HPE StoreOnce VSA System User Guide

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1 HPE StoreOnce VSA System User Guide For StoreOnce software version 3.18.x Abstract This document is the user guide for the Hewlett Packard Enterprise StoreOnce Systems and is intended for users who install, operate, and maintain the StoreOnce System. Always check for the most current documentation, including localized versions (PDF) for your product. Refer to the Quick Specs on StoreOnceQuickSpecs for supported features for your model. Part Number: P Published: March 2018 Edition: 3

2 Copyright 2017, 2018 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP Notices The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for Hewlett Packard Enterprise products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. Hewlett Packard Enterprise shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein. Confidential computer software. Valid license from Hewlett Packard Enterprise required for possession, use, or copying. Consistent with FAR and , Commercial Computer Software, Computer Software Documentation, and Technical Data for Commercial Items are licensed to the U.S. Government under vendor's standard commercial license. Links to third-party websites take you outside the Hewlett Packard Enterprise website. Hewlett Packard Enterprise has no control over and is not responsible for information outside the Hewlett Packard Enterprise website. Acknowledgments Intel, Itanium, Pentium, Intel Inside, and the Intel Inside logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States and other countries. Microsoft and Windows are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Adobe and Acrobat are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Java and Oracle are registered trademarks of Oracle and/or its affiliates. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group.

3 Contents Getting started...10 The StoreOnce System Management Console StoreOnce Graphical User Interface (GUI) components...10 Overview of the StoreOnce System page StoreOnce System models Powering the VSA off and on...13 Deployment of the Virtual Storage Appliance Fibre Channel Support for StoreOnce Catalyst and VTL (VMware only)...14 StoreOnce VSA FC parameters and reference material VTL (Virtual Tape Libraries)...16 Viewing the VTL configuration Viewing the Fibre Channel settings...16 Editing the Fibre Channel settings Port assignment for StoreOnce Systems with multiple Fibre Channel ports Disabling library Auto Creation Viewing the libraries list and library details Library and device details parameters Creating a library...24 Deleting a library Editing library details...26 Adding and removing drives Emulation types for tape devices Viewing the Interface Information...28 Changing a drive assignment on Fibre Channel ports...30 Viewing the Active Connections...30 Viewing the cartridge information...31 Creating a cartridge Deleting a cartridge...32 Deleting all or a range of cartridges Write protecting a cartridge...34 Editing the maximum cartridge size Moving or unloading cartridges...34 Editing barcodes in bulk...35 Making Replication Target libraries visible to the host NAS functions Editing NAS shares...38 Viewing NAS shares and share information...38 Notes about editing NAS shares...41 Deleting NAS shares...42 Creating NAS shares CIFS shares Authentication modes...43 Selecting the authentication mode User authentication mode Creating a local user on the StoreOnce CIFS server Changing a local user password from the StoreOnce CIFS server...45 Contents 3

4 Deleting a local user from the StoreOnce CIFS server AD authentication mode...45 Configuring AD authentication mode...45 Add the StoreOnce appliance to an Active Directory domain Granting AD domain uses access to NAS shares using the Windows Computer Management tool...47 Assign AD users as administrators for the CIFS server Add AD groups as administrators for the StoreOnce server Removing AD users or groups as administrators from the StoreOnce CIFS server...48 Leaving the AD domain NFS shares Enabling and disabling NFS Browsability...49 Configuring NFS server hosts Replication functions...51 What is an appliance?...51 Identifying the appliance IP address Status tab...52 Partner Appliances (Replication) Target Appliances tab...52 Source Appliances tab Source Appliance Permissions tab Local Settings (Replication) tab General Settings tab Bandwidth Limiting tab Blackout Windows tab...59 Event History (Replication) tab VT Mappings (Replication)...60 Source and target library mappings Running the replication wizard (virtual tape devices)...63 Recovering a Source Appliance (Virtual Tape devices) NAS Mappings (Replication)...65 Source and target share details Running the replication wizard (NAS) Recovering a source appliance (NAS shares) Reverse replication using the wizard...70 Promoting a Target Share over the WAN using NAS StoreOnce Catalyst functions...73 What is StoreOnce Catalyst?...73 Benefits of StoreOnce Catalyst...73 StoreOnce Catalyst Terminology Viewing the StoreOnce Catalyst activity Viewing and editing StoreOnce Catalyst settings Adding a blackout windows...77 Adding a bandwidth limiting window Adding a client Editing a client...80 Deleting a client StoreOnce Catalyst over Fibre Channel Configuring StoreOnce Catalyst over Fibre Channel...81 Fields on the Fibre Channel Settings tab Initial configuration Contents

