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StorNext User’s Guide, 6-01658-01 , Ver. A, Rel. 3.0 , March 2007, Made in USA. Quantum Corporation provides this publ ication “as is” without warranty of an y kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merc hantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Quantum Corporation may revise this public[...]

StorNext U ser’s Gui de i Content s Chapter 1 Introduction 1 About StorNext File System ............. ... ......... .............. .............. ........... ...... 1 About StorNext Storage Manager ......... .............. .............. .............. ......... 1 About Distributed LAN Clients ............ ........... .............. .............[...]

ii StorNext User’s Guide The SNSM Home Page .. ............ .............. .............. .............. ....... 21 SNSM Home Page Drop-Down Menus ... .............. .............. .... 21 The Configuration Wizard.................... ............... ................ ............. 24 Chapter 3 SNFS-Only GUI Overview 27 Accessing the SNFS GUI .....[...]

StorNext U ser’s Gui de iii Chapter 5 Backing Up StorNext 71 Types of StorNext Software Backups . ............. .............. .............. .............. .... 71 Setting up Email Notification For Backup ............... .............. ............... 72 Performing a StorNext Software Backup ..................... .............. .................[...]

iv StorNext User’s Guide Retrieving a File ................ .............. ............... .............. ............. 135 Retrieving a Directory ............... .............. .............. .............. ..... 136 Freeing Disk Blocks ............. .............. .............. .............. ........... 137 Moving Files to New Media .........[...]

StorNext U ser’s Gui de v Deleting a Drive Pool .......... ................. .............. .............. ........ 197 Managing Disk Space ........... ............... .............. .............. .............. .. 198 Changing Watermark Parameters ............. .............. .............. ........ 199 Chapter 9 Managing Media 201 Adding Media[...]

vi StorNext User’s Guide Adding a Storage Policy.......... .............. ............... ................ ........... 246 Adding a Policy Cl ass Thro ugh SNSM Wit hout a Relation Point ............... .............. .............. ............ .............. .............. .. 253 Adding a Relation Point to a Policy Class........................ [...]

StorNext U ser’s Gui de vii Using State Capture .......................... .............. .............. ................. .............. .. 312 Capturing the Current System State ...................... .............. .............. .. 312 Downloading a Previous System Capture .................... .............. ........ 313 Deleting a Previous S[...]

viii StorNext User’s Guide Adding a Stripe Group Without Moving ........ ................. ..... 342 Adding and Moving a Data Stripe Group .................... ........ 343 Moving a Metada ta/Journal Str ipe Group ........ .............. ..... 344 Appendix C RAS Messages 347 Media and Drive RAS Messages.......... ................. .............. [...]

StorNext U ser’s Gui de ix Figures Figure 1 StorNext Login Window ............. ................. .............. .............. ... 7 Figure 2 StorNext Home Page ................... ................. .............. .............. ... 8 Figure 3 File System Monitor ........................ .............. ................. ............ 10 Figure 4 [...]

x StorNext User’s Guide Figure 18 SNFS Configu ration Wiza rd Screen ........... .............. . 36 Figure 19 Enter License Introduction Screen .............. .............. . 39 Figure 20 Quantum License Agreement...................... ............... 40 Figure 21 Enter License Strings Screen .... ................. .............. .... 41 Figure[...]

StorNext U ser’s Gui de xi Figure 47 Add New File System Sc reen .. .............. .............. .............. ....... 79 Figure 48 Directory Browser Window ................... .............. .............. ....... 80 Figure 49 Select Directory Window ............... .............. .............. .............. . 80 Figure 50 Disk Settings Scre[...]

xii StorNext User’s Guide Figure 76 Add, Modify, or Delete Affinities Screen.............. .. 123 Figure 77 Add Affinity Screen ............... .............. .............. ........ 123 Figure 78 Set Affinity Screen ............... .............. .............. ........... 125 Figure 79 Set Affinity Screen ............... .............. ........[...]

StorNext U ser’s Gui de xiii Figure 105 No Writable Stripe Groups Warning ....................... ............. 157 Figure 106 Destination Stri pe Group Too Small Warning ..................... 158 Figure 107 Metadata Stripe Group Messag e ................. ........... .............. .. 158 Figure 108 Metadata/Journal Move Screen ............... .[...]

xiv StorNext User’s Guide Figure 134 Configure Drives Screen................... .............. ........... 189 Figure 135 Modify Drive Screen .............. .............. .............. ........ 190 Figure 136 Delete Warning Window ...... .............. .............. ........ 191 Figure 137 Change Drive State Screen .... .............. ........[...]

StorNext U ser’s Gui de xv Figure 163 LOI Enter Screen .......... .............. ................. .............. .............. .. 218 Figure 164 Move Files to New Media Screen....... .............. .............. ........ 219 Figure 165 Media Browser Screen ........... .............. .............. .............. ........ 220 Figure 166 Mount M[...]

xvi StorNext User’s Guide Figure 192 Manage Policy Classes Screen ....................... ........... 254 Figure 193 Add Policy Class Screen ................. ................ ........... 254 Figure 194 Modify Parameters Screen ..................... .............. ..... 255 Figure 195 Manage Policy Class R e lationships Screen ............. 258 F[...]

StorNext U ser’s Gui de xvii Figure 220 Scheduler Report Screen........... .............. .............. .............. ..... 290 Figure 221 Scheduler Information Report ............... .............. ................. .. 291 Figure 222 Storage Disk Report Screen ... .............. .............. .............. ........ 293 Figure 223 Stora ge Di[...]

xviii StorNext User’s Guide Figure 4 Tape Drive Alerts RAS part 2 ................ .............. ..... 351 Figure 5 Tape Drive Alerts RAS part 3 ................ .............. ..... 352 Figure 6 Drive Reported Drive Error RAS .................. ........... 353 Figure 7 Cleaning of Drive Failed RAS........................ ........... 354 Figure [...]

StorNext U ser’s Gui de xix Figure 32 Metadata Dump Failure RAS .. ................. .............. .............. .. 368 Figure 33 File Processing Failure RAS .. .............. .............. .............. ........ 368 Figure 34 Missing LUNs RAS ...................... .............. .............. .............. .. 369 Figure 35 Disk Space A ll[...]

