CONTENTS

  Title Page

  Copyright Page

  Preface

  New and Changed Features

  1      Introduction to the VAX Storage Library System

  1.1     VAX SLS Software Product Description
    1.1.1      VAX SLS Software Features
      1.1.1.1      Who uses VAX SLS software
      1.1.1.2      Backup management
      1.1.1.3      Archive management
      1.1.1.4      Volume management
      1.1.1.5      Media management
      1.1.1.6      Restore management
      1.1.1.7      Authorization management
    1.1.2      The VAX SLS Server and Client Processes
      1.1.2.1      Purposes of the VAX SLS server and client processes
      1.1.2.2      Basic block diagram of VAX SLS server and client processes

  1.2     Storage Administration
    1.2.1      Concepts and Principles of Storage Administration
      1.2.1.1      Classes of data storage that affect availability
      1.2.1.2      Definition:  On-line storage
      1.2.1.3      Definition:  Near-line storage
      1.2.1.4      Definition:  Off-line storage
      1.2.1.5      Why you save data
      1.2.1.6      Backup copy of data
      1.2.1.7      Archive copy of data

  1.3     Responsibilities for the Storage Administrator, Operator, and User
    1.3.1      The Storage Administrator's Responsibilities
      1.3.1.1      Defining backup and archiving policy
      1.3.1.2      Installing VAX SLS software
      1.3.1.3      Configuring VAX SLS software
      1.3.1.4      Policy implementation
      1.3.1.5      Policy administration
    1.3.2      The Operator's Responsibilities
    1.3.3      The User's Responsibilities

  1.4     Storage Management with VAX SLS Software
    1.4.1      The Storage Administrator's Tasks
    1.4.2      The Operator's Tasks
    1.4.3      The User's Tasks

  2      VAX SLS Interfaces

  2.1     Types of Interfaces
    2.1.1      VAX SLS User Menu:  Overview
      2.1.1.1      Purpose
      2.1.1.2      User interface
      2.1.1.3      How to access the VAX SLS USER Menu
      2.1.1.4      BACKUP options
      2.1.1.5      COMMAND options
      2.1.1.6      REPORT options
    2.1.2      VAX SLS STORAGE Command Interfaces
    2.1.3      DCL STORAGE Command
      2.1.3.1      Description
      2.1.3.2      Wildcard specifications
      2.1.3.3      Command interruptions
    2.1.4      On-line Help
    2.1.5      Keyboard Interface

  3      Before You Begin

  3.1     Preparation Overview
    3.1.1      File and Save Set Organization
    3.1.2      Media Requirements
      3.1.2.1      Initializing volumes
    3.1.3      Volume Management
      3.1.3.1      Volume pools
      3.1.3.2      Retaining freed volumes
      3.1.3.3      Volume protection and access
      3.1.3.4      Foreign volumes

  4      VAX SLS Operations for Storage Tasks

  4.1     Identifying Storage Tasks

  4.2     Task Breakdown
    4.2.1      Choosing Volumes
      4.2.1.1      Allocate operation
      4.2.1.2      Deallocate operation
    4.2.2      Arranging Volumes and Volume Sets
      4.2.2.1      Append operation
      4.2.2.2      Split operation
    4.2.3      Displaying Information
      4.2.3.1      Show last allocated operation
      4.2.3.2      Show next volume operation
      4.2.3.3      Show volume operation
    4.2.4      Modifying Volume Attributes
      4.2.4.1      Set volume operation
    4.2.5      Generating Labels
      4.2.5.1      Label operation
    4.2.6      Requesting Reports
      4.2.6.1      Report file operation
      4.2.6.2      Report system operation
    4.2.7      Choosing Drives
      4.2.7.1      Select operation
    4.2.8      Managing Drives and Volumes
      4.2.8.1      Load operation
      4.2.8.2      Unload drive operation
      4.2.8.3      Unload volume operation
    4.2.9      Performing Backup Operations
      4.2.9.1      Save operation
      4.2.9.2      Standby archiving
      4.2.9.3      How standby archiving works
      4.2.9.4      Archive classes
      4.2.9.5      Performing save operations using standby archiving
      4.2.9.6      Restore operation
    4.2.10     VAX SLS Example Operations

