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Agent Quick Facts

This appendix provides reference information about Sun StorageTek Backup Manager (SBM) agents. The following information is provided:


Agent Listening Ports

TABLE A-1 lists the SBM agent listing ports.


TABLE A-1 Agent Listening Ports

Agent Name

Agent Port

Sun NetBackup Agent

17133

Sun Routing Agent

17146

Sun Data Aggregator

17147

Sun Legato Agent

17149

Sun STK Library Agent

17155

Sun TSM Agent

17156

Sun ACSLS Library Agent

17157



Backup Agent Features

TABLE A-2 lists the features supported by backup agents.


TABLE A-2 Backup Agent Features

Backup Agent Software

Jobs / Events

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM)

Yes

EMC NetWorker (formerly Legato NetWorker)

Yes

Veritas NetBackup by Symantec

Yes



Tape Library Agent Features

TABLE A-3 lists the features supported by tape library agents.


TABLE A-3 Tape Library Agent Features

Device Model

Configuration

Drive Info

Drive Allocation

Statistics

Sun StorageTek (SNMP)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Sun StorageTek (ACSLS)

See TABLE A-4 and TABLE A-5

No

Yes

No



Tape Library Agent Support

There are two different agents you can use with Sun StorageTek tape libraries: SNMP agent and ACSLS agent. The SNMP agent collects information using the L-series tape library MIB; the ACSLS agent collects information using the ACSLS API.



Note - Sun recommends using the SNMP agent for tape libraries that support SNMP.


TABLE A-4 lists the tape library agent support for each supported library class.


TABLE A-4 Tape Library Agent Support

Library Class

SNMP Agent

ACSLS Agent

9310, L5500, SL500, SL8500 (with ACSLS)

No

Yes

L20, L40, L80, L180, L700, L1400 (with ACSLS)

Yes

Yes

L20, L40, L80, L180, L700, L1400 (standalone)

Yes

No



Tape Library Agent Details

Use TABLE A-5 to compare the different level of configuration details provided by tape library agents using SNMP versus those using ACSLS.


TABLE A-5 Tape Library Agent Details

Parameter

SNMP Agent

ACSLS Agent

Library Vendor

Yes

Yes

Library Model

Yes

Yes

Library Serial Number

Yes

No

Library Alias

Yes

No

Library Firmware Version

Yes

No

Library Interface Address

Yes

No

Number of Library Slots

Yes

Yes

Number of Drives

Yes

Yes

Drive Vendor

Yes

Yes

Drive Model

Yes

Yes

Drive Interface

Yes

No

Drive Firmware Version

Yes

No

Drive Hardware Address

Yes

No

Drive Serial Number

Yes

No

Drive WWPN

Yes

No

Library and Drive Status

Yes

Yes

Library Slot Utilization

Yes

Yes

Library statistics (Resets, Door Open, Gets, Puts, etc.)

Yes

No