User ManualTable of ContentsTitle Page1Contents3Introduction23About StorNext File System23About StorNext Storage Manager23About Distributed LAN Clients24Purpose of This Guide25How This Guide is Organized25Notes, Cautions, and Warnings26Document Conventions27StorNext GUI Overview28Accessing the StorNext GUI28The StorNext Home Page31System Monitors31StorNext Home Page Drop-Down Menus35StorNext System Status38StorNext Admin Alerts39StorNext Server Status41Home and Help Links41Application Link41The SNFS and SNSM Home Pages42The SNFS Home Page42SNFS Home Page Drop- Down Menus43The SNSM Home Page45SNSM Home Page Drop- Down Menus45The Configuration Wizard48SNFS-Only GUI Overview51Accessing the SNFS GUI51The SNFS Home Page53The File System Monitor53Drop-down Menus and Options55Shortcut Menu Options57Home and Help Links58StorNext Server Status58The SNFS Configuration Wizard60Common StorNext Tasks62Entering the StorNext License62Entering a License String in the .dat File69Controlling User Access70Changing the Admin Password71Adding a New User73Modifying an Existing User75Deleting an Existing User76Starting and Stopping StorNext Components76Accessing StorNext Logs78Scheduling StorNext Events81Viewing a Schedule82Adding a New Schedule84Modifying an Existing Schedule86Deleting an Existing Schedule87Resetting a Schedule88Setting Up E-mail Notification89Cancelling SNSM Requests94Backing Up StorNext96Types of StorNext Software Backups96Setting up Email Notification For Backup97Performing a StorNext Software Backup98Managing the Backup Policy99Managing the File System102Working With File Systems102Adding a File System103Creating a File System From SNFS111Modifying a File System113Deleting a File System115Managing File System Operations116Disk Device Labeling116Making Global Changes121Working with the fsnameservers File125Making or Unmaking a File System126Starting and Stopping the File System128Mounting or Unmounting a File System129Working With Disks130Adding Disks130Deleting Disks132Defragmenting a Disk133Working With Stripe Groups133Adding a Stripe Group134Modifying a Stripe Group138Deleting a Stripe Group141Working With Affinities142Adding an Affinity142Adding an Affinity Through SNFS148Setting the Affinity in a Directory150Modifying an Affinity152Deleting an Affinity153File System Configuration Restrictions154Performing a Metadata Dump154Using the SNSM File System Functions155Storing Files156Changing a File Version158Recovering a File159Recovering a Directory160Retrieving a File161Retrieving a Directory162Freeing Disk Blocks163Moving Files to New Media165Modifying a File’s Attributes166Understanding Dynamic Resource Allocation167About File System Expansion167About Stripe Group Movement168Expansion and Movement Steps168Checking the File System169Performing File System Expansion171Performing Stripe Group Movement178Launching the Movement Wizard179Completing Metadata Stripe Group Movement187Reusing LUNs in a Data Stripe Group After a Move188Reusing LUNS in a Metadata Stripe Group After a Move189Managing Libraries190Adding a Library191Starting the Add Library Wizard191Adding a SCSI Library194Adding an ACSLS Network Library198Adding a DAS Network Library199Adding a Vault Library203Modifying a Library204Deleting a Library205Auditing a Library206Changing the Library State208Managing Drives and Disks209Working with Tape Drives209Adding a Tape Drive210Modifying a Tape Drive216Deleting a Tape Drive217Changing a Drive State218Cleaning a Tape Drive219Working with Drive Pools220Adding a Drive Pool220Modifying a Drive Pool222Deleting a Drive Pool224Managing Disk Space225Changing Watermark Parameters226Managing Media228Adding Media to a Configured Library228Adding a Vault234Removing and Moving Media237Removing Media237Moving Media242Using the SNSM Media Functions245Moving Media Manually246Mounting and Dismounting Media248Removing Media From the Storage Manager250Assigning Blank Media to a Policy Class251Transcribing Media252Changing Media Attributes254Reclassifying a Media Class Grouping255Cleaning Media257Cancelling the Eject Media Process258Managing Storage Disks259Storage Disk Deduplication260Adding a Storage Disk261Modifying a Storage Disk265Deleting a Storage Disk266Changing a Storage Disk State267Cleaning a Storage Disk269Data Migration Management271Policy Classes and Relationships272Stub Files272Disk-to-Disk Relocation273Adding a Storage Policy273Adding a Policy Class Through SNSM Without a Relation Point280Adding a Relation Point to a Policy Class285Modifying a Policy Class287Deleting a Policy Class287Applying a Policy Class289StorNext Reports290SNFS Reports291The Backup Information Report291The Drive State Information Report292The File Information Report295The Library Information Report298The Library Space Used Report300The Media Information Report301The Policy Class Information Report306The Relation Information Report309The Request Information Report311The Scheduler Information Report312The Storage Disk Information Report314The Directory Affinity Report317The File System Statistics Report320The Stripe Group Statistics Report322The File System Client Report324The File System LAN Client Report327Service Management330Using Health Check330Running a Health Check331Viewing the Health Check History331Viewing the Health Check Results333Using State Capture334Capturing the Current System State334Downloading a Previous System Capture335Deleting a Previous System Capture336Using the System Status Tool336Customer Assistance341Quantum Technical Assistance Center341HA Failover342Using The Command Line Interface344Labeling Disk Devices345Modifying Global Settings346Making a File System348Starting and Stopping SNFS349Unmounting or Mounting a File System350Creating a File System Server351Adding a File System Client353Configuring a Stripe Group354Adding an Affinity355Creating a Disk-to-Disk Policy Class357Modifying a Disk-to-Disk Policy Class358Manual Disk-to-Disk Relocation358Enabling Stub File Support359Managing Storage Disks with Deduplication Enabled360Adding a Dedup Sdisk360Modifying a Dedup Sdisk360Deleting a Dedup Sdisk360Obtaining Dedup Sdisk Information361Obtaining Distributed LAN Client Information362The proxy Command362The proxy long Command362The proxy who Command363Using the Dynamic Resource Allocation Feature363Checking the File System364Adding a Stripe Group Without Moving364Adding and Moving a Data Stripe Group365Moving a Metadata/ Journal Stripe Group366RAS Messages369Media and Drive RAS Messages369SNFS RAS Messages383Other RAS Messages395Glossary411Size: 9.57 MBPages: 414Language: EnglishOpen manual