HP Archive Backup System for OpenVMS Version 4.4
Software
Product
Description
PRODUCT NAME: HP Archive Backup System SPD 48.16.27
for OpenVMS Version 4.4
DESCRIPTION
HP Archive Backup System (ABS) for OpenVMS V4.4
is HP’s primary OpenVMS archive and backup product.
ABS automates backup operations, provides for system
archiving, and makes it easy to find files stored on tapes
and disks. ABS also provides client backup facilities for
Windows® 2000/XP, Tru64 UNIX®, and remote Open-
VMS clients. For license options, see the section titled
LICENSE OPTIONS, pg.2 in this document.
Features
ABS provides the following important file archiving and
backup capabilities:
• A Graphical User Interface (GUI) for defining archive
and backup policies, save and restore data, and
finding data objects and databases that have been
backed up or archived using ABS.
• Automatic, flexible scheduling of backup and archive
operations for OpenVMS systems and selected Win-
dows 2000/XP, and Tru64 UNIX clients.
• Qualified for OpenVMS client backup and archiving
operations directly between disks and tape drives lo-
cated on different systems using DECnet or DECnet-
Plus network protocol.
• Use of Windows 2000/XP and Tru64 UNIX clients
backing up to the ABS OpenVMS server using TCP
/IP network protocol.
• Integration with HSM for OpenVMS (SPD #46.38.xx)
to qualify "Backup via Shelving."
• Online catalog of information about backed up and
archived files, disk volumes and databases. This
allows for retrieving files or restoring disk volumes
without being aware of the tape volumes on which
the data was saved.
• Use of OpenVMS Queue Manager to schedule
backup requests. ABS also provides integration with
other OpenVMS and off-base scheduler products.
• Movement of volume(s) to outport(s) without opera-
tor’s intervention: MDMS independently moves vol-
ume(s) to outport(s) and considers the Move Volume
request as complete when the PORT qualifier is used
with the MDMS MOVE VOLUME command.
• Dynamic logicals for pre-processing and post-
processing commands.
• Partition mode support implemented for ESL E-
Series Libraries using MRU V1.8A
• ABS lookup and hence restore operations are en-
hanced significantly to use the BEFORE, SINCE, and
DATE_ARCHIVED date qualifiers effectively while
searching the Volume_Set type of catalog for match-
ing entries. (You can also use the existing lookup
feature by defining the logical ABS_V40_LOOKUP
system-wide).
• Cleanup of the VAOE file in the Volume_Set type of
catalog at your convenience by defining the logical
ABS_CATALOG_VAOE_CLEANUP, system-wide.
• Migration from SLS/MDMS V2.X to ABS/MDMS V4.X
environment.
• Error recovery and reporting capability
• Compatibility with RMU/BACKUP and RMU/RESTORE,
allowing backup and restore operations of Oracle®
Rdb V7.0-6, V7.0-6.1, V7.0-9, V7.1-04, and V7.2
databases.
• Rdb V7.2 is qualified on OpenVMS V8.2 and later on
AlphaServers. Rdb V7.2 is qualified as well as ported
on OpenVMS V8.2 and later on Integrity servers.
September 2006