You can back up your data to virtual tapes, archive the tapes, and manage your virtual tape library (VTL) devices by using IBM Data Protect with AWS Storage Gateway. (IBM Data Protect was formerly known as Tivoli Storage Manager.)
This topic contains basic information about how to configure the IBM Data Protect backup software for a Tape Gateway. It also includes basic information about performing backup and restore operations with IBM Data Protect. For more information about how to administer IBM Data Protect backup software, refer to the IBM Data Protect documentation.
The IBM Data Protect backup software supports AWS Storage Gateway on the following operating systems.
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Microsoft Windows Server
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Red Hat Linux
For information about IBM Data Protect supported devices for Windows, see IBM Data Protect (formerly Tivoli
Storage Manager) Supported Devices for AIX, HP-UX, Solaris, and Windows
For information about IBM Data Protect supported devices for Linux, see IBM Data Protect (formerly Tivoli
Storage Manager) Supported Devices for Linux
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Setting Up IBM Data Protect
After you connect your VTL devices to your client, you configure the IBM Data Protect software to recognize them. For more information about connecting VTL devices to your client, see Connecting your VTL devices.
To set up IBM Data Protect
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Get a licensed copy of the IBM Data Protect software from IBM.
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Install the IBM Data Protect software on your on-premises environment or in-cloud Amazon EC2 instance. For more information, see IBM's Installing and upgrading
documentation for IBM Data Protect. For more information about configuring IBM Data Protect software, see Configuring AWS Tape Gateway virtual tape libraries for an IBM Data Protect server
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Configuring IBM Data Protect to Work with VTL
Devices
Next, configure IBM Data Protect to work with your VTL devices. You can configure IBM Data Protect to work with VTL devices on Microsoft Windows Server or Red Hat Linux.
Configuring IBM Data Protect for Windows
For complete instructions on how to configure IBM Data Protect on Windows, see
Tape Device Driver-W12 6266 for Windows 2012
To configure IBM Data Protect for Microsoft Windows
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Get the correct driver package for your media changer. For the tape-device driver, IBM Data Protect requires version W12 6266 for Windows 2012. For instructions on how to get the drivers, see Tape Device Driver-W12 6266 for Windows 2012
on the Lenovo website. Note
Make sure that you install the "non-exclusive" set of drivers.
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On your computer, open Computer Management, expand Media Changer devices, and verify that the media changer type is listed as IBM 3584 Tape Library.
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Ensure that the barcode for any tape in the virtual tape library is eight characters or less. If you try to assign your tape a barcode that is longer than eight characters, you get this error message:
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Ensure that all your tape drives and media changer appear in IBM Data Protect. To do so, use the following command:
\Tivoli\TSM\server>tsmdlst.exe
Configure IBM Data Protect for Linux
Following is basic documentation on configuring IBM Data Protect to work with VTL devices on Linux.
To configure IBM Data Protect for Linux
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Go to IBM Fix Central
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For Product Group, choose System Storage.
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For Select from System Storage, choose Tape systems.
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For Tape systems, choose Tape drivers and software.
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For Select from Tape drivers and software, choose Tape device drivers.
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For Platform, choose your operating system and choose Continue.
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Choose the device driver version that you want to download. Then follow the instructions on the Fix Central download page to download and configure IBM Data Protect.
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Ensure that the barcode for any tape in the virtual tape library is eight characters or less. If you try to assign your tape a barcode that is longer than eight characters, you get this error message:
"Tape barcode is too long for media changer".
Writing Data to a Tape in IBM Data
Protect
You write data to a Tape Gateway virtual tape by using the same procedure and backup
policies that you do with physical tapes. Create the necessary configuration for backup
and restore jobs. For more information about configuring IBM Data Protect, see Overview of administration tasks
Note
If your Tape Gateway restarts for any reason during an ongoing backup job, the backup job might fail. If the backup job fails, the tape status in IBM Data Protect changes to ReadOnly. If you know the tape has not been fully utilized, you can manually change the tape status back to ReadWrite, and either resume or resubmit the backup job using the same tape. IBM Data Protect might continue the failed backup job on a different tape if other tapes in ReadWrite status are available.
Restoring Data from a Tape Archived in IBM Data
Protect
Restoring your archived data is a two-step process.
To restore data from an archived tape
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Retrieve the archived tape from archive to a Tape Gateway. For instructions, see Retrieving Archived Tapes.
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Restore the data by using the IBM Data Protect backup software. You do this by creating a recovery point, as you do when restoring data from physical tapes. For more information about configuring IBM Data Protect, see Overview of administration tasks
for IBM Data Protect.
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