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Features/Functionality
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HP StorageWorks Command View for Tape Libraries Software | ||
| Extended Tape Library Architecture (ETLA) Family | ||
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HP StorageWorks Command View for Tape Libraries (TL) Software is an important building block in HP's Extended Tape Library Architecture (ETLA), which provides the foundation for improved backup reliability and simplified management of your HP enterprise tape libraries, while making them a more resilient, secure, and adaptable part of your SAN. HP Command View TL lets you manage multiple HP EML and ESL E-Series tape libraries and HP Virtual Library Systems from a single easy-to-use application. Its intuitive graphical interface makes even the most complex library management tasks easy to understand. Contrast this with other enterprise tape libraries that use a collection of unconnected utilities to monitor and manage the system. With Command View TL, you can manage your tape libraries - check drive status, receive trouble alerts, diagnose problems, and much more - through a simple browser interface from anywhere in the world. Set up and configure your tape library in the SAN in less than two hours
with Command View TL's configuration wizards and graphical interface.
Command View TL makes configuring and upgrading your library easy:
Day-to-day management tasks are also easier with Command View TL. Log
in locally or remotely to:
Command View TL and the library Interface Manager make your HP E-Series
tape library self-aware and network-aware. These self-managing libraries
improve backup job reliability, cut down on your administrative overhead
and provide you data protection that is secure, adaptable, and resilient.
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| HP StorageWorks Command View
for Tape Libraries Software (Command View TL) |
Permanent License for Command View for Tape
Libraries Software for ESL NOTE: Permanent license to use for base software platform. Order 1 per library. Used for the ESL E-Series |
343374-B21
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| Permanent License for Command View for Tape
Libraries Software for EML E-Series NOTE: Permanent license to use for base software platform. Order 1 per EML E-Series library. |
T3663A
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| HP StorageWorks Secure Manager
for Tape Libraries (Secure Manager TL) |
Permanent License for Secure Manager for
Tape Libraries Software for ESL NOTE: Requires permanent license to use for base software platform (HP Command View TL for ESL). Order 1 per ESL E-Series library. |
343376-B21
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| Permanent License for Secure Manager for
Tape Libraries Software for EML NOTE: Requires permanent license to use for base software platform (HP Command View TL for EML). Order 1 per EML E-Series library. |
T3664A
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| What's New |
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Major new release of Command View TL 2.5 software for the both the ESL
E-Series and EML E-Series (not supported on the ESL 9000) that includes
the following enhancements:
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| Key Features |
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| Customer Benefits |
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| Extended Tape Library Architecture (ETLA) |
The HP StorageWorks Extended Tape Library Architecture (ETLA) is designed
to save you time and money by improving backup reliability and simplifying
the setup, configuration, management, and troubleshooting of your enterprise
tape libraries. HP builds intelligence and manageability into every HP
E-Series tape library through the Interface Manager, a processor that
serves as the control center for ETLA. The Interface Manager hosts library
services that make the library self-aware and network-aware, able to monitor
the whole environment and alert you to problems in the library or on the
SAN before they threaten the security of your data. Interface controllers
provide an extra layer of intelligence between the library and the SAN
to handle access conflicts and shield the library from unrelated SAN events.
ETLA isolates the tape library from the SAN infrastructure, so when you
make a change to your SAN infrastructure, such as adding a new switch
or HBA, no changes are required on the tape library. The bottom line is that ETLA increases the reliability and manageability of your tape libraries. As a key component of HP's Adaptive Infrastructure strategy, ETLA ensures that your HP E-Series tape library can easily scale up as needed and adapt smoothly to changes in your SAN environment. |
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| TapeAssure |
HP StorageWorks TapeAssure makes managing, optimizing and archiving on the HP EML and ESL E-Series libraries faster and easier. TapeAssure provides comprehensive summaries and detailed information about the status, performance, utilization, and health of all tape drives and media for every HP enterprise library in the SAN. This data can be exported on demand or at scheduled times to a comma-separated-value (CSV) file for analysis with spreadsheet programs or custom scripts. TapeAssure utilization and performance reporting features allow you to
optimize your existing HP Enterprise libraries and enables you to make
intelligent purchasing decisions with utilization and performance data
for all your drives and media:
TapeAssure health reports and alerts give you peace of mind knowing the condition of the drives and the reliability of the data on each tape. TapeAssure monitors every backup to ensure the highest standards of reliability, sends alerts when these standards are not met, and ensures that the drives and media used in an archive environment always have the highest integrity. TapeAssure creates a database history of drive and media information that you can export into a .CSV format and import into Excel or other tools to create pivot-charts, pie charts and bar charts for any business presentation. This data can be automatically exported on a schedule or on demand. And you can write data to a local or network drive where analysis scripts can run. TapeAssure real time alerts notify customers instantly when drive and
media standards are not being achieved:
NOTE: TapeAssure features require that certain minimum library and server requirements be met. EML and ESL E-Series tape libraries shipped before November 2007 may require a RAM upgrade in order to be TapeAssure capable. Also, the Command View TL (Windows) management station requires a minimum 1.6-GHz CPU and 1-GB or RAM. Additional details are provided in the Command View TL CD kit, the Command View TL Version 2.5 User Guide, and directly on the TapeAssure Overview screen in the Command View TL software. |
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| Command View TL Functions |
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| Software Licensing |
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| Distribution Media |
Available via CD-ROM and online from: http://www.hp.com/support/cvesl |
| Documentation |
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Software and Hardware Supported
| Supported Software | |
| Operating systems supported |
Management station:
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| Client browsers supported |
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| Hardware Prerequisites |
Management station (provided separately by user)
