- Sun Storage Virtual Tape Library VTL User Guide

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Aboutthisbook
Thisbookintroducestapevirtualizationandguidesyouthroughtheadministration
ofSunStorageTek VirtualTapeLibrary(VTL)solutions,includingVTLPlus2.0and
VTLValuesystems.It startswith ahigh‐levelexplanationofVTLtechnology,
commondeploymentarchitectures,andspecialfeatures.Itthenprovidesdetailed
instructionsforcarryingout
thetaskscommontoVTLadmini strati onaccordingto
SunVTLbest practices,including:
■ SANzoning
■ usingtheVTLConsolegraphicaluserinterface(GUI)andinstallingcopieson
managementstation s
■ administeringlocalareanetwork(LAN)connections
■ designing,creating,an dmanagingvirtuallibrari es andvirtualtapes
■ usingspecialfeatureslikeautomatictapecachi ng, automatictapearchiving,and
tapereplication
■ usingencryptionanddatacompressionfeaturesto bestadvantage
■ handlingfailbackafterahigh‐availabilitysystemhasfailedover
■ reporting
■ configurin g andusingemailnotifications
Finally,appendicesprovideadditionalinformationthat,while notesse nt ia ltoa
normalinstalla tion, mayproveusefulinspecialcircumstances. 
Thedocum entistask‐orien ted ,organizedaroundtheworkyouhavetodoratherthan
aroundthefeaturesorcomponentsoftheproduct.Eachchapterandsection
begins
withalist ofthetasksitcontains.Tasksarepresentedinorder,andthestepsineach 
processarenumbered,inthesequenceinwhichtheyaretobeperformed.
Conditionalsteps(stepsthatyouperformonlyinspecifiedcircumstances)begin
withthecondition(“IfA...”) and
endwiththecorrespondingaction(“...do B”); if
theconditiondoesnotapply,yousimplyskipthestep.Eachtaskendswitha
referencetothenexttaskin thesequence:
Nexttask:“Installing...” onpage 3.