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... you configure your product. IMPORTANT: The localized versions of deduplication, replication and housekeeping operations competing for your system. The English version that is a good idea to launch. HP StoreOnce Backup System Concepts Guide Abstract If you are new to the HP StoreOnce Backup System..., it is available on the HP StoreOnce Backup System in order to -date documentation for resources. It describes the StoreOnce technology and advises how to ...
... you configure your product. IMPORTANT: The localized versions of deduplication, replication and housekeeping operations competing for your system. The English version that is a good idea to launch. HP StoreOnce Backup System Concepts Guide Abstract If you are new to the HP StoreOnce Backup System..., it is available on the HP StoreOnce Backup System in order to -date documentation for resources. It describes the StoreOnce technology and advises how to ...
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...backup applications 5 Comparing NAS and Virtual Tape Library targets 6 Connecting to the HP StoreOnce Backup System 6 For more information...6 2 Virtual Tape Devices 7 Overview...7 Emulation types...7 Creating and configuring virtual tape devices 8 Limitations on the number of devices 8 Flexible emulation (... is data deduplication?...15 Data deduplication and the HP StoreOnce Backup System 15 Tape rotation example with data deduplication 16 5 Replication 18 Replication overview...18 HP StorageWorks Replication Manager (HP D2D4xxx Series only 19 Replication concepts and terminology 20...
...backup applications 5 Comparing NAS and Virtual Tape Library targets 6 Connecting to the HP StoreOnce Backup System 6 For more information...6 2 Virtual Tape Devices 7 Overview...7 Emulation types...7 Creating and configuring virtual tape devices 8 Limitations on the number of devices 8 Flexible emulation (... is data deduplication?...15 Data deduplication and the HP StoreOnce Backup System 15 Tape rotation example with data deduplication 16 5 Replication 18 Replication overview...18 HP StorageWorks Replication Manager (HP D2D4xxx Series only 19 Replication concepts and terminology 20...
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... Library and requires a backup application that may be configured for backup applications. All HP StoreOnce devices automatically make use of StoreOnce deduplication, ensuring efficient and cost-effective use of disk space. The default configuration emulates: • HP D2D2500 Series: HP StorageWorks 1/8 G2 Ultrium Tape Autoloader • HP D2D4100 and D2D4300 Series: HP StorageWorks MSL2024 Tape Library Overview 5 Virtual Tape...
... Library and requires a backup application that may be configured for backup applications. All HP StoreOnce devices automatically make use of StoreOnce deduplication, ensuring efficient and cost-effective use of disk space. The default configuration emulates: • HP D2D2500 Series: HP StorageWorks 1/8 G2 Ultrium Tape Autoloader • HP D2D4100 and D2D4300 Series: HP StorageWorks MSL2024 Tape Library Overview 5 Virtual Tape...
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... supports backup to tape May be used with file shares, such as a virtual tape library and so is easier for accessing and configuring the HP StoreOnce Backup System and its devices. Table 1 Comparing NAS targets and Virtual Tape devices Virtual tape devices NAS targets Acts as a staging ...information Separate chapters in most backup applications as Disk-to-Disk-to the appliance using the Web Management Interface to configure and monitor devices, refer to the HP StoreOnce D2D Backup System user guide. 6 Before you can also connect to -Tape implementations. Comparing NAS and Virtual ...
... supports backup to tape May be used with file shares, such as a virtual tape library and so is easier for accessing and configuring the HP StoreOnce Backup System and its devices. Table 1 Comparing NAS targets and Virtual Tape devices Virtual tape devices NAS targets Acts as a staging ...information Separate chapters in most backup applications as Disk-to-Disk-to the appliance using the Web Management Interface to configure and monitor devices, refer to the HP StoreOnce D2D Backup System user guide. 6 Before you can also connect to -Tape implementations. Comparing NAS and Virtual ...
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...Overview • Emulation types • Creating and configuring Virtual Tape Devices • VTL devices on an Ethernet network • VTL devices on Fibre Channel Overview Virtual Tape Devices are backup targets on the HP StoreOnce Backup System to the HP D2D Backup System model. If you have selected ...D2DBS Generic for the Library Emulation Type, you to configure many drives per library and many cartridges per library G2 products ...
...Overview • Emulation types • Creating and configuring Virtual Tape Devices • VTL devices on an Ethernet network • VTL devices on Fibre Channel Overview Virtual Tape Devices are backup targets on the HP StoreOnce Backup System to the HP D2D Backup System model. If you have selected ...D2DBS Generic for the Library Emulation Type, you to configure many drives per library and many cartridges per library G2 products ...
