User ManualTable of ContentsTitle Page1Contents3Introduction22About StorNext File System22About StorNext Storage Manager22About Distributed LAN Clients23Purpose of This Guide24How This Guide is Organized24Notes, Cautions, and Warnings25Document Conventions26StorNext GUI Overview27Accessing the StorNext GUI27The StorNext Home Page30System Monitors30StorNext Home Page Drop-Down Menus34StorNext System Status37StorNext Admin Alerts38StorNext Server Status40Home and Help Links40Application Link40The SNFS and SNSM Home Pages41The SNFS Home Page41SNFS Home Page Drop- Down Menus42The SNSM Home Page44SNSM Home Page Drop- Down Menus44The Configuration Wizard47SNFS-Only GUI Overview50Accessing the SNFS GUI50The SNFS Home Page52The File System Monitor52Drop-down Menus and Options54Shortcut Menu Options56Home and Help Links57StorNext Server Status57The SNFS Configuration Wizard59Common StorNext Tasks61Entering the StorNext License61Entering a License String in the .dat File68Controlling User Access69Changing the Admin Password70Adding a New User72Modifying an Existing User74Deleting an Existing User75Starting and Stopping StorNext Components75Accessing StorNext Logs77Scheduling StorNext Events80Viewing a Schedule81Adding a New Schedule83Modifying an Existing Schedule85Deleting an Existing Schedule86Resetting a Schedule87Setting Up E-mail Notification88Cancelling SNSM Requests93Setting up Alternate Retrieval Locations94Modifying or Disabling This Feature96Backing Up StorNext97Types of StorNext Software Backups97Setting up Email Notification For Backup98Performing a StorNext Software Backup99Managing the Backup Policy100Managing the File System103Working With File Systems103Adding a File System104Creating a File System From SNFS112Modifying a File System114Deleting a File System116Managing File System Operations117Disk Device Labeling117Making 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 Groups134Adding a Stripe Group135Modifying 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 Steps169Checking 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 Library205Rescanning a Library206Auditing a Library207Changing the Library State208Managing Drives and Disks210Working with Tape Drives210Adding a Tape Drive211Modifying a Tape Drive217Deleting a Tape Drive218Changing a Drive State219Cleaning a Tape Drive220Working with Drive Pools221Adding a Drive Pool221Modifying a Drive Pool223Deleting a Drive Pool225Managing Disk Space226Changing Watermark Parameters227Managing Media229Adding Media to a Configured Library229Adding a Vault235Removing and Moving Media238Removing Media238Moving Media243Using the SNSM Media Functions246Moving Media Manually247Mounting and Dismounting Media249Removing Media From the Storage Manager251Assigning Blank Media to a Policy Class252Transcribing Media253Changing Media Attributes255Reclassifying a Media Class Grouping256Cleaning Media258Cancelling the Eject Media Process259Managing Storage Disks260Storage Disk Deduplication261Adding a Storage Disk262Modifying a Storage Disk266Deleting a Storage Disk267Changing a Storage Disk State268Cleaning a Storage Disk270Data Migration Management272Policy Classes and Relationships273Stub Files273Disk-to-Disk Relocation274Adding a Storage Policy274Adding a Policy Class Through SNSM Without a Relation Point281Adding a Relation Point to a Policy Class286Modifying a Policy Class288Deleting a Policy Class288Applying a Policy Class290StorNext Reports291SNFS Reports292The Backup Information Report292The Drive State Information Report293The File Information Report296The Library Information Report299The Library Space Used Report301The Media Information Report302The Policy Class Information Report307The Relation Information Report311The Request Information Report313The Scheduler Information Report314The Storage Disk Information Report316The Directory Affinity Report319The File System Statistics Report322The Stripe Group Statistics Report324The File System Client Report326The File System LAN Client Report329Service Management332Using Health Check332Running a Health Check333Viewing the Health Check History333Viewing the Health Check Results335Using State Capture336Capturing the Current System State336Downloading a Previous System Capture337Deleting a Previous System Capture338Using the System Status Tool338Customer Assistance343Quantum Technical Assistance Center343Glossary344Operating Guidelines348The Reserved Space Parameter348Distributed LAN Server/Client Network and Memory Tuning350Distributed LAN Server and Client Network Tuning350Distributed LAN Server Memory Tuning351Configuring LDAP353Using LDAP353UNIX File and Directory Modes354LDAP Refresh Timeout354User ID Mapping Precedence354Setting Up Restrictive ACLs355Default Single-Path I/O Retry Behavior355Event Handles for fsm.exe on a Windows Metadata Server356FSBlockSize, Metadata Disk Size, and JournalSize Settings356Allowance for Special Characters358Disk Naming Requirements359General Operating Guidelines and Limitations359HA Failover371Using The Command Line Interface373Labeling Disk Devices374Modifying Global Settings375Making a File System377Starting and Stopping SNFS378Unmounting or Mounting a File System379Creating a File System Server380Adding a File System Client382Configuring a Stripe Group383Adding an Affinity384Creating a Disk-to-Disk Policy Class386Modifying a Disk-to-Disk Policy Class387Manual Disk-to-Disk Relocation387Enabling Stub File Support388Managing Storage Disks with Deduplication Enabled389Adding a Dedup Sdisk389Modifying a Dedup Sdisk389Deleting a Dedup Sdisk389Obtaining Dedup Sdisk Information390Obtaining Distributed LAN Client Information391The proxy Command391The proxy long Command391The proxy who Command392Using the Dynamic Resource Allocation Feature392Checking the File System393Adding a Stripe Group Without Moving393Adding and Moving a Data Stripe Group394Moving a Metadata/ Journal Stripe Group395Specifying an Alternate Retrieval Location397RAS Messages398Media and Drive RAS Messages398SNFS RAS Messages412Other RAS Messages424Size: 9.86 MBPages: 439Language: EnglishOpen manual
