued by the commands ATTACH DEVICE and SHOW DEVICE STATUS for the emulated tape device ATTACH DEVICE FO lt 6 MSG 000 162954 NKROO42 DEVICE F0 ATTACH ACCEPTED 6XAAG 000 162954 NKRO116 ASSIGN FOR DEVICE F0 IN PROCESS lt MSG 000 162955 NKROI1IO DEVICE F0 ATTACHED AND ASSIGNED 6 TM 000 162959
8. 000 state ATTACHED is not permitted The following function is available on SX servers with X2000 V3 0A9 and later releases and on the SCP 3970 4 release S V1 0A06 or later In state ATTACHED a new medium can be activated for BS2000 by either the command sequence DETACH DEVICE ATTACH DEVICE or by the command CHECK TAPE UNIT UNIT lt mn gt ACTION UPDATE Access to a Solaris Linux or SINIX 2000 file system which has been mounted as a result of an ATTACH DEVICE command by the respective operating system is not permitted See introduction to chapter 1 White Paper Issue February 2012 White Paper BS2000 OSD Business Servers Using Emulated Tape Devices Page 9 20 2 File emulation The file emulation permits reading and writing of files in BS2000 OSD with BS2000 utilities e g HSMS or ARCHIVE from or to a single file in Solaris Linux or SINIX 2000 which acts as a carrier of a tape volume on an SQ server an SX server or an SCP 3970 With the file emulation for every emulated BS2000 tape device exactly one Solaris Linux or SINIX 2000 file is available whose name and location within the file system are predefined The following directories are used by the file emulation Operating System Directory Solaris file system of an SX server var opt SMAW X2000 emtape up to and including X2000 V3 x Solaris file system of an SX server var opt SMAW data emtape from X2000 V4 0 Linux file system of an SCP 3970 4 data emfi
9. 8 NKVTO36 TAPE IDENTITY CHANGED ON DEVICE F1 FROM NONE STD TO STANDARD EMTPO1 SHOW DEVICE STATUS F1 lt MNEM DEV TYPE CONF STATE POOL VSN DEV A PHASE ACTION F1 BM1662FS ATTACHED SW EMTPO1 FREE ONLINE NO ACTION o SHOW TAPE STATUS lt MNEM VSN USE LABEL DEV A VOL A PHASE ACTION CAR F1 EMTPO1 STD FREE FREE ONLINE NO ACTION Export writing to tape of the file SYS SSD CAT X with HSMS START HSMS lt EXPORT FILES FILE NAMES SYS SSD CAT X iy TO STORAGE TAPE VOLUMES EMTPO1 DEVICE TYPE T9G lt END lt o o A report about the export task can be written to SYSLST or into a file there are options for controlling the level of detail given in the report Export writing to tape of the file SYS SSD CAT X with ARCHIVE START ARCHIVE lt files name sys ssd cat x lt White Paper Issue February 2012 White Paper BS2000 OSD Business Servers Using Emulated Tape Devices Page 13 20 export tapes emtp01 device t9g list sysout lt EXPORT COMMAND ie oo TP LNG eer FILES NAME SYS SSD CAT X EXPORT TAPES EMTPO1 DEVICE T9G LIST SYSOUT ao Z oe o e Q O ARC0002 STATEMENT ACCEPTED ARCHIVE SEQUENCE NUMBER A 040501 232602 VERSIO 07 0A00 ARC0033 ARCHIVE SUBTASK TSN ODHC GENERATED ARC0815 SUBTASK 07 HAS TRANSFERRED 198 PAM PAGES FOR 1 FILES AND OQ JVS IN 0O SECONDS ARC0003 ARCHIVE STATEMENT COMPLETED 2 5 Notes on the file emulation As the file emulation is not a
10. CD DVD in the CD DVD drive of the administrator PC Configure an emulated tape device with file emulation on the SCP 3970 4 Transfer the contents of the installation CD DVD by means of the Upload function to the file in the Linux carrier system to which this emulated tape device belongs You will then be able to attach the emulated tape device in BS2000 OSD and install the software in BS2000 OSD from this tape device with IMON White Paper Issue February 2012 White Paper BS2000 OSD Business Servers Using Emulated Tape Devices Page 18 20 S Server Admin PC SKP 3970 4 ai D sy a Emul Tape Device Admin LAN Data Transfer between BS2000 OSD systems The Download and Upload function together can be used in order to transfer data between BS2000 OSD servers which do not have a common network For this purpose emulated tape devices with file emulation must be configured on both BS2000 OSD servers The data transfer between these emulated tape devices can then take place via the administrator PC if for instance the procedure described in section 3 4 is not applicable because of disjoint network s The administrator PC must however be connected to both servers S Server 1 S Server 2 SKP 3970 4 Admin PC SKP 3970 4 Emul Tape PRICE File Emul Note If the two SCP systems are connected directly via a LAN any data transfer between the systems can be performed from the local console as an upload or
11. File Emulation PC Admin LAN SX Server Procedure E Export the data on the server from BS2000 OSD E If not yet present configure the emulated tape device for file emulation on the server a size appropriate to the CD DVD to be created should be chosen here Attach the emulated tape device in BS2000 OSD Initialize the emulated medium using the BS2000 OSD utility INIT see the manual Export the BS2000 OSD data e g via Archive HSMS IMON export functions Detach the emulated tape device in BS2000 OSD N White Paper Issue February 2012 White Paper BS2000 OSD Business Servers Using Emulated Tape Devices E Transfer the data to the PC Write the CD DVD E The CD DVD may contain exactly one file system contained in a file with the fixed name emfile The CD DVD must be created in the ISO9660 format The CD DVD can then be read using the CDROM emulations of the different systems 4 References The manuals are available online at htip manuals ts fujitsu com index php id 1 amp l en or can be ordered in printed form for a separate charge from http manualshop ts fujitsu com SQ Business Server Operation and Administration SX Business Server Operation and Administration SKP 3970 Service and Console Processor SINIX 2000 V8 0 V8 1 V8 5 Installation Operation and Administration IMON BS2000 OSD Installation Monitor HSMS BS2000 OSD Hierarchical Storage Management System Volume 2 Statements BS2000 OSD BC System Ins
