HPE StoreEver Command View TL User Guide

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1 HPE StoreEver Command View TL User Guide Part Number: Published: March 2016 Edition: 1

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3 Contents 1 Getting Started with Command View TL...6 Overview...6 SNIA compliance...6 HPE Data Verification APIs for ISV...6 System requirements...9 Enabling Java support for browsers...10 Launching HPE Command View TL...10 Prerequisites...10 Installing HPE Command View TL...11 Stopping Command View TL...11 Communication ports...12 Starting HPE Command View TL...12 Setting first time login password...13 Setting password Command View TL graphical user interface...17 About the graphical user interface...17 Banner and main menu...17 Icon descriptions...17 Status and severity icons...18 Searching for resources...18 Viewing session indicator...18 Activity sidebar...19 Expanding or collapsing the Activity pane...19 Viewing Help pane...19 Viewing Help files...19 Filters and Filter sidebar...20 Logging out of the Command View TL Home Dashboard...22 Dashboard charts interpretation Viewing Reports...24 Viewing Data Verification Results...24 Data Verification Results screen details...25 Releasing data verification licenses...26 Viewing Drive and slot allocation results...27 Viewing Drive assessment results...28 Drive assessment results screen details...28 Viewing Newly added tapes...29 Editing Sample time...29 Viewing Polling status...30 Viewing list of tapes due for verification...31 Tapes due for verification screen details...31 Queuing Tapes...31 Toggling AutoQueue option of tapes Analyzing Alerts...33 Viewing Alert logs...33 Alert screen details Managing libraries...34 Adding libraries...34 Contents 3

4 Editing a library name...36 Deleting a library...37 Verifying connectivity...37 Launching console...37 Libraries screen details...37 Overview...37 General...38 Partitions...39 Moves...39 Empty slots...40 Newly added tapes...40 Performance advisor...40 Data verification...41 Drive and tape compatibility...41 Data verification screen details...42 Editing data verification general details...43 Configuring data verification partitions...44 Authenticating user credentials...44 Creating data verification partitions...44 Modifying data verification partitions...45 Adding drives...45 Adding storage slots...46 Adding mail slots...46 Deleting partitions...46 Queuing tapes...47 Queuing drives Managing drives...49 About drives...49 Analyze utilization...49 Analyzing utilization...49 Drives screen details...50 Overview...50 Drive Health and Life...52 Performance...53 Utilization...53 Drives Assessment Managing tapes...55 Viewing tape details...55 Tapes screen details...55 Overview...55 Health...57 Performance...58 Utilization...59 Data Verification...59 Applying policies...60 Applying policy screen details...61 Removing policies...61 Changing status Cleaning Tapes...63 Viewing cleaning tapes details...63 Cleaning Tapes screen details...63 Changing status of cleaning tapes Contents

5 11 Managing Command View TL settings...65 Viewing Command View TL settings...65 Managing policy settings...65 Policy settings screen details...65 Adding Time Based policies...66 Adding TapeAssure Based policies...68 Deleting policies...70 About licenses...70 Adding a license...71 Add license screen details...72 Deleting a license...72 Saving license details...72 License settings screen details...72 About users...73 Editing users...73 Edit user screen details...74 Managing schedules...75 Schedule screen details...75 Creating backup schedules...76 Create Schedule screen details...81 Selecting libraries for TapeAssure export and DV results export schedules...82 Restoring database...82 Deleting schedules...83 Managing configurations...83 Configuration settings screen details...84 Editing configurations...84 Generating certificate signing requests...87 Generating Self Signed Certificates...88 Importing signed certificates...90 Sending insight remote support test alert...91 Managing Notifications...91 Notifications Settings Screen Details...92 Editing Settings...92 Configuring notifications...93 Prerequisites...93 Editing notifications settings...93 Adding libraries to get notifications...95 Editing data verification alert Adding Libraries to Get Data Verification Alerts Troubleshooting...98 CVTL Database, TapeAssure and Data Verification issues Support and other resources Accessing Hewlett Packard Enterprise Support Accessing updates Websites Customer self repair Remote support Documentation feedback Index Contents 5

