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 Requests94Setting up Alternate Retrieval Locations95Modifying or Disabling This Feature97Backing Up StorNext98Types of StorNext Software Backups98Setting up Email Notification For Backup99Performing a StorNext Software Backup100Managing the Backup Policy101Managing the File System104Working With File Systems104Adding a File System105Creating a File System From SNFS113Modifying a File System115Deleting a File System117Managing File System Operations118Disk Device Labeling118Making Global Changes122Working with the fsnameservers File126Making or Unmaking a File System127Starting and Stopping the File System129Mounting or Unmounting a File System130Working With Disks131Adding Disks131Deleting Disks133Defragmenting a Disk134Working With Stripe Groups135Adding a Stripe Group136Modifying a Stripe Group139Deleting a Stripe Group142Working With Affinities143Adding an Affinity143Adding an Affinity Through SNFS149Setting the Affinity in a Directory151Modifying an Affinity153Deleting an Affinity154File System Configuration Restrictions155Performing a Metadata Dump155Using the SNSM File System Functions156Storing Files157Changing a File Version159Recovering a File160Recovering a Directory161Retrieving a File162Retrieving a Directory163Freeing Disk Blocks164Moving Files to New Media166Modifying a File’s Attributes167Understanding Dynamic Resource Allocation168About File System Expansion168About Stripe Group Movement169Expansion and Movement Steps170Checking the File System170Performing File System Expansion172Performing Stripe Group Movement179Launching the Movement Wizard180Completing Metadata Stripe Group Movement188Reusing LUNs in a Data Stripe Group After a Move189Reusing LUNS in a Metadata Stripe Group After a Move190Managing Libraries191Adding a Library192Starting the Add Library Wizard192Adding a SCSI Library195Adding an ACSLS Network Library199Adding a DAS Network Library200Adding a Vault Library204Modifying a Library205Deleting a Library206Rescanning a Library207Auditing a Library208Changing the Library State209Managing Drives and Disks211Working with Tape Drives211Adding a Tape Drive212Modifying a Tape Drive218Deleting a Tape Drive219Changing a Drive State220Cleaning a Tape Drive221Working with Drive Pools222Adding a Drive Pool222Modifying a Drive Pool224Deleting a Drive Pool226Managing Disk Space227Changing Watermark Parameters228Managing Media230Adding Media to a Configured Library230Adding a Vault236Removing and Moving Media239Removing Media239Moving Media244Using the SNSM Media Functions247Moving Media Manually248Mounting and Dismounting Media250Removing Media From the Storage Manager252Assigning Blank Media to a Policy Class253Transcribing Media254Changing Media Attributes256Reclassifying a Media Class Grouping257Cleaning Media259Cancelling the Eject Media Process260Managing Storage Disks261Storage Disk Deduplication262Adding a Storage Disk263Modifying a Storage Disk267Deleting a Storage Disk268Changing a Storage Disk State269Cleaning a Storage Disk271Data Migration Management273Policy Classes and Relationships274Stub Files274Disk-to-Disk Relocation275Adding a Storage Policy275Adding a Policy Class Through SNSM Without a Relation Point282Adding a Relation Point to a Policy Class287Modifying a Policy Class289Deleting a Policy Class289Applying a Policy Class291StorNext Reports292SNFS Reports293The Backup Information Report293The Drive State Information Report294The File Information Report297The Library Information Report300The Library Space Used Report302The Media Information Report303The Policy Class Information Report308The Relation Information Report312The Request Information Report314The Scheduler Information Report315The Storage Disk Information Report317The Directory Affinity Report320The File System Statistics Report323The Stripe Group Statistics Report325The File System Client Report327The File System LAN Client Report330Service Management333Using Health Check333Running a Health Check334Viewing the Health Check History334Viewing the Health Check Results336Using State Capture337Capturing the Current System State337Downloading a Previous System Capture338Deleting a Previous System Capture339Using the System Status Tool339Customer Assistance344Quantum Technical Assistance Center344Glossary345Operating Guidelines349The Reserved Space Parameter349Distributed LAN Server/Client Network and Memory Tuning351Distributed LAN Server and Client Network Tuning351Distributed LAN Server Memory Tuning352Configuring LDAP354Using LDAP354UNIX File and Directory Modes355LDAP Refresh Timeout355User ID Mapping Precedence355Setting Up Restrictive ACLs356Default Single-Path I/O Retry Behavior356Event Handles for fsm.exe on a Windows Metadata Server357FSBlockSize, Metadata Disk Size, and JournalSize Settings357Allowance for Special Characters359Disk Naming Requirements360General Operating Guidelines and Limitations360HA 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: 9.84 MBPages: 439Language: EnglishOpen manual