5 Zoning considerations Client configurations...87 Viewing the store details Creating a StoreOnce Catalyst Store...93 Editing a StoreOnce Catalyst Store Deleting a StoreOnce Catalyst Store Connecting (Read Write) to a Cloud Bank store...95 Connecting (Read Only) to a Cloud Bank store...96 Detaching Cloud Bank stores Disconnecting Cloud Bank stores Exporting the Cloud Bank Store Encryption Key Viewing the SSL Certificate of the Cloud Service Provider...98 Editing the store permissions...99 Viewing the item summary details...99 Viewing the data jobs Outbound copy jobs tab Inbound copy jobs tab System information messages Housekeeping function The Housekeeping page Configuring blackout windows Pausing housekeeping StoreOnce reporting Activity report Reporting page Storage configuration and reporting Viewing the File System Report Viewing the storage configuration Storage Configuration page parameters Scanning for storage Viewing the Cloud Bank storage Cloud Bank page parameters Managing storage configuration Creating RAID volumes Expanding the file system Deleting all storage configurations Deleting an Alien Volume or an invalid RAID Volume Reporting Central Appliance registration Registering an appliance Exporting a certificate Importing certificates Modifying appliance details Unregister an appliance Viewing license information Viewing license details License details fields Group configuration Contents 5

6 Appliances Creating an appliance group Modifying an appliance group Deleting an appliance group Virtual devices Creating or modifying a virtual device group Deleting a virtual device group Removing a device from a device group Exporting Reporting Central reports Appliance reports Appliance status reports Replication status Appliance throughput reports Stream count reports Select Device button Appliance storage reports Appliance deduplication ratio report Appliance capacity usage report Appliance capacity forecasting report Capacity Threshold Alerts Adding a capacity threshold alert Modifying a capacity threshold alert Deleting a capacity threshold alert Device reports Select device (appliance tabs) Select device (device tabs) Device status reports Device throughput reports Device storage reports Device deduplication ratio Device capacity usage System resource reporting CPU/Memory reports Disk utilization reports Network utilization reports Fibre Channel utilization reports (for devices that support FC) Report Scheduler Adding an report Modifying an report Deleting an report Cloud utilization reports Access and Device Configuration Device Configuration page User Management User roles and types Adding a local user (administrator only) Adding an external user (administrator only) Adding a group (administrator only) Modifying a local user Deleting a user or group (administrator only) User Interface SSL certificates Generating a self-signed certificate Generating a Certificate Signing Request Contents

7 Importing a certificate Exporting a previously installed certificate Event Management Log export Adding a new recipient Editing a recipient Deleting a recipient Test Events ( ) Managing notifications SNMP GUI functions Test SNMP Agent Setup Modifying the SNMP Agent Setup Viewing SNMP trapsinks list and individual details Adding an SNMP trapsink Modifying an SNMP trapsink Deleting an SNMP trapsink Viewing the SNMP Users list Adding an SNMP user Modifying an SNMP user Deleting an SNMP user SNMP Events page Support Ticket (administrators only) Data collection Collect data Download data collection Delete data collection Maintenance License management StoreOnce VSA licenses StoreOnce VSA instant-on license TB Freeware license Base license License to extend license to use term Capacity upgrade license for StoreOnce VSA Redeeming a license Adding a license by pasting a license string Adding a license by loading a license file Viewing license information on the StoreOnce GUI Hardware license fields Viewing license details License details fields Time and Date GUI page Viewing current date and time setting Resetting the time zone to the default UTC Changing the time zone Changing the date and time Adding an NTP server configuration Deleting or disabling an NTP server configuration Security features Enrolling a StoreOnce appliance with an external key manager Network configuration Network Configuration List Contents 7

8 Current Network Configuration Factory Default Network Configuration Custom Network Configuration List To add a custom network configuration To set up static routing To edit or delete a static route To view a custom configuration Editing a custom configuration To add a VLAN enabled Port Set and VLAN Subnet To add encryption to a subnet Encryption guidelines To delete encryption links To write protect or un-protect a configuration Deleting a custom configuration Remote Data Collection Remote Data Collection page Configuring and modifying Remote Data Collection Customer Information page Entering and modifying customer information Status page Events Events tab parameters Filtering and searching for events Acknowledging events Deleting events from the log Exporting the events log Remote Event Suppression Best Practices StoreOnce Catalyst StoreOnce Catalyst over Fibre Channel Basic troubleshooting Password problems Pulling a Support Ticket Licensing problems Multiple users Problems connecting to the StoreOnce System from the backup application Timeout problems with NAS CIFS shares NFS stale handle error If backup or replication fails StoreOnce Catalyst StoreOnce Catalyst Cloud Bank store status is not Online Housekeeping not running on a StoreOnce Catalyst Cloud Bank store Performance StoreOnce System configuration problems Transferring licenses Advanced troubleshooting Contents

9 Software update process Cannot authenticate an iscsi session Reduced performance using Data in Flight Encryption If complete data loss occurs Hewlett Packard Enterprise Systems Insight Manager Key Parameters StoreOnce VSA StoreOnce websites Support and other resources Accessing Hewlett Packard Enterprise Support Accessing updates Customer self repair Remote support Warranty information Regulatory information Documentation feedback Additional regulatory information Belarus Kazakhstan Russia marking Turkey RoHS material content declaration Ukraine RoHS material content declaration Contents 9

