ISO/IEC 24775-8:2014

Information technology — Storage management — Part 8: Media Libraries

ISO/IEC 24775-8:2014(E) models various details of the following objects of the media library for monitoring: Library, Drives, Changer Devices, Slots, IO Slots, SCSI Interfaces and SCSI and FC Target Ports, Physical Tapes, Physical Package and Magazines. This International Standard, together with ISO/IEC 24775-1 to ISO/IEC 24775-7 and replaces ISO/IEC 24775, second edition, published in 2011, and constitutes a technical revision. It includes the following technical changes: - reorganization into eight parts; - maturity identification using stages and new profiles.

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General Information

• Status: Withdrawn
• Publication Date: 03-Dec-2014
• ICS: 35.200 - Interface and interconnection equipment
• Technical Committee: ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 25 - Interconnection of information technology equipment
• Drafting Committee: ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 25 - Interconnection of information technology equipment
• Current Stage: 9599 - Withdrawal of International Standard
• Completion Date: 07-Apr-2021

Relations

• Revised: ISO/IEC 24775-8:2021 - Information technology — Storage management — Part 8: Media libraries
• Effective Date: 14-Oct-2020
• Revises: ISO/IEC 24775:2011 - Information technology — Storage management
• Effective Date: 29-Dec-2012

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Contents
FOREWORD. 13
Introduction . 15
1 Scope . 18
2 Normative references . 18
3 Terms and definitions . 18
4 Typographical conventions. 20
4.1 Maturity model. 20
4.2 Experimental maturity level. 20
4.3 Implemented maturity level . 20
4.4 Stable maturity level. 21
4.5 Finalized maturity level. 21
4.6 Deprecated Material. 21
5 Storage Library Profile. 23
5.1 Description . 23
5.1.1 General.23
5.1.2 Instance Diagrams . 23
5.1.3 System Level View . 23
5.1.4 MediaAccessDevice-centric View . 24
5.1.5 ChangerDevice-centric View . 25
5.1.6 Physical View . 25
5.1.7 StorageMediaLocation Instance Diagram . 26
5.1.8 Durable Names and Correlatable IDs of the Profile . 26
5.1.9 Media Library Indications . 27
5.2 Health and Fault Management Considerations. 36
5.3 Cascading Considerations . 36
5.4 Supported Subprofiles and Packages. 36
5.5 Methods of this Profile. 36
5.6 Client Considerations and Recipes. 36
5.6.1 Recipe Overview . 36
5.6.2 Discover a Storage Media Library . 36
5.6.3 Determine Library Physical Media Capacity. 37
5.6.4 Determine Physical Media Inventory. 37
5.6.5 Discover Storage Library Control Type . 37
5.6.6 Determine Library Drive Capacity . 37
5.6.7 Determine Drive Data Path Technology. 37
5.6.8 Find asset Information. 37
5.6.9 Discovery of Mailslots, Import/Export Elements or
LimitedAccessPorts in a Storage Library. 38
5.6.10 Counting assets in large storage libraries . 38
5.7 Registered Name and Version. 38
5.8 CIM Elements. 38
5.8.1 General.38
5.8.2 CIM_ChangerDevice . 47
5.8.3 CIM_Chassis . 48
5.8.4 CIM_ComputerSystem . 48
5.8.5 CIM_ComputerSystemPackage . 49
5.8.6 CIM_ElementCapabilities . 49
5.8.7 CIM_ElementSoftwareIdentity. 50
5.8.8 CIM_MediaAccessDevice . 50
5.8.9 CIM_PackagedComponent . 50
5.8.10 CIM_PhysicalMedia. 51
5.8.11 CIM_PhysicalMediaInLocation . 51