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StorNext U ser’s Gui de 1 Chapter 1 1 Introduction StorNext is data management soft ware that enables customers to complete projects faster and confiden tly store more da ta at a lower cost. Used in the world's most demanding envir onments, StorNext is the standard for high performance shared workflow operations and multitier archives. StorN[...]

Chapter 1 Introduction StorNext U ser’s Gui de 2 reconfigure applications t o retrieve data from disparate loca tions. Instead, applicat ions continue to access files n ormally and SNSM automatically handles data acce ss – regardless of where the file resid es. As data movement occurs, SNSM al so performs a variety of data protection servic es [...]

Chapter 1 Introduction Purpose of This Guid e StorNext U ser’s Gui de 3 Purpose of This Guide This guide is intended to assi st St orNext users perfor m day-to-day tasks with the software. This guide also describes how to generate repor ts. Quantum r ecommen ds using the grap hical user int erface to a ccompli sh tasks, but an appendix provides a[...]

Chapter 1 Introduction Notes, Cautions, and Warni ngs StorNext U ser’s Gui de 4 • Appendix B, RAS Messages Notes, Cautions, and W arnings The following table describes importa nt information about Notes, Cautions, and Warnings used throughout this gu ide. Description Defin ition Consequences Note: Indicates important information that helps you [...]

Chapter 1 Introduction Document Conventions StorNext U ser’s Gui de 5 Document Conventions This guide uses the following document conventions to help you recognize different types of information. Conventions Example s For all UNIX-based commands, the # prompt is implied, although it is not shown. TSM_control stop is the same as # TSM_control stop[...]

StorNext U ser’s Gui de 6 Chapter 2 2 S torNext GUI Overview This section descri bes how to access and navigate through the StorNext GUI, which includes both S NFS and SN SM. If you purchased S NFS only, refer to SNFS-Only GUI Overview . This chapter includes the following topics: • Accessing the StorNext GUI • The StorNext Home Page • The [...]

Chapter 2 StorNext GUI Ove r view Accessing the StorNext GUI StorNext U ser’s Gui de 7 Use this procedure to access the StorNext GUI. 1 Open a Web browser. 2 In the browser’s Address field, type the full address of the machine and its port number, and then press Enter . For example: http:// < machine name >:<port number> . Use the n[...]

Chapter 2 StorNext GUI Ove r view Accessing the StorNext GUI StorNext U ser’s Gui de 8 The following illustration shows the main components of the StorNext Home Page. Figure 2 S torNext Home Page C om p one nt Na vig a t io n Li n k to Qu an t u m Dro p -d o wn M e n u O pti o n s R e f re s h But ton s Mo ni t o r R efr e s h R a t e O p ti o n [...]

Chapter 2 StorNext GUI Ove r view The StorNext Home Pa ge StorNext U ser’s Gui de 9 The S torNext Home Page On the home page you will find the following: • Link to the Quantum Home Page - Click the link for information about Quantum • System Monitors • StorNext Home Page D rop-Down M enu s • StorNext System Statu s • StorNext Server Sta[...]

Chapter 2 StorNext GUI Ove r view The StorNext Home Pa ge StorNext U ser’s Gui de 10 The File Syste m Monitor 2 The File System Monitor enables you to view statistics on each configured file system. When you open a browser to access StorNext, the File System Monitor appears at the top of the browser window. Figure 3 File System Monitor The File S[...]

Chapter 2 StorNext GUI Ove r view The StorNext Home Pa ge StorNext U ser’s Gui de 11 • # SAN Client s : The number of StorNext SAN clients (connected via fibre channel or iSCSI) for which you are licensed • # LAN Clients : The number of StorNext distribute d LAN clients for which you are licensed. For more information about distributed LAN cl[...]

Chapter 2 StorNext GUI Ove r view The StorNext Home Pa ge StorNext U ser’s Gui de 12 • Refresh Rate : Set the Library Monitor ref resh rate with this drop down menu. Options range from No Refresh to every 10 Minutes . • State : A green checkbox indicates the library is online, a red “x” indicates the library is offline • Library Name : [...]

Chapter 2 StorNext GUI Ove r view The StorNext Home Pa ge StorNext U ser’s Gui de 13 state during blockpool verification because this process could take a long time to complete, dependin g on the blockpool size. Storage disks in the online-pending state ar e not used for store operations. • Storage Disk Name : Name of the storage disk • Dedup[...]

Chapter 2 StorNext GUI Ove r view The StorNext Home Pa ge StorNext U ser’s Gui de 14 • Enter License : Enter StorNe xt license information • Add File System : Add a file sys tem to your environment • Add Library : Add a li brary or vault • Add Tape Drive : Add tape drive • Add Media : Add media • Add Storag e Disk : Add a storage disk[...]

Chapter 2 StorNext GUI Ove r view The StorNext Home Pa ge StorNext U ser’s Gui de 15 Report s Menu Options 2 The following Reports menu options allow you to view StorNext reports: • SNFS : View the following SNFS reports: • Affinities : View the existing affinities for a selected directory in the file sy stem. • File Syste ms : View file sy[...]

Chapter 2 StorNext GUI Ove r view The StorNext Home Pa ge StorNext U ser’s Gui de 16 Service Menu Options 2 The following Service menu options help you monitor and capture system status information: • Health Check : Perform one or more health checks on StorNext and view recent health check results • State Capture : Obtain and preserve detaile[...]

Chapter 2 StorNext GUI Ove r view The StorNext Home Pa ge StorNext U ser’s Gui de 17 Figure 6 Service - Syste m S tatus screen Stor Next Server S t atus 2 The StorNext Server Status button is located a t the bottom right of the StorNext Home Page. This button disp lays one of three statuses for the file systems residing on the server: • Active [...]

Chapter 2 StorNext GUI Ove r view The SNFS and SNSM Home Pages StorNext U ser’s Gui de 18 Application Link 2 The StorNext application link is locate d at the bottom left of the StorNext Home Page. Click this link to view information about StorNext. Figure 7 Applicati on Link The SNFS and SNSM Home Pages The Navigation Pane on the left side of the[...]

Chapter 2 StorNext GUI Ove r view The SNFS and SNSM Home Pages StorNext U ser’s Gui de 19 The SNFS Home Page 2 The SNFS Home Page contains the following components: • Drop-down menus that enable you to perform file system-s pecific administration tasks • A file system monitor • System and server status indicators Figure 8 SNFS Home Page SNF[...]