10 Getting started The StoreOnce System Management Console The StoreOnce System GUI and CLI together make up the Management Console. The online help and the StoreOnce System user guide describe how to use the StoreOnce System GUI. The StoreOnce Command Line Interface (CLI) provides an alternative way of administering and monitoring the system. Some tasks are only accessible from the StoreOnce CLI. StoreOnce CLI commands require an SSH client application (freely available from the internet) and must be run from an SSH terminal session. The StoreOnce System CLI Reference Guide describes how to use the StoreOnce System CLI commands. Supported browsers The StoreOnce Management GUI is supported on the following web-browsers: Internet Explorer 9, 10, and 11 (note that Internet Explorer 8 is not supported and some StoreOnce features will not work) Mozilla Firefox v23 and above, and Firefox ESR24 The TLS protocol version 1.0 is no longer supported. You must manually enable TLS 1.1 or 1.2 in your browser to access the StoreOnce GUI. StoreOnce Graphical User Interface (GUI) components The web browser being used to communicate with the StoreOnce System must have Active Scripting or JavaScript enabled. If it does not, some of the browser buttons may not be displayed. After 15 minutes of inactivity, the session times out and returns to the Login screen. The GUI includes: Title bar: Displays the StoreOnce System model, the user name and role, and contains the Logout and Help buttons. System Status (top left side panel): Displays the last time the system was updated (the machine time) and a count of event status categories. The following icons are used in the System Status area. They do not identify the event that has affected the status. To view the individual events for more detail, select Events from the Navigator, as described in Events. 10 Getting started

11 Indicates standard information. Indicates a warning state. Attention is needed but the error is not critical to the successful operation of the device. For example, a single disk failure occurs or disks are installed in an expansion shelf but not licensed. Indicates a critical state. The system requires immediate attention. This icon may also appear in the Details area of the screen with a red square background (rather than a red circle). Navigator (left side panel): Displays available GUI topics and enables navigation to selected topic pages. A plus (+) sign next to a topic indicates additional options; click the plus sign to expand the selection and click the minus sign (-) to contract the selection. Topic page (main window): Initially, the main window displays the top-level StoreOnce topic page. To display the page for that selection, select another topic from the Navigator. Some Topic pages require selection of an item, such as a service set, VTL library, NAS share, or StoreOnce Catalyst store in the top half of the page to display details specific to the selected item in the lower half of the page. Some Topic pages include multiple tabs within the page, for example the VTL Libraries page. Select a tab to display information and actions appropriate to that tab. Help button: The Help button in the top right-hand corner of each page displays context-sensitive information for the current page in a pop-up window. The Help window can be resized in the normal way; click and drag on a side or a corner to expand or contract the window. The information in the header shows you where the help has been called from. Hyperlinks allow you to move to the next and previous pages. The information in the footer also provides navigation options. The Home link navigates to the Home page for the help, which gives you access to the complete online help. This page also contains Contents, Search, and Index options. You will need to resize the page to use it effectively. Overview of the StoreOnce System page The initial page at GUI logon provides important information about system status and processes that are running. The StoreOnce System page also provides access to individual StoreOnce functions, which are available as sub topics (click + to display them in the Navigator). System Information The System Information section of the Status page provides information unique to an individual StoreOnce System. Table 1: System information parameters Parameter Type Name Description The model of StoreOnce System. The name of the StoreOnce System. Table Continued Overview of the StoreOnce System page 11

12 Parameter Serial Number Software Revision IP Address Description The serial number of the appliance. Use this serial number when contacting Hewlett Packard Enterprise Support. (It is the same as the serial number on the License management on page 174 page.) The software revision running on the StoreOnce System. The IP addresses configured for the StoreOnce System. This is the IP address that you should use when targeting backups and setting up replication mappings and StoreOnce Catalyst jobs. If VLAN tagging has been configured on your network, a scrollable list allows you to see all the VLAN IP addresses that have been configured. For more information about VLAN tagging, see the installation and configuration guide for your product. StoreOnce VSA Systems may have up to two IP addresses depending on how the network is configured. See the StoreOnce VSA Deployment and Configuration guide for more information. Status The Status provides details about the rolled-up status of the system or Service Set and the status of the services running. Table 2: Status parameters Parameter Service Set or Overall Status StoreOnce Subsystem Virtual Tape NAS StoreOnce Catalyst Replication Housekeeping Description The state of the system or service set. The status of the background support processes such as Event Manager and Resource Manager. The status of the VTL service. The status of the NAS service. The status of the StoreOnce Catalyst service. The status of the Replication service. The status of the Housekeeping service. Storage Usage The Storage Usage provides details about the amount of data on the system. 12 Getting started

