HP Serveur lame HP ProLiant BL465c Gen8 User Manual

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Setting up linkage with a tape backup management software

This section describes how to set up linkage with a tape backup management software. You need to
register parameters and create a configuration definition file.

Before registering parameters and creating configuration definition files, you must set up each tape
backup management software. Perform the following for the tape backup management software.

For NetBackup:

• Create as many

CLASS

or

POLICY

entries as the number of backup jobs to be performed in

parallel.

• Specify a

SCHEDULE

value for each of the created

CLASS

or

POLICY

entries.

• Set the retention period of the media.

For Backup Exec:

• Specify the media, device, and logon information.
• Set the retention period of the media.

Registering information for linkage with a tape backup management software

Use the

drmtapeinit

command to register the information for linkage with a tape backup

management software. Register the following items according to the output messages:

Name of the tape backup management software

Number of days during which the backup catalog used for tape backup will be stored

The registered information is stored as a file in the following location:

Application-Agent-installation-directory

\DRM\conf\tape\DEFAULT.dat

To register information for linkage with a tape backup management software:

1.

Execute the drmtapeinit command.

PROMPT> drmtapeinit

2.

When the following message appears, enter the name of the tape backup management software.

KAVX0411-I Enter the backup management product name.

Enter one of the following values:

If you are using NetBackup:

NBU

If you are using Backup Exec:

BEWS

3.

When the following message appears, enter the number of backup catalog storage days.

KAVX0417-I Enter the number of days to store the backup catalog.

For details on the value to be specified, see the notes at the end of this procedure.

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