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5.8.12 CIM_ProtocolControllerForUnit . 52
5.8.13 CIM_Realizes . 52
5.8.14 CIM_SCSIProtocolController. 52
5.8.15 CIM_SoftwareIdentity . 53
5.8.16 CIM_StorageLibraryCapabilities. 53
5.8.17 CIM_StorageMediaLocation. 54
5.8.18 CIM_SystemDevice (System to Changer Device). 54
5.8.19 CIM_SystemDevice (System to MediaAccessDevice) . 54
5.8.20 CIM_SystemDevice (System to SCSIProtocolController) . 55
6 Element Counting Subprofile. 56
6.1 Description . 56
6.1.1 General.56
6.1.2 Discovery. 56
6.2 Health and Fault Management Considerations. 56
6.3 Cascading Considerations . 56
6.4 Supported Subprofiles and Packages. 56
6.5 Methods of the Profile . 56
6.5.1 GetClassTypes. 56
6.5.2 GetUnitTypes . 57
6.5.3 ReportCapacity. 58
6.6 Client Considerations and Recipes. 58
6.7 Registered Name and Version. 59
6.8 CIM Elements. 59
6.8.1 General.59
6.8.2 CIM_ConfigurationReportingService. 60
6.8.3 CIM_HostedService . 60
7 InterLibraryPort Connection Subprofile .61
7.1 Introductory remark. 61
7.2 Description . 61
7.3 Durable Names and Correlatable IDs . 61
7.4 Health and Fault Management Considerations. 62
7.5 Cascading Considerations . 62
7.6 Supported Subprofiles and Packages. 62
7.7 Methods of the Profile . 62
7.8 Client Considerations and Recipes. 62
7.9 Registered Name and Version. 62
7.10 CIM Elements. 62
7.10.1 General. 62
7.10.2 CIM_InterLibraryPort . 62
7.10.3 CIM_LibraryExchange. 63
8 Library Capacity Subprofile . 64
8.1 Description . 64
8.2 Health and Fault Management Considerations. 64
8.3 Cascading Considerations . 64
8.4 Supported Subprofiles and Packages. 64
8.5 Client Considerations and Recipes. 64
8.6 Registered Name and Version. 64
8.7 CIM Elements. 65
8.7.1 General.65
8.7.2 CIM_ConfigurationCapacity . 65
8.7.3 CIM_ElementCapacity. 65
9 Limited Access Port Elements Subprofile. 66
9.1 Description . 66
9.1.1 General.66

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9.1.2 Instance Diagram . 66
9.2 Health and Fault Management Considerations. 67
9.3 Cascading Considerations . 67
9.4 Supported Subprofiles and Packages. 67
9.5 Methods of the Profile . 67
9.6 Client Considerations and Recipes. 67
9.7 Registered Name and Version. 67
9.8 CIM Elements. 68
9.8.1 General.68
9.8.2 CIM_Container . 68
9.8.3 CIM_LimitedAccessPort . 69
9.8.4 CIM_Magazine . 69
9.8.5 CIM_Realizes . 69
9.8.6 CIM_SystemDevice. 70
10 Media Movement Subprofile. 71
10.1 Description . 71
10.2 Health and Fault Management Considerations. 72
10.2.1 NULL Instance Handling . 72
10.2.2 Media Movement Subprofile Standard Messages. 72
10.3 Cascading Considerations . 72
10.4 Supported Subprofiles and Packages. 72
10.5 Methods of the Profile . 73
10.5.1 Moving a piece of PhysicalMedia . 73
10.5.2 Timeout parameter . 73
10.5.3 ForceUnload parameter . 73
10.6 Client Considerations and Recipes. 74
10.6.1 Concurrent library access by SMI clients and other applications . 74
10.6.2 Use of the ForceUnload parameter . 74
10.6.3 Job Lifecycle Indications . 74
10.7 Registered Name and Version. 74
10.8 CIM Elements. 74
10.8.1 General. 74
10.8.2 CIM_HostedService . 74
10.8.3 SNIA_MediaMovementService . 75
11 Partitioned Tape Library Profile. 76
11.1 Description . 76
11.1.1 Overview . 76
11.1.2 PTL Model . 76
11.1.3 PTL Configuration . 77
11.1.4 PTL Configuration Methods. 78
11.2 Health and Fault Management Consideration. 78
11.3 Cascading Considerations . 78
11.4 Supported Profiles, Subprofiles, and Packages. 79
11.5 Client Considerations and Recipes. 79
11.6 Registered Name and Version. 79
11.7 CIM Elements. 79
11.7.1 General. 79
11.7.2 CIM_ChangerDevice . 81
11.7.3 CIM_Chassis (PTL System) . 81
11.7.4 CIM_ComputerSystemPackage (PTL System to Chassis) . 82
11.7.5 CIM_ConcreteIdentity (Slots to Slots) . 82
11.7.6 CIM_Container (Chassis to slots). 82
11.7.7 CIM_ElementCapabilities . 83
11.7.8 CIM_ElementSettingData. 83

