MEDIA
Operations Guide

Contents

Preface
Preface	Preface
Part 1
Part 1	Introductory Concepts
Chapter 1
1	Introduction
1.1	Media Librarian
1.2	Restore system
1.3	Backup management
1.4	Backup Modes
1.5	Report Writer
1.6	FORMAT Program
Part 2
Part 2	Managing MEDIA
Chapter 2
2	Operator procedures
2.1	About MEDIA
2.1.1	Programs
2.1.2	Pools
2.1.3	Access control
2.1.4	Job queues
2.1.5	Load requests
2.1.6	Volume sets
2.1.7	Using templates
2.1.7.1	Scratch templates
2.1.7.2	Other templates
2.2	Operator functions
2.2.1	Defining operator terminals
2.2.2	Queue ops
2.2.2.1	Examining the queue
2.2.2.2	Starting and stopping the queue
2.2.3	Listing needed media
2.2.4	Operator responses
2.3	MEDIA pool management
2.3.1	Viewing the pools in MCL
2.3.2	Viewing the pools in DCL
2.3.3	Adding media
2.3.4	Deleting media
2.3.5	The DIRECTORY command
2.3.5.1	Displaying header information
2.3.5.2	Listing media contents
2.3.6	Automatically re-using media
2.3.7	Automatically expiring media
2.3.8	Empty available pool
2.4	Common job sequences
2.4.1	Responding to standard Backup Jobs
2.4.2	Responding to requests for SCRATCH media
2.4.3	Handling BACKUP error messages
2.4.4	Responding to Media Jobs
2.4.5	RDB Backup messages
2.5	Extending volume sets
2.5.1	Extending ANSI volumes
2.5.2	Extending a BACKUP tape
Chapter 3
3	Manager functions
3.1	Useful concepts
3.1.1	TYPE category
3.1.2	Volume sets
3.1.3	The Media server
3.1.4	System configurations
3.1.4.1	Networked systems
3.1.4.2	OpenVMS clusters
3.1.5	The data files
3.1.5.1	MEDIA data files
3.1.5.2	BCKMGR data files
3.1.5.3	VAULT data files
3.1.6	The executable files
3.1.6.1	MEDIA executable files
3.1.6.2	BCKMGR executable files
3.1.6.3	VAULT executable files
3.1.6.4	REPORT executable files
3.1.7	Queues
3.2	Considerations before installing MEDIA
3.2.1	Library organization
3.2.2	Levels of access
3.2.3	Granting access using VMS AUTHORIZE
3.2.4	Priority
3.3	MEDIA set up
3.3.1	Configuration fundamentals
3.3.1.1	Queues, Types and Devices
3.3.1.2	Initial configuration
3.3.1.3	Device recognition
3.3.2	Parameter settings
3.3.2.1	Parameter files
3.3.2.2	Media parameters
3.3.2.2.1	Allocation controls
3.3.2.2.2	Device definitions
3.3.2.2.3	Queue controls
3.3.2.2.4	User action controls
3.3.2.2.5	Database controls
3.3.2.2.6	Operator communication controls
3.3.2.3	BCKMGR params
3.3.2.3.1	Database location control
3.3.2.4	Vault parameters
3.3.3	Changing the parameter file
3.3.3.1	Qualifiers for the MEDIAS SET command
3.3.3.2	Setting system-wide configuration choices
3.3.3.3	Setting defaults
3.3.3.4	Restarting the MEDIA server
3.3.4	Setting up the MEDIA database
3.3.4.1	Adding media to the available pool
3.3.4.2	Adding media to the allocated pool
3.3.4.3	Incorporating existing information
3.4	Other features
3.4.1	Device control
3.4.2	Shadow medium
3.4.3	Attached volumes
3.4.4	Directory update procedures
3.4.4.1	Tape update procedures
3.4.4.2	Disk update procedures
3.4.5	Sharable disk volumes
3.5	Managing VAULT
3.5.1	Components of a backup
3.5.2	Typical restore sequence
3.5.2.1	Locate the file
3.5.2.2	Restore the file
3.5.2.3	File attributes
3.5.3	Vault database management
3.5.4	Adding to the VAULT database
3.5.5	File placement
3.5.6	Performance and Disk space usage
3.6	Multi-CPU support
3.6.1	File positioning
3.6.2	DECnet systems
3.6.3	HSC Controlled Devices
3.6.4	Clustered systems
3.6.5	Distributed data files