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    HP Data Pr ot ec to r A. 06 . 1 1 MP E/iX s y ste m us er gui de B6960-90173 P art number : B6 9 60 -90 1 7 3 F irst edition: Septe mber 2009[...]

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    Legal and notice information © Cop yri ght 1 999 , 2009 He wlett-P ackar d Developme nt Compan y , L.P . Conf idential compu ter softw are . V alid licens e fr om HP requir ed for pos sessi on, use or cop ying . Consistent with F AR 1 2 .2 1 1 and 1 2 .2 1 2 , Commer cial C omputer Softw are, C omputer So ftwar e Documentati on, and T echnical Dat[...]

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    C ont ents P ublicati on history ................................................................ 7 Abou t this guide ................................................................... 9 Intended audi ence ............................................................................................... 9 Doc umentati on set .........................[...]

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    User -definable r estor e var iables .................................................................... 35 T urboS T ORE/iX res tor e options ............................................................... 36 Pr e - and post-ex ec commands ............................................................................. 37 Disast er reco very .......[...]

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    F i gur es Data Pr otector gr aphical us er interface ............................................... 19 1 I/O conf igur ation: standalo ne dev ice ................................................. 23 2 I/O conf igur ation: S CSI ta pe library .................................................. 27 3 Spec ifying bac kup optio ns .....................[...]

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    T able s E dition history ................................................................................... 7 1 Doc ument con venti ons ...................................................................... 17 2 Back up types .................................................................................. 29 3 L ist of bac kup v ari ables .....[...]

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    P u b lica tion histor y Guide updat es ma y be issued between editi ons to corr ect err ors or doc ument pr oduct change s. T o ensure that y ou rece iv e updated or ne w editions, su bscr ibe to the appr opriat e produc t support serv ice. S ee your HP sale s repr esentati ve f or details. T ab le 1 Edition histor y Product Guide edition P art nu[...]

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    P ublication his tory 8[...]

  • Page 9

    About t his gui de This gui de descr ibes ho w to confi gure and us e D ata Pr otector w ith MPE/iX s yste ms. Inte nded audie nce This gui de is intended for bac ku p administrato rs r esponsible f or planning, se tting up , and maintaining netw ork back ups . It assumes y ou are f amiliar w ith: • Basic Data Pr otector f uncti onalit y • MPE/[...]

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    This gui de descr ibes Data Pr otector concepts and pr ov ides bac kgr ound info rmati on on ho w Data Pro tector w orks. It is in tended to be u sed with the ta sk-o ri ented online Help . • HP Data Pr otector inst allation and li censing guide This gui de descr ibes ho w to install the Data Pr otector s oftwar e, taking int o account the oper a[...]

  • Page 11

    This gui de descr ibes ho w to install , conf igur e, and u se the integr ation of Data Pr otector w ith HP Servi ce Informati on P ortal. It is intended f or back up administr ators . It discus ses ho w to use the appli cation f or Data Pr otector serv ice management . • HP Data Pr otector integr ation gui de for HP R eporter This man ual descr [...]

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    desc ribes ho w to conf igure and u se Data Pro tecto r to perf orm bac kup and r esto re using the Mi cr osoft V olume Shadow C opy Serv ice . • HP Data Pr otector MP E/iX sy stem us er guide This gui de descr ibes ho w to confi gur e MPE/iX cli ents and ho w to bac k up and r estor e MPE/iX data . • HP Data Pr otector Medi a Oper ations us er[...]

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    Doc umentati on map Abbr ev iations Abbr ev iations in the doc umentatio n map that follo ws ar e explained belo w . The gui de titles ar e all preceded b y the wor ds “HP Data Prot ector” . Guide Abbre viation Command line in terface r efer ence CLI Concepts gui de Concepts Disast er r ecove r y guide DR Getting started guide GS Online Help He[...]

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    Guide Abbre viation Installati on and licensing guide Install Media Oper ations getting started guide MO G S Media Oper ations pr oduct announcemen ts, so ft war e notes , and r efe rences MO RN Media Oper ations use r guide MO UG MPE/iX s ys tem use r guide MPE/iX Pr oduct announcements , softwar e notes, and r efer ences P A T r oubleshooting gui[...]