6 1 Getting Started with Command View TL Overview HPE Command View for Tape Libraries (CVTL) manages TapeAssure, Licensing, and Data Verification. For remote management, HPE Command View TL software provides a browser-based GUI that enables you to do the following: Manage the entire library system Manage licenses Access TapeAssure and Data Verification features Using Command View TL, you can manage the ESL G3, MSL G3, and MSL6480 libraries. The ESL G3 and MSL6480 libraries support graph and tabular data for TapeAssure and Data Verification. The MSL G3, 1/8 Autoloader, and standalone LTO drives support graph and tabular data for TapeAssure. IMPORTANT: For managing ESL G3 and MSL6480 libraries, you must add ESL G3 and MSL6480 licenses to the library. Some licenses get applied directly after managing the library, whereas the other licenses must be added for libraries. Command View TL lists ESL G3 and MSL 6480 libraries on the Libraries screen, displays the status of the library, and launches the ESL G3, MSL G3, and MSL6480 GUI in a separate browser. You can manage other ESL G3 and MSL6480 library features directly from the Libraries screen. For more information on ESL G3 tape libraries, see the HP Enterprise Systems Libraries (ESL) G3 Tape Library User Guide available at For more information on MSL6480 tape libraries, see the HPE StoreEver MSL6480 Tape Library User and Service Guide available at 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 HPE Command View TL Provider follows the Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) and provides an interface for SMI-S compliant applications to manage HPE StoreEver tape libraries. For installation instructions, see HPE StoreEver Command View for Tape Libraries Software SMI-S Provider installation instructions at NOTE: While installing Command View TL on the same management station as Command View EVA v10.2, special steps must be taken. For full instructions, see HPE StoreEver Command View for Tape Libraries Software SMI-S Provider installation instructions at support/cvtl. HPE Data Verification APIs for ISV Data Verification assesses the quality of data on a tape to get a read back confidence for data stored on the tape. CVTL provides an interface to perform data verification of tapes and manage and monitor the verification process. CVTL also consolidates the result of the verification for later review. Data Verification is a web based solution. The drive assessment test is provided to assess the quality of a drive and ensure that the drive health does not influence the results of the data assessment test. Through API, you can conduct a drive assessment test for drives in DV and user partition. For performing the test, you must ensure the tape provided is a known good tape 6 Getting Started with Command View TL

7 as it might affect the results of the drive. Drive Assessment test is a destructive operation and all data on the cartridge will be lost. HPE Data Verification APIs for ISV 7

8 NOTE: REST is a style of software architecture for building distributed systems consisting of clients and servers. Clients initiate requests and the servers process these requests and return responses. The response contains a representation of the requested resource. REST is protocol independent. CVTL uses Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTPS) as the application protocol. The interface is developed using the RESTful APIs. Integration with QStar ASM QStar ASM software archives your data on the tape using several tape formats. Files can be stored for long time periods and reside on the tape until you request for the files. You can use the Data Verification feature of CVTL to verify that tape media is still accessible and that the data can be retrieved from the media reliably. The media is submitted to the CVTL software and verified for health. If the media is found not to be 100% healthy, the QStar ASM software copies data from media to another to extent data life beyond the life of the physical media. The following QStar ASM subsystems are engaged in the media verification process: Tape library configuration subsystem Provides features to define network connectivity parameters to CVTL and to physical library. You can also define various verification scheduling parameters through this configuration subsystem. QStar ASM scheduling subsystem Provides scheduling of the utility that executes the requests to the CVTL services. Interactive CLI utility Performs manual media verification. The GUI pages manage configuration and display of the verification results. For Windows, all tasks can be performed through Windows QStar ASM Administrator GUI pages. For UNIX systems, the preferred interface is Command Line Interface utilities. You can also use CLI utilities to manage Windows CVTL support and to perform Windows scripting and other languages such as PHP or Perl. QStar supports the following Operating Systems: Windows (2008, 2012) Linux (RedHat/Centos 6.5, Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 14.04) 8 Getting Started with Command View TL

9 Solaris 10/11 (x86_64, Sparc) AIX (6.1, 7.1) For more about configuration, refer HPE CVTL Support Manual. The following are the options and features provided by QStar: notification in Windows and Unix systems. Manual media health verification. Automatic media verification. Displaying media health verification results. Media health database backup. Media verification scheduling. Processing automatic media copy actions depending on availability of the system resources. System requirements Management station compatibility Compatible with VMware ESX, 5.0, 5.1, and 5.5. Command View TL software is fully compatible with only English-language versions of Windows. Command View TL runs as a 32 bit application on the listed Microsoft Windows Operating Systems (64 bit). Management station hardware requirements HPE recommends a minimum screen resolution of 1152x864. Number of libraries Specification 20 tape libraries 3.0 GHz or greater CPU Dual Core 4 GB RAM tape libraries 3.0 GHz or greater CPU Dual Core 16 GB RAM More than 70 tape libraries or more than 900 tape drives (total) Multiple management stations are required Browser requirements Microsoft Internet Explorer v10 and v11 Mozilla Firefox v or higher Google Chrome v24 or higher System requirements 9