13 Table 3: Storage Usage parameters Parameter User Data Stored Description The amount of data written by the backup application (before deduplication) to all stores. Size On Disk The amount of disk space used to store the data deduplicated in all stores. Deduplication Ratio Capacity Saved The deduplication ratio. The amount of capacity saved (as a percentage) by deduplicating the data. StoreOnce System models The StoreOnce VSA extends the StoreOnce portfolio with the agility and flexibility of StoreOnce as a virtual appliance. Install into an existing vsphere, Hyper-V, or Microsoft Azure environment without the need for dedicated hardware. Once installed and powered on, StoreOnce VSA is used by backup and recovery applications as a backup target in the same way as physical StoreOnce appliances. For the most up-to-date information on hypervisor support with StoreOnce software versions, refer to the Data Agile Matrix at The StoreOnce VSA is available to purchase by license, which includes StoreOnce Catalyst, Security, and Replication support. See the StoreOnce VSA Deployment and Configuration guide for more information. Powering the VSA off and on HPE recommends using the StoreOnce Management Console to power off and reboot the system instead of the Virtual Machine power on/off options. See the StoreOnce VSA Deployment and Configuration guide for more information. Deployment of the Virtual Storage Appliance StoreOnce VSA is a software-only version of the StoreOnce System. Packaged as a virtual appliance, it can be deployed and run on a customer installed hypervisor. Once deployed, the customer has access to web management via the StoreOnce Management GUI or command line management via the CLI. The StoreOnce VSA System supports maximum of 50 TB storage. The data disks can be added to the VSA in any number of 1 TB volumes (1 TB, 2 TB, 3 TB, etc.). Some hypervisors limit the total number of virtual disks that can be assigned to a single device. HPE advises that larger volume sizes are used when using the 10 TB or 50 TB VSA versions. StoreOnce VSA on Microsoft Azure supports a maximum of 32 TB of storage. Storage is allocated to the VSA on Azure by adding individual 1023 GB disks (page blobs). The customer is able to create the following backup target devices on the StoreOnce VSA: StoreOnce Catalyst stores iscsi VT libraries StoreOnce System models 13

14 CIFS NAS shares NFS NAS shares The virtual appliance is fully compatible with StoreOnce hardware products for replication and StoreOnce Catalyst Copy functions and is fully integrated within StoreOnce Enterprise Manager, both for ease of management and for ease of deployment. There are several methods of deployment: Microsoft Hyper-V (Microsoft Server 2012 R2 and Microsoft 2012 R2 Hyper-V core installation): Hyper-V Manager PowerShell Installer Script Microsoft Azure VMWare (versions 5.5, 6.0, 6.5): Using vsphere Client Using vsphere Web Client Instructions for deployment are in the StoreOnce VSA deployment and configuration guide. Please consult the guide to deploy your StoreOnce VSA System. Fibre Channel Support for StoreOnce Catalyst and VTL (VMware only) With StoreOnce software and later, StoreOnce VSA supports Fibre Channel (target mode) connectivity over StoreOnce Catalyst and VTL targets. Fibre Channel support for StoreOnce Catalyst and VTL is supported only on VMware based StoreOnce VSAs. This feature is not supported on Hyper-V-based StoreOnce VSAs. To enable Fibre Channel device support on StoreOnce VSA, users must set up VM-direct path I/O to the VSA from the ESXi host. The FC HBA device is provided directly to the StoreOnce VSA via a physical device passthrough mechanism. Once VM-direct path I/O is set up, the StoreOnce VSA can act as an FC target over StoreOnce Catalyst and VTL interfaces. NPIV must be enabled on the FC switch under the SAN fabric to support VTL over Fibre Channel on the StoreOnce VSA. StoreOnce VSA FC parameters and reference material Table 4: StoreOnce VSA Fibre Channel parameters Type of FC cards supported Qlogic 8Gb (2500 series) Maximum number of FC cards supported 2 Maximum number of raw FC ports supported 4 14 Fibre Channel Support for StoreOnce Catalyst and VTL (VMware only)

15 Fibre Channel connectivity on StoreOnce VSA follows the same generic feature usage guidelines and restriction as a StoreOnce hardware product. The only difference is the way in which the Fibre Channel HBA device is added and set up on the StoreOnce VSA. Detailed documentation for configuring passthrough is available in the VMware KB article at: language=en_us&cmd=displaykc&externalid= Refer also to the VMware Compatibility Guide for Supported Server Models with FC VM-Direct Path Feature. Getting started 15

16 VTL (Virtual Tape Libraries) VTL Licensing requirements No licensing is required for VTL emulations unless using the Security features Data at Rest Encryption, Data in Flight Encryption, and Secure Erase. VTL (or NAS) replication requires a license on the target site, but only if replication is used. Replication encryption using IPsec is part of the Security license. See To add encryption to a subnet. Viewing the VTL configuration Select VTL from the StoreOnce System Navigator menu to display the current VTL configuration. The following functions are available from the StoreOnce VTL page: VTL configuration, which allows an administrator to manage the interface settings for libraries. Library and cartridge management. Equivalent StoreOnce CLI commands are available for the tasks described in this section. See the StoreOnce System CLI Reference Guide. Viewing the Fibre Channel settings If your system supports a Fibre Channel interface, navigate to StoreOnce > VTL > Fibre Channel Settings tab. Table 5: Fibre Channel settings Setting Port Index Port Location Status Description Libraries can be configured to use the ports in various combinations. See Creating a library on page 24 for more information. The physical location of the Fibre Channel port The PCI-E card slot number that the card is in, and then the physical port number. For example, HBA-6 Port1. The status of each port, which may be OK, Down, Warning, Error, or Not Used. Warnings occur if the port is not available or is down. They also appear if the system is unable to obtain Speed information. Errors occur if there is a fault or the system cannot obtain the link status. Table Continued 16 VTL (Virtual Tape Libraries)