12. IOGEN beforehand see manual Any modification of the generation data takes effect only after a restart of BS2000 OSD After having logged into the SINIX 2000 system under the user ID sysadm and having typed in the password or after having entered the sysadm command the SINIX System Administration menu appears on the screen The user has to ensure that the TERM variable is set to the correct value for example to the value xterm when an X terminal is used In the SINIX System Administration menu the item sinix 2000 and then bs2000 devices have to be selected The window BS2000 Device Configuration appears For the SCP 3970 3 uster ter i oe Device Select by Device Type Licence Overview of Currently Used Licences Mnemonics Show device mnemonics An overview of the generated emulated devices is given by the function Mnemonics inthe menu BS2000 Device Configuration On the SCP 3970 3 the BS2000 device configuration can be selected via a Cluster Explanation of the term Cluster This term is used on the SCP 3970 3 Here one and the same device can be reached over several paths multi pathing either from different hosts or from one host over different channels There is however the requirement that the paths lead to the same cluster i e are defined in the same cluster The cluster number ranges from 0 to 3 for every cluster unit numbers range from 00 to FF are possible Devices have to be generated by means of IOGE
13. N see To configure an additional emulated tape device now select the menu item Cluster in the window BS2000 Device Configuration Themenu Select by Cluster appears White Paper Issue February 2012 White Paper BS2000 OSD Business Servers Using Emulated Tape Devices Page 5 20 4 pelect by Cluster luster i Lluster 1 Cluster 2 Cluster 3 The menu Unit Cluster x appears Now select the desired Unit Number Then the window Cluster x Unit yy withthe available functions appears 6 Cluster Imit 4 ay Make new device Change Change device elete Delete device bhow show device You can configure a new BS2000 device with the menu item New Make new device Select the device type Tape Then the following window appears Tape Cluster 0 Unit 60 Device TAPE ES FILE CDROM Mnemonic Fi Device Number DIB Event ID Fi Sense ID FFELB0Q000ES00 SIMIA Device fusr apes lib cdrom emfile CDROM fidew dskfedr tosh active Using the function key F2 CHOICES you can select the device type CDROM then you have to specify the MN After pressing the function key F3 SAVE the configuration is completed You can delete an existing CDROM emulation by means of the window Cluster x Unit yy and the function Delete Delete device 1 3 Configuring tape devices with CDROM emulation on the SCP 3970 4 On S servers with an SCP 3970 4 the configuration of emulated tape devices with CDROM emulation is pe
14. RQ Intervention Required may occur Possible causes are a No medium CD DVD has been inserted into the drive a The data on the CD DVD do not conform to the CDROM emulation format i e no emfile on the medium a The CD DVD drive is not in working order White Paper Issue February 2012 White Paper BS2000 OSD Business Servers Using Emulated Tape Devices Page 8 20 1 5 Notes on the CDROM emulation Due to the fact that for all the servers discussed in this paper there is just one CD DVD drive the number of emulated tape drives of type CDROM is strictly limited to one per BS2000 system or for partionable SX servers to one per BS2000 partition As the CDROM emulation is not a real tape device a number of points has to be observed during operation E File system on CD DVD On the CD DVD there must be exactly one file system which contains a file with the fixed name emfile oremfile This file represents a BS2000 OSD volume This condition is always fulfilled by CDs DVDs delivered by FUJITSU For CDs DVDs created by a user the filename emf ile must be chosen m Only read access is supported all write operations are rejected Supported file size a The file size supported for emf ile files is determined by the capacity of the underlying medium i e the blank CD that was used Depending on the CD type it can be 650 MB 700 MB or 800 MB E SX servers and the SCP 3970 4 support emf ile files on DVD The maximum file size for emf
15. cO FUJITSU WHITE PAPER BS2000 OSD Business Servers Issue February 2012 Using Emulated Tape Devices Pages 20 The functions described in this document are available on business servers of the SX series SX servers for short the S series S servers for short and the SQ series SQ servers for short On SQ and SX servers the carrier system X2000 provides emulated tape devices for BS2000 OSD in addition to any existing real tape drives with their media A tape device visible in BS2000 OSD can be mapped to either a file in the Solaris or Linux file system file emulation or to a file on a CD or DVD CDROM emulation in the CD or DVD drive of the System Management Console SMC or of the server for SQ servers and SX100 On S servers a tape device visible in BS2000 OSD can be mapped onto a file in the SINIX 2000 file system of the Service Console Processor SCP 3970 3 or in the Linux file system of the SCP as of 3970 4 or onto a CD in the drive of the SCP 3970 On the SCP as of 3970 4 a DVD may also be used for this purpose The SCP as of 3970 4 also offers the option to transfer files of emulated tape devices between its Linux file system and the file system on the administrator PC in both directions Access to files in the Solaris Linux or SINIX 2000 file system is possible both in read and write mode Access to a CD or DVD in this way is possible in read mode the respective media can be created using a CD or DVD writer on an exter
