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Welcome to
EnterpriseBACKUP
ISE
XuiS
Contact: Paul Jones
Sales:
pjones@i-s-e.com
mdunn@xuis.com
John Goetz
Tim Farrow
jgoetz@i-s-e.com
tfarrow@xuis.com
Request a FREE demo today!
www.i-s-e.com
(310) 643-7310
Fax:(310) 643-7549
Malcolm Dunn
www.xuis.com
+44 (0)1372 728881
+44 (0)1372 722245
Presentation Agenda
Corporate Level Backup and Media Management Needs
Motivation for Enterprise wide Backup
Interfaces
Examples of Product Usage
Expanding EnterpriseBACKUP
Getting Help
Corporate Level Backup and
Media Management Needs
Available across heterogeneous platforms
OpenVMS, Unix, NT/2000/XP, Linux
Scalable
Standalone, cluster, and/or LAN/WAN installations
(DECnet - TCP/IP)
Simple usage with complex functionality
Intuitive command set
Full function feature set (backup, tape librarian, restore,
archive)
Corporate Level Backup and Media
Management Needs
ISE/XuiS Commitment to
Product maintenance, enhancement, and platform expansion
Relationships with customer top priority
Sound Recovery Procedures
Disaster recovery procedures (Tech support and license availability)
Backups are orchestrated at high level allowing flexibility to add new modes
Restorations can be performed with or without ISE software
Strong US / European
representation
Some ISE & XuiS customers...
Necessity for Enterprise Wide
Backups
Full control of backup jobs
Ability to control backup modes
Ability to configure devices
Ability to display backup journal contents
Ability to invoke command scripts
Built in Report Writer
Online Help for all 3 client modes
Documentation available in multiple formats
Ability to add in backup job scheduling (EnterpriseSCHEDULE)
EnterpriseBACKUP Software
Available clients
DCL – Command line interface
GUI – Motif Graphical User Interface
MCL - Character cell menu interface
Client/Server Design
GUI - Motif Graphical User Interface
MCL – Character Cell Menu Interface
EnterpriseBACKUP Software
Modules/Packages
Media – Tape library
Bckmgr – (Backup Manager) Backup job definitions
Vault – File restoration / saveset management module
Medias – Media configuration server
MCL – Character cell menu interface (expandable)
Report Writer – Built in Report Writer
Agent – Remote backup control facility
Archive Lite – Add on archiving ability
EnterpriseSCHEDULE – Complete job scheduling tool
LANutil – Add on WNT share accessibility function
DeviceShare – Add on device sharing function
Centralized Backup using
EnterpriseBACKUP
Media Configuration
Configure devices and database locations
Create media types for logical resource management
Associate media types with devices
Associate media types with OpenVMS queues
Configuration Examples
$ medias <CR> ! Begins prompt mode
$ medias show *
$ medias help
$ medias set/para 4mm = “Tape,AXPSVR$MKA500:,UNLOAD”
As a note:
= places values in the node specific media.var
== places values in the cluster specific media2.var
Media – Tape Library
Assigns media to users
Tracks media
Displays which files are on which medium (journal contents)
Releases no longer used media back to system
Adds tape/disk to catalog for temporary use
Performs functions as batch jobs
Media
Management of off-line media
Tracks and labels media
Organizes into logical usage pools
Performs read and error checking
Allows manual updating to media and the file information
Tracks file expiration date
Allocates media and devices
Media
Three types of commands
Command Type 1 - Database Commands
Commands that interact with the Media Database
Database Command Examples: directory, rename_to, set
$ media <tape_label> command /qualifiers
$ media a00101 dir/full
$ media a0099 add /type=4mm
$ media c0799>* ! Lists the files on medium (journal list)
$ media d00459 /screen
$ media z0107 set /qualifier
Media
Three types of commands
Command Type 2 – Job Commands
Commands involving Media Jobs and their execution
$ media <tape_label> command /qualifiers
$ media <tape_label> submit_update /qualifiers
Media
Three types of commands
Command Type 3 – Device Commands
Commands involving the Hardware devices used with Media
$ media <tape_label> command /qualifiers
$ media /init/foreign/stat=mod/label=ansi –
/update=none/mail NEXTMEDIA *
! NEXTMEDIA is a logical tape name
Motif – Contents of Media display
DCL – Contents of Media display
MCL – Contents of Media display
BCKMGR (Backup Manager)
Backup Job Definition
1.
Manages your backup jobs
Note: BCKMGR can submit virtually any type of job
2.
Two types of jobs

Media jobs – uses off-line tape(s) or disk(s) to:
load/unload data and perform functions related to MEDIA
library

