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StorageTek ACSLS

After you install and configure the Enterprise Option for StorageTek ACSLS on the CA ARCserve Backup server, you can use CA ARCserve Backup to perform the following functions:

• Manage backup and restore operations
• Update the configuration of the virtual library on the CA ARCserve Backup server with device or tape volume changes on the StorageTek ACSLS tape library

The Enterprise Option for StorageTek ACSLS lets several CA ARCserve Backup servers share a network-connected StorageTek ACSLS tape library. StorageTek ACSLS functions as a central service provider for StorageTek ACSLS library operations in heterogeneous environments. This configuration lets you manage different application-dedicated libraries using one centralized library or string of libraries.

Note: The term mixed media (or heterogeneous environment) refers to a mixture of tape drives and tape volumes in the StorageTek ACSLS tape library. In configurations where more than one tape drive is connected to a CA ARCserve Backup server, both tape drives must use media of the same type.

Using this option, the CA ARCserve Backup server can assign tape volumes in the StorageTek ACSLS tape library to the logical library on the CA ARCserve Backup server. This virtual library configuration lets you use the features of CA ARCserve Backup to control the remote StorageTek ACSLS tape library as if it were connected locally.

Note: Each CA ARCserve Backup server can manage one logical library configuration for the StorageTek ACSLS tape library. Each CA ARCserve Backup server can physically connect to multiple tape drives of the same type.