10 Other specifications Only for ESL G3 Tape Libraries, Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version or later is required. For more information, see Enabling Java support for browsers (page 10). Command View TL version 3.6 and later 2.8 or later 2.6 and later Supported tapes drives and libraries MSL6480 tape drives and library. ESL G3 tape drives and library. TapeAssure support for MSL G3 and 1/8 G2 tape drives (LTO Ultrium 1840 and later) and Standalone SCSI and SAS tape drives (LTO Ultrium 960 and later). MSL G3 and 1/8 G2 support are enabled through the remote management interface of the library. The Standalone TapeAssure Service requires a Windows agent, which can be downloaded from Enabling Java support for browsers Only for ESL G3 Tape Libraries, Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version or later is required. 1. Close all open browser windows. 2. From the Windows Control Panel, select Java. 3. Select the Advanced tab. 4. Expand the Default Java for browsers list and select the browser if the browser is not already selected. 5. Click OK. System requirements (page 9) Launching HPE Command View TL Prerequisites 1. Click Start All Programs Administrative Tools Server Manager and become a member of the Administrators group. 2. If prompted by Internet Explorer, add the hostname of the management station to your Trusted Sites Zone. 3. Right click.exe file and select Run as Administrator to launch the Command View TL. You must restart the Windows Management Instrumentation service before installing or uninstalling Command View TL. No changes are required to remotely browse a library or management station. NOTE: Before upgrading Command View TL to the latest version, back up the TapeAssure database. For more information about performing back up, see Creating backup schedules (page 76) or Restoring database (page 82). When you upgrade from a previous version of Command View TL (Command View ESL prior to version 1.5), use the following procedure to install the new version over the old version. All previous settings, such as device list, support tickets, proxy settings and so forth, are migrated during the upgrade. During the upgrade, the Command View TL installation path, which is the destination folder, specifies the existing installation path where an earlier version of Command View TL is installed. 10 Getting Started with Command View TL

11 When you migrate the existing database to the new CVTL version, do not uninstall the current version, run the latest installer to upgrade CVTL. Retaining the database during uninstall makes the database incompatible with newer CVTL versions. During uninstallation, if a reboot is required, then reboot the server and follow the installation wizard to reinstall CVTL. IMPORTANT: Do not change the Command View TL installation path to a new location. Do not click cancel or close the installation dialog while the CVTL installation or upgrade is in progress. Installing HPE Command View TL 1. Configure the firewall to enable communication on the ports used by the management station if the management station is running firewall software. For more information, see Communication ports (page 12). If the management station is running anti-virus software, ensure the ports that are used by CVTL are not blocked by the anti-virus software. NOTE: The ESL G3 and MSL6480 notify CVTL of status changes by connecting to CVTL on one port in the range of Ensure that the connections to each port in this range is enabled. 2. Download the Command View TL software from 3. Save the.exe file in your management station. 4. Right-click and run the.exe file as administrator to execute the Command View TL setup. 5. Follow the instructions in the window to complete the installation. Command View TL is a web server that hosts a GUI interface to web clients. Command View TL runs on the management station as a service. By default, this service starts automatically whenever the management station is booted, and runs in the background. In most cases, the default installation settings are adequate. IMPORTANT: The typical installation does not include SMI-S Tape Provider. To install SMIS Tape provider, choose the custom installation and select SMI-S Tape provider from the features list. Enabling Java support for browsers (page 10) Creating backup schedules (page 76) Communication ports (page 12) Restoring database (page 82) Stopping Command View TL You must use the Services applet that is included with Windows to stop Command View TL from running on the management station. 1. Click Start Settings Control Panel Administrative Tools Services to access the Services applet. 2. Locate the Command View TL service in the list. 3. Use the Services applet to start and stop services. 4. Set whether the service is started automatically when the computer is booted. Launching HPE Command View TL 11

12 Communication ports Management station to web browser network ports The following network ports are used by the management station to communicate with the web browser (Command View TL): Port number 7 80 (TCP) Purpose TCP (added in 2.4). bidirectional, HTTP library is a webserver for administration purposes. UDP bidirectional, required to communicate SNMP with library. UDP inbound, one port in the range required to receive the SNMP traps. TCP inbound, HTTPS Secure Webserver. TCP and UDP outbound In Command View TL or lower. TCP bidirectional. TCP bidirectional. TCP outbound, KMIP (future feature) communication port on the server. Library uses a non privileged port. TCP (added in 2.4). By configuring the firewall to enable communication through these ports, the web browser used to run Command View TL can be on the other side of the firewall from the management station. Table 1 SMTP port Port number 25 Purpose SMTP to send s bidirectional Table 2 LTT service ports Port number Purpose LTT Service requests from clients Used for SSH tunneling Used for LTT Notification server Starting HPE Command View TL 1. Open your browser on the management station or on a client machine on the LAN. 2. Enter the following URL in the address field: NOTE: The hostname is the IP address or network name of the management station. If you start Command View TL on the management station, you can substitute localhost for the hostname. 12 Getting Started with Command View TL

