ETI-NET BackBox version 3.10 New Features

 

 

      Product re-packaging.

The BackBox product (virtual tapes) and the new BackLib product (library management) are merged in the BackPak tape management infrastructure.

BackBox and BackLib share the same BackPak software distribution package; the different personalities are enabled by the license key.

BackLib is documented in separate User manual and Installation Guide.

“BackBox domain” is renamed to “BackPak domain”, as a single domain can manage both BackBox and BackLib tape drives.

 

 

      New Disaster/Recovery option.

This option replicates the BackPak and the DSM/TC tape catalog to another NonStop system for use in a D/R takeover scenario. Replication is incremental during backup operations, each time a written volume is unloaded. The catalogs of the two NonStop systems can be resynchronized after particular events. DSM/TC replication includes data adjustments for changing the NonStop node name, catalog name and pool name in all DSMTC entities (TAPEVOLUME, TAPEFILE and DISKFILE). The tape media type and the disk file node can also be adjusted for particular requirements . DR option is documented in a separate manual.

 

      New Data store Detach function.

This option removes all the tape volumes of a data store from a BackPak domain, without any impact on the storage, on DSM/TC and TMF catalogs.  Used as complement to the D/R option that replicates catalog at data store level, this option allows the user to move the management of a set of tape volumes (all volumes of a data store) from a BackPak domain to another.

 

      New support of Windows 2008 32 bits and 64 bits server

The VT Controllers can be implemented on the latest versions of the MS-Windows operating system.

 

      New packaging of the User Interface.

The new presentation of the GUI in a regular Windows application simplifies its installation on various Windows platforms, including the operator workstations.

 

      New VTC buffering

The new write buffering in VTC Windows servers improves the stability and performance of VTCs operating under heavy workload and multiple concurrent devices.

 

     Increased maximum number of ports in a VTC

The maximum number of FC physical ports supported in a VTC is increased from 8 to 16 ports, allowing 'Extreme configurations'.

  

     Small improvements in Windows scripts

New parameters to scripts configured for Windows disk data stores, making easier the restore on a VTC machine different from the original one that backed up the Windows file.

 

      Small improvements in the statistics reports

Improvement to the record selection for the ENFORM statistics reports produced by OBB018 OBB019 obey files.

  

See details in the preface of the BackBox 3.10 User Manual, 'Summary of changes' section.

 

 

                                               

Please contact ETI-NET for software and license keys:

Email: support@etinet.com

URL: www.etinet.com

Phone: 514-395-1200 x336