16. e of the emulation no further disk space can be made available neither to any other instance of the emulation nor to any other processes In this way correct operation of the BS2000 operating system can be impaired in particular on SX servers 2 8 Continuation tape processing Continuation tape processing on a single emulated tape device is not possible because the medium would have to be changed for this purpose when end of tape is reached This is not possible because of the fixed assignment of the file to one drive Continuation tape processing is however possible if the initialized media are located on separate emulated tape devices The following points have to be taken into account in this context E lt is the user s responsibility to see to that the capacity limits are not exceeded in order to avoid an abort of the backup run E As mentioned above the BS2000 Unload function is not executed If this function were executed by B2000 it could lead to inconsistencies between the BS2000 OSD view in terms of the load status of the drive and the current status because the medium is still loaded in the file emulation White Paper Issue February 2012 White Paper BS2000 OSD Business Servers Using Emulated Tape Devices Page 16 20 3 Usage scenarios 3 1 Data exchange between systems General information The usage scenarios for the CDROM and file emulation are described in the following section As a rule these scenarios involve data e
17. een S SX and or SQ servers Example of two SX servers Partition Partition X2000 X2000 CD DVD File Emulation File Emulation CD DVD Admin LAN Admin LAN SX Server SX Server A a LAN Procedure E Export the data from BS2000 OSD on the first system E If not yet present configure the emulated tape device for file emulation on the first server a size appropriate to the amount of data to be transferred should be chosen here Attach the emulated tape device in BS2000 OSD Initialize the emulated medium using the BS2000 OSD utility INIT see the manual L Export the BS2000 OSD data to the emulated tape device using the ARCHIVE HSMS export functions Detach the emulated tape device in BS2000 OSD E f not yet present and or not yet initialized configure and initialize the emulated tape device on the second server E Configure the emulated tape device for file emulation on the second server host connector or cluster and unit number and mnemonic do not have to be the same as on the first system m Transfer the data to the second system E Import the data into BS2000 OSD on the second system E Attach the emulated tape device in BS2000 OSD E Import the BS2000 OSD data using the ARCHIVE HSMS import functions a Detach the emulated tape device in BS2000 OSD 3 5 Creating CDs or DVDs in the format of the tape emulation archiving or data exchange Example of an SX server Partition SMC X2000 av ey CD DVD
18. emtie Restart Download Function After clicking the Download pushbutton a security warning may appear depending on the security settings on the administrator PC Click the Save pushbutton if necessary Then a select box of the file manager of the PC work place appears Select the target directory and enter the desired file name After clicking the Save pushbutton the file transfer is performed Upload Function After clicking the Upload pushbutton a file select box appears select the source directory and the source file name by using the Browse pushbutton After clicking the Ok pushbutton the file transfer is performed Application of the Download Function You can use this function for instance to write the contents of an emulated tape device with file emulation to a CD or DVD For this purpose you have to transfer the contents of the corresponding file in the carrier system to your administrator PC by using the Download function If a CD DVD writer is connected to your PC you can create a medium with a file named emfile immediately Otherwise the file has to be transferred to a server with a connected CD DVD writer beforehand see section 5 S Server Admin PC SKP 3970 4 Emul Tape Device Application of the Upload Function You can use this function to install BS2000 OSD software delivered by FUJITSU on an S server with an SCP 3970 4 from the administrator PC For this purpose insert the
19. ervers If more than two tape drives as recommended by FUJITSU are to be used the configuration of the main storage my need to be changed Main storage is modified via the PWSV menu bs2_devices gt X2000 Any modifications take effect only after a reboot See 1 for a description of the function and possible constraints Note lt is urgently recommended to consult the service centre before any changes to the configuration of the main storage are made a SCP 3970 3 systems If the performance deteriorates when using emulated tape devices the SINIX 2000 storage can be increased for SCP 3970 3 systems see section 9 17 hal of the manual SINIX 2000 V8 0 V8 1 V8 5 Installation Operation and Administration L a This problem does not arise for SCP 3970 4 systems 2 6 Maximum Volume Size Management of emfile files Maximum volume size The following limits apply for the maximum size of volumes managed by the file emulation E 2 GB maximum size for SX servers with X2000 V3 0A08 and earlier releases for SCP systems of type 3970 3 E 4 4 GB maximum size for SX servers with X2000 V3 0A09 and later releases for SCP systems of type 3970 4 White Paper Issue February 2012 White Paper BS2000 OSD Business Servers Using Emulated Tape Devices Page 14 20 These limits have to be observed when emfile files are to be transferred between different systems If an emfile file is to be written onto a CD the capacity of the blank
