2 ICP (Integr ated Channel Processor) The ICP is the inte rf ace to the host syst ems conn ected in the overall system.
U41117-J-Z125-7-76 27 Cent ricS tor - Virt ual Tape Li brar y Hard war e arch itec tur e 2.2.1 I SP (Integra ted Ser vice Processor ) Centr icStor i s a group of se ver al p rocessors, each r unni ng special software (UNI X der ivativ e) as the operating system.Ģ8 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Hardw are architecture CentricSt or - Virtual Tape Libr ary 2.2.1. If so, the volume is immedi ately r eleased f o r proces sing by the appli cation.Ģ6 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Hardw are architecture CentricSt or - Virtual Tape Libr ary 2.2 Har dware ar chitectur e Figure 3: Example of a CentricStor configuration In this e xample, Centr icStor compr is. U41117-J-Z125-7-76 25 Cent ricS tor - Virt ual Tape Li brar y The CentricStor principle As so on as a mo unt job is issued, th e Librar y Man ager che c ks whethe r the req uested volume is already i n the dis k cach e.
U41117-J-Z125-7-76 23 2 CentricStor - Vir tual T ape Library 2.1 The CentricStor principle Con ventional host r obot system Figure 1: Conv entional host robot system In a c on ventional r eal host r obot system, the hos t system req uests cer tain data car tr idges to be mo unted in a d efined real tape dr iv e.Ģ4 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 The CentricStor princi ple CentricSt or - Virtual Tape Libr ary Host robot system with Ce ntricStor Figure 2: Host robot system with Cen tricStor With Ce ntricS tor, a vir tua l archive system is inst alled upstr eam of the r eal archi ve system with th e physical dr ives and data car tri dges. XTCC The program X TCC is used ma inly to monit or the ind ividual Cent ricStor c omputers ( ISPs) inclu ding the pe ripheral devices conn ected to th e compute rs.Įine Dokuschab lone v on F r ank Flacheneck er b y f. U41117-J-Z125-7-76 21 Introduc tion Notational conventions Global Status The Glo bal Statu s Monitor p rovides a graphical display of all imp or tant op erating data i n a win do w.
In this way the host and the real archive are fully decoup led.Ģ0 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Objective and tar g et group f or the manual Introdu ction The ho st is c onnected u sing the following c onnection tec hnolo gies: U41117-J-Z125-7-76 19 1I n t r o d u c t i o n With Cen tricStor, a vir tual tape robot system i s placed in f ront of the rea l tape robot s ystem (with t he real dr ives and car tr idges). 432 8.23.3.1 Remove Symbols of all Drives. U41117-J-Z125-7-76 Contents 8.23.3 Global fu nctions for tape dr iv es. 4 11 8.17.1 Object i nf or mation on RAI D systems. 391 8.10.1.1 Error con ditions indicated on the display.
39 1 8.10.1 Objec t informatio n and error messages f o r vir tua l 3490 dr ives. 365 8.5.8.4 Enlarge Font / Reduc e F ont. 133 6.1.6.2 Object i nf o r mation and obj ect-related functions. 92 5.2.5 Managi ng Centri cStor via SN MP. 66 4.1.3.2 Adding a ph ysical v olume group. 65 4.1.3.1 Adding a logical volume group.
U41117-J-Z125-7-76 Contents 4.1.3 System a dministrator acti vities. 38 2.6.2 Issuing a mount job from the hos t. 3 8 2.6.1 Creati ng the Centr icStor data m aintenance. 1 9 1.1 Objective and target group f or the manual.
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