Tapeless Backup for iSeries

1. Looking to replace your iSeries tape
drive?
http://laservault.com/
Luis.bello@laservault.com

2. Consider replacing it with
“tapeless” backup!!!!

3. “Tapeless” backup!!!!

4. ∗ The Universal Backup Device™ (UBD)
is an appliance that plugs into the
IBM I through Fibre Channel and
appears as a tape device, not a VTL
(Virtual Tape Library).
Universal Backup Device (UBD)

5. ∗ The setup process consists of plugging in the Fibre Channel (FC)
cable and letting the IBM I auto configure the drive.
∗ The CL commands are optional. They allow you to control create,
load, and delete the tape images from the IBM I, rather than thru
the web browser interface.
UBD

6. ∗ + 409 MB/s through-put utilizing Fibre Channel connectivity
∗ Automatically configures as an iSeries Tape Device
Features and Benefits:

7. ∗ Compatible with native iSeries tape backup commands and
menus
∗ Compatible with BRMS™ and RobotSave™
∗ Utilize DUPTAP to create tapes for offsite disaster recovery
Features and Benefits:

8. ∗ Easy set up of unattended backup of complete system
∗ Compatible with any deduplication appliance, NAS, or SAN
∗ Compression and Encryption
∗ Entry Level backup appliance includes 4TB of backup storage
(20TB w/ compression)
Features and Benefits:

9. UBD vs. Tape
UBD vs. Tape
Device LTO1 LTO2 LTO3 LTO
4
LTO5 UBD
Max. Speed (MB/s) 20 40 80 120 140 409
Compression 2:1 6:1
Encryption NO Yes Yes (AES-
256)

10. What software runs on the UBD?
• It runs Windows 2008 Server R2 (64 bit) with our
UBD Software.
• The UBD software consists of our own tape emulator
software, and a web browser interface for
controlling the emulator.
• The interface lets you create new tape image files,
select existing ones, delete tape images, etc.

11. Can users IPL from this device?
• Yes
• OS/400 sees it as a
tape drive, so you can
IPL from it.

12. Does it support replication to other
UBD devices?
• You can take a tape image file, transfer it to another
UBD, then make it available to an IBM .
• Since the tape image is a windows file, you can copy
it, ftp it, put it on an external hard drive or flash drive,
write it to DVD, etc.

13. Dedupe system?
• You can use UBD as gateways to any
dedupe system that supports CIFS - that
shows itself as a shared windows
folder.

14. Encryption, Compression?
• AES-256.
• Compression 5 or 6 to 1 for non-IFS
backups.

15. UBD Manager

18. Luis Bello
luis.bello@laservault.com
http://laservault.com
5127 S. 95th East Ave. Tulsa, OK 74145, US
(918) 664-7276 x 1008
Twitter: @LVBackup
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