20. ete Delete device 2 3 Configuring tape devices with file emulation on the SCP 3970 4 On S servers with an SCP 3970 4 the configuration of emulated tape devices with file emulation is performed using a web based GUI The GUI is invoked by entering the name or the IP address of the SKP 3970 4 in the address field of the browser The welcome screen is then displayed Then the main window has to be opened for the administrator role For details see 7 Select the tab bs2000 devices in the header bar of the main window Now select sub tab TAPE DEVICES An overview of all emulated BS2000 devices which are configured on the SCP 3970 4 appears Emulated tape devices with file emulation are designated by the string EMFILE in the type column those with CDROM emulation by the string CDROM You can create an additional tape device with file emulation by clicking the Add pushbutton Then the following window appears E SKP 3970 katz Add Emulated Tape Device M File Edit view Favorites Tools Help w ADD EMULATED TAPE DEVICE EI Sens The type EMF ILE is preset If desired you can choose a unit number different from the one preset in the Device field The device mnemonic used in BS2000 can be documented in the file Unit ID After clicking the 0k pushbutton the configuration on the SCP 3970 4 is completed The newly created device immediately appears in the list of the tape devices The device address unit id of a tape d
21. evice has to be generated in BS2000 OSD This can be done statically via the IOCF file see manual System Installation any modification of the generation data does not take effect until after a restart of BS2000 OSD For a current BS2000 session in a running system the device can be generated by means of the command ADD IO UNIT see manual BS2000 OSD BC Commands Vols 1 5 8 White Paper Issue February 2012 White Paper BS2000 OSD Business Servers Using Emulated Tape Devices Page 12 20 You can delete an existing tape device with file emulation by clicking the Remove pushbutton in in the list of all configured emulated tape devices The data i e the emfile files implementing the emulated tapes can be deleted without deleting the emulated tape devices by clicking the pushbutton Delete Data 2 4 Using tape devices with file emulation in BS2000 OSD Emulated tape devices with file emulation can be addressed in BS2000 OSD as devices of type T9G in the same way as devices with CDROM emulation they are displayed as type BM1662FS by the SHOW DEVICE STATUS command Before an emulated tape device can be accessed by BS2000 OSD it has to be attached by means of the BS2000 command ATTACH DEVICE When a file emulation has been newly configured the emulated medium does not contain any data there are no headers or labels Therefore it has to be initialized with a valid label by the BS2000 OSD utility INIT in the same way as
22. features of the BS2000 operating system for example it is able to handle the LMS format and can be used for transfers to BS2000 Alternative procedures can be employed for performing a transfer E ftp toa laptop computer transport the laptop computer to the target computer if it is not accessible via a LAN ftp to the target computer E transfer by means of tar cpio and a tape drive DAT Notes on file transfer As arule the emfile files created by the file emulation have read permission for all users and write permission for the user id root Therefore transfer of the transfer file to the emfile onthe target server has to be performed under the user id root or with root privileges The file etc ftpusers should be checked in this connection If necessary the entry for the user id root is to be temporarily de activated by inserting a comment character at the beginning of the line 3 2 Data Exchange between Systems Download and Upload Functions on the SCP 3970 4 The SCP 3970 4 offers the option to transfer files of emulated tape devices between its Linux file system and the file system on the administrator s PC work place In this context the term download implies a transfer direction from the SCP 3970 4 to the administrator whereas the term upload implies a transfer direction from the administrator to the SCP 3970 4 For using this option the emulated tape device must already have been configured The transfer fu