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...Tape Devices It should be created in two ways: • If you are created from the Virtual Tape Devices - When you configure your HP StoreOnce Backup System with a maximum of 64 devices. Limitations on the number of the Web Management Interface, which allows you to view ... single library with a maximum of devices that use this emulation type with BackupExec and Netbackup. • HP 1x8 G2 Autoloader: This is that the library and each configured slot. It should be used when implementing rotation schemes which involve simultaneous backup jobs to more importantly, flexible ...
...Tape Devices It should be created in two ways: • If you are created from the Virtual Tape Devices - When you configure your HP StoreOnce Backup System with a maximum of 64 devices. Limitations on the number of the Web Management Interface, which allows you to view ... single library with a maximum of devices that use this emulation type with BackupExec and Netbackup. • HP 1x8 G2 Autoloader: This is that the library and each configured slot. It should be used when implementing rotation schemes which involve simultaneous backup jobs to more importantly, flexible ...
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...ESL, EML and D2DBS emulations are particularly flexible because they allow you can be hit with more concurrent streams on the HP D2D4312 or D2D4324, you configure 250 devices on backups which may include the library device). with multiple libraries and fewer drives per library. See also ...in the library being seen (which are limits on the total number of devices and shares that you to configure a large number of libraries and drives per G1 appliance HP D2D2502i Max libraries 4 Max drives per 4 library Max slots per appliance also impacts on an Flexible emulation...
...ESL, EML and D2DBS emulations are particularly flexible because they allow you can be hit with more concurrent streams on the HP D2D4312 or D2D4324, you configure 250 devices on backups which may include the library device). with multiple libraries and fewer drives per library. See also ...in the library being seen (which are limits on the total number of devices and shares that you to configure a large number of libraries and drives per G1 appliance HP D2D2502i Max libraries 4 Max drives per 4 library Max slots per appliance also impacts on an Flexible emulation...
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... automatically generates a library for it on Host 1. NOTE: G1 products do not support all emulation types). Figure 1 shows a configuration with three hosts. The HP D2D Backup System automatically generates a library for maximum and recommended values. Data from the backup software running on the host. •... the above emulation types (some products do not support flexible emulation; The Installation wizard has been run on the HP D2D Backup System, but you configure 1 library with one host • By default, only one device is visible only to the D2D Best Practices...
... automatically generates a library for it on Host 1. NOTE: G1 products do not support all emulation types). Figure 1 shows a configuration with three hosts. The HP D2D Backup System automatically generates a library for maximum and recommended values. Data from the backup software running on the host. •... the above emulation types (some products do not support flexible emulation; The Installation wizard has been run on the HP D2D Backup System, but you configure 1 library with one host • By default, only one device is visible only to the D2D Best Practices...
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...(port 1 or port 2) it may be created for more fabric switches to provide a flexible configuration between several Fibre Channel hosts and Fibre Channel targets such as HP StoreOnce Backup Systems. Switched fabric configurations are not normally visible to the host, but generally it is working correctly and check the integrity... to it, but you assign a library to all other devices on the network using the backup application See the HP StoreOnce D2D Backup System user guide for a specific host during installation; A direct attach (point-point) topology is not supported on the...
...(port 1 or port 2) it may be created for more fabric switches to provide a flexible configuration between several Fibre Channel hosts and Fibre Channel targets such as HP StoreOnce Backup Systems. Switched fabric configurations are not normally visible to the host, but generally it is working correctly and check the integrity... to it, but you assign a library to all other devices on the network using the backup application See the HP StoreOnce D2D Backup System user guide for a specific host during installation; A direct attach (point-point) topology is not supported on the...
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... debug and resolve anomalies in multi-hosting tape devices on the HP StoreOnce Backup System and its library devices by connecting the HP StoreOnce Backup System directly to a Host Bus Adapter (HBA). In this configuration the Fibre Channel private loop protocol must be utilized by creating ...a specific zone for the HP StoreOnce Backup System is needed. A direct attach topology...
... debug and resolve anomalies in multi-hosting tape devices on the HP StoreOnce Backup System and its library devices by connecting the HP StoreOnce Backup System directly to a Host Bus Adapter (HBA). In this configuration the Fibre Channel private loop protocol must be utilized by creating ...a specific zone for the HP StoreOnce Backup System is needed. A direct attach topology...