  5      VAX SLS Volume Management

  5.1     Volume Management Tasks
    5.1.1      Choosing Volumes
    5.1.2      DCL Command:  STORAGE ALLOCATE
      5.1.2.1      Description
      5.1.2.2      Format
      5.1.2.3      Parameter
      5.1.2.4      Qualifiers
      5.1.2.5      Examples:  ALLOCATE
    5.1.3      VAX SLS User Menu:  Deallocate Volume
      5.1.3.1      Description
      5.1.3.2      Deallocate Volume screen diagram
      5.1.3.3      Procedure
    5.1.4      DCL Command:  STORAGE DEALLOCATE
      5.1.4.1      Description
      5.1.4.2      Format
      5.1.4.3      Rules
      5.1.4.4      Parameter
      5.1.4.5      Qualifiers
      5.1.4.6      Examples:  DEALLOCATE
    5.1.5      Creating Volume Sets
    5.1.6      DCL Command:  STORAGE APPEND
      5.1.6.1      Description
      5.1.6.2      Format
      5.1.6.3      Format guidelines
      5.1.6.4      Parameter
      5.1.6.5      Qualifiers
      5.1.6.6      Examples:  APPEND
    5.1.7      DCL Command:  STORAGE SPLIT
      5.1.7.1      Description
      5.1.7.2      Format
      5.1.7.3      Rules
      5.1.7.4      Parameter
      5.1.7.5      Qualifier
      5.1.7.6      Examples:  SPLIT
    5.1.8      Displaying Volume Information
    5.1.9      VAX SLS User Menu:  Show Volume
      5.1.9.1      Description
      5.1.9.2      Show Volume screen diagram
      5.1.9.3      Procedure
    5.1.10     DCL Command:  STORAGE SHOW LAST_ALLOCATED
      5.1.10.1     Description
      5.1.10.2     Format
      5.1.10.3     Parameters
      5.1.10.4     Qualifiers
      5.1.10.5     Example:  SHOW LAST_ALLOCATED
    5.1.11     DCL Command:  STORAGE SHOW NEXT_VOLUME
      5.1.11.1     Description
      5.1.11.2     Format
      5.1.11.3     Parameter
      5.1.11.4     Qualifiers
      5.1.11.5     Example:  SHOW NEXT_VOLUME
    5.1.12     DCL Command:  STORAGE SHOW VOLUME
      5.1.12.1     Description
      5.1.12.2     Format
      5.1.12.3     Parameter
      5.1.12.4     Qualifiers
      5.1.12.5     Examples:  SHOW VOLUME
    5.1.13     Modifying Volume Attributes
    5.1.14     VAX SLS User Menu:  Modify Volume Note
      5.1.14.1     Description
      5.1.14.2     Modify Volume Note screen diagram
      5.1.14.3     Procedure
    5.1.15     VAX SLS User Menu:  Modify Scratch Date
      5.1.15.1     Description
      5.1.15.2     Modify Scratch Date screen diagram
      5.1.15.3     Procedure
    5.1.16     DCL Command:  STORAGE SET VOLUME
      5.1.16.1     Description
      5.1.16.2     Format
      5.1.16.3     Parameters
      5.1.16.4     Qualifiers
      5.1.16.5     Examples:  SET VOLUME
    5.1.17     Generating Labels
    5.1.18     DCL Command:  STORAGE LABEL
      5.1.18.1     Description
      5.1.18.2     Format
      5.1.18.3     Parameter
      5.1.18.4     Qualifier
      5.1.18.5     Example:  LABEL
    5.1.19     Requesting Reports
    5.1.20     VAX SLS User Menu:  Report All Owned Volumes
      5.1.20.1     Description
      5.1.20.2     Report All Owned Volumes screen diagram
      5.1.20.3     Procedure
    5.1.21     VAX SLS User Menu:  Report Volumes by Scratch Date
      5.1.21.1     Description
      5.1.21.2     Report Volumes by Scratch Date screen diagram
      5.1.21.3     Procedure
    5.1.22     DCL Command:  STORAGE REPORT FILE
      5.1.22.1     Description
      5.1.22.2     Format
      5.1.22.3     Rules
      5.1.22.4     Parameter
      5.1.22.5     Qualifiers
      5.1.22.6     Examples:  REPORT FILE
    5.1.23     VAX SLS User Menu:  Report of Files on User Backups
      5.1.23.1     Description
      5.1.23.2     User interface
      5.1.23.3     Report of Files on User Backups screen diagram
      5.1.23.4     Procedure
    5.1.24     VAX SLS User Menu:  Report of Files on System Backups
      5.1.24.1     Description
      5.1.24.2     User interface
      5.1.24.3     Report of Files on System Backups screen diagram
      5.1.24.4     Procedure
    5.1.25     DCL Command:  STORAGE REPORT SYSTEM
      5.1.25.1     Description
      5.1.25.2     Format
      5.1.25.3     Parameter
      5.1.25.4     Qualifiers
      5.1.25.5     Example:  REPORT SYSTEM