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    Integr ations Loo k in these gui des for details o f the follo wing int egr ations: Guide Integration IG- OMU , IG- OMW HP Oper ations Manager fo r UNIX/f or Windo ws IG-P M/P A HP P erformance Manage r IG-P M/P A HP P erformance A gent MPE/iX s ys tem user gui de 1 5[...]

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    Guide Integration IG-R HP Repo rter IG-S IP HP Servi ce Informati on P ortal all ZDB HP Stor age W orks Disk Arr ay XP all ZDB HP Stor age W orks Enter prise V irtual Arr ay (EV A) all ZDB HP Stor age W orks Virtual Ar ray (V A) IG-IBM IBM DB2 UDB IG-IBM Infor mix IG-IBM Lotu s Notes/Domino MO Us er Media Oper ations MPE/iX MPE/iX s ys tem IG-MS , [...]

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    Guide Integration IG-V ar S ybase all ZDB EMC Sy mmetri x IG-V ar VMwar e Doc ument con v enti ons and s y mbols T ab le 2 Documen t con v entions Element Conv ention Cr oss-re fere nce links and e -mail addre sses Blue te xt: T able 2 on page 17 W ebsite addres ses Blue , underlined text: h t tp://www .hp .com T ext em phasis Italic t ext • F il[...]

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    NO TE: Pr ov ides additi onal inf or mation . TIP: Pr ov ides he lpf ul hints and short cuts . Data Pr otect or gr aphi cal u ser int erface Data Pr otector pr ov ides a c ros s-platform (W indow s and UNIX) gr aphical user interf ace. Y ou can use the or iginal Data Pr otector GUI (W indow s only) or the Data Pr otector Ja va GUI. F or infor matio[...]

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    Figure 1 Data Protector graphi cal user interface Gener al inf ormati on Gener al infor mation about Data Pr otecto r can be found at h t tp://www .hp .com/go/ datapr otecto r . HP tec hnical su ppor t F or wo rld wi de tec hnical suppo r t info rmati on, see the HP su pport web site: http://www .hp .com/support Bef ore cont acting HP , collect the[...]

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    Sub sc ripti on se r v ice HP r ecommends that you r egister y our pr oduct at the Subsc riber's C hoice f or Business w ebsite: http://www .hp .com/go/e -updates After r egister ing, y ou w ill recei ve e-mail notifi cation of pr oduct enhanceme nts, ne w dr i ve r versi ons, f irm war e updates , and other produc t res ources . HP w ebsite s[...]

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    1 MPE/iX s y s tem user gui de Intr oducti on This c hapter e xplains how to co nfi gure and us e the D ata Pr otecto r MPE/iX in tegrati on . It desc ribes concepts and me thods you need to under stand to bac k up and r estor e the follo wing MP E/iX data: • User f iles and dir ector ies • S yst em files • F ilesy stem dir ector ies This c h[...]

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    • F or an up-to -date list of supported v ersio ns, platfor ms, dev ices , requir ed patches and other inf ormation , see the HP Data Pr otector pr oduct announceme nts , softwar e notes , and re fer ences or http://www .hp.co m/support/manuals . • Ensur e that T urboS T ORE/iX or T urboS T ORE/iX 7x2 4 T rue - Online is installed on y our sy s[...]

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    2. W rite do wn ta pe I/O Conf igur ation fr om the ISL utility MAPPER . a. Pr ess CTRL - B to put the sy stem in contr ol mode . b. Ente r TC and pr ess RETURN to s oft res et the s yste m. c. Pr ess an y k e y to o ver ri de the autoboot . d. Enter Y f or Boot from the primary boot path (Y or N)? o r if pr ompt sho ws BO PRI . Pr ess RETURN. e. E[...]

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    4. R un the SYSGEN utilit y , IO subs ys tem: MPE/iX s ys tem use r guide 2 4[...]