Chapter 2 StorNext GUI Ove r view The SNFS and SNSM Home Pages StorNext U ser’s Gui de 20 • The SNFS Help Menu The SNFS Config Menu 2 The following options on the SNFS Config menu allow you to add and modify file system configuration files: • File Syste ms : Add or delete a file system • Globals : Modify global settings • Affinities : Add[...]

Chapter 2 StorNext GUI Ove r view The SNFS and SNSM Home Pages StorNext U ser’s Gui de 21 • Set Affinities : Create a directory in the file system to the af finity • Metadata Du mp : Generate a Metadata dump of a file sys tem • Check File System : Run a check on your file system be fore expanding the file system or migrating a stripe group.[...]

Chapter 2 StorNext GUI Ove r view The SNFS and SNSM Home Pages StorNext U ser’s Gui de 22 Figure 9 SNSM Menu The SNSM File Menu 2 The following SNSM File menu options allow you to manage file data and directories: • Store : Store fi les to a storage me dium • Version : Show the version(s) of files stored on storage medium • Recover File : R[...]

Chapter 2 StorNext GUI Ove r view The SNFS and SNSM Home Pages StorNext U ser’s Gui de 23 The SNSM Media Menu 2 The following SNSM Media menu options help you manage media and libraries: • Library : Perform media movement task s within a library (M anual Move, Mount, and Dismount) • Add : Add media to a policy class • Remove : Remove media [...]

Chapter 2 StorNext GUI Ove r view The Configuration Wizard StorNext U ser’s Gui de 24 The SNSM Report s Menu 2 The options on the SNSM Reports me nu allow you to view all SNFS reports. These are the same reports described in Reports Menu Options on page 15. The SNSM Help Menu 2 The options on the SNSM Help menu provide access to StorNext document[...]

Chapter 2 StorNext GUI Ove r view The Configuration Wizard StorNext U ser’s Gui de 25 Figure 10 S torNext Configuration Wizard You can display the Configuration Wiza rd at any time by selecting Configuration Wizard from the StorNext home page’s Config menu. If you have completed all of the tasks, ea ch task will be marked as Complete. If you ha[...]

Chapter 2 StorNext GUI Ove r view The Configuration Wizard StorNext U ser’s Gui de 26 Figure 1 1 Config Menu Options Each of the Configuration Wizard’ s tasks are des cribed in detail elsewhere in this guide: • Step 1: Enter Li cense (See Entering the StorNext License on page 37) • Step 2: Add File System (See Adding a File Syst em on page [...]

StorNext U ser’s Gui de 27 Chapter 3 3 SNFS-Only GUI Overview The SNFS GUI is browser-bas ed and can be accessed rem otely from any machine with access to the local network and the SNFS server. This chapter describes how to access an d navigate through the SNFS-only GUI. If you purchased StorNext, refer to StorNext GUI Overview on page 6. This ch[...]

Chapter 3 SNFS-Only GUI Ov erview Accessing the SNFS GUI StorNext U ser’s Gui de 28 2 In the browser’s Address field, type the full address of the machine and its port number, and then press Enter . For example: http:// < machine name >:<port number> . Use the name of the machine and port number you copied when you installed the Sto[...]

Chapter 3 SNFS-Only GUI Ov erview The SNFS Home Pa ge StorNext U ser’s Gui de 29 The SNFS Home Page The SNFS home page contains the following components: • A link to th e Quantum Home Pa ge • The File System Monitor • D rop-down Menus and Options • Shortcut Menu Options • Home and Help Links • S torNext Server Status Figure 13 SNFS Ho[...]

Chapter 3 SNFS-Only GUI Ov erview The SNFS Home Pa ge StorNext U ser’s Gui de 30 The File System Monitor has a Refresh button that allows you to manually update (refresh) the information shown in the monitor. You can also select a rate from the Refresh Rate list to automatica lly refresh at the selected inter val: •N o R e f r e s h • 30 seco[...]

Chapter 3 SNFS-Only GUI Ov erview The SNFS Home Pa ge StorNext U ser’s Gui de 31 • #Store Candidates : Number of files selected for storage to secondary media. This field does not appl y to SNFS-only configurations. • #Trunc Candidates : Num ber of files that haves been s tored and meets the criteria to beco me a truncation candidate • # Cl[...]

Chapter 3 SNFS-Only GUI Ov erview The SNFS Home Pa ge StorNext U ser’s Gui de 32 • Stripe Groups : Add, modify, or delete a stripe group from a file system • Affinities : Add, modify, or delete an affinity from file systems The Admin Menu 3 The following Admin menu options en able you to control day-to-day operations of active file systems: ?[...]

Chapter 3 SNFS-Only GUI Ov erview The SNFS Home Pa ge StorNext U ser’s Gui de 33 The Help Menu 3 The Help menu provides you with acce ss to Stor Next refere nce mate rial such as this user’s guide , the in stallation guide, and other useful documents. Shortcut Menu Opti ons 3 The SNFS Shortcut Menu on the left si de of the SNFS home page contai[...]

Chapter 3 SNFS-Only GUI Ov erview The SNFS Home Pa ge StorNext U ser’s Gui de 34 Home and Help Links 3 In the upper right corner of the screen are Home and Help links. Clicking Home returns you immediately to the StorNext home page regardl ess of your current location. Clicking Help displays a list of current StorNext documentation in pdf format.[...]

Chapter 3 SNFS-Only GUI Ov erview The SNFS Configuration Wizard StorNext U ser’s Gui de 35 3 Do one of the following: •C l i c k Cancel to exit the Start/Stop SNFS screen without saving •C l i c k Next to sa ve your changes and proceed. The Complete Start/Stop SNFS screen appears. Figure 17 Complete S tart/S top SNFS Screen 4 On the Complete [...]

Chapter 3 SNFS-Only GUI Ov erview The SNFS Configuration Wizard StorNext U ser’s Gui de 36 complete these steps at any time, and the wizard will resume at the remaining step you if you do not finish com pleting both tasks. If desired , you can select the option Don’t Show CW Again to prevent the wizard from automatically appearing the next time[...]

StorNext U ser’s Gui de 37 Chapter 4 4 Common S torNext T asks This chapter provides instructions on performing the following StorNext and SNFS tasks: • Entering the StorNext License • C ontrolling User Access • Starting and Stopping StorNext Components • Accessing StorNext Logs • Scheduling StorNext Events • Setting Up E-mail Notif i[...]