  6      VAX SLS Drive Management

  6.1     VAX SLS Command Summary
    6.1.1      DCL Command:  STORAGE SELECT
      6.1.1.1      Description
      6.1.1.2      Format
      6.1.1.3      Parameters
      6.1.1.4      Qualifiers
      6.1.1.5      Examples:  SELECT
    6.1.2      Managing Drives and Volumes
    6.1.3      DCL Command:  STORAGE LOAD
      6.1.3.1      Description
      6.1.3.2      Format
      6.1.3.3      Rules
      6.1.3.4      Parameters
      6.1.3.5      Qualifiers
      6.1.3.6      Examples:  LOAD
    6.1.4      DCL Command:  STORAGE UNLOAD VOLUME
      6.1.4.1      Description
      6.1.4.2      Format
      6.1.4.3      Rules
      6.1.4.4      Qualifiers
      6.1.4.5      Example:  UNLOAD VOLUME
    6.1.5      DCL Command:  STORAGE UNLOAD DRIVE
      6.1.5.1      Description
      6.1.5.2      Format
      6.1.5.3      Rules
      6.1.5.4      Parameter
      6.1.5.5      Qualifiers
      6.1.5.6      Example:  UNLOAD DRIVE

  7      VAX SLS Save and Restore Operations

  7.1     Save and Restore Management Tasks
    7.1.1      Performing Save Operations
      7.1.1.1      Methods for saving data
    7.1.2      VAX SLS User Menu:  Save Screen
      7.1.2.1      Description
      7.1.2.2      User Interface
      7.1.2.3      Procedure
      7.1.2.4      Options for backup
    7.1.3      DCL Command:  STORAGE SAVE/SCREEN
      7.1.3.1      Description
      7.1.3.2      Format
      7.1.3.3      Parameters
      7.1.3.4      Qualifiers
      7.1.3.5      Example:  SAVE/SCREEN
    7.1.4      DCL Command:  STORAGE SAVE
      7.1.4.1      Description
      7.1.4.2      Format
      7.1.4.3      Parameters
      7.1.4.4      Qualifiers
      7.1.4.5      Examples:  SAVE
    7.1.5      VAX SLS User Menu:  Restore Screen
      7.1.5.1      Description
      7.1.5.2      User interface
      7.1.5.3      Restore Screen screen diagram
      7.1.5.4      Procedure
    7.1.6      DCL Command:  STORAGE RESTORE/SCREEN
      7.1.6.1      Description
      7.1.6.2      Format
      7.1.6.3      Parameters
      7.1.6.4      Qualifiers
      7.1.6.5      Example:  RESTORE/SCREEN
    7.1.7      DCL Command:  STORAGE RESTORE
      7.1.7.1      Description
      7.1.7.2      Format
      7.1.7.3      Parameters
      7.1.7.4      Qualifiers
      7.1.7.5      Examples:  RESTORE

  A   System Messages

  A.1     About This Appendix

  A.2     Message Format

  A.3     Success Messages

  A.4     Informational Messages

  A.5     Warning Messages

  A.6     Error Messages

  A.7     Fatal Messages

  Glossary

  G.1     About This Glossary

  FIGURES

  1-1        VAX SLS Server and Client Processes

  2-1        User Menu Screen

  2-2        DCL Storage Command Screen

  5-1        Deallocate Volume screen

  5-2        Show Volume screen

  5-3        Modify Volume Note screen

  5-4        Modify Scratch Date screen

  5-5        Report All Owned Volumes screen

  5-6        Report Volumes by Scratch Date screen

  5-7        Report of Files on User Backups screen

  5-8        Report of Files on System Backups screen

  7-1        User Save Screen

  7-2        Restore Screen screen

  TABLES

  4-1        Storage Tasks and VAX SLS Operations

  5-1        Volume Management Tasks

  5-2        Deallocate Volume

  5-3        Show Volume Procedure

  5-4        Modify Volume Note

  5-5        Modify Scratch Date

  5-6        Report All Owned Volumes

  5-7        Report Volumes by Scratch Date

  5-8        Report of Files on User Backups

  5-9        Report of Files on System Backups

  6-1        Drive Management Tasks

  7-1        Save Screen User Interface

  7-2        Save Screen Procedure

  7-3        Restore Screen Procedure

  A-1        Location of Message Descriptions