17 Setting Speed Topology Beacon Description The default is Auto, which is the recommended option. The speed will be auto-negotiated between the switch and StoreOnce appliance to choose the highest supported speed. For users who wish to fix the speed, other values are available, as follows: 16Gbs, 8Gbs, 4Gbs, or 2Gbs (not recommended). The default is N_Port, when a single target device creates many virtual devices on a fabric attached port. N_Port requires the switch port to support NPIV (N_Port ID Virtualisation). Private Loop mode, a direct connection between the host and StoreOnce appliance without a switch, is also supported. Private loop is supported up to 8 Gb speeds only. Private loop does not support 16 Gb and 32 Gb. Individual ports can be beaconed via the GUI. This toggles an LED on the physical HBA. The color of this button changes to show the current status of the beacon; grey is off, blue is on. Editing the Fibre Channel settings Prerequisites Only administrators can edit the Fibre Channel settings. 1. Navigate to StoreOnce > VTL > Fibre Channel Settings tab. 2. Click Edit to make the fields configurable for each port. 3. Make the preferred changes to the speed and/or topology, and click Update. CAUTION: This update resets the Fibre Channel link and may affect any backup or restore jobs running. Fibre Channel settings apply to the whole appliance. The settings can also be edited in the StoreOnce Catalyst section of the GUI if you are backing up to StoreOnce Catalyst target devices over Fibre Channel. Fibre Channel settings, defined on either page, apply to all target devices being backed up over Fibre Channel. Therefore, any changes here will also apply to StoreOnce Catalyst target devices over Fibre Channel and conversely. Changing the port speed causes the port status to be reported as Down; refresh the VTL Configuration page to verify that the port is back online. Check the Hardware Tree and the Events page to see the change. 4. Click Continue at the warning prompt to continue applying the changes. Changes affect all service sets running on the node. Editing the Fibre Channel settings 17

18 Port assignment for StoreOnce Systems with multiple Fibre Channel ports When creating a library, you can select one or multiple Fibre Channel ports for the Library controller virtual robotics interface. The Fibre Channel settings identify both the HBA card and the port number that will be used. For example, HBA-6.Port1 is Port 1 on the Fibre Channel card in slot 6. Drives within a virtual library can only appear on one Fibre Channel port. If you select multiple ports for the library robotics controller, the drives are automatically distributed evenly across the ports to ensure best performance and failover. After creating the library, it is possible to change the drive assignments using the edit function on the Interface Information tab for the selected library. See Viewing the Interface Information on page 28. Disabling library Auto Creation By default, a new library is automatically created every time a new server first connects to the StoreOnce System using the iscsi initiator. Prerequisites Only administrators can disable or reenable library Auto Creation. 1. Navigate to StoreOnce > VTL > iscsi Settings tab. 2. Click Edit. 3. Uncheck Auto Creation Enabled. You can reenable the feature at any time. Viewing the libraries list and library details 1. Expand StoreOnce on the navigation tree. 2. Navigate to VTL > Libraries. 3. Select a library to view the library details. To sort the list according to a column, click on the column heading and select Sort Ascending or Sort Descending. To hide or show columns, click on any column heading, select Columns and uncheck or check the preferred columns. Users with an administrator login may also create libraries. Click Create. See Creating a library on page 24 for more information. Users with an administrator login may edit details on some of the tabs for individual libraries (not all tabs have editable information). The relevant GUI buttons are on the tab. For example, each Edit button triggers the edit mode only for the current tab. When in edit mode, each tab has its own Update and Cancel buttons. If you change tabs while in edit mode, a warning dialog advises that any changes they have made will be lost. 18 Port assignment for StoreOnce Systems with multiple Fibre Channel ports

