Glossary

Agents

Agents collect and cache event, configuration, consumption, and performance information from the hardware devices in your storage environment. There are two types of agents: tape library agents and backup agents.

Aggregator Agent

The aggregator agent executes data collection tasks.

Backup Agents

Backup agents collect configuration, transaction (job success or failure), and media information (tape IDs and tape type) for each backup job in the Sun StorageTek Backup Manager environment. SBM supports three backup agents: Veritas NetBackup by Symantec, EMC NetWorker (formerly Legato NetWorker), Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM).

Backup Cycle

The backup cycle is a window of time composed of a start time and end time. SBM uses the backup time you specify as the default time frame for starting backup reports. By default the cycle starts at 12:00 a.m.

Backup Master Server

The backup server where the backup application is installed.

EMC NetWorker

The backup application (formerly Legato NetWorker) that runs on the NetWorker backup master server.

Legato Agent

The Legato agent is installed on the SBM server and collects data from the NetWorker backup master server.

Routing Agent

The routing agent keeps track of the agents in the backup environment.

Sun StorageTek (STK) Library Agent

The Sun STK agent collects data from any tape library that has an embedded SNMP agent which supports the L-Series Tape Library MIB version 2.0.

Sun ACSLS Library Agent

The ACSLS agent collects data from an ACSLS tape library through the ACSLS API.

Tape Library Agents

Tape library agents collect configuration, status, and activity information for each tape library in the Sun StorageTek Backup Manager environment. SBM supports two tape library agents: Sun StorageTek (STK) Library Agent and Sun ACSLS Library Agent.

Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) Agent

The TSM agent is installed and runs on a Windows server with a network connection to each of the TSM servers it collects data from. It connects to a list of TSM servers through the TSM ODBC client and a list of ODBC data sources configured on the Windows server the agent is installed on.

Veritas NetBackup Agent

The NetBackup agent is installed on the SBM server and collects data from the NetBackup master server.