Interface information tab – HP StoreOnce Backup User Manual
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Table 9 Emulation types for tape devices (continued)
Description
Emulation type
An enterprise tape solution that allows you to configure up to 500 drives per node and up
to 16384 cartridges per library.
ESL E Series
A tape library device that appears as a native IBM TS3500 device in a TSM environment
to allow use of standard IBM drivers. The emulation type is configured at the library level.
IBM-TS3500
Therefore, all drives on a library configured with the IBM-TS3500 emulation type will use
the IBM-LTO3 drive emulation type. If the library is then changed to a different emulation
type, the drives will change to the new emulation type.
A tape library device with a maximum of two embedded Ultrium tape drives and 24 cartridge
slots. It should be used when implementing rotation schemes which involve simultaneous
backup jobs to two devices. This emulation type is widely supported by backup applications.
MSL G3 Series (2x24)
A tape library device with a maximum of four embedded Ultrium tape drives and 48 cartridge
slots. It should be used when implementing rotation schemes which involve simultaneous
MSL G3 Series (4x48)
backup jobs to more than two devices or those that use a large number of cartridges devices.
This emulation type is widely supported by backup applications.
A tape library device with a maximum of eight embedded Ultrium tape drives and 96
cartridge slots.
MSL G3 Series (8x96)
Flexible emulation
The ESL, EML and D2DBS emulations are particularly flexible because they allow you to configure
a large number of drives per library. The main benefits are that a large number of drives allows:
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more concurrent streams on backups which are throttled due to host application throughput,
such as multi-streamed backups from a database.
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a single library (and therefore deduplication store) to contain similar data from backups that
must run in parallel to increase deduplication ratio.
If using these flexible emulation types, the following factors should also be considered:
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An important consideration when configuring VTL devices is that the library and each drive
that you configure for it counts as a separate device. There are practical limitations on the
number of devices that each host and Fibre Channel switch or HBA can access. See
Although there are no hard limits on the number of drives that can be configured per library,
there are limits on the total number of libraries and drives that can be configured on an
appliance node. If you configure one library with 500 drives on an HP 6500 or B6200 Backup
system, you will still have 47 libraries available in theory, but you will have no more drives.
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The total device value also applies to NAS shares and Catalyst stores. If you configure the
full value as VTL devices, you will not be able to configure any NAS shares or Catalyst stores
for that node.
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Refer to the HP StoreOnce Backup system Concepts and Configuration Guidelines for maximum
and recommended values.
Interface Information tab
This tab shows interface information for the media changer and drives on the selected library.
The information for the Interface Information tab is generated automatically and manual configuration
is discouraged.
However, you may use this tab to adjust the port to which a drive has been assigned; see
change drive assignment (page 30)
.
The following information is provided for a device that is configured to use the Fibre Channel
interface.
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