Tapemark – FUJITSU CentricStor V3.1D User Manual

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Glossary

System Administrator Edition

SAE

Tape File System

TFS

Tapemark

A tapemark identifies the end of a header or logical volume (

LV

) on a physical tape.

Tape Volume Cache

TVC

TFS

In CentricStor V3.1D a Tape File System (TFS) is a file system of the type dtvfs (

DTVFS

)

in which the logical volumes (

LV

s) are stored temporarily. The Tape File Systems as a

whole constitute the Tape Volume Cache (

TVC

). In CentricStor the Tape File Systems are

tied to a permanent naming schema: /cache/1nn, where nn stands for 00, 01, 02 etc.
When the Cache Mirroring Feature (

CMF

) is used, each Tape File System is mirrored.

The mirrored Tape File Systems are then called /cache/2nn.

TVC

The TVC (Tape Volume Cache) is the core of the entire virtual archiving system. It
represents the Tape File Systems as a whole in which the logical volumes are stored
temporarily. One or more

RAID system

s (up to 8) are used for this purpose.

section “RAID systems for the Tape Volume Cache” on page 30

Virtual Library Manager

VLM

Virtual Library Processor

VLP

Virtual Library Service

VLS

Virtual Tape Appliance

VTA

Virtual Tape Controller

VTC

Virtuelles Archivsystem

TVC

VLM

Each robot request of the requesting host system is registered in the VLM. The requisite
emulations (VLMF, VAMU, VACS, VDAS, VJUK) are used in CentricStor to support the
libraries.

The

TVC

is always accessed via the VLM.

VLP

The VLP is the central

ISP

in the larger CentricStor models from VTA 1500. The central

management processes run on this, in particular the

VLM

and the

PLM

.

A failure of the VLP causes the entire CentricStor system to crash. To prevent this, a
standby computer can optionally be integrated into the CentricStor as a Standby VLP
(

SVLP

), and this takes over the tasks of the

VLP Master

if this should crash.

The predefined host names for this ISP type are VLP0 and VLP1.

section “VLP (Virtual Library Processor)” on page 27

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