19 The Delete button is on the Device Details tab only and will delete the entire library. Library and device details parameters Library parameters (top half of page) Table 6: Library parameters Parameter Name Replication Role Status Description Identifies the selected device (library). Hewlett Packard Enterprise recommends using a name that identifies the host or backup job with which it is associated. The role of the library, which may be non-replicating, replication source or replication target. The status of the library, which may be online, offline, not started, failed to start, stopping, creating, port not present, or deleting. Connection Indicates whether the library is connected. Possible values are: Connected A client device is connected to any device (robotics or drive) within this library. Not Connected No device is connected to this library. Device Type Cartridges/Slots Port User Data Stored Size On Disk Dedupe Ratio The emulation type used by the backup software. It is selected when you create a device. The number of cartridges or slots available on the device, which is determined by the Emulation Type selected when the device was created; see Emulation types for tape devices on page 27. You can reduce the number of slots in the Device Details tab for a library selected on this page, but this reduction only removes the highest empty slots. Once it reaches a slot number that contains data, you cannot reduce the number further on this page, even if earlier slots are blank. First use the Cartridges tab to make the slot empty. Identifies the port to which the host is connected for backup and restore. The number of ports available in the drop-down menu depends upon the interfaces that your model supports and your network configuration. The amount of user data stored on the library. The actual size used on disk (after deduplication). The deduplication ratio achieved on the data on the library. If deduplication is disabled, the column displays Dedupe Disabled. Device details parameters (bottom half of page) The Device Details tab displays device-specific information for the selected library. Users with an administrator login may perform the following tasks from this tab: Library and device details parameters 19

20 Creating a library (administrators only) Editing library details (administrators only) Deleting a library (administrators only) Make Replication Target libraries visible to the host iscsi multi-initiator mode is not supported, meaning that a library can only be presented to a single iscsi Initiator system (a single media server). Table 7: Device Details parameters Field Description Basic Details Library Name Creation Time Media Changer Port Deduplication Encryption Enabled Secure Erase Mode The name used to identify a particular library. Enter a name that identifies the host or backup job with which it is associated. The date the library was created is generated automatically. Identifies the port type (for example, Fibre Channel). Enables deduplication if the check box is selected (default); unselect to create a non-deduplication library. Deduplication cannot be enabled or disabled once the library is created. Enables encryption of data stored in the library. This feature requires a StoreOnce Security Pack license before encryption can be enabled. Encryption cannot be enabled or disabled once a library is created; it can only be enabled at library creation. If enabled, encryption is performed before writing data to disk for this library. Enables Secure Erase. This feature requires a StoreOnce Security pack license before it can be enabled. To enable, select the number of preferred Overwrite Passes for deleted data (1, 3, 5, or 7 The default selection of None disables secure erase). You cannot select Secure Erase while creating a library, but after the library is created, you can activate this feature if you have a Security pack license. See Security features for information about the Secure Erase feature. Table Continued 20 VTL (Virtual Tape Libraries)

21 Field Physical Data Size Quota Description This quota is for the amount of data written to disk after deduplication. The minimum quota size is 50 GB. If the quota is enabled and the quota limit is reached, backups will fail to prevent the quota from being exceeded. The quota allows you to partition the physical capacity of the appliance between various users. If capacity management is required, Hewlett Packard Enterprise recommends configuring backup applications with quotas to reroute to another device or to postpone backups to prevent backups from failing unexpectedly. When a library reaches its quota, the status of the library will change to Critical. Restores from that library are permitted but new backups will fail. When the quota is no longer met, either by increasing the quota or by expiring backups, the library status returns to the OK state. Logical Data Size Quota This quota is for the amount of data a user sends to the device before deduplication. The minimum quota size is 50 GB. If the quota is enabled and the quota limit is reached, backups will fail in order to prevent the quota from being exceeded. This allows you to provide a service to back up a particular amount of user data. For example, set this quota when you charge customers per TB of user data protected. Emulation If capacity management is required, Hewlett Packard Enterprise recommends configuring backup applications with quotas to reroute to another device or to postpone backups to prevent backups from failing unexpectedly. When a library reaches its quota, the status of the library will change to Critical. Restores from that library are permitted but new backups will fail. When the quota is no longer met, either by increasing the quota or by expiring backups, the library status returns to the OK state. The StoreOnce appliance supports HPE and IBM Library and drive emulations. Library Emulation The emulation type of the library. The StoreOnce System supports a number of emulation types. See also Emulation types for tape devices on page 27. The emulation type determines the available embedded drives and cartridge slots. For example, if you select MSL G3 Series (2x24), the device emulates an MSL 2024 Library with two embedded tape drives and a possible total of 24 cartridge slots. Consult your backup application technical support information for information about device types they support. Table Continued VTL (Virtual Tape Libraries) 21

