Logical Devices

Senthilkumar Muthusamy

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 Objectives
• Logical Device Concepts
• Logical Device/Library
Operations
• Logical Device Configurations
– Automatic
– Manual
– File Library (disk based)
– Tape Library
• virtual library
– Standalone
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 The Data Protector Logical Device
Logical Device Definition
Device Name Physical
Device Options Properties
Device Types (policies) •SCSI Path
HP MSL4048
•Standalone (tape and file) •Multipath
MMDB •Stacker •Serial ID
•SCSI-II Library •Control Host
•Jukebox (file and optical) •Data Host
•File Library HP VLS6105
•External Control
•GRAU DAS Library
Usage: •StorageTek ACS Library Drive(s)
Backup HW Compression
Restore Library Controller HP DAT72x6
Format Robotic
Copy Barcode Reader
Consolidate Repository Slots
Scan Mail Slot
Verify Cleaning Slot
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 Configuration Flexibility (logical –
physical)
one to one:
dr-1

HP SDLT 600
many to one:
dr-1
dr-2
dr-3
one to many:
library 1
dr-1
many to many: dr-2
library 1
dr-1
dr-2
library 2
dr-3
dr-4

HP
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 Device Features
• SAN Multipath configuration
• path prioritization
• path failover
• Multi-host configuration
• requires device locking
• Drive concurrency
• Changed SCSI device detection
• Serial number tracking
• Virtual Library (disk based devices)
• Distributed File Media Format (DFMF)
• Management URL
• Library Web Console
• Variable block and segment sizes

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 Concept: Multipath or Multiple
system1 Devices system2 system3 system4

path 2
path 1

path 1 path 2

library 1

drive 1 drive 2
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 Multipath Results
HP:Ultrium_1_system1
HP:Ultrium_1_system2
DP 5.1

Results: 8 Drives, 1 path (ea) HP:Ultrium_1_system3

HP:Ultrium_1_system4
HP:Ultrium_2_system1
HP:Ultrium_2_system2
The library, with two drives, is HP:Ultrium_2_system3
configured using the multipath HP:Ultrium_2_system4
solution. Multiple logical devices
Drive -1
may still be configured, as in
previous versions
system1-path1
system2-path1
Results: 2 drives, 4 paths (ea) system2-path2
system1-path2 Drive -2
DP 5.5/6.0

system1-path1
system2-path1
system2-path2
system1-path2
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 Concept: Device Concurrency
Disk Agent Media Agent

Concurrency = 1

Disk Agent Media Agent

Disk Agent

Concurrency = 3

Disk Agent Media Agent

Disk Agent Maximum concurrency: 32

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 Concept: SCSI Device Change -
Discovery
• Dynamic SAN SCSI device address changes without detection causes failures
• DP will automatically discovers and updates the changed SCSI address

• Device serial number stored within the IDB

– MA retrieves the serial number during the subsequent media operation on the
device and saves it to IDB

• Reload causes a retrieval and replacement of device serial number into IDB
– Serial number field not editable

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 Concept: Block and Segment sizes
Data Protector tape format

Tape Image
Data Segments
Header minimum 10 MB
30-2000 MB
defaults
EOD
End of
Segment Data

Data Block Size: Fast Catalog Fast

Blocks 8K -1024K Search Information Search
Mark Mark

OMNIMAXCATALOG=12MB
(default =12 MB, 60MB=max)

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 Configuration Methods
• Automatic (preferred)
• Standalone devices
• Libraries (SAN or SCSI)
• Two step approach
– select client systems
– select from discovered devices
• Automatic Multipath
• Adjust options after
configuration completes
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• Manual (GUI)
• All device types available
• All parameters user configured
• Adjust options as needed during
configuration
• Manual (Command Line)
• All device types available
• All parameters user configured
from a text file
• Adjust options as needed after
configuration uploaded into DB
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Autoconfigure: Tape Library Device (1)

Select
Autoconfigure

Select hosts
for library
configuration

Start drive
discovery

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Autoconfigure: Tape Library Device (2)
Multipath disabled Multipath enabled
Single Robotic Multiple Robotics

Highlight library or
drive name; rename
option on pop-up
menu

Select the systems

which should
access to the
legacy devices current
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 Library Properties: General

enables capacity
license model

HP VLS6105

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 Library Properties: Control
Select a
SAN client
to add

devbra scans
the client

Add
Select
client/SCSI
library
address
Properties

Change path priority

(order determines priority)
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 Additional Library Properties

