1 introduction, New features in command view tl 3.7.00, Snia compliance – HP Command View for Tape Libraries Software User Manual
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1 Introduction
The HP StorageWorks Interface Manager for tape libraries is a management card designed to
consolidate and simplify the management of HP StorageWorks ESL9000 Series,
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ESL E-Series,
and EML E-Series tape libraries. The Interface Manager card provides the following features:
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Simple, unified, graphical setup and configuration of Fibre Channel (FC) interface controllers.
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Remote management of FC interface controllers via a Web-based GUI or command line
interface.
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SAN-related diagnostics for key library components, such as interface controllers, drives, and
robotics.
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Additional advanced SAN security and management features are available via licensing.
These features improve security, performance, reliability, and ease of control.
New features in Command View TL 3.7.00
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Administrator can manually select tapes in a separate media verification partition without
interfering with host applications.
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Configurable policies permit periodic scans based on a user-chosen time interval.
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Support for Data verification and Drive Assessment in ESL G3 libraries for LTO5 and LTO6
drives and corresponding supported tapes.
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Manage media verification, configuration, and usage though CVTL while ensuring data is
secure.
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Licensing enforcement and management for data verification license for ESL G3 libraries.
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MSL6480 license management via CVTL.
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User notifications of degraded tapes.
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Reports of data verification and drive assessment results.
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Library TapeAssure enhancements including the Library Dashboard with Library TapeAssure
graphs.
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Support Remote Data Collection (RDC) for ESL G3, MSL6480, and MSL G3 libraries. SMI-S
will implement the TapeAssure profile which can be collected by IRS RDC, and you can
configure collection days for the RDC from the CVTL interface.
SNIA compliance
The Storage Management Initiative (SMI) was created by the Storage Networking Industry
Association (SNIA) to develop and standardize interoperable storage management technologies
and aggressively promote them to the storage, networking, and end user communities.
For more information about SNIA and the SMI, see the following website:
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The HP StoreEver Command View TL Provider follows the Storage Management Initiative
Specification (SMI-S) and provides an interface for SMI-S compliant applications to manage HP
StoreEver tape libraries. See the HP StoreEver Command View for Tape Libraries Software SMI-S
Provider installation instructions at
for installation instructions.
1. ESL9000 libraries can be added, selected, and managed from the Command View TL 2.0 Launcher, but new features
in versions 2.0 and newer are not available on ESL9000.
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