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11.7.9 CIM_HostedDependency (PTLSystem to Partition) . 83
11.7.10CIM_HostedDependency (PTLSystem to Unallocated Partition). 83
11.7.11CIM_LimitedAccessPort. 84
11.7.12CIM_MediaAccessDevice . 84
11.7.13CIM_PhysicalMediaInLocation. 85
11.7.14CIM_PhysicalTape. 85
11.7.15CIM_Product . 85
11.7.16CIM_ProductElementComponent (PTL System) . 85
11.7.17CIM_Realizes (Slots to Changers). 86
11.7.18CIM_Realizes (Slots to Ports). 86
11.7.19CIM_Realizes (Slots to TapeDrive). 86
11.7.20CIM_StorageMediaLocation. 87
11.7.21CIM_SystemDevice (PTL System to ChangerDevice). 87
11.7.22CIM_SystemDevice (PTL System to LimitedAccessPort). 87
11.7.23CIM_SystemDevice (PTL System to MediaAccessDevice) . 88
11.7.24SNIA_ComputerSystem (PTL System) . 88
11.7.25SNIA_ComputerSystem (Partition) . 89
11.7.26SNIA_ComputerSystem (Unallocated Partition) . 89
11.7.27SNIA_PartitionedLibrarySetting . 90
11.7.28SNIA_PartitionedLibrarySystemCapabilities. 91
11.7.29SNIA_PartitionedLibrarySystemConfigurationService . 91
12 Virtual Tape Library Profile. 93
12.1 Description . 93
12.1.1 Overview . 93
12.1.2 Package . 93
12.1.3 Virtual Library System . 94
12.1.4 Virtual Library System configuration. 97
12.2 Health and Fault Management Consideration. 100
12.3 Cascading Considerations . 100
12.4 Supported Profiles and Packages. 101
12.5 Methods of the profile. 101
12.6 Client Considerations and Recipes. 101
12.7 Registered Name and Version. 101
12.8 CIM Elements. 101
12.8.1 General. 101
12.8.2 CIM_AllocatedFromStoragePool (Pool from Concrete Pool) . 105
12.8.3 CIM_AllocatedFromStoragePool (Pool from Primordial Pool). 105
12.8.4 CIM_AllocatedFromStoragePool (StorageExtent from Concrete Pool). 106
12.8.5 CIM_ChangerDevice . 106
12.8.6 CIM_Chassis (Virtual Tape Library) . 107
12.8.7 CIM_ComputerSystem (Virtual Library System). 107
12.8.8 CIM_ComputerSystem (Virtual Tape Library) . 108
12.8.9 CIM_ComputerSystemPackage . 108
12.8.10CIM_ConcreteComponent (StorageExtent from Primordial Pool). 109
12.8.11CIM_ConcreteDependency (Virtual Library System to MediaLibrary) . 109
12.8.12CIM_Container (Chassis to StorageMediaLocations) . 110
12.8.13CIM_ElementCapabilities (Virtual Tape Library Capabilities) . 110
12.8.14CIM_ElementCapabilities (Virtual Tape Library System Capabilities) . 110
12.8.15CIM_ElementCapabilities (Virtual Tape Service Capabilities) . 111
12.8.16CIM_ElementSettingData (Physical Tape). 111
12.8.17CIM_HostedCollection .
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