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XBSA
X/Open Backup Services Application Programmers Interface (XBSA)
The XBSA interface is the method by which OpenAFS and AuriStorFS interface with IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly TSM/ADSM).
The XBSA server (currently implemented only for IBM Spectrum Protect, aka TSM, aka ADSM) is configured in place of a tape device for "butc" (BackUp Tape Controller Service). This permits the distributed "yfs-backup" command and the Backup Coordinator (and its Backup Database) to perform backups and restores from the XBSA server as if it were a tape device.
The built-in backup service stores full and incremental volume dumps. When using XBSA it writes those dumps to the XBSA server and records the object that was stored into the Backup Database. Then when a restore of a volume is required the full backup and all of the incremental dumps are restored.
Implementing XBSA support for the Symantec NetBackup 7.6 and earlier
AuriStor is willing to provide the developer effort to implement XBSA support for NetBackup if NJIT will provide a test environment.
(It is not yet confirmed that Veritas NetBackup 8.0 supports XBSA).
Benefit to NJIT
The benefit would be integration with the rest of the AuriStorFS backup tooling, given that NJIT plans to purchase an AuriStor contract.