Chapter 4 Common StorNe xt Task s Entering the StorN ext Li cense StorNext U ser’s Gui de 38 To obtain a permanent license, you must contact the Quantum Technical Assistance Center at licenses@Quantum.com and give them the following information: • The serial number from your product CD or box. • The number of StorNext SAN clie nts and distrib[...]

Chapter 4 Common StorNe xt Task s Entering the StorN ext Li cense StorNext U ser’s Gui de 39 Figure 19 Enter License Introduction Screen 2 Click Next to continue. The Quantum license agreement appears. You must accept the license agreement in ord er to continue with the licensing process.[...]

Chapter 4 Common StorNe xt Task s Entering the StorN ext Li cense StorNext U ser’s Gui de 40 Figure 20 Quantum License Agreement[...]

Chapter 4 Common StorNe xt Task s Entering the StorN ext Li cense StorNext U ser’s Gui de 41 3 Read the license agreement and then click Accept . The Enter License Strings screen appe ars. This screen summarizes the information you must send to licenses@Quantum.com in order to receive the license string you enter on this screen. Figure 21 Enter L[...]

Chapter 4 Common StorNe xt Task s Entering the StorN ext Li cense StorNext U ser’s Gui de 42 5 After selecting Generate 30 day temporary license , click Next to continue. The Complete Enter Li cense screen appears. Figure 22 Complete Ente r License Screen (T emporary) 6 On the Complete Enter License screen, click Next to complete the task, or Bac[...]

Chapter 4 Common StorNe xt Task s Entering the StorN ext Li cense StorNext U ser’s Gui de 43 7 Click OK to close the message box. 8 In order to receive your permanent StorNext license you must email to licenses@quantum.com the following information, as listed on the Enter License Strings screen ( fi gure 21 on page 41): • The StorNext serial nu[...]

Chapter 4 Common StorNe xt Task s Entering the StorN ext Li cense StorNext U ser’s Gui de 44 Figure 24 Complete Ente r License Screen (Permanent) 10 Review the information on the screen, and then click Next to continue, or Ba ck to make ch anges. 11 After the status screen infor ms you that the operation was completed successfully, click Finish .[...]

Chapter 4 Common StorNe xt Task s Controlling User Access StorNext U ser’s Gui de 45 Figure 25 License S tring Example Controlling User Access This section describes the follow ing User Access Control options: • Changing the Admin Password • Adding a New User • Modifying an Existing User • Deleting an Existing User[...]

Chapter 4 Common StorNe xt Task s Controlling User Access StorNext U ser’s Gui de 46 Changing the Admin Password 4 Use this procedure to change the admin password. 1 From the StorNext Home Page choose User Access Control from the Admin menu. Th e User Access Control screen appears. Figure 26 User Access Co ntrol Screen[...]

Chapter 4 Common StorNe xt Task s Controlling User Access StorNext U ser’s Gui de 47 2 From the User Access Contr ol screen, select Admin in the Use r List and click Modify . The Modify User “admin” screen appears. Figure 27 <Modify User Screen 3 Enter your new password. 4 Confirm the new password by entering it again, and then click OK . [...]

Chapter 4 Common StorNe xt Task s Controlling User Access StorNext U ser’s Gui de 48 Adding a New User 4 Use this procedure to add a new StorNext user. 1 From the User Access Control screen, cli ck Add . The Add New User Screen appears. Figure 28 Add New User Screen[...]

Chapter 4 Common StorNe xt Task s Controlling User Access StorNext U ser’s Gui de 49 2 In the Enter User Name field , type the name the new user will enter at the User ID field when he or she logs on to StorNext. 3 In the Enter Passwor d field, type the password the new user will enter when logging on to StorNext. 4 In the Re-enter Passwor d fiel[...]

Chapter 4 Common StorNe xt Task s Controlling User Access StorNext U ser’s Gui de 50 Modifying an Existing User 4 Use this procedure to modify an existing user’s StorNext access. 1 From the User Access Contr ol screen, select a name (other than “admin”) from the User List and click Modi fy . The Modify User screen appears with the user’s [...]

Chapter 4 Common StorNe xt Task s Starting and Stopping StorNext Componen ts StorNext U ser’s Gui de 51 2 Change the user’s password or mo dify permissi ons as described in Adding a New User , and the n click OK . 3 Click Close when the Status screen displays Success . Deleting an Existing User 4 Use this procedure to delete an existing Stor Ne[...]

Chapter 4 Common StorNe xt Task s Starting and Stopping StorNext Componen ts StorNext U ser’s Gui de 52 1 From the StorNext Home Page select Start/St op StorNext from the Admin menu. Alternativ ely, click t he Serv er Status button i n the lower right corner of the screen. (This button displa ys the server’s current status, such as Active.) The[...]

Chapter 4 Common StorNe xt Task s Accessing StorNext Logs StorNext U ser’s Gui de 53 4 Select either Enable or Disable to enable or disable the feature that automatically starts StorNext at boot time. (Your selection on this screen will be refle cted during the next reboot.) 5 Click Next . The Complete Start/Stop StorNext Task screen appears Figu[...]

Chapter 4 Common StorNe xt Task s Accessing StorNext Logs StorNext U ser’s Gui de 54 • SNFS Logs : Logs about each configur ed file system • StorNext Database Logs : Logs that track changes to the internal database • SNSM - File Manager Logs : Logs that track storage errors, etc. of the Storage Manager • SNSM - Libr ary Manager Lo gs : Lo[...]

Chapter 4 Common StorNe xt Task s Accessing StorNext Logs StorNext U ser’s Gui de 55 2 Select the type of log you wish to view, and then click Next . The Select File screen appears. Figure 33 Select File Screen 3 Select the log file you wish to view, and then clic k one of the following: • Delete : D elete the selected log file • Mail : E-mai[...]

Chapter 4 Common StorNe xt Task s Scheduling StorNext Events StorNext U ser’s Gui de 56 • Cancel to close the window Figure 34 Log File Example 5 When you are finished viewing logs, click Cancel to close the Select File window. Scheduling S torNext Events StorNext events are tasks that are scheduled to run automatically based on a specified sch[...]