Additional library
properties

Serial ID stored in
the MMDB

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 Library Drive Properties

Aadd new
SAN
Properties
clients

Modify
Select SCSI path
the
library
drive

Select a path to edit

the SCSI address
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 Manual Configure: Standalone

Device policy
(type)
standalone
Logical
device
name

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 Drive Properties – Advanced Settings

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 Mount Notification
Defaults
Delay: Programs: _____________
30min /opt/omni/lbin/Mount.sh
<product>/bin/mount.bat
Parameters Description
USER User name
GROUP User group name
HOSTNAME Name of host (short)
STARTPID PID of the process that caused the mount prompt
DEVNAME Logical Device Name
DEVHOST Short name of host where device is connected to
DEVFILE File representing the device
DEVCLASS DAT standalone, DAT exchanger, DAT stacker, MO standalone ...
DEVCLASSNAME Currently same as devclass
MEDID Medium ID
MEDLABEL Medium user label
MEDLOC Location of the medium
POOLNAME Name of the pool
POLICY Strict, Loose, App+Loose, App+Strict
MEDCLASS Medium class number
MEDCLASSNAME DAT/DDS, Optical, Double Sided Optical, Exabyte, 3480, Reel Tape, File
SESSIONKEY Session key to be used by omnimnt <config>/options/global:
MountDelay=<DelayInMinutes>
MountScript=<Full Pathname>
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Disk Agent
Concept: Disk Based Devices
• License capacity per TB
• Unlimited writers (logical drives) Media Agent
Backup
Writer
Disk Agent (Media Agent)

Stream to tape

Disk Agent File

Depot
Restore:
Fast restore from disk if
Media Agent
data still available there Tape
Disk Agent OR
restore directly from tape

Disk Agent
Media Agent
Writer File
(Media Agent) Depot Stream to tape
Backup model:
• store on disk
• scheduled copy to disk or tape
• ©
expire backup on disk after copy to tape
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 Configure: File Library

Device Type:
File Library

Client used
for the disk
repository

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 File Library Directory Properties Storage/staging
directories

Properties for
selected directory

File depots
created on
demand

Virtual
drives

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 Distributed File Media Format (DFMF)
• only available for file library
(DP 6.0)
– attribute within the device
(disabled by default)
• pure data blocks are put into
separate files

• file usage without DFMF

– each session creates a file that corresponds to one medium (in the repository)
• file usage with DFMF
– each session creates several files
• separate files are created holding data blocks (repository)
– consolidation sessions (virtual fulls) do not copy those data files, instead
refer them only via pointers
– catalog segments are not “outsourced”
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 File Library Without DFMF
A A A A B C C C DP file library
Media Format
without DFMF (fd files)

file per
session

data blocks of file, that is backed up

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 File Library With DFMF
A B C catalog segments DP file library
Media Format
with DFMF

A A A C C
data segments

Used for Virtual Full Backup

with object consolidation

data
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 DFMF Architecture
directories: files:
<medium id>.fd
<medium id>.rl
<medium id>.rr
<medium id>.rm
Fxxxx (0000 – FFFF)
<medium id>.fd
• file medium, contains catalog and data segments
• pure data segments are outsourced to Fxxx files
<medium id>.rl
• stores all repostitory paths
<medium id>.rr
• stores references to repository data files
<medium id>.rm
• reference counter, used in order to delete Fxxx files if not used anymore by other media
Dxxxxx
• directories hosting Fxxxx files (D0000 – DFFFF)
Fxxxx
• files hosting the data blocks (F0000 – FFFFF)

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 DFMF Architecture Examples
1 full (F): file1 and file2
1 incr (I): only of file1
1 virtual full (V) F
I
V

F
F
I
I
V
F
F
I
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 Configure: File Jukebox
Legacy DP file device
• effectively replaced by file library
• still supported
• uses drive license model

use integer
range for
faster file
creation

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 File Jukebox Drive Properties
• File Jukebox uses
virtual tape drives
• properties similar
to a tape drive
• File Library uses
media writers

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 External Control
A mechanism for controlling devices that do not
support the UNIX SCSI pass-through driver.

Data Protector sends: drive, slot, flip, load, and unload commands
to the external script.

The external script converts the commands to the native

ones required by the device and executes them.

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 GRAU and StorageTek Silos
• Large silos controlled by
DAS/ACSLS software

• Requires unlimited slot

library license.

• Integration modules
installed on client
systems

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 Library Scanning

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 Library Slot Operations

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