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    5 . F or a standalone (DDS) de vi ce, add: • P ath for de v ice and i dentify it as PSEUDO : • T ape dri ve de vi ce (alw ay s on path addr ess ending w ith 0) , set ID and mode as AUTOREPLY : IO>ADEV LDEV=30 PATH=52.3.0 ID=HPC1533A MODE=AUTOREPLY • Autoc hanger (r obotic s) dev ice and i dentify it as PICKER : IO>ADEV LDEV=31 PATH=52.3[...]

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    6. K eep the new conf igurati on and ex it SYSGEN : Enter Y f or Purge old configuration (yes/no)? . 7 . Create a de vi ce link f ile using mknod : :mknod “/dev/picker c 0 31” :mknod “/dev/drive c 0 30” 8. T o ver if y the change s, re start the sy stem . After y ou connect ed and conf igur ed standalone de vi ces, co nfigur e them for u se[...]

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    2. W rite do wn ta pe I/O Conf igur ation fr om the ISL utility MAPPER . a. Pr ess CTRL - B to put the sy stem in contr ol mode . b. Ente r TC and pr ess RETURN to s oft res et the s yste m. c. Pr ess an y k e y to o ver ri de the autoboot . d. Enter Y f or Boot from the primary boot path (Y or N)? o r if pr ompt sho ws BO PRI . Pr ess RETURN. e. E[...]

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    4. R un the SYSGEN utilit y , IO subs ys tem: :SYSGEN SYSGEN>IO F or a SC SI tape libr ary (D L T) dev ice , add: • The path and de vice f or autoc hanger: IO>PATH PATH=56/52.0 ID=PSEUDO IO>ADEV LDEV=30 PATH=56/52.0.0 ID=PICKER • P aths and dev ices f or tapes: IO>APATH PATH=56/52.2 ID=PSEUDO IO>ADEV LDEV=31 PATH=56/52.2.0 ID=DLT[...]

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    6. K eep the new conf igurati on and ex it SYSGEN : Enter Y f or Purge old configuration (yes/no)? . 7 . Create a de vi ce link f ile using mknod : :mknod “/dev/dlt_picker c 0 30” :mknod “/dev/dlt_tape01 c 0 31” :mknod “/dev/dlt_tape02 c 0 32” 8. Re start the sy stem to v erify the change s. After y ou connect ed and conf igur ed SC SI [...]

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    Y ou perform an MP E/iX back up in the same w ay as the file sy stem back up . F or the pr ocedure , see the online Help inde x: “ cr eating back up spec ificati ons ” . Additi onally , spec ify the supported MPE/iX bac kup opti ons in the form o f extended var iables . See “ User -def inable back up var iables ” on page 30. Us er -def inab[...]

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    Setting Bac kup V ari ables 1 . In the HP Data Protector , s w itch t o the B ackup con text . 2. In the Scoping P ane, e xpand Bac k up , and double-clic k B ackup Specifications . 3. R ight-clic k the back up spec ificati on and select Pr oper ties fr om the pop-up menu . 4. Cli ck the Options ta b , and then c lick Ad vanced under Files ystem Op[...]

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    5 . Select Other fr om the Files ystem Options windo w , and then cli ck Edit under User defined var iabl es . See F igure 4 on page 32. Figure 4 Specifying bac k up options MPE/iX s ys tem use r guide 3 2[...]

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    6. In the Ad vanced w indow , enter the su ppor ted MP E/iX var iable , for e xam ple ONLINE w ith the value START . See F igur e 5 on page 33. Figure 5 Entering the variabl e 7 . Clic k Add to add the new v aria ble to the list . T urboS T ORE/iX back up optio ns See “ Us er -defina ble back up var iables ” on page 30 fo r the descr iption of [...]

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    Cr eating SL T T o cr eate a SL T , run: sysgen>TAPE (or sysgen>TA ) When the ta pe is creat ed, y ou rece i ve the me ssage that boot back up w as gener ated successf ully . If an err or occur s, a flashing TAPE ERROR mes sage is issued to the console . Cr eate the SL T tape each time y ou make co nfi gurati on changes . F or mor e info rmat[...]

  • Page 35

    Us er -def inable r est or e var iables Set us er-de fina ble vari ables (a var iable name and its v alue) to enable fle xible oper ation of the Data Pr otector MP E/iX integr ation. T able 5 on page 35 lists r esto re var iables and the ir values . T ab le 5 List of restore v ariabl es Description V alue V ariable Re store s the MPE s ys tem dir e[...]

