HP Data Protector Integrating an ACSLS server through a firewall

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Introduction
This white paper explains the integration of ACSLS-controlled StorageTek libraries with HP Data Protector. The
whitepaper contains details of installation and configuration of the ACSLS Server, installation and configuration
of Data Protector with the ACSLS library, and enabling ACSLS through firewall. After reading this paper you will
be able to set up an ACSLS library, configure it to be used in Data Protector, and enable ACSLS to be used
through a firewall.
What is ACSLS?
Automated Cartridge System Library Software (ACSLS) is Sun StorageTek’s server software that controls a Sun
StorageTek Automated Cartridge System (ACS) tape library. An Automated Cartridge System (ACS) library is
connected and controlled through pass thru-ports (PTPs). ACSLS accesses and manages information stored in one
or more ACSs through command processing across a network. The software includes a system administration
component, interfaces to client system applications, and library management facilities.
Data Protector provides a dedicated StorageTek ACS library policy for configuring a StorageTek ACS library as
a Data Protector backup device. The following is an example of a Data Protector ACS setup:
The system on which you install and configure the ACSLS Software application is called the ACSLS Server. In the
figure above, this is on the right, labeled ‘Solaris 5.10 ACSLS 7.3 Server (Firewall Enabled))‘.
Each system on which you install Media Agent software and which accesses the library robotics through the
ACSLS is called a Data Protector Media Agent / ACS Client.
This section describes the installation procedure for ACSLS 7.3
Note: ACSLS installation is best explained in documents provided with the ACSLS Software kit:
• StorageTek ACSLS Installation, Configuration, and Administration Guide
• Library Attach for Windows Servers—Installations and Operations