22 Field Default Drive Emulation Number of Cartridge Slots Number of Drives Cartridge Size Number of Barcode Characters Description The drive emulation type, LTO 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6, determines the default capacity of the newly created cartridges within the library device and the inquiry string information provided to the backup application. Tape cartridge capacities can be changed individually at any time but cannot be reduced to smaller than the current used size. If you selected D2DBS Generic for the Library Emulation, Ultrium VT is an option for drive emulation. This is a generic Ultrium device which is clearly identifiable as virtual. Where supported by the backup application, Hewlett Packard Enterprise recommends that D2DBS Generic and Ultrium VT are used in preference to the other emulation types. All drives on a library configured with the IBM-TS3500 emulation type will use the IBM-LTO3 drive emulation type. Drives on a library configured with IBM-TS3500 IBMi will use the IBM-LTO5 drive emulation type. If the library is then changed to a different emulation type, the drives will change to the default drive emulation type of LTO4. If you edit this field, the new setting applies only to the next drives that are created within the library, it is not retrospectively applied to existing drives. Define the number of cartridge slots in the library. The number of slots available depends upon the Emulation Type selected. Each slot is automatically populated with a new cartridge upon creation. The cartridge capacity corresponds to the Drive Emulation type. The default number of drives is determined by the Emulation Type selected. If increasing the number of drives, DO NOT exceed the maximum number of libraries and drives that a host can physically access. The number of drives can only be edited during library creation from this field. After library creation, there is a separate button to add and remove drives. See Key Parameters on page 224 for detailed specifications. The size of the cartridge in GB. This field is only available during creation of the cartridge. See Key Parameters on page 224 for detailed specifications. Enables the barcodes for the library to display six or eight characters. The StoreOnce System generates barcodes automatically for cartridges. When entering a barcode manually, eight characters are required. If the 6 character barcode is selected, the StoreOnce System will truncate to six characters, removing two characters of an 8 character barcode. For example, barcode 1ABCDEFG will truncate to BCDEFG. The barcode is displayed with the truncated characters in brackets on the Cartridges tab, (1A)BCDEFG. Table Continued 22 VTL (Virtual Tape Libraries)

23 Field Barcode Template Enabled Description Enables configuration of the barcodes. A barcode is an 8 or 6 character, alpha-numeric, unique identifier for a cartridge within the StoreOnce System. The backup application will normally track cartridges using barcodes but may also alias the cartridge with another name in its database. (IBM emulations only support 8 character barcodes.) By default, barcodes are generated automatically but may be determined by a barcode template created when the library is created. If using barcode templates, the barcode template: iscsi Information This section only applies to iscsi libraries. Must be unique and must not start with the letters CLN or DG because these combinations are reserved designations for cleaning and diagnostic cartridges. Can have a prefix of up to three alpha-numeric characters, a start value, and a suffix of up to two alpha-numeric characters. Any unspecified prefix or suffix characters will increase the length of the variable field of the barcode. Should be a minimum of 6 characters. Valid ASCII characters are A-Z, a-z, 0 9. Barcodes are always displayed as eight characters with letters in capitals on the StoreOnce Management GUI and CLI (padded with space characters) regardless of the size selected. However, if the number of barcode characters is set to 6, only the rightmost six characters will be visible to the backup software, that is, barcode 1ABCDEFG will truncate to BCDEFG. (Truncated barcode characters are shown in brackets in the Cartridges tab.) You can modify the barcode template after library creation by clicking Modify Barcode Template on the Device Details tab. iscsi Initiator Name (iscsi devices only) Require initiator to logon Initiator CHAP User Name Initiator CHAP Secret The Initiator Node Name of the host that will back up to this device. You must enter it manually when you are creating a device. If you are using the Microsoft iscsi Initiator, you can find the name by running the iscsi Initiator on the host and copying the Initiator Node Name from the General tab. Check this box if you require the initiator to logon. You must also provide the Initiator CHAP user name and secret. The same CHAP user name that you configure for the target on the iscsi Initiator. (On the Microsoft iscsi Initiator, this is the User Name as it is configured on the Targets tab in the Log On to Target Advanced Settings.) The same CHAP secret that you configure for the target on the iscsi Initiator. (On the Microsoft iscsi Initiator, this is the Target Secret as it is configured on the Targets tab in the Log On to Target Advanced Settings.) Table Continued VTL (Virtual Tape Libraries) 23

24 Field Target required to logon to initiator Target CHAP User Name Target CHAP Secret Description Check this box if you require mutual CHAP authentication, which means that the target must also log on to the initiator. You must also provide the target CHAP user name and secret. On the iscsi Initiator you must also make sure that mutual authentication is enabled. (On the Microsoft iscsi Initiator, make sure Perform mutual authentication is checked on the Targets tab in the Log On to Target Advanced Settings.) Any meaningful CHAP user name. It does not need to match any information on the iscsi Initiator. The same CHAP secret that you configure for the target on the iscsi Initiator. (On the Microsoft iscsi Initiator, this is the secret as it is configured from the General tab.) Fibre Channel Information This section applies to all products that support optional Fibre Channel cards. PCI-E Slot # Slot configuration, availability Lists the PCI Slots Shows slot configuration or availability. Status can be: Optional slot: The PCI-E slot is open. With a Fibre Channel Controller expansion license, you can add an additional Fibre Channel Controller card to this slot. Not available: The PCI-E slot is not available to use for an optional Fibre Channel card For licensed and activated Fibre Channel cards, shows the Fibre Channel ports and checkboxes for each port. For example, if you have installed a Fibre Channel card in PCI-E Slot 6, you will see HBA-6 Port2 (#2) and HBA-6 Port1 (#). Use the checkboxes to select which ports you want to use depending on your system configuration. Library Usage (all models) Backup Application Backup Data Type The backup application primarily used to back up to this library. This optional, but recommended, field is provided to assist with support troubleshooting and has no impact on performance or deduplication efficiency. The type of data being protected by the backups to this library. This optional, but recommended, field is provided to assist with support troubleshooting and has no impact on performance or deduplication efficiency. Creating a library HPE recommends the following to avoid complication when configuring the backup application, and also to avoid creating additional Fibre Channel SAN traffic: 24 Creating a library