General Jobs – executes entirely on the on-line disk
BCKMGR (Backup Manager)
Backup Job Definition
Coordinates type of backup (orchestrates)

Over 25 backup modes

Easy to customize and create site specific backup modes

Easy to augment backup with scripts
Coordinates assigning/de-assigning of media to backup
jobs

Automatically at run-time

Manually modifiable
BCKMGR (Backup Manager)
Backup Job Definition
Manages backup lists as

disk list (OpenVMS)

path list (Unix)

share list (NT/2000/XP)
Manages backup job(s) qualifier list(s)
Manages backup job(s) media list(s)
BCKMGR (Backup Manager)
Example commands
bckmgr dir *
! Displays all of your backup jobs
bckmgr dir /full <job>
! Displays qualifiers and disk list
bckmgr typ/media <job> ! Displays media list holding data
bckmgr mod <job> /qualifier
! Modifies job
bckmgr assign <job> <tape>
! Assigns tape to job
bckmgr submit <job>
! Submits a backup job
bckmgr mark_used <job> <tp1> <tp2> /master /on=<date>
! Marks tapes as used
BCKMGR (Backup Manager)
Example restore procedure
bckmgr dir *
! Determine backup jobs
bckmgr dir/full <job>
! Determine disks being backed-up
bckmgr type/media <job> ! List of media used
media <tape> > <file> [/date]
backup/log …
@media_library:bckmgr_restore_via_search
Vault
MOTIF BCKMGR Backup Job
General Information Display
DCL BCKMGR Backup Job
General Information Display
MCL BCKMGR Backup Job
General Information Display
Vault – File restoration / saveset
management module
Vault lets you restore any file you own from off-line storage
with a single command
Quick reference directory of off-line files
Simple as three logical steps

directory

select

restore
Vault – Example commands
vault/directory sys$login:
! List all backup iterations
vault/directory sys$login:login.com /before=<date>
vault/restore sys$login:login.com /before=<date>/confirm
MOTIF Vault General Information
display
DCL Vault General Information
display
MCL Vault General Information
display
Report Writer
Standard report set that is expandable and modifiable
Easy to learn report language with controls for selecting,
sorting, formatting, and printing of data
Ability to create shared and/or private reports
Report Writer
Agent
Remote System Interface
Allows OpenVMS EnterpriseBackup system to invoke and
issue backup commands on remote Unix and WNT systems
Allows user interaction on the remote system
Allows use of native WNT and Unix backup procedures
Archive Lite
Add on to EnterpriseBackup
Ability to manage extended/long term media backups
Typical functional needs :

one time backup of data

removed data from machine

long time storage of data offline

data reference/catalog of contents
ISE EnterpriseSCHEDULE
Full function Enterprise Wide Job Scheduling for OpenVMS,
Windows NT/2000/XP, Tru64 UNIX and Linux
BCKMGR based automated job schedule creation
Ability to perform hands off 7x24 running of backup jobs
Market leader in job scheduling
Scheduling types – Interval, Named day,
Calendar based
Dependencies – Initiates and Prerequisites
Notification Options – E-mail, Broadcast, Pager, etc.
EnterpriseSCHEDULE integrates
with EnterpriseBACKUP
LANutil
Allows Windows 95, Windows 98, NT, and Windows 2000
shares to be accessed as VMS logical devices
All Network accessible PC’s can be managed by
EnterpriseBackup
PC Inventory / Asset Management software included
DeviceShare
Remotely serve devices across OpenVMS
Remotely serve disks across networks DECNET or TCP/IP
Remotely serve tape drives, robotics, stackers, etc. across
networks DECNET or TCP/IP
Online Help
Available Documentation
 Adobe PDF
 VMS Help File
 Book Reader
 HTML
 PostScript
 Plain Text
Additional Tools
Offsite storage utility
EnterpriseSCHEDULE Job creation tool
Bckmgr Restore via search
 prompts for all the file restore information
 searches the database for proper restore data
 builds and submits a batch job
 batch job prompts operator for correct tapes
 restores file(s)
The ISE Document Getting Started with MEDIA
is a good getting started tutorial
Thanks for listening
ISE
XuiS
Contact: Paul Jones
Sales:
pjones@i-s-e.com
mdunn@xuis.com
John Goetz
Tim Farrow
jgoetz@i-s-e.com
tfarrow@xuis.com
Request a FREE demo today!
www.i-s-e.com
(310) 643-7310
Fax:(310) 643-7549
Malcolm Dunn
www.xuis.com
+44 (0)1372 728881
+44 (0)1372 722245