Chapter 4 Common StorNe xt Task s Scheduling StorNext Events StorNext U ser’s Gui de 57 • Full Backup : By default, a full backup is run once a week to back up the entire database, configuration fi les, and the file system met adata dump file. • Partial Backup : By def ault, a partial back up is run on all other days of the week that the full[...]

Chapter 4 Common StorNe xt Task s Scheduling StorNext Events StorNext U ser’s Gui de 58 Adding a New Schedule 4 Use the following procedure to schedule StorNext events. The procedure for adding a new schedule for an event is the same regardless of the event type. 1 From the StorNext Home Page, select Schedule Event s from the Admin menu. Th e Fea[...]

Chapter 4 Common StorNe xt Task s Scheduling StorNext Events StorNext U ser’s Gui de 59 3 Click Configure . The Feature Sc hedules screen displ ays the selected event type and any existing schedules. Figure 36 Feature Schedules Screen 2[...]

Chapter 4 Common StorNe xt Task s Scheduling StorNext Events StorNext U ser’s Gui de 60 4 Click Add . The Add Feature Schedules screen appears. Figure 37 Add Feature Schedules Screen 5 In the Name field, enter a name for the new schedule. 6 Select either Days of the Week or Da ys of the Month . •I f y o u s e l e c t e d Days of the Week , sele[...]

Chapter 4 Common StorNe xt Task s Scheduling StorNext Events StorNext U ser’s Gui de 61 9 Do one of the following: •C l i c k Apply to save your entry and create the new schedule. When the Status screen displays Success, click Close . •C l i c k Cancel to exit the screen without saving your entries. The Feature Schedules window closes. •C l[...]

Chapter 4 Common StorNe xt Task s Scheduling StorNext Events StorNext U ser’s Gui de 62 6 Select either Days of the Week or Da ys of the Month . •I f y o u s e l e c t e d Days of the Week , view or change the days on which you want the event to run. To select multiple days, hold down the CTRL key when you select subsequent days. •I f y o u s[...]

Chapter 4 Common StorNe xt Task s Scheduling StorNext Events StorNext U ser’s Gui de 63 • Rebu ild Policy 3 Click Configure . The Feature Sc hedules screen displ ays the selected event type and any existing schedules. 4 Select the schedule you want to change , and th en click Delete . 5 When the Status screen displays Success, click Close . 6 D[...]

Chapter 4 Common StorNe xt Task s Setting Up E-mail Notifica tion StorNext U ser’s Gui de 64 6 Do one of the following: •C l i c k Cancel to exit the screen. The Feature Schedul es window closes. •C l i c k Back to return to the previous screen. Setting Up E-mail Notification The E-mail Notification f eature allows you to specify parties who [...]

Chapter 4 Common StorNe xt Task s Setting Up E-mail Notifica tion StorNext U ser’s Gui de 65 1 From the StorNext home page, choose E-mail Notificatio n from the Admin menu. Th e Configure E-mail Notificati on Introduction screen appears. Figure 38 Configure E-mail Notification Screen[...]

Chapter 4 Common StorNe xt Task s Setting Up E-mail Notifica tion StorNext U ser’s Gui de 66 2 On the Configure E -mail Noti fication Introduct ion screen, review your current e-mai l settings (if any) and then click Next to continue. The Configure SMTP E-mail screen appears. Figure 39 Configure SMTP E- mail Screen 3 On the Configure SMTP E-mail [...]

Chapter 4 Common StorNe xt Task s Setting Up E-mail Notifica tion StorNext U ser’s Gui de 67 • Sender Address : Enter the e- mail addre ss for the entity sending alert messages to recipients. • Send Test E-mail to : Enter an e-mail address to whi ch you can send test messages in or der to confirm successful configur ation. 4 Click Next to con[...]

Chapter 4 Common StorNe xt Task s Setting Up E-mail Notifica tion StorNext U ser’s Gui de 68 • Policy Clas s : Select this option to receive e-mail about policy class. You must specify a policy class. • Notify Quantum on Serv ice Ticket : Select this option to automatically s end the Quantu m Technical Assistance Center a message when a servi[...]

Chapter 4 Common StorNe xt Task s Cancelling SNSM Requests StorNext U ser’s Gui de 69 9 When the Status screen informs yo u that your e-mail notifications were successfull y processed, click Close . Cancelling SNSM Request s If your system includes StorNext Storage Manager, the Cancel Request option (accessible from the SNSM home page’s Admin m[...]

Chapter 4 Common StorNe xt Task s Cancelling SNSM Requests StorNext U ser’s Gui de 70 4 When the Status screen informs you that the selected requests have been successfully cancelled, click OK . The requests you selected are now removed from the list on the Cancel Request screen.[...]

StorNext U ser’s Gui de 71 Chapter 5 5 Backing Up S torNext This chapter provides instr uctions on backup up the StorNext software. This chapter covers these topics: • Types of StorNext Software Backups • P erforming a StorNext Software Back up • Managing the Backup Policy T ypes of S t orNext Sof t ware Backup s There are two types of Stor[...]

Chapter 5 Backing Up StorNext Types of StorNext Software Backups StorNext U ser’s Gui de 72 • StorNext database journal s • Configuration files • File system journal file s Setting up Email Notification For Backup 5 Be fore you run a StorNext backup, be s ure to set up email notificat ion as described in Set ting Up E-mail Noti fication on [...]

Chapter 5 Backing Up StorNext Performing a StorNe xt Software Backup StorNext U ser’s Gui de 73 Performing a S torNext Software Backup Use the following procedure to manually run a StorNext backup. 1 From the StorNext home page select Run Backup from the Admin menu. The Backup StorNext screen appears. Figure 43 Backup S torNext Screen[...]

Chapter 5 Backing Up StorNext Managing the Backup Policy StorNext U ser’s Gui de 74 2 Select the type of backup you want run ( Full or Partial ,) and then click Next . The Complete Backup Task screen appears. Figure 44 Complete Backup T ask Screen 3 Click Next to start the backup. 4 Click Finish when the Status screen displays success. Managing t[...]

Chapter 5 Backing Up StorNext Managing the Backup Policy StorNext U ser’s Gui de 75 1 From the SNSM home page, choose Backups from the Admin menu. The Backup Policy screen appears. Figure 45 Backup Policy Screen 2 Enter the following information: • File Cop y 1 - 4 : For each copy number (1 - 4,) select the media type. Only the media types appl[...]