13 3. In the HPE StoreEver Command View TL login page, type the user name and password and click Login. If you type wrong user name or password, the following message is displayed: Invalid username/password. Please provide correct username and password. Please click here to reset your password. For more information about user name and password, see About users (page 73). About users (page 73) Setting password (page 13) Setting first time login password For first time user login, HPE StoreEver Command View TL GUI automatically prompts to change the password and set security question and answer. After configuring the required details, the GUI redirects to the login page. 1. In the HPE StoreEver Command View TL login page, type the user name and click Login. The First time password setup window appears. 2. In the Password field, enter the new password. 3. In the Confirm password field, re-enter the new password. 4. In the Security question field, select a question. 5. In the Answer field, enter the answer for the question. 6. Click OK. Starting HPE Command View TL (page 12) About users (page 73) Editing users (page 73) Setting password You can set your password when you log in to the HPE StoreEver Command View TL. You can also use this procedure to reset your password or to configure a new password if you forget your password. You must reset your password when you upgrade to HPE StoreEver Command View TL Starting HPE Command View TL 13

14 1. In the HPE StoreEver Command View TL login page, type a user name and password and click Login. The following message is displayed: Invalid username/password. Please provide correct username and password, please click here to reset your password. 2. In the error message, click the link to reset the password. The Reset password window appears. 14 Getting Started with Command View TL

15 3. In the Username field, enter the user name for which you want to reset the password. 4. In the Password field, enter the new password. 5. In the Confirm password field, re-enter the new password. 6. In the Security question field, select the same question that was selected when changing the password or editing user details. Starting HPE Command View TL 15

16 7. In the Answer field, enter the same answer that was entered when changing the password or editing user details. 8. Click OK. Starting HPE Command View TL (page 12) About users (page 73) Editing users (page 73) 16 Getting Started with Command View TL

17 2 Command View TL graphical user interface About the graphical user interface The Command View TL graphical user interface displays main menu and banner. You can navigate to different screens, such as reports, alerts, libraries, and settings, from screen area of the graphical user interface. The screens area displays tabular and graphical information and provides action dialogs for managing storage systems. Most screens include a list pane and a detail pane. When you select an item in the list pane, additional information about the item is displayed in the detail pane. When you select an item, you can perform actions on it. Many lists can be sorted and filtered and include multiple views that you can select. Status graph A pie chart containing the state of the licensed libraries, drives, and tapes. A red sector indicates the number of libraries, drives, and tapes that are in the critical state. Yellow indicates the number that are in the warning state and green indicates the number that are in the ready state. You can click the pie chart to navigate to the corresponding pages of any libraries, drives, or tapes. This information is available only for libraries with the HP TapeAssure Advanced license. Banner and main menu The main menu and banner area includes the following: Main menu: Displays the main menu of screens. You can select a screen from the menu to view resources and actions menu. Search box: Displays the banner search to search for specific items. When you type an entry, a list of related search results is displayed. You can click an item to select and view the item details. Activity sidebar: Displays the number of unread activities in the Activity sidebar. This area displays the activities you have performed during the session. Help: Provides options to access the help files. Session menu: Displays the user name and the session duration. NOTE: HPE StoreEver Command View for TL 5.0 uses hyphen (-) to indicate that data is unavailable. Searching for resources (page 18) Viewing session indicator (page 18) Icon descriptions Icon Name Activity Session Help Filter Displays the number of unread activities in the Activity sidebar. For more information about Activity sidebar, see Activity sidebar (page 19). Specifies the user name and the duration of the current session. For more information about Help pane, see Viewing session indicator (page 18). Displays the Help pane. For more information about Help pane, see Viewing Help pane (page 19). Displays the Filter sidebar. For more information about Filter sidebar, see Filters and Filter sidebar (page 20). About the graphical user interface 17

18 Icon Name Search Print Displays the search bar. For more information about Search bar, see Searching for resources (page 18). Prints the selected page or section. Use this icon in the master pane to print the master pane. Use the print function (Ctrl+P) to print the detail view. If the print area is large, you must set the page alignment to landscape when you print the page. Activity sidebar (page 19) Viewing session indicator (page 18) Viewing Help pane (page 19) Filters and Filter sidebar (page 20) Status and severity icons Icon Name OK Warning Critical Unknown No issues with the resource. Does not require immediate attention but must be addressed as soon as possible. Might prevent normal operations of the resource and must be addressed immediately. Information unavailable. About the graphical user interface (page 17) Searching for resources 1. Log in to HPE StoreEver Command View for TL. The Dashboard appears. 2. On the toolbar, type or select appropriate search criteria in the search bar. The search result displays all resources related to the search criteria. Banner and main menu (page 17) Viewing session indicator 1. Log in to HPE StoreEver Command View for TL. The Dashboard appears. 2. On the toolbar, click the Session icon ( ). The following details about the current session is displayed: User Duration of the current session Banner and main menu (page 17) 18 Command View TL graphical user interface

