1 What is StorageTek VSM console?

Oracle's StorageTek Virtual Storage Manager console is a hardware and software appliance made available as an additional feature for the VSM 6 or VSM 7 solution.

The VSM console consists of dual SOLARIS servers on a T5-2 platform (one primary server and one secondary server for redundancy). These servers are installed into an existing Oracle Sun Rack II Model 1242, and are connected to a VSM installed in the same rack. These servers may be installed within a single VSM rack or on two separate VSM servers.

Note:

  • This document includes information specifically related to the VSM console. As VSM console is a supported feature of VSM 6 or VSM 7 and is not available with earlier VSM releases, refer to the appropriate VSM Planning Guide for additional information.

  • The VSM console appliance is installed by Oracle field services.

Figure 1-1 illustrates the main components of a VSM console server. These components are described in the sections that follow.

Figure 1-1 VSM console Servers

Surrounding text describes Figure 1-1 .

Pre-installed Software

The following Oracle StorageTek software is pre-installed on the VSM console server:

  • StorageTek Virtual Tape Control Software (VTCS) Release 7.3 (customized to operate in the Solaris operating environment)

    This software enables management of virtual tape volumes (VTVs). It services virtual tape volume requests from clients connected to the VSM console. The VSM console uses existing VTCS interfaces to provide an easy migration path for existing MVS customers. This version of VTCS running on the VSM console is known as oVTCS.

  • StorageTek Automated Cartridge System Library Software (ACSLS) Release 8.4 with XAPI server support enabled

    This software services real tape volume requests from clients connected to the VSM console.

  • StorageTek VSM GUI Release 1.1 (customized to operate in the Solaris operating environment)

    This software provides a graphical user interface management console for oVTCS on the VSM console.

Managing Logical Domains (LDOMs)

The VSM console platform is designed to run multiple Oracle StorageTek software applications. To accomplish this, you must deploy multiple SPARC Logical Domains (LDOMs) on the VSM console server. Each instance of an Oracle StorageTek software application requires its own LDOM. Each LDOM utilizes its own dedicated SOLARIS operating system and virtual CPUs, memory, disks, and network interfaces.

VSM console provides a control domain known as the Hypervisor, which maps LDOM resources to the physical hardware. Additionally, VSM console provides a menu-driven terminal user interface application (TUI) that enables you to configure and manage the Hypervisor as well as each individual LDOM.