Chapter 5 Backing Up StorNext Managing the Backup Policy StorNext U ser’s Gui de 76 4 After the Status screen informs you that the operation was performed success fully, click OK .[...]

StorNext U ser’s Gui de 77 Chapter 6 6 Managing the File System This chapter describes h ow to manage file systems by performing these major configuration and admini stration tasks: • W orking With File Systems • Managing File System Operations • Working With Disks • W orking With Stripe Groups • W orking With Affinities • Using the S[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Working With File Systems StorNext U ser’s Gui de 78 • Modifying a File System • Deleting a File System Adding a File System 6 The following procedure describes how to create an empty file system. The number of file systems you can a dd is limited only by the number of disks available for configuration. 1 Fr[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Working With File Systems StorNext U ser’s Gui de 79 2 Click Next to continue . The Add New File System screen appears. Figure 47 Add New File System Screen 3 On the Add New File System screen, click Browse to enter a m ount point (directory) for the file system. This allows you to navigate to an existing direct[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Working With File Systems StorNext U ser’s Gui de 80 Figure 48 Directory Browser Window 4 Select from the Select Directory list an existing director y in which you want to create the file system. Figure 49 Select Directory Window 5 To create a new director y undernea th the selected directory, click Create Direc[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Working With File Systems StorNext U ser’s Gui de 81 8 Click Next to proceed from the Add New File Sy stem screen. The Disk Settings screen appears. Figure 50 Disk Settings Screen 9 On the Disk Settings screen, type vali d values and click Next . • Block size field: The block size in by tes for the file system[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Working With File Systems StorNext U ser’s Gui de 82 • Stripe group field: The number of stripe groups for the file system. Selecting a value greater than 1 enables customization to optimize performance and use StorNext features such as dedicated Metadata, Journal and Us er Data stripe groups. 10 When a messag[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Working With File Systems StorNext U ser’s Gui de 83 Figure 51 Customize S tripe Group Screen 11 Enter values for the Customize Stripe Group screen. • Name Field: The name of the stripe group. • Select disks list: The disk s available to assign to the stripe group. You must select at least one disk for e ach[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Working With File Systems StorNext U ser’s Gui de 84 For more information about 2TB LUN r equirements, see the StorNext Installation Guide . • Label Help : Click this li nk to display guid elines for determi ning whether to select VTOC or EFI labels. The matrix looks like this: Figure 52 Label Help Screen • [...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Working With File Systems StorNext U ser’s Gui de 85 • Metadata , Journal , and User Data checkboxes: Enable one or more of these options (check the boxes) to create a location for metadata, journaling or user data. • To enable metadata to be plac ed on the stripe group, select the Metadata checkbox. • To [...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Working With File Systems StorNext U ser’s Gui de 86 Figure 53 Complete FIle System T ask Screen 14 Review your selections. Click Next to complete the task or Back to make changes. 15 After the status screen informs you that the file system was successfully add ed, click Next . Creating a File Syst em From SNFS [...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Working With File Systems StorNext U ser’s Gui de 87 2. Modify the file system’s global settings. 3. Add disks to the fi le system. 4. Add stripe gr oups for the file s ystem. 5. Make the file system. 6. Start the new file system. 7. Mount the new file syst em. 8. Add affiniti es to the new file system. Each o[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Working With File Systems StorNext U ser’s Gui de 88 6 Add disks to the file system as explained in Adding Disks on page 104. 7 Configure stripe groups for the file system as explained in Adding a Stripe Grou p on page 108. 8 Make the file system as described in Making a File System on page 101. 9 Start the file[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Working With File Systems StorNext U ser’s Gui de 89 • Modifying an Affinity on page 126 • Adding Disks on page 104 • Adding a Stripe Grou p on page 108 • M odifying a Stripe Group on page 112 4 Start the file system as d escribed in Starting an d Stopping the File System on page 102. 5 Mount the file sy[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Managing File System Operations StorNext U ser’s Gui de 90 Managing File System Operations This section describes task s that can be performed on an individual basi s when you administer your file syst em. Except where noted, tasks can be completed in any order, and do not r equire that other tasks be successful[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Managing File System Operations StorNext U ser’s Gui de 91 Figure 55 Label Disk Device Screen From this screen, you can perform these tasks: • Select Label Type - Specify VTOC or EFI label types for your disks. VTOC labels were used for all operating systems in previous StorNext and Xsan rele ases, and are sti[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Managing File System Operations StorNext U ser’s Gui de 92 Labeling a Device 6 Use the following procedure to label a disk device. 1 Specify the label type by choosing VTOC or EFI at the Select Label Type field. If the disk is less than 1TB in size and you have not specified VTOC, a message window cautions you t[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Managing File System Operations StorNext U ser’s Gui de 93 4 Verify that the disk you are labe ling is empty, and then click OK to close the message window. The Explorer User Prompt window appears. Figure 58 Explorer User Prompt 5 Enter a name for the device, or accept the dis played default name and then click [...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Managing File System Operations StorNext U ser’s Gui de 94 Unlabeling a Device 6 Use the following procedure to unlabel a disk device. 1 After selecting from the Disk Devices box the device you want to unlabel, click Unlabel . A message warns you that the device will be unusable after unlabeling. Figure 60 Unlab[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Managing File System Operations StorNext U ser’s Gui de 95 Making Global Changes 6 The global section of the file sys tem configurati on file contains general parameters that control system perf ormance, components related to the file system’s resource consumption, and whether features are enabled or disabled.[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Managing File System Operations StorNext U ser’s Gui de 96 Figure 61 Modify Global Settings Screen If you are configuring global setti ngs as part of the procedure for making a new file system, the list at the top of the screen shows your current step in the process. Pr evious and next steps are hyperlinked, so [...