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 Server Status39Home and Help Links39Application Link40The SNFS and SNSM Home Pages40The SNFS Home Page41SNFS Home Page Drop- Down Menus41The SNSM Home Page43SNSM Home Page Drop- Down Menus43The Configuration Wizard46SNFS-Only GUI Overview49Accessing the SNFS GUI49The SNFS Home Page51The File System Monitor51Drop-down Menus and Options53Shortcut Menu Options55Home and Help Links56StorNext Server Status56The SNFS Configuration Wizard57Common StorNext Tasks59Entering the StorNext License59Entering a License String in the .dat File66Controlling User Access67Changing the Admin Password68Adding a New User70Modifying an Existing User72Deleting an Existing User73Starting and Stopping StorNext Components73Accessing StorNext Logs75Scheduling StorNext Events78Viewing a Schedule79Adding a New Schedule80Modifying an Existing Schedule83Deleting an Existing Schedule84Resetting a Schedule85Setting Up E-mail Notification86Cancelling SNSM Requests91Backing Up StorNext93Types of StorNext Software Backups93Setting up Email Notification For Backup94Performing a StorNext Software Backup95Managing the Backup Policy96Managing the File System99Working With File Systems99Adding a File System100Creating a File System From SNFS108Modifying a File System110Deleting a File System111Managing File System Operations112Disk Device Labeling112Making Global Changes117Working with the fsnameservers File121Making or Unmaking a File System122Starting and Stopping the File System124Mounting or Unmounting a File System125Working With Disks126Adding Disks126Deleting Disks128Defragmenting a Disk129Working With Stripe Groups129Adding a Stripe Group130Modifying a Stripe Group134Deleting a Stripe Group137Working With Affinities137Adding an Affinity138Adding an Affinity Through SNSM144Setting the Affinity in a Directory146Modifying an Affinity148Deleting an Affinity149File System Configuration Restrictions150Performing a Metadata Dump150Using the SNSM File System Functions151Storing Files152Changing a File Version154Recovering a File155Recovering a Directory156Retrieving a File157Retrieving a Directory158Freeing Disk Blocks159Moving Files to New Media161Modifying a File’s Attributes162Understanding Dynamic Resource Allocation163About File System Expansion163About Stripe Group Movement164Expansion and Movement Steps164Checking the File System165Performing File System Expansion167Performing Stripe Group Movement174Launching the Movement Wizard175Completing Metadata Stripe Group Movement183Reusing a Stripe Group After a Move184Managing Libraries185Adding a Library186Starting the Add Library Wizard186Adding a SCSI Library189Adding an ACSLS Network Library193Adding a DAS Network Library194Adding a Vault Library198Modifying a Library199Deleting a Library200Auditing a Library201Changing the Library State203Managing Drives and Disks204Working with Tape Drives204Adding a Tape Drive205Modifying a Tape Drive211Deleting a Tape Drive212Changing a Drive State213Cleaning a Tape Drive214Working with Drive Pools215Adding a Drive Pool215Modifying a Drive Pool217Deleting a Drive Pool219Managing Disk Space220Changing Watermark Parameters221Managing Media223Adding Media to a Configured Library223Adding a Vault229Removing and Moving Media232Removing Media232Moving Media237Using the SNSM Media Functions240Moving Media Manually241Mounting and Dismounting Media243Adding Media Types to a Policy Class244Removing Media From the Storage Manager245Moving Blank Media246Transcribing Media247Changing Media Attributes249Reclassifying a Media Class Grouping250Cleaning Media252Cancelling the Eject Media Process253Managing Storage Disks254Storage Disk Deduplication255Adding a Storage Disk256Modifying a Storage Disk260Deleting a Storage Disk261Changing a Storage Disk State262Cleaning a Storage Disk264Data Migration Management266Policy Classes and Relationships267Stub Files267Disk-to-Disk Relocation268Adding a Storage Policy268Adding a Policy Class Through SNSM Without a Relation Point275Adding a Relation Point to a Policy Class280Modifying a Policy Class282Deleting a Policy Class282Adding Media to a Policy Class284Applying a Policy Class285StorNext Reports286SNFS Reports287The Backup Information Report288The Drive State Information Report289The File Information Report291The Library Information Report294The Library Space Used Report296The Media Information Report297The Media Class Information Report302The Policy Class Information Report305The Relation Information Report308The Request Information Report310The Scheduler Information Report311The Storage Disk Information Report313The Directory Affinity Report316The File System Statistics Report319The Stripe Group Statistics Report321The File System Client Report323The 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 Messages393Glossary407Index411Size: 9.11 MBPages: 414Language: EnglishOpen manual
