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HP CVTL support in QStar Archive Manager (ASM)

Vladas Chiaoudkoulis

Senior VP

Architecture and Development

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History and Background

Experts in Archiving for 27 YearsEstablished 1987, Bethesda, MD, USA

Corporate HeadquartersNavarre, Florida - USA

Milan – Italy

Regional Sales Offices in USA, EMEA & APAC

Worldwide Sales & SupportPartners in 67 Countries on 6 Continents,

over 8,500 installations worldwide

Founding Member of Active Archive (est. 2010)

A Trusted Leading Global Provider of Archiving and Data Management software and solutions

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Archive Manager in a Nutshell

QStar ASM is targeted for Archive application

Presents file system interface exportable to local or NFS/CIFS HTTP/FTP clients

Supports tape, disk, cloud back-end storage

Uses disk space as a cache

It is not a backup – therefore tape media is used for long periods of time – years – and it is usually not rotated.

That requires media to support health controls

HP CVTL provides possibility to verify media health and prevent data loss

Cache

TCP/IPNFSCIFSHTTP

QStar ASM software

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CVTL and QStar ASM

QStar ASM

FC interface

CVTL Management Software

REST Interface FLEX UI

CVTL support Utility

ESL G3 library (MSL6480 in 2015)

Windows orLinux Server

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Where do I start?1. Configure CVTL

supported library in QStar ASM

2. If it is ESL G3 or MSL 6480 libraries the button will appear

3. The CVTL automatic verification configuration tool allows to tune verification schedules and actions according to user policies.

4. User may schedule when to perform media verification

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How do I check results?1. Use Storage Library ->

Statistics page

2. Media Health is indicated as 100% if it is in HP recommended margins

3. Media Health Button shows graphical presentation of media health parameters

4. Accumulated statistics allows to estimate media health.

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Automatic Verification

Verification SchedulerHow often media verification needs to be performed

Type of verification (quick, moderate, full)

E-mail notification is sent about marginal and failed media

Remedial Action SchedulerAllows automatic media copy for marginal and failed media

Subject to resource limitations (not enough drives, media, etc)

Automatic Logscvtl_jb_log.txt file is created in C:\QStar\log or /opt/QStar/log (UNIX) directory to trace all CVTL related automatic operations.

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On-Demand Operations

Windows GUI

From statistics page using right click on media verification can be initiated.

Windows or Linux CLI

cvtlcmd - provides following functionality:- select drive and media to verify- select verification mode- check verification results (per cartridge, per system)