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| Supported Tape Libraries | ||
| Command View for Tape Libraries supports single-frame EML and ESL E-Series tape libraries and multiple-frame ESL tape libraries connected via the Cross Link Kit. | ||
| Supported Hardware | Model Description | |
| HP StorageWorks EML E-Series Tape Libraries | EML 103e Tape Library | |
| EML 245e Tape Library | ||
| Other EML E-Series configurations | ||
| HP StorageWorks ESL E-Series Tape Libraries | ESL712e Tape Library | |
| ESL322e Tape Library | ||
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Service and Support, HP Care Pack and Warranty Information
| Warranty |
HP Care Pack Services offer upgraded service levels to extend and expand your standard product warranty with easy to buy, easy to use support packages that help you make the most of your hardware and software investments. They let you choose the support levels that meet your business requirements, from basic to mission-critical. They help you contain total cost of ownership. HP Care Pack warranty extensions can be purchased along with HP products to cost-effectively upgrade or extend your warranty. For many products, post-warranty HP Care Pack Services are available when your original warranty has expired. Why purchase an HP Care Pack service? Your standard warranty protects against product defects. HP Care Pack Services help you guard against unplanned downtime, which can reduce your productivity and profitability. These convenient service packages:
HP Care Pack availability may vary by country and product. Supporting your Adaptive Enterprise journey HP Services helps you make the Adaptive Enterprise real for your organization. The breadth, depth, and quality of HP hardware and software support services can help you improve the performance of your IT support processes and resolve the complex software and hardware problems that tax user productivity. HP Care Pack services help you increase IT environment stability, efficiency, and agility from the desktop to the data center, and improve the productivity of your employees. |
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| Warranty and Services Included with the Product | HP warrants only that the Software media will be free of physical defects for a period of ninety (90) days from delivery. | |
| For more information about HP's Global Limited Warranty and Technical Support, visit ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/products/storageworks/warranty/EN_321708-008.pdf | ||
| Recommended Services |
Software Installation and Start Up Service
Three years of HP Software Support 24 x 7
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| Available HP Care Pack Services | Extend your product warranty
with a wide choice of cost-saving support packages.
HP Care Pack Services are sold by HP and HP authorized enterprise and commercial resellers. Services for customers purchasing via direct and enterprise resellers are quoted using HP order configuration tools. Additional information about HP Care Pack Service features and benefits is available at http://www.hp.com/hps/carepack/services/.
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| Warranty Upgrade Services | Order Number Description |
Band for
ESL E-Series library |
Band for EML E-Series
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| Installation of Command View for Tape Libraries Software for ESL or EML into a SAN (per library) |
HA113A1#5J5
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HA113A1#5J5
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| Installation of Secure Manager for Tape Libraries Software for ESL or EML E-Series into a SAN (per library) |
HA113A1#5J5
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HA113A1#5J5
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| Tape Library Installation and Startup (SAN Implementation Service) |
HA114A1#5DQ
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HA114A1#5KF
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| SW, 1-year, Phone-in, 9x5 |
HA106A1#8FC
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HA106A1#8XL
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| SW, 3-year, Phone-in, 9x5 |
HA106A3#8FC
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HA106A3#8XL
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| SW, 1-year, Phone-in, 24x7 |
HA107A1#8FC
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HA107A1#8XL
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| SW, 3-year, Phone-in, 24x7 |
HA107A3#8FC
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HA107A3#8XL
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| Support Plus, 3-year |
HA109A3#8FC
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HA109A3#8XL
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| Support Plus 24x7, 3-year |
HA110A3#8FC
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HA110A3#8XL
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| Additional Services & Warranty Information | Due to the complexities involved
with the initial installation of an enterprise Library into a SAN environment,
Hewlett-Packard recommends that customers take advantage of the SAN Implementation
Service (HA114A1). This service covers pre-installation preparation activities,
installation and configuration of the library and interface controllers,
configuration of hosts and switches, verification testing and customer orientation.
For more information on HP storage services please visit http://www.hp.com/hps/storage/ |
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Configuration Information
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HP StorageWorks Extended Tape Library Architecture tightly integrates modular hardware and software components for maximum flexibility. Command View for Tape Libraries is required for all EML and ESL E-Series Tape Libraries. HP StorageWorks Secure Manager for Tape Libraries Software is recommended to increase the security of backup data and increase backup reliability. |
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| Step 1: Choose your tape library and hardware options | |
| Model Description | |
| HP StorageWorks ESL E-Series |
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| HP StorageWorks EML E-Series |
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| NOTE: Command View TL and Secure Manager TL support any configuration of the EML E-Series and ESL E-Series, including multi-frame ESL configurations. | |
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| Step 2: Add Command View for Tape Libraries (required) | ||
| Model Description |
Product
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| For ESL E-Series libraries | Command View for Tape Libraries
Software for ESL NOTE: Permanent license to use. Order 1 per library. |
343374-B21
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| For EML E-Series libraries | Command View for Tape Libraries
Software for EML NOTE: Permanent license to use. Order 1 per library. |
T3663A
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| Step 3: Add Secure Manager for Tape Libraries (optional) | ||
| Model Description |
Product
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| For ESL E-Series libraries | Permanent License for Secure
Manager Tape Library Software for ESL NOTE: Permanent license to use for base software platform. Order 1 per library. |
343376-B21
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| For EML E-Series libraries | Permanent License for Secure
Manager Tape Library Software for EML NOTE: Permanent license to use for base software platform. Order 1 per library. |
T3664A
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