19 Activity sidebar The Activity indicator displays the number of unread activities in the Activity sidebar. When you initiate an activity, for example, adding a library, an activity notification is displayed and an alert sound is issued. The Activity sidebar lists the activities during the session and the activities performed by the user in last five hours. You can click an activity to view additional details. The Activity sidebar provides different information than the Activity screen and Activity Views. This sidebar displays only the activities associated with your user name since your login session started. Expanding or collapsing the Activity pane (page 19) Banner and main menu (page 17) Expanding or collapsing the Activity pane 1. Log in to HPE StoreEver Command View for TL. The Dashboard appears. 2. On the toolbar, click the Activity icon ( ) to expand the Activity pane. 3. Click the Activity icon ( )again to collapse the Activity pane. Banner and main menu (page 17) Activity sidebar (page 19) Viewing Help pane 1. Log in to HPE StoreEver Command View for TL. The Dashboard appears. 2. On the toolbar, click the Help icon ( ) to view the help pane. The Help pane appears. Viewing Help files (page 19) Viewing Help files 1. Log in to HPE StoreEver Command View for TL. The Dashboard screen appears. 2. On the toolbar, click the Help icon ( ) to view the help pane. 3. In the Help pane: Click Documentation Help on this page to view the help topic related to the current page. Click Documentation Browse Help to view the complete HTML help file. Enter a topic name in the Search bar of the HTML help file to search for the particular topic in the HTML help file. Activity sidebar 19

20 Viewing Help pane (page 19) Filters and Filter sidebar The filter menus are displayed horizontally at the top of list panes. You can use the filter menu and change a filter parameter to change the items that are displayed in the list. You can also select multiple filters. You can view the filters in a vertical or horizontal Filters sidebar by clicking the Filter icon( ) at the left side of the screen. You can filter the items based on the status and other parameters specific to that page. For each page, the filter parameters are different. You can also reset all filters to view all items in a table. For example, if you select LTO-6 for type as the filter parameter, the LTO-6 tapes are displayed in the table. You can view all tapes again by resetting the filter. Banner and main menu (page 17) Logging out of the Command View TL 1. On the toolbar, click the Session icon ( ). The Session sidebar appears. 2. Click Logout. Starting HPE Command View TL (page 12) Viewing session indicator (page 18) 20 Command View TL graphical user interface

21 3 Home The Home screen is the default screen that appears when you launch or log in to the Command View TL. The pie charts on the Home page provide current state of the libraries and the drives and tapes present in those libraries. This screen displays the following sections: Libraries Displays the number of libraries that are in critical, warning, unknown, or ready state. Drives Displays the number of drives that are in critical, warning, unknown, or ready state. Tapes Displays the number of tapes that are in critical, warning, unknown, or ready state. Status icons The status icons on the dashboard help you easily identify resources that are not in a healthy state. You can click a status icon to view the resource s main screen. Depending on the current state of the resource, the following status icons are displayed on the dashboard: OK ( ) No issues with the resource. Warning ( ) Does not require immediate attention but must be addressed as soon as possible. Critical ( ) Might prevent normal operations of the resource and must be addressed immediately. Unknown ( ) No information is available. 21

22 4 Dashboard The Dashboard screen provides a high-level graphical summary of all resources. This information is available only for libraries with the HP Tape Assure Advanced license.. Clicking a graph takes you directly to the screen on which you can view more information. For example, clicking Alerts displays the Alerts screen on which you can view the list of alerts and other information. The dashboard provides information on the following: Alerts Displays alerts that are received by the management station. Allocation Displays allocation details of each library s slots and drives. Slots Displays the number of allocated (already assigned to a partition), unallocated (not assigned to a partition), and unlicensed (for which there is no upgrade license available though the slots are available in the library) slots for all libraries. Hovering over the allocated portion of the chart displays the number of total slots, full slots (loaded with a tape cartridge), empty slots (no tape cartridges loaded), and the percentage of slots allocated. The slots graph uses the following colors to indicate different slots: Blue Allocated slots Pink Unallocated slots Grey Unlicensed slots Drives Displays the number of allocated and unallocated drives for all libraries. Hovering over the allocated portion of the chart displays the number of total drives and the percentage of drives allocated. Polling Displays maximum drives polled by the hosts and the number of hosts polling them. The Drives by type chart displays the type (LTO 4, LTO 5, LTO 6, LTO-7, older LTOs, and unknown) and number of each drive in a library. The Tapes by type chart displays the type (LTO 4, LTO 5, LTO 6, LTO-7, older LTOs, and unknown) and number of each tape in a library. Drives by type Displays the type (LTO 4, LTO 5, LTO 6, LTO-7, older LTOs, and unknown) and number of each drive in a library. Tapes by type Displays the type (LTO 4, LTO 5, LTO 6, LTO-7, older LTOs, and unknown) and number of each tape in a library. Data transferred in last one year Displays the data read and write values. By default, in the Library wise display, X-axis represents the data grouped by the library serial number and Y-axis represents the data transferred in GB or TB. In the Time wise display, the X-axis changes from data grouped by the library serial number to data grouped by month. Dashboard charts interpretation The dashboard chart colors help you to quickly interpret the reported data. Table 3 Dashboard chart colors Color Green Yellow Indication A healthy status. An event has occurred that might require your attention. 22 Dashboard