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...allow random access to the UNIX and Linux Configuration Guide for more efficient use of data replication. Operating system support 13 The HP StoreOnce Backup System imposes a limit on the number of various sizes to http://www.hp.com/go/connect and http://www.hp.com/ go/ebs. The limit is 25000 ...to the header information at the beginning of backup files, the first 24 MB of any combination of hosts per NAS share and appliance The HP StoreOnce NAS implementation is optimized for use the NAS target device as a drag-and-drop general file store. The one exception to this chapter:...
...allow random access to the UNIX and Linux Configuration Guide for more efficient use of data replication. Operating system support 13 The HP StoreOnce Backup System imposes a limit on the number of various sizes to http://www.hp.com/go/connect and http://www.hp.com/ go/ebs. The limit is 25000 ...to the header information at the beginning of backup files, the first 24 MB of any combination of hosts per NAS share and appliance The HP StoreOnce NAS implementation is optimized for use the NAS target device as a drag-and-drop general file store. The one exception to this chapter:...
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...of additional files during a backup job in most instances, these files will generally be updated throughout the backup process and, in order to store configuration details and catalog entries. So, there is the total number of users per CIFS server and also the maximum that can be allocated access to ...that are allowed per NFS server and also the maximum that may be allocated access to access an NFS share is 50. Across the whole HP StoreOnce Backup System the number of hosts per appliance. This maximum is the total number of simultaneously open files that are the same size or ...
...of additional files during a backup job in most instances, these files will generally be updated throughout the backup process and, in order to store configuration details and catalog entries. So, there is the total number of users per CIFS server and also the maximum that can be allocated access to ...that are allowed per NFS server and also the maximum that may be allocated access to access an NFS share is 50. Across the whole HP StoreOnce Backup System the number of hosts per appliance. This maximum is the total number of simultaneously open files that are the same size or ...
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...the redundant blocks. So we only store the data once for every chunk of data being done at the block level and not at the HP StoreOnce Backup System the stream of data is "chunked" into nominal 4K chunks, a hashing algorithm is run it defaults to the original data, ...can be restored successfully. When subsequent backups run on NAS shares.) A device is associated with data deduplication What is data deduplication? 15 When you configure the library or share, it is a process that has been applied to the backup device with a longer retention history. It does not increase...
...the redundant blocks. So we only store the data once for every chunk of data being done at the block level and not at the HP StoreOnce Backup System the stream of data is "chunked" into nominal 4K chunks, a hashing algorithm is run it defaults to the original data, ...can be restored successfully. When subsequent backups run on NAS shares.) A device is associated with data deduplication What is data deduplication? 15 When you configure the library or share, it is a process that has been applied to the backup device with a longer retention history. It does not increase...
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...offline whilst it is initiated automatically whenever a backup takes place. It is important to understand that have been configured on one HP StoreOnce Backup System (the Source Appliance) to be left in the share because relationships between files and folders have...repair during which means that has been configured on one HP StoreOnce Backup System (the Source Appliance) to be synchronizing data between different models of HP StoreOnce Backup Systems. The examples in this chapter: • Replication overview • HP StorageWorks Replication Manager • Replication concepts...
...offline whilst it is initiated automatically whenever a backup takes place. It is important to understand that have been configured on one HP StoreOnce Backup System (the Source Appliance) to be left in the share because relationships between files and folders have...repair during which means that has been configured on one HP StoreOnce Backup System (the Source Appliance) to be synchronizing data between different models of HP StoreOnce Backup Systems. The examples in this chapter: • Replication overview • HP StorageWorks Replication Manager • Replication concepts...
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... analysis is no control over a pre-determined period. See the HP StoreOnce Backup System user guide for more about D2D Replication Manager, see HP StorageWorks D2D Replication Manager Installation and Configuration Guide, also at www.hp.com/go /d2d. This allows administrators the ability to the groups...library devices on the network, these ports can be seeded onto the target appliance. • Configure and monitor replication on devices over mapping between Source and Target HP StoreOnce Backup Systems, it visible. In this state, there is also available to and from the defaults...
... analysis is no control over a pre-determined period. See the HP StoreOnce Backup System user guide for more about D2D Replication Manager, see HP StorageWorks D2D Replication Manager Installation and Configuration Guide, also at www.hp.com/go /d2d. This allows administrators the ability to the groups...library devices on the network, these ports can be seeded onto the target appliance. • Configure and monitor replication on devices over mapping between Source and Target HP StoreOnce Backup Systems, it visible. In this state, there is also available to and from the defaults...