23. iable is set to the correct value viz xterm when using an X terminal In the SINIX System Administration menu the item sinix 2000 and then bs2000 devices have to be selected The window BS2000 Device Configuration appears see section 1 2 An overview of the generated emulated devices is given by the function Mnemonics inthe menu BS2000 Device Configuration To configure an additional emulated tape device now select the menu item Cluster in the window BS2000 Device Configuration Themenu Select by Cluster appears see section 1 2 Now select the desired Cluster The menu Unit Cluster x appears Now select the desired Unit Number Then the window Cluster x Unit yy withthe available functions appears see section 1 2 You can configure an additional BS2000 device with the menu item New Make new device Select the device type Tape Then the following window appears White Paper Issue February 2012 White Paper BS2000 OSD Business Servers Using Emulated Tape Devices Page 11 20 Luster i Device TAPE ES FILE FDTAPEI Mnemonic Fil Device Number iets Event ID aly Sense ID FFRIBQ0Q0QE800 SINIS Device fusr ape femtile emti lett active Using the function key F2 CHOICES you can select the device type FDTAPE1 and then you have to specify the MN After pressing the function key F3 SAVE the configuration is completed You can delete an existing file emulation by means of the window Cluster x Unit yy andthe function Del
24. ile files on DVD is 2 GB for SX servers and 4 4 GB for the SCP 3970 4 E Continuation tape processing is not possible The CD DVD must always contain a complete BS2000 OSD volume E Check of the medium at AT TACH DEVICE The following function is available on SX servers with X2000 V3 0A9 and later releases and on the SCP 3970 4 The BS2000 command ATTACH DEVICE is executed even when no medium is in the drive When a medium is inserted at a later time it can be activated with the command CHECK TAPE m Eject ejecting a medium from the drive For older systems the following holds A BS2000 command UNLOAD TAPE for the device in state ATTACHED is treated as null operation NOOP A CD DVD has to be unloaded using the Solaris Volume Manager or the command eject cdrom after the command DETACH DEVICE has been executed in BS2000 OSD The following function is available on SX servers with X2000 V3 0A9 and later releases and on the SCP 3970 4 Ejecting the medium from the drive in state ATTACHED is supported by the BS2000 command UNLOAD TAPE UNIT lt mn gt E Restrictions The medium cannot be ejected on SX100 servers which do not have SlimLine drives with spring operated doors On SX servers with SMCs of type PRIMESTATION the rack door has to be open in order that ejection of the medium is ensured E Changing the medium Changing the medium inserted in the drive by access through the Solaris Linux or SINIX 2000 system while it is in BS2
25. it 60 the file var opt SMAW X2000 emtape emfile0O60 is created in Solaris the file data emfile emfile0060 inLinux and usr apc emfile emfiled60 in SINIX 2000 The full pathname of the files are displayed by the operator interfaces of the systems of type SX server and SCP 3970 4 2 1 Configuring tape devices with file emulation on SX servers Emulated tape devices using the file emulation are configured in the same way as those based on the CDROM emulation i e on SX servers PWSV is used Here too the device is dynamically added to the device configuration in BS2000 OSD and can be used immediately As for all devices managed by X2000 it is not necessary to generate the emulated tape device with IOGEN Information about the emulated tapes which are configured on an SX server is obtained from tab BS2 Tapes and sub tab Configured Tapes of the PWSV application Bs2Devices The configured emulated tapes are listed in the object table For the configuration of an additional emulated tape device select the PWSV application BS2 Devices click on tab BS2 Tapes and on sub tab Configured Tapes and then select the entry Create inthe BS2 Tapes menu From the input window which then appears the server node and the host connector and unit emulated channel device can be selected and the BS2000 MN has to be specified In the next section of the input window select Emf ile a fixed file name for the location of the data is then generated White Paper
26. ith a size greater 2 GB the UDF format is used Software packages of BS2000 OSD are delivered by FUJITSU on CDs in the appropriate format and are installed by means of the CDROM emulation in BS2000 OSD 1 1 Configuring tape devices with CDROM emulation on SX servers Like all devices managed by X2000 emulated tape devices are configured on SX servers using PRIMEPOWER ServerView PWSV The device is then dynamically added to the device configuration in BS2000 OSD and is available for immediate use As for all devices managed by X2000 it is not necessary to generate the emulated CDROM tape device with IOGEN Information about the emulated tapes which are configured on an SX server can be obtained by selecting tab BS2 Tapes and sub tab Configured Tapes of the PWSV application Bs2Devices The configured emulated tapes are listed in the object table To configure an additional emulated tape device tab BS2 Tapes and sub tab Configured Tapes has to be selected in the PWSV application BS2Devices and item Create has to be selected from the BS2 Tapes menu The server node as well as the host connector and unit emulated channel device can then be selected from the input mask which appears and the BS2000 MN has to be specified see the screenshot below The type of the device also has to be configured In the case of the CDROM emulation the section Choose device has to be selected the item cdrom SMC CD ROM CDROM on SX100 servers the string SMC i