23 Table 3 Dashboard chart colors (continued) Color Red Dark gray Indication A critical condition requires your immediate attention. Resource instances reporting status other than OK, Warning, or Critical, that is, they are Unknown. Dashboard charts interpretation 23

24 5 Viewing Reports Click HPE StoreEver Command View TL, and then click Reports. The Reports screen displays the following details: Data Verification Results Drive and slot allocation Drive assessment results Newly added tapes Polling status Tapes due for verification Viewing Data Verification Results (page 24) Viewing Drive assessment results (page 28) Viewing Newly added tapes (page 29) Viewing Polling status (page 30) Viewing list of tapes due for verification (page 31) Viewing Data Verification Results The Data verification results page lists the latest results of the tapes after data verification. 24 Viewing Reports

25 Click HPE StoreEver Command View TL, and then click Reports Data verification results. The following test results are displayed in a donut chart format: Results by completion status Groups the data verification result based on the following test completion status: Aborted Incomplete Failed Passed with errors Passed with warning Passed Results by verification type Groups the data verification result based on the verification type. The following are different execution status for data verification tests: Full Moderate Quick Results by read margin Groups the data verification result based on read margin. The data verification test results are grouped on the basis of the following read margins: Poor Fair Good Unknown The tool tips on the donut charts list the actual number that constitutes a donut section. Data Verification Results screen details (page 25) Releasing data verification licenses (page 26) Data Verification Results screen details The summary of the Data Verification test results are displayed in a tabular format with the following details: Table 4 Data Verification Results screen Screen component Barcode Type Library SN Serial number that uniquely identifies the tape as defined by the manufacturer. You can click a barcode to view the previous test results for a tape. Vendor ID and data format supported by the tape cartridge. HPE serial number that uniquely identifies the library. Defined at manufacture, this is the number to quote when contacting HPE support. Viewing Data Verification Results 25

26 Table 4 Data Verification Results screen (continued) Screen component Drive SN Total Data verified (MB) Read Margin Percentage Read Margin Test run time (mins) Verification type Result Result details Date/Time Serial number of the drive. This number is a static value and changes when you replace a drive. Use the serial number when contacting HPE support. Amount of data read on the tape during the data verification test. Read margin expressed as a percentage where 100% indicates a minimal amount of error correction and 0% indicates the maximum amount of error correction and retries as recommended by HPE. The ease with which the data is read back from the tape by the drive. The time taken to run the data verification test. The type of data verification. Data verification test results. The results are Test Passed, Test Failed, Test Passed with Warnings, Test Aborted, or Test Incomplete. Reason for failure if the tape fails. Date and time when the data verification test is performed. Viewing Data Verification Results (page 24) Releasing data verification licenses You can release the data verification license for a selected tape to use that license for another tape. If the Data Verification test for a tape fails with a Move to Drive error, the tape license cannot be used and releasing license only clears the database. To release a license for a tape: 1. Click HPE StoreEver Command View TL, and click Reports Data verification results. The Data verification results page appears. 2. In the Data verification results page, select a tape, and then click Action Release License. The following message is displayed: Release License will remove all the tape verification history. Do you want to continue? 26 Viewing Reports

27 NOTE: If you do not select a tape, the following message is displayed: This action cannot be performed without selecting a tape. Select a tape and try again. 3. Click Yes, release. Viewing Reports (page 24) Viewing Data Verification Results (page 24) Viewing Drive and slot allocation results Click HPE StoreEver Command View TL, and click Reports Drive and slot allocation. The Drive and slot allocation page appears. This page displays the following details when you hover over the graph tool tip: Slots: Provides the number of the following slots: Empty allocated slots Full allocated slots Unallocated slots Unlicensed slots Drives: Provides the number of the following drives: Allocated drives Unallocated drives Viewing Reports (page 24) Viewing Drive and slot allocation results 27

28 Viewing Drive assessment results Click HPE StoreEver Command View TL, and then click Reports Drive assessment results. The test results are displayed in the Results by completion status page in a donut chart format, which groups the data verification result based on test completion status. The donut chart provides the graphical representation of the verification tests with the following status: Aborted Incomplete Failed Passed with errors Passed with warning Passed Drive assessment results screen details (page 28) Drive assessment results screen details The summary of the Data assessment results are displayed in a tabular format with the following details: Table 5 Data assessment results screen Screen component Drive SN Library SN Barcode Cartridge Type Serial number of the drive. This number is a static value and changes when you replace a drive. Use the serial number when contacting HPE support. HPE serial number that uniquely identifies the library. Defined at manufacture, this is the number to quote when contacting HPE support. Serial number that uniquely identifies the tape as defined by the manufacturer. Vendor ID and data format supported by the tape cartridge. 28 Viewing Reports

