1. SECURING THE FUTURE OF YOUR DATA HP CVTL support in QStar Archive Manager (ASM) Vladas Chiaoudkoulis Senior VP Architecture and Development

2. SECURING THE FUTURE OF YOUR DATA History and Background Experts in Archiving for 27 Years Established 1987, Bethesda, MD, USA Corporate Headquarters Navarre, Florida - USA Milan – Italy Regional Sales Offices in USA, EMEA & APAC Worldwide Sales & Support Partners in 67 Countries on 6 Continents, over 8,500 installations worldwide Founding Member of Active Archive (est. 2010) A Trusted Leading Global Provider of Archiving and Data Management software and solutions

3. SECURING THE FUTURE OF YOUR DATA Archive Manager in a Nutsh ell QStar ASM is targeted for Archive application Presents file system interface exportable to local or NFS/CIFS HTTP/FTP clients Supports tape, disk, cloud back-end storage Uses disk space as a cache It is not a backup – therefore tape media is used for long periods of time – years – and it is usually not rotated. That requires media to support health controls HP CVTL provides possibility to verify media health and prevent data loss Cache TCP/IP NFS CIFS HTTP TCP/IP NFS CIFS HTTP QStar ASM software

4. SECURING THE FUTURE OF YOUR DATA CVTL and QStar ASM QStar ASM FC interface CVTL Management Software REST Interface FLEX UI CVTL support Utility CVTL support Utility ESL G3 library (MSL6480 in 2015) Windows or Linux Server

5. SECURING THE FUTURE OF YOUR DATA Where do I start? 1.Configure CVTL supported library in QStar ASM 2.If it is ESL G3 or MSL 6480 libraries the button will appear 3.The CVTL automatic verification configuration tool allows to tune verification schedules and actions according to user policies. 4.User may schedule when to perform media verification

6. SECURING THE FUTURE OF YOUR DATA How do I check results? 1.Use Storage Library -> Statistics page 2.Media Health is indicated as 100% if it is in HP recommended margins 3.Media Health Button shows graphical presentation of media health parameters 4.Accumulated statistics allows to estimate media health.

7. SECURING THE FUTURE OF YOUR DATA Automatic Verification Verification Scheduler How often media verification needs to be performed Type of verification (quick, moderate, full) E-mail notification is sent about marginal and failed media Remedial Action Scheduler Allows automatic media copy for marginal and failed media Subject to resource limitations (not enough drives, media, etc) Automatic Logs cvtl_jb_log.txt file is created in C:\QStar\log or /opt/QStar/log (UNIX) directory to trace all CVTL related automatic operations.

8. SECURING THE FUTURE OF YOUR DATA On-Demand Operations Windows GUI From statistics page using right click on media verification can be initiated. Windows or Linux CLI cvtlcmd - provides following functionality: - select drive and media to verify - select verification mode - check verification results (per cartridge, per system)