27. le SINIX 2000 file system of an SCP 3970 3 usr apc emfile Example Files in Solaris File System of X2000 V3 x Diese ls la var opt SMAW X2000 emtape total 854 drwxr xr x 3 Toor sys ble Ape 26 Lely Grwxr xr s I1 root root GLL APE 7 Iara Giwxr xL x 2 root sys 512 Aug 26 2003 cdrom w f f 1 root root 423936 Apr 28 17 26 emfile00b Example Files in Linux File System ls la data emfile total 428 drwxrwxrwx 2 root roort 176 Apr 21 13 04 dirwxr xr x 9 root LOO 200 Apr 12 12232 rW r r 1 Toot root 2 Apr 21 13 03 emfile0003 rw r r 1 wwwrun www 668 Apr 19 12 20 emfile0006 Example Files in SINIX 2000 File System ls la usr apc emfile total 10 drwxr xr x 2 root other 96 Nov 9 14 52 drwxr xr x 14 root other 1024 Sep 20 10 10 rw r r 1 root root 4096 Nov 9 14 52 emfile00b The emfile file is created automatically when the command ATTACH DEVICE is issued if a corresponding file does not already exist If a file with the same name already exists it is used by the emulation The files of the file emulation have the same format as those of the CDROM emulation The file names of the CDROM emulation are different from those of the file emulation For the file emulation the number of the host connector on SX servers on the SCP 3970 4 it is always equal to 00 or the cluster on the SCP 3970 3 and the unit address of the emulated device are part of the filename Thus for example for host connector 0 and un
28. mf ile files independent of a tape emulation at any time pushbutton Delete Data Maximum number of emfile files Space is occupied by emulated disk drives not immediately after creation but only after a tape has been written to The maximum number of emfile files is determined by the system type and the maximum size of an emf ile file E SX servers E As only a limited amount of free space is available in the Solaris file system it is recommended that at most two emulated tape drives with file emulation be written to the maximum size of 2 GB a For X2000 V3 0 and later releases these data are located in the ROOT slice of the system disc for X2000 up to V2 5 they are located in the VAR slice The amount of space available in the respective slices can be found in section 9 3 1 of the manual SX Series Business Servers Operation and Administration 1 The current amount of free space can be queried with the UNIX command df k E On SX servers the user has the option of limiting the file size When X2000 is configured the maximum file size for emf ile files can be specified in the field Size in MB in this way the space occupied by the file emulation in the Solaris file system is also limited The value preset to 2048 MB can be modified in steps of 1 MB E A maximum of 8 emfile files at a maximum file size of 4 4 GB is supported on systems of type SCP 3970 4 2 7 End of tape handling Nonavailability of disk space With file emulati
29. nal server SQ servers and SCP as of 3970 5 additionally support the feature to write the content of an emulated tape onto a CD or DVD at the end of the tape processing Due to the fact that the same file format is used on all systems and for both types of emulation the following complex usage scenarios among others can be realized m The CDROM DVD emulation function is used for example to install BS2000 OSD software delivered by FUJITSU S SQ or SX servers E The file emulation function enables the following usage scenarios as well as others a saving restoring of BS2000 OSD data via files in the Solaris Linux or SINIX 2000 file system B exchanging BS2000 OSD files between different S SQ or SX servers or BS2000 partitions of SX servers E creating user specific CDs DVDs in the format of the tape emulation For all usage scenarios to be discussed it should be noted that the software programs used to export the data from BS2000 OSD e g HSMS ARCHIVE have to be compatible to the software which is used to import the data into BS2000 OSD from the medium CD DVD or file at a later time This paper aims to illustrate the above usage scenarios for emulated tape devices to draw attention to a number of special points and to describe the use of this features with SCP 3970 30 and SX servers For SCP as of model 3970 50 and for SQ servers the use of emulated tapes is described in the user manual and is not contained in this white paper Whi
30. nction is activated by clicking the Download or the Upload pushbutton respectively in the list of all emulated tape devices configured on the SCP 3970 4 White Paper Issue February 2012 White Paper BS2000 OSD Business Servers Using Emulated Tape Devices Page 17 20 Administrator katz Tape Devices SKP 3970 Microsoft Internet Explorer File Edit View Favorites Tools Help We make sure Administrator Katz COMPUTERS SIEMENS BEJANE Info Help SYSTEM OPERATING BS2000 DEVICES SKP ADMINISTRATION POWER MANAGEMENT ALL BS2000 DEVICES KYP DEVICES LOCLAN DEVICES TAPE DEVICES 5 OO SOO A A eee Fb eee Ee EMFILE datalemfilefemfileto33 1585664 Upload Delete Data L Ag To EMFILE datafemfilefemfileada9 4403497472 Download Upload Delete Data eS a clement Sh yY p AA TA EMFILE idatalernfile emfiled0aa 20149760 Upload Delete Data AB Te EMFILE datafemfilefemfile00ab 9541120 Download Upload Delete Data lhl h AC Te EMFILE data emfilefemfileddac 2044129792 Download Upload Delete Data AD T0 EMFILE datafemfile emfile00ad 9541120 Download Upload Delete Data 7 DD oD EMFILE data emfile emfiledodd 4096 Download Upload Delete Data faa eis WAT UNS PRRP eee Ss EIN _ eae OO _ 1 a FF FF EMFILE datafemfile ernfileoort 4096 Download Upload Delete Data p a Te cOROM mediaicarecordert