29 Table 5 Data assessment results screen (continued) Screen component Test run time (mins) Result Result details Date/Time The time taken to run the drive assessment test. Drive assessment test results. The results are Test Passed, Test Failed, or Test Aborted. Reason for failure if the tape fails. Date and time when the data assessment test was performed. Viewing Reports (page 24) Viewing Drive assessment results (page 28) Viewing Newly added tapes Click HPE StoreEver Command View TL, and click Reports Newly added tapes. A graph with the newly added tapes in all the libraries that are added to the Command view TL management station appears. Viewing Reports (page 24) Editing Sample time (page 29) Newly added tapes (page 40) Editing Sample time The default sample time is 30 days. 1. Select a tape, and then click Action Edit sample time. The Sample time setting window appears. Viewing Newly added tapes 29

30 2. In the Type field: Select Time interval, and perform the following: 1. From the Period list, select a period. 2. Click OK. Select Specific date range, and perform the following: 1. In the Specific start date field, enter a date. 2. In the Specific end date field, enter a date. 3. Click OK. Viewing Reports (page 24) Viewing Newly added tapes (page 29) Newly added tapes (page 40) Viewing Polling status 1. Click HPE StoreEver Command View TL, and click Reports Polling Status. The following results are displayed: Current drives being polled: The drives that are polled by the hosts and the number of hosts polling the drives. This section provides the library serial number, drive serial number, IP address, and the number of polling hosts. Current polling by drives: The hosts and the number of drives that each host is polling. This section provides the world wide port number and number of drives polled. 2. Click the linked Number of polling hosts in the Polling status page to view the hosts that poll a drive. The Polling by hosts window displays the list of hosts that poll the drive. 30 Viewing Reports

31 3. Click the linked Number of drives polled in the Polling status page to view the drives that a host polls. The Polling by drives window displays the list of drives that the host polls. Viewing Reports (page 24) Viewing list of tapes due for verification Click HPE StoreEver Command View TL, and click Reports Tapes due for verification. The Tape page appears with the list of tapes due for verification and the policies of which have reached or extended the policy time period. Viewing Reports (page 24) Tapes due for verification screen details (page 31) Queuing Tapes (page 31) Toggling AutoQueue option of tapes (page 32) Tapes due for verification screen details Table 6 Tapes due for verification screen Screen component Barcode Last verification date Last result Policy name Auto queue Library SN Action recommended Specifies the serial number that uniquely identifies the tape as defined by the manufacturer. Specifies the date and time when the last verification test is performed. Displays the last verification test result data. Specifies the policy applied to the tape. Specifies whether the tape is queued for verification on the date of expiry. This option is disabled for expired tapes. HPE serial number that uniquely identifies the library. Defined at manufacture, this is the number to quote when contacting HPE support. Displays a message based on the location of the cartridge. If the cartridge is in the data verification partition, the message Move to Queue is displayed. If the cartridge is outside the data verification partition, the message Move to DV Partition is displayed. Viewing Reports (page 24) Viewing list of tapes due for verification (page 31) Queuing Tapes 1. Click HPE StoreEver Command View TL, and click Reports Tapes due for verification. 2. In the Actions menu, click Queue tape. The Queue tape window with the list of tapes that are already in the data verification partition appears. 3. Select a tape and click Add or Add+ to add the tape for verification. Viewing list of tapes due for verification 31

32 Viewing Reports (page 24) Viewing list of tapes due for verification (page 31) Toggling AutoQueue option of tapes 1. Click HPE StoreEver Command View TL, and click Reports Tapes due for verification. 2. Select a tape. 3. Click Actions Toggle Autoqueue. The Toggle Autoqueue window with the following message appears: Toggle Autoqueue will toggle the AutoQueue option of all the tapes selected. Do you want to continue?. NOTE: If you do not select a tape, the following message is displayed: This action cannot be performed without selecting a tape. Select a tape and try again. Viewing Reports (page 24) Viewing list of tapes due for verification (page 31) 32 Viewing Reports

33 6 Analyzing Alerts Viewing Alert logs (page 33) Alert screen details (page 33) Viewing Alert logs Click HPE StoreEver Command View TL, and then click Alerts. The Alerts screen displays alert logs. TIP: Click a column title to sort the entries in the column. Click the column title again to sort in the reverse order. Alert screen details (page 33) Alert screen details Screen component Date Library SN Drive SN IP address Type The time when the alert is recorded. The HPE serial number that uniquely identifies the drive. The serial number that uniquely identifies the drive. The IP address. The type of alert. The types are: Info Specifies the present condition of the library. No action is required for these alerts. Critical Indicates that normal operation of the library might be interrupted, and the issue must be addressed immediately. Warning Indicates that immediate attention is not required, but the issue must be addressed as soon as possible. Brief description about the alert. Viewing Alert logs (page 33) Viewing Alert logs 33