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    7 . In the Advanced di alog box , specify the appr opri ate var iable and its value , and then cli ck Add . Figure 6 Entering the variabl e 8. Cli ck OK t o appl y the settings . T urboS T ORE/iX r est or e options The v ari able VOLSET=/ VOLUMESETNAME dir ects the r esto re beha vio r to w rite the data to /VOLUMESETNAME . If the v aria ble is not[...]

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    The f ollow ing T urboS T ORE/iX re stor e options cann ot be used a s they ar e replaced by the s tandard Data Pr otecto r f uncti onality: COPYACD , KEEP , NEWDATE , NOACD , OLDDATE , and SHOW . Pr e - and pos t -e xec co mmands Bef ore bac kup or r esto r e, y ou may w ant to chec k the number of f iles to bac k up, stop so me transacti on proce[...]

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    See the S T ORE and T urboS T ORE/iX Pr oducts Man ual for mo r e informati on about disast er reco very on MPE/iX . Pr er equisites • SL T containing s ys tem par ameters and I/O conf igur ation • Sto r e tape containing us er f iles and direc tor ies and s yste m dir ectory informati on R ecov ery Pr ocedure 1 . Boot y our s ys tem fr om the [...]

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    Pr er equisites • F or the omnib command to oper ate proper ly , add the MANAGER.SYS user to the admin gr oup . NO TE: Due to th e limitations o f the MPE/iX P osix sh ell (utility nroff is not imple mented), it is not po ssible to imp lement help f or this comm and as a m an page . F or a desc ription o f the omnib command, see the HP Data Pr ot[...]

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    T ur boS T ORE/iX log file s Dur ing back up or r estor e , T urboS T ORE/iX cr eates a log file , sav ed in the /tmp dir ectory . Its name consists of st or e or res tore pr ocess and the pr ocess i dentifi cation number (p id) , for e xample store74711122.log . IMPOR T ANT : T urboS T ORE/iX log fil e fo r back up can sho w mor e objec ts than ac[...]

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    Ex amp le 2. T urboST ORE/iX log files with ONLINE=ST ART >> TURBO-STORE/RESTORE VERSION C.60.17 B5152AA << (C) 1986 Hewlett-Packard CO. STORE /SYS/SAMPLEDB/; ;TREE;ONVS=MPEXL_SYSTEM_VOLUME_SET;ONLINE=START;NW3K^M THU, JAN 25, 2007, 3:59 PM ONLINE BACKUP UTILIZED DISC SPACE FOR LOG ON THE FOLLOWING VOLSETS: MPEXL_SYSTEM_VOLUME_SET: 832 [...]

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    5 * <- END OF UDC COMMAND 6 // ... /keep OB2UDCF.PUB.SYS /exit END OF SUBSYSTEM : T o activ ate the UDC file ent er : :SETCATALOG OB2UDC.PUB.SYS; APPEND OB2SE T file OB2SET f ile can be cr eated with any editor . Belo w is an ex ample of the Data Pr otector en vir onment v ariable s: Ex ample SETVAR OB2DEVRETRY 5 SETVAR OB2DEVSLEEP 5 COMMENT SET[...]

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    Ind e x A audie nce , 9 B backing u p MPE/iX , 29 databas e back up , 39 full s ys tem back up , 33 online back ups , 29 true-online back ups , 29 T urboS T ORE/iX back up options , 33 user -definable bac kup v ari ables , 30 C concepts MPE/iX in tegrati on , 21 conf iguring de vi ces MPE/iX in tegrati on , 22 conf iguring MP E/iX , 21 con venti on[...]

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    MPE/iX co nfi gurati on , 21 MPE/iX in tegrati on back up , 29 conf igurati on , 21 disast er reco very , 37 full s ys tem back up , 33 pr e - and post-e xec commands , 37 r estor e , 34 supported CLI commands , 38 T urboS T ORE/iX log files , 40 UDC file s and en vir onment var iables , 41 MPE/iX r esto r e , 34 user -definable r estor e vari able[...]