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32. ons the capacity available for a backup does not depend on the type of medium as with real drives but it is determined by the following factors E By the maximum size of the emulation file The maximum size of the file emulation can be configured by the user on SX servers for each tape See preceding section It is fixed in all other systems m By the available disk space of the UNIX file system see the output of the Unix command df k or section 9 3 1 Default partitioning of the boot disk in the manual SX Series Business Servers Operation and Administration or of the SINIX 2000 storage see section 9 17 in the manual SINIX 2000 V8 0 V8 1 V8 5 Installation Operation and Administration N On write access each configured file emulation checks the available disk space of the file system as well as its current upper limit which may have been modified by the user If less than 3 MB of free disk space are available in the file system or if the configured upper limit is reached the emulation reports LEOT Logical End of Tape to BS2000 As with real drives the system can now terminate the backup with the EOF EOV blocks White Paper Issue February 2012 White Paper BS2000 OSD Business Servers Using Emulated Tape Devices Page 15 20 Important note If several instances of the file emulation are used it should be noted that when file system saturation is reached 3 MB free disk space by one instanc
33. r FU ITSU SKP 3970 Administrator Katz We MaKe COMPUTERS SIEMENS REANA as SYSTEM OPERATING BS2000 DEVICES SKP ADMINISTRATION POWER MANAGEMENT ALL BS2000 DEVICES KYP DEVICES LOCLAN DEVICES TAPE DEVICES bol El el el aa EMFILE idatalemfilefemfile0033 1585664 plead Ag r EMFILE sdataferniefemien0a9 4403497472 Change Restart Downioad_ koaa AA ta EMFILE sdata ernfleterfleodaa 20149760 henge paa AB e EMFILE dataferflererfleodan 9541120 Change Pesten Lpioad AC to EMFILE _ datafemfilefemfiled0ac 2044129792 Change Restart paa AD 1D EMFILE dataferfleferfleodad 9541120 Remove koaa DD oo EMFILE idatater letemtled0da 4096 henge Upload FF r EMFILE sdata ernfiefemfledor 4096 Change Pesten poaa Ag te CDROM Imedialcdrecorderfemt Change On S servers with an SCP 3970 4 the device is dynamically added to the device configuration in BS2000 OSD after it has been configured The device address unit id of a tape device has to be generated in BS2000 OSD This can be done statically through the IOCF file See manual System Installation 5 modifications do not take effect until after a reboot of BS2000 OSD For arunning system and for the current BS2000 session a device can be generated by means of the command ADD IO UNIT see manual BS2000 OSD BC Commands Vols 1 5 8 You can delete an existing tape device with CDROM emulation in the list of
34. reading of tape volumes in BS2000 OSD with BS2000 utilities e g IMON HSMS Archive directly from a tape on the medium CD DVD The CDROM emulation supports the CDROM drive of the SMC of a partitionable SX server of an SX100 server an SQ server or an SCP 3970 On every CD DVD there is exactly one file that represents a BS2000 OSD volume In general the CDROM emulation accepts both emfile and emfile asa valid filename This is of particular relevance for users creating their own CDs or DVDs as in this case the filename emf ile without terminating period is used A file named emfile onthe CD is therefore visible as EMF ILE in Windows systems and as emfile in Solaris Linux and SINIX 2000 systems note the period after the name emfile The files of the CDROM emulation have the same format as those of the file emulation The CDROM emulation uses the following directories System Solaris file system of an SX server var opt SMAW X2000 emtape cdrom up to and including X2000 V3 x Solaris file system of an SX server var opt SMAW data cdrom from X2000 V4 0 Linux file system of an SCP 3970 4 media cdrecorder SINIX 2000 file system of an SCP 3970 3 ustr apc lib cdrom The CDROM file system is mounted automatically when the command ATTACH DEVICE is issued for the emulated tape drive in BS2000 OSD The CDs supplied by FUJITSU are created in ISO9660 format with Rockridge extensions but without Joliet extensions for emfile files w
35. rformed using a web based GUI The GUI is invoked by entering the name or the IP address of the SKP 3970 4 in the address field of the browser The welcome screen is then displayed Then the main window has to be opened for the administrator role For details see 7 Select tab BS2000 DEVICES in the header bar of the main window A list of all emulated BS2000 devices configured on the SCP 3970 4 appears Select sub tab TAPE DEVICES A list of all emulated tape devices which are configured on this SCP is then shown Emulated tape devices with CDROM emulation are designated by the string CDROM in the type column those with file emulation by the string EMFILE The functionality which is connected with the Download und Upload pushbuttons is described in section 2 If no tape device with CDROM emulation has been created so far you can create one by clicking the Add pushbutton Then the following window appears White Paper Issue February 2012 White Paper BS2000 OSD Business Servers Using Emulated Tape Devices Page 6 20 File Edit wiew Favorites Tools Help ADD EMULATED TAPE DEVICE CO w E Soo a Select CDROM as type In addition if desired you can choose a unit number in the Device field different from the preset unit number After clicking the Ok pushbutton the configuration on the SCP 3970 4 is completed The created device immediately appears in the table of tape devices File Edit View Favorites Tools Help ake su