34 7 Managing libraries The Libraries screen displays a list of libraries that you have added. You can use this screen to add single or multiple libraries, manage libraries, delete libraries, view the list of libraries that are known to the CVTL, and view information on the library parameters. Depending on the library that you want to manage, different versions of Command View open. Table 7 Command View versions that open for different types of libraries Type of library MSL tape library (MSL2024, MSL4048, MSL8048, and MSL8096) ESL G3 MSL6480 Version of Command View used to manage library Command View MSL ESL G3 Library Management Console MSL6480 Library Management Console By using the Connectivity Check feature, you can verify if the management station is able to communicate with the selected library. IMPORTANT: libraries. The Connectivity Check feature is only available for the ESL G3 and MSL6480 Adding libraries (page 34) Editing a library name (page 36) Deleting a library (page 37) Verifying connectivity (page 37) Launching console (page 37) Adding libraries 1. Perform one of the following steps: Click Add Library in the master pane. From the Actions menu, select Add. 2. Perform the following steps: 1. Select the configuration type. 2. Enter the IP address or host name of the library. If you are adding multiple libraries, separate the IP address and host name with commas. 34 Managing libraries

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36 3. Enter the user name and password of the library. This is only for SNMP v3 libraries. 3. Click Add or Add+. Editing a library name IMPORTANT: The Edit option is available only for ESL G3 and MSL6480 libraries. 1. Select the library in the master pane. 2. Click Actions and then click Edit. 3. Enter the new library name and click OK to save the changes. 36 Managing libraries

37 Deleting a library 1. Select the library in the master pane. 2. Click Actions and then click Delete. 3. Click Yes, delete. When you delete a library, the state of the library changes to Not managed. NOTE: If the library is not going to be managed by a management station in future (for example, when temporarily managing a library from a management station on a laptop computer), remove the library from the management station before removing the management station from the network. Verifying connectivity 1. Select the library for which you want to perform the check. 2. Click Actions and then click Connectivity Check. The Connectivity Check feature performs the test and displays the results. If the test is successful, a green status is displayed in the Notifications area. If a problem was encountered, follow the proposed resolution listed in the Notifications area. If the connectivity fails, the library state changes to Connectivity Failed. Launching console 1. Select the library for which you want to launch the console. 2. Click Actions and then click Launch console. Libraries screen details Overview The Libraries screen displays configuration details of the libraries that you have added. Overview General Data verification Partitions Moves Empty slots Newly added tapes Performance advisor Screen component General panel Drives panel Tapes panel Data Verification panel Displays the general properties of a library. Displays the number of drives in a library and their state. Displays the number of tapes in a library and their state. Displays the data verification of the selected library. Deleting a library 37

38 General General panel Screen component Name Model Firmware version Network name IP address State Contact name Last sample time Name of the library. Model number of the library. Firmware version of the library. Host name of the library. IP address. Current state of the library. Different states for libraries are managed, not managed and, connectivity failed. Point of contact for the library. The local time when the key data was written to the database. Hardware panel Screen component Total moves Storage slots Mail slots Frames/Modules Number of partitions Number of drives Number of storage slots Number of mail slots Number of frames or modules Number of library partitions Usage panel Screen component Total moves No. of power cycles Uptime Total uptime Total number of moves over the lifetime of the library. Total number of power cycles in the library. Power on time since the last power cycle. Total time the library was powered on. 38 Managing libraries

39 Partitions Displays partition details of the selected library. Screen component General Data transferred graph Slot allocation graph Drive allocation graph Displays the general partition details of a library. For information on the fields in this panel, see General (page 39). A bar graph displaying the data read and write values. X-axis represents the partition name and Y-axis represents the cumulated read and write values in GB for each partition. A bar graph displaying the number of allocated (already assigned to a partition) and unallocated (not assigned to a partition) slots in a library. X-axis represents the partition name and Y-axis represents the total number of slots. A bar graph displaying the number of allocated drives in a library. X-axis represents the partition name and Y-axis represents the number of allocated drives. General Screen component Name Serial number Encryption configuration Control path failover configuration Drives Slots Mail slots Displays the general partition details of a library. Serial number of the partition. Encryption configuration of the partition: Library managed PLK Midrange Encryption Control Token. Library managed ESKM (HP Enterprise Secure Manager). Library managed KMIP (Key Management Interoperability Protocol). Application managed. Control path failover configuration of the partition. Off indicates that the MSL tape libraries provide a basic control path failover capability. On indicates that the HP MSL6480 and ESL G3 tape libraries provide an advanced library control path failover. Number of drives in the partition. Number of slots in the partition. Number of mail slots in the partition. Moves The Moves graph displays the total number of moves, that is when tapes are moved from slots to drive and vice versa, drive to drive, and slot to slot over the lifetime of the library. The X-axis represents the date and Y-axis represents the number of moves. A TapeAssure Advanced license is required to view the graph. Screen component Sample time Time frame for the data sample. The default sample time is 30 days. Libraries screen details 39