25 Only configure the libraries that you need. Only configure the number of cartridges that you are likely to need. You can add cartridge slots at a later date to expand the system and remove individual blank cartridges from a library without deleting the whole library. The maximum number of virtual devices supported varies according to the product and this number is split across VTL, NAS, and StoreOnce Catalyst devices. See Key Parameters for more information. Prerequisites Only administrators can create libraries. 1. Navigate to StoreOnce > VTL > Libraries 2. Click Create in the upper left corner of the screen. 3. Enter the appropriate information; see Library and device details parameters on page 19. To enable Data at Rest or Data in Flight Encryption for the new library, configure it at this time by checking the Encryption Enabled box. This feature requires a license. If the license is not installed, an information message is displayed next to the check box stating Not Licensed. See Security features and License management for more information. The Replication Wizard does not allow creation of an encrypted target library. If a replication target library needs encryption enabled, you must create the library on the target appliance before replication mapping to it. 4. Click Create. The Cartridges tab is only generated after the library is created. The information on the Interface Information tab is generated automatically. Once the library has been created, you can enable Secure Erase. Deleting a library Prerequisites Only administrators can delete libraries. 1. Navigate to StoreOnce > VTL > Libraries. 2. Select a library from the Libraries list. 3. Click Delete on the Device Details tab. Deleting a library 25

26 WARNING: All data on the device will be deleted. The library's deduplication store is also deleted. It may take some time to delete all the files and free space on the StoreOnce System. If Secure Erase is enabled for this store, this data will be deleted securely. Editing library details Prerequisites Only administrators can edit library details. 1. Navigate to StoreOnce > VTL > Libraries 2. Select a library from the Libraries list. 3. Click Edit on the Device Details tab. 4. Amend details as appropriate. CAUTION: Take care when changing the Port configuration because the system does not automatically reassign any drives that may now be configured incorrectly. For example, if you change from a multiple Fibre Channel port configuration to a single Fibre Channel port, manually correct those drives that are connected to the wrong port when the status shows ready and restarted. See Viewing the Interface Information on page Click Update. Notes: It is possible to edit some, but not all, device details after creating a library. Delete cartridges by reducing the number of slots on the Devices page. This reduction will only remove the highest-numbered empty slots. Once the Delete operation reaches a slot number that contains a cartridge, it will not allow further reduction on the Details page, even if previous slots are empty. To open previous slots, first use the Cartridges tab to delete the cartridge from the slot. Changing the cartridge size (by changing the emulation type) on this page will only change newly added cartridges; it does not change the size of cartridges that were already created. You can reduce the number of drives but, if you go to 0, the port setting will change to "No Port". The Number of Drives field can only be edited during library creation. After library creation, there is a separate button to Add/Remove drives. You cannot change the library type to a type that has a smaller set of maximum values (for example, the number of cartridges). You cannot enable or disable deduplication. Once the library is created and the correct license is applied, the Secure Erase Mode box appears on the Device Details tab. The selection box defaults to None, meaning Secure Erase is disabled. To enable Secure Erase, select the preferred number of Overwrite Passes (1, 3, 5, or 7). If enabled, this feature allows you to securely erase confidential data that may have unintentionally been backed up 26 Editing library details

27 as part of a regular backup job. See Security features on page 185 and License management on page 174 for more information. Adding and removing drives 1. Navigate to StoreOnce > VTL > Libraries 2. Select a library from the Libraries list. 3. Click Add/Remove Drives on the Device Details tab. 4. Edit the number of drives. 5. Click OK. Emulation types for tape devices StoreOnce Systems emulate a range of physical tape devices. D2DBS Generic If supported by your backup application, this is the preferred emulation type because it does not emulate any physical library types in existence and is, therefore, clearly identifiable as a StoreOnce device. It is the most flexible emulation type available; however, backup application support varies by software vendor. If you have selected D2DBS Generic for the Library Emulation Type, you will be able to select Ultrium VT for the drive emulation. This is a generic Ultrium device which is clearly identifiable as virtual. Backup application support for Ultrium VT is common, but not as complete as the D2DBS library type, so it is not possible to use it with all backup software. VERITAS prefers their customers use this emulation type with BackupExec and Netbackup. EML E Series An enterprise tape library solution that allows you to configure drives per node and cartridges per library. ESL E Series An enterprise tape library solution that allows you to configure drives per node and cartridges per library. IBM-TS3500 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. 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. IBM-TS3500 IBMi The IBM-TS3500 IBMi is a tape library device that appears as a native IBM TS3500 IBMi device in a TSM environment to allow the use of standard IBM drivers. The emulation type is configured at the library level. All drives configured with the IBM-TS3500 IBMi emulation type will use the IBM-LTO5 Adding and removing drives 27