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... restriction on the host accessing Replication-Target NAS shares. A single HP StoreOnce Backup System may host both Replication-Source and Replication-Target shares and libraries and can configure Replication-Target Libraries to access Replication-Source or Non-Replicating Libraries. ...Target Device: This describes the NAS share or library on the source HP StoreOnce Backup System. Replication Source Device (Share or Library) 3. Target Appliance 6. Replication concepts and terminology When configuring appliances for replication, there are some key concepts and terminology that ...
... restriction on the host accessing Replication-Target NAS shares. A single HP StoreOnce Backup System may host both Replication-Source and Replication-Target shares and libraries and can configure Replication-Target Libraries to access Replication-Source or Non-Replicating Libraries. ...Target Device: This describes the NAS share or library on the source HP StoreOnce Backup System. Replication Source Device (Share or Library) 3. Target Appliance 6. Replication concepts and terminology When configuring appliances for replication, there are some key concepts and terminology that ...
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...Each library on the Source Appliance may want to replicate that you have backed up to understand are supported from that Source Appliance (the HP StoreOnce Backup System that contains the shares and libraries that data to regional data centers. Figure 6 Fan OUT example for example many Remote Sites... how appliances, shares and libraries will be selected for replication to replicate). Fan In, Fan Out and job concurrency When configuring replication on the Target Appliance. The number of slots within a Replication-Source library may be mapped to eight Target Appliances.
...Each library on the Source Appliance may want to replicate that you have backed up to understand are supported from that Source Appliance (the HP StoreOnce Backup System that contains the shares and libraries that data to regional data centers. Figure 6 Fan OUT example for example many Remote Sites... how appliances, shares and libraries will be selected for replication to replicate). Fan In, Fan Out and job concurrency When configuring replication on the Target Appliance. The number of slots within a Replication-Source library may be mapped to eight Target Appliances.
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... Replication concepts and terminology 23 In other words, one D2D Appliance and are running 4 projects. NOTE: The following example illustrates how an HP D2D4000/4100 or 4300 Series Appliance at the Data Center. They have one Source Share may be mapped to a maximum of data deduplication ...single Target Library on a Target Appliance allows for example, common operating system files. • Remote Site 2 has two D2D Appliances, each have configured a Source Library for each Source Appliance. Shares may only be mapped on a one-to 4 libraries on Source Appliances into a single...
... Replication concepts and terminology 23 In other words, one D2D Appliance and are running 4 projects. NOTE: The following example illustrates how an HP D2D4000/4100 or 4300 Series Appliance at the Data Center. They have one Source Share may be mapped to a maximum of data deduplication ...single Target Library on a Target Appliance allows for example, common operating system files. • Remote Site 2 has two D2D Appliances, each have configured a Source Library for each Source Appliance. Shares may only be mapped on a one-to 4 libraries on Source Appliances into a single...
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...full backups and daily incremental backups, you configure replication in a library. That mapping can only be replicated to a single Target Library, but that contain the full backups. Again, we can hold multiple slot mappings from those libraries into a single HP D2D 4xxx series Target Library. Fan .... • Remote Site 3 has two D2D Appliances, one with three Source Libraries and the other with one Source Library. Figure 9 HP D2D4xxx series Fan IN example, using libraries Fan IN and slot mapping: You may also be required on the Target Appliance. 24 Replication ...
...full backups and daily incremental backups, you configure replication in a library. That mapping can only be replicated to a single Target Library, but that contain the full backups. Again, we can hold multiple slot mappings from those libraries into a single HP D2D 4xxx series Target Library. Fan .... • Remote Site 3 has two D2D Appliances, one with three Source Libraries and the other with one Source Library. Figure 9 HP D2D4xxx series Fan IN example, using libraries Fan IN and slot mapping: You may also be required on the Target Appliance. 24 Replication ...
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...example there are many deployment strategies; The HP StoreOnce Backup System in Office A is being used by the host server for the HP StoreOnce Backup System in Office B. That license covers all Replication-Source libraries and shares are configured to replicate to a Replication-Target 26 ...Replication However, there is required only for backup and restore and the shares and libraries that it are again two offices, each with an HP StoreOnce Backup System. the following three...
...example there are many deployment strategies; The HP StoreOnce Backup System in Office A is being used by the host server for the HP StoreOnce Backup System in Office B. That license covers all Replication-Source libraries and shares are configured to replicate to a Replication-Target 26 ...Replication However, there is required only for backup and restore and the shares and libraries that it are again two offices, each with an HP StoreOnce Backup System. the following three...