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Managing File System Operations StorNext U ser’s Gui de 97 • Maximum Log Size : This value defines the maximum number of bytes (size) to which a SNFS Server log file can grow. When the log file reaches the specified size, it is rolled and a new log is starte d. In this situation, the two log files could use tw[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Managing File System Operations StorNext U ser’s Gui de 98 • Quotas : Select this option to enable enforcing quotas for users and groups. • Inode Expansion Blocks : Use these fields to configure the minimum (floor), maximum (ceiling), and incr ement of the block allocation size for a dynamically expanding fi[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Managing File System Operations StorNext U ser’s Gui de 99 • LDAP Config uration • UNIX File Cr eation Mode on Windows - Mode bits for UNIX files • UNIX Directory Creation Mo de on Windows - Mode bits for UNIX directories • UNIX ID Fabrication on Windows - Allow s you to enable or disable using fabr icat[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Managing File System Operations StorNext U ser’s Gui de 100 After you type the IP addresses of tw o reliable machines o n your network in the fsnameservers file, copy th e fsnameservers file to every machine running SNFS. After changing the fsnameserve rs file, always restart (stop and start) all file system ser[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Managing File System Operations StorNext U ser’s Gui de 101 • Changing the sector count of a disk Making a File System 6 Use this procedure to make a file system. 1 From the SNFS home page, choose Make File Systems from the Admin menu. Th e Make File System screen appears. Figure 62 Make File System Screen 2 I[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Managing File System Operations StorNext U ser’s Gui de 102 St arting and S topping the File System 6 This task enables you to start or stop a file system. You need to s top a file system if you want to take it out of service to make configuration changes or perform other administra tive tasks. You need to start[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Managing File System Operations StorNext U ser’s Gui de 103 Mounting o r Unmount ing a File System 6 This task enables you to mount or unmount a file system. You must unmount a file system if you want to take it out of service to make configuration changes or perform othe r administra tive tasks. You mus t mount[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Working With Di sks StorNext U ser’s Gui de 104 W orking With Disks A disk: • can be used as an individual elem ent or as one of many disks in a Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks (RAID). • can contain metadata information, journaling, and/or data. • can constitute a single stripe gr oup itself, or can b[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Working With Di sks StorNext U ser’s Gui de 105 3 From the SNFS home page, choose Disks from the Config menu. The Manage Disks screen appears. Figure 65 Manage Disks Screen 4 From the File Systems drop-down menu, select the file system to which you want to add the disk, and then click Add . The Add Disk screen a[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Working With Di sks StorNext U ser’s Gui de 106 5 Select from the Available Disks list the disk you wa nt to add to the file system. You can select mul tiple disks by pressing the CTRL key and clicking the disk name. Click OK to continue. The Add Disk Status screen appears. 6 After the status screen indicates th[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Working With Stripe Groups StorNext U ser’s Gui de 107 6 After the status screen in dicates that the disk has been d eleted, click Close . Defragmenting a Disk 6 This procedure describes how to defragment a disk using the snfsdefrag utility to relocate SNF S file data into a single, pre-al located extent. Reduci[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Working With Stripe Groups StorNext U ser’s Gui de 108 A stripe group contains definitions about read and write permissions, real time I/O constrai nts, a stripe breadth defi nition, multi-pathing methodology, and an affinity associ ation. A file system can contain multiple stripe groups. Stripe groups are bound[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Working With Stripe Groups StorNext U ser’s Gui de 109 Figure 67 Configure S tripe Group Screen 2 From the File Systems drop-down menu, select the file system to which you want to add a stripe group, and then click Add . The Add Stripe Group screen appears.[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Working With Stripe Groups StorNext U ser’s Gui de 110 Figure 68 Add S tripe Group Screen 3 Enter the fields on the Add Stripe Grou p screen. • Name : The name of the new stripe group. • Breadth : The breadth size is the number of file system blocks that the system reads/writes before mo ving to the next dis[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Working With Stripe Groups StorNext U ser’s Gui de 111 3) Add one or more disks. • Disks in Stripe Group : Disks associated with the new stripe group. • Available Affinities : Affinities asso ciated with existing stripe groups that, if selec ted, would al so apply to this stripe group. • Affinities in Stri[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Working With Stripe Groups StorNext U ser’s Gui de 112 • Non-realtime MB/sec (optional): The lower threshold (in MB per second) that is reserved for non- realtime applications. If both Non-realtime MB/sec and Non- realtime IO/sec Fields are selected, then the system uses the lesser of the two values. This is a[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Working With Stripe Groups StorNext U ser’s Gui de 113 Figure 69 Modify S tripe Group Screen 5 Type valid values for the stripe group. • Stripe Group : The selected stripe group. • Available Disks : Disks available to the st ripe group. To populate this list, you must firs t add disks to the file system by d[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Working With Stripe Groups StorNext U ser’s Gui de 114 • Affinities in Stripe Group : Affiniti es associated with th e stripe group. •R e a d - o n l y : Select this option to make the stripe group read only. • Status : The status of the stripe gr oup, either online or offline. •S e l e c t Up to put the[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Working With Affinities StorNext U ser’s Gui de 115 • Non-realtime MB/sec (opt ional): The lower threshold (in megabytes per second) that is res erved for non-realt ime applications. This is an optional setting and can be left blank. 6 Click OK . 7 After the screen indicates that the stripe group has been modi[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Working With Affinities StorNext U ser’s Gui de 116 For example, if you create a directory association with A ffinity aff1 , all data written to that directory is written to S tripeGrou p S tripeGroup2 , and therefore only to disk2 . If you make an association wi th Affin ity af f2 and a separate directory in th[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Working With Affinities StorNext U ser’s Gui de 117 Figure 70 Add Affinity Introduction Screen 2 Click Next to continue . The Add Affin ity screen appears.[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Working With Affinities StorNext U ser’s Gui de 118 Figure 71 Add Affinity Screen 3 Select the file system to which you want to add the affinity. Enter a name for the affinity (up to eight ch aracters long) that begins with a letter. Click Next to continue . The Select Directory screen appears.[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Working With Affinities StorNext U ser’s Gui de 119 Figure 72 Select Directory Screen 4 Specify the directory for the new af finity. You can enter a pathname directly in the field, or click Browse to select from a list of e xisting directories. If desire d, you can also create a new directory after you click Bro[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Working With Affinities StorNext U ser’s Gui de 120 Figure 73 Assign Affinity Screen 5 Select from the di splayed the li st the stripe group to which you want to assign the new affinity. If none of the shown stripe groups are available, you must exit the proc edure and create additional stripe groups before proc[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Working With Affinities StorNext U ser’s Gui de 121 Figure 74 Exclusive S tripe Group Screen 6 If desired, you can se lect a stripe group that will be used exclusively for the new affinity’s files. To make a stripe group exclusive, select the desired stripe group from the left column (Not Exclusive) and click [...