36. s not included is then displayed After the Ok button has been pressed and the user has confirmed that the device is to be created the configuration in X2000 is complete A description of how to start PWSV and of the general control functions for configuring BS2000 devices can be found in the manual SX Series Business Servers Operation and Administration L White Paper Issue February 2012 White Paper BS2000 OSD Business Servers Using Emulated Tape Devices Page 4 20 e x B Create new BS2000 tape Mode demeterADe I Hc Levit FIH Devices oo ise Bc a Fc Miga CDROM TAPE E8 FILEICD ROM FFEIBOODICESDO ey Choose device cdrom 56C COROM COROM kai Dece Description edron dnami C Emile size in MB 2046 Swiet Available modes Seiched modes java Aopoa ka rda To delete an emulated tape device tab BS2 Tapes and sub tab Configured Tapes has to be selected in the PWSV application Bs2Devices the tape device to be deleted has to be marked in the object table and the operation Delete has to be chosen from the BS2 Tapes menu 1 2 Configuring tape devices with CDROM emulation on the SCP 3970 3 Emulated tape devices on S servers with an SCP 3970 3 are configured using SINIX 2000 On S servers with an SCP 3970 3 the device is dynamically added to the device configuration in BS2000 OSD after it has been configured It is however necessary to generate the emulated CDROM tape device by means of
37. tallation User Guide BS2000 OSD BC Utility Routines User Guide BS2000 OSD BC Commands Volumes 5 Glossary CDROM Compact Disk Read Only Memory DVD ISO9660 Joliet NFS OSD XC PWSV Rockridge SCP 3970 SMC SX100 SX150 SX160 SX server S server WSA X2000 Digital Versatile Disc Format description of the CDROM file system see also ECMA 119 at http www ecma international org publications standards Ecma 119 htm Extension of the ISO9660 format by Microsoft for Windows systems Network File System OSD Extended Configuration for SX servers PRIMEPOWER ServerView formerly called WSA Extension of the ISO9660 format for Unix systems Service Console Processor family 3970 System Management Console Entry level server of the SX series not partitionable Business servers of the SX series with server partitioning option Business servers of the SX series Business servers of the S series Web based System Administration WebSysAdmin previous name of PRIMEPOWER ServerView Carrier system for BS2000 OSD XC on Business servers of the SX series All rights reserved including intellectual property rights Technical data subject to modifications and Published by department delivery subject to availability Any liability that the data and illustrations are complete actual or correct is excluded Designations may be trademarks and or copyrights of the respective manufacturer the use of which Product Marketing BS2000 OSD Pho
38. te Paper Issue February 2012 White Paper BS2000 OSD Business Servers Using Emulated Tape Devices Contents DROM emulation 1 Configuring tape devices with CDROM emulation on SX servers 2 Configuring tape devices with CDROM emulation on the SCP 3970 3 3 Configuring tape devices with CDROM emulation on the SCP 3970 4 4 Using tape devices with CDROM emulation in BS2000 OSD 5 Notes on the CDROM emulation 2 File emulation 2 1 Configuring tape devices with file emulation on SX servers 2 2 Configuring tape devices with file emulation on the SCP 3970 3 2 3 Configuring tape devices with file emulation on the SCP 3970 4 2 4 Using tape devices with file emulation in BS2000 OSD 2 5 Notes on the file emulation 2 6 Maximum Volume Size Management of emfile files 2 End of tape handling Nonavailability of disk space 2 8 Continuation tape processing 3 Usage scenarios 3 1 Data exchange between systems General information 3 2 Data Exchange between Systems Download and Upload Functions on the SCP 3970 4 3 3 Installing Software for BS2000 OSD shipped on a CD or DVD 3 4 Exchanging migrating BS2000 OSD data between different servers 3 5 Creating CDs or DVDs in the format of the tape emulation archiving or data exchange 4 References 5 Glossary Page 2 20 OOON OK W W PO White Paper Issue February 2012 White Paper BS2000 OSD Business Servers Using Emulated Tape Devices Page 3 20 1 CDROM emulation The CDROM emulation permits
39. xchange based on transfer of emf ile files Note on file names As explained in the introductions to chapter 1 and chapter 2 the names of the emf ile files obey the following convention m CDROM emulation emfile E File emulation emfile lt host connector gt lt host unit gt Whereas the file names can be changed during transfer the above convention for the file names has to be enforced at the latest when the file is placed in the target directory of a system that supports emfiles If the convention is not enforced the system will not recognize these files as emfile files and they will thus be unsusable Note on file size When an emf ile file is transferred the maximum file size of the target system has to be taken into account While current systems SX servers with X2000 V4 0 SCP as of 3970 4 permit a file size of 4 4 GB the maximum file size of earlier systems SX servers with X2000 up to V3 x SCP 3970 3 is limited to 2 GB File transfer Depending on the security settings either the command ftp or sftp is recommended for transferring the emfile files For transfers from or to Windows PCs a PC might be used as an intermediate system for a transfer of emfile files the freeware program WinSCP hito winscp net is recommended for its simple and reliable user interface The product openFT with a similar range of functions which must be purchased is also recommended It offers the additional benefit of being aware of a number of
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