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Working With Affinities StorNext U ser’s Gui de 122 Figure 75 Complete Add Affinity T ask Screen 7 Click Next to continue. After the status screen informs you th at the affinity was added successfull y, click Close . Adding an Affinity Through SNSM 6 Alternatively you can use the following procedure to add an af[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Working With Affinities StorNext U ser’s Gui de 123 Figure 76 Add, Modify , or Delete Affinities Screen 4 From the File Systems drop-down menu, select the file system to which you want to add the affinity, and then click Add . The Add Affinity screen appears. Figure 77 Add Affinity Screen 5 Select a Stripe Group[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Working With Affinities StorNext U ser’s Gui de 124 The following stripe groups cannot be selected: • An exclusive stripe group • A metada ta stripe group • A journal stripe group • A stripe group on a managed fi le system with a configured affinity 6 After the Status screen informs you that the affinity[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Working With Affinities StorNext U ser’s Gui de 125 Figure 78 Set Affinity Screen 2 Select from the File Systems list the file system on which you want to set the new affini ty. 3 Select from the Affinities list the affinity to set on the selected file system. 4 Click Apply to continue. The Set Affinity screen a[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Working With Affinities StorNext U ser’s Gui de 126 5 On the Set Affinity screen, click Browse and select or create the directory on the file system to which you want to set the affinity. Click OK . 6 When the status screen informs you that the operation was completed successfully, cli ck OK . Modifying an Affin[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Working With Affinities StorNext U ser’s Gui de 127 9 After the status screen informs you that the affinity has been modified, click Close . The Add , Modify, or Delete Affinities screen ( figure 76 on page 123) appears, showing the association you just created. 10 Start the file system as d escribed in Making a[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Performing a Metadata Dump StorNext U ser’s Gui de 128 10 Mount the file system as described in Mounting or Unmounting a File System on page 103. File System Configuration Restrictions 6 When using affinities, the StorNext ad ministrator must adhere to the file system configuration restrictions li sted below to [...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Using the SNSM File System Functions StorNext U ser’s Gui de 129 1 From the SNFS home page, choose Metadata Dump from the Admi n menu. The Metadata Du mp of File System screen ap pears. Figure 81 Metadata Dump of File System Screen 2 Select the file system on which to perform the metadata dump, and then click Ap[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Using the SNSM File System Functions StorNext U ser’s Gui de 130 • Retrieving a Directory • Freeing Disk Blocks • M oving Files to New Medi a • Modifying a File’s Attributes These functions are not available if you have only StorNe xt File System and not StorNext Storage Manager. Storing File s 6 Use t[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Using the SNSM File System Functions StorNext U ser’s Gui de 131 •C l i c k Browse to display the StorNext Fi le Browser window. On this window locate and select the files you want to store to media, and then click OK . 3 If desired, click the Properties button to change the default parameters that are applied[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Using the SNSM File System Functions StorNext U ser’s Gui de 132 5 On the Store Files screen, click Apply to continue. 6 After the Status screen informs you that the operation was completed successfully, click OK . Changing a File V ersion 6 Use this function to find alternat e versions of a specified file. 1 Fr[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Using the SNSM File System Functions StorNext U ser’s Gui de 133 Recovering a File 6 This function allows you to recover a deleted file. Undele ted files are recovered in a truncated state. To retu rn the file back to disk, you must use the Retrieve File function as described in Retrieving a File on page 135. 1 [...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Using the SNSM File System Functions StorNext U ser’s Gui de 134 Figure 86 S torNext Recoverable Files Screen 4 Select from the list the file s you want to undelete. To expe dite file selection, you can use the Select All or Deselect All buttons. If the file list spans more than one screen page, click Next to vi[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Using the SNSM File System Functions StorNext U ser’s Gui de 135 1 From the SNSM home page, choose Recover Direc tory from the File menu. The Recover Directory sc reen appears. Figure 87 Recover Directory Screen 2 Select from the Select File System dropdown list the file system to which you want to restore the d[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Using the SNSM File System Functions StorNext U ser’s Gui de 136 Figure 88 Retrieve Files Screen 2 Do one of the following: • Enter in the Enter Individual Filename field the file you want to retrieve. You must enter the complete pathname. •C l i c k Browse to display the StorNext Fi le Browser window. On th[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Using the SNSM File System Functions StorNext U ser’s Gui de 137 1 From the SNSM home page, choose Retr ieve Directory from the File menu. The Retrieve Directory screen ap pears. Figure 89 Retrieve Directory Screen 2 Do one of the following: • Enter in the Enter Directory field the directory from which you wan[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Using the SNSM File System Functions StorNext U ser’s Gui de 138 1 From the SNSM home page, choose Free Disk Blocks from the File menu. The Free Disk Blocks screen appears. Figure 90 Free Disk Blocks Screen 2 Do one of the following: • Enter in the Enter Individual Filename field the file you want to remove fr[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Using the SNSM File System Functions StorNext U ser’s Gui de 139 Moving Files to New Media 6 This function enables you to move files fr om one piece of media to another. When you use this function, files on the original media are deleted. (That is, thi s is not a copy function that leaves files on the source med[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Using the SNSM File System Functions StorNext U ser’s Gui de 140 Modifying a F ile’ s Attributes 6 With this function you can change a file’s att ributes, including the associated policy class attributes an d number of file copie s to save on media during storage. 1 From the SNSM home page, choose Attributes[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Understanding Dynamic Resource Allo ca tion StorNext U ser’s Gui de 141 5 If the Stub File feature is enabled, indicate how StorNext determines the stub file size: • By Policy : Use the stub file size entered when the storage policy was created • User Set : Chang e the stub fil e size by entering the new siz[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Understanding Dynamic Resource Allo ca tion StorNext U ser’s Gui de 142 About Stripe Group Movement 6 Stripe Group Movement accomplishes two purposes: moving data files between stripe groups, and freeing stri pe groups so they can be removed from an existing StorNext file system. Before movement, the stripe gr o[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Checking the File System StorNext U ser’s Gui de 143 4 Mark source stripe groups as down. (See M odifying a Stripe Group on page 112.) Checking the File System Before you perform either File System Expansion or Stripe Group Movement, you must first perform a ch eck on the file system you plan to use for these fe[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Checking the File System StorNext U ser’s Gui de 144 3 If de si re d, s ele ct the Check Read Only option if you want to perform the file system check in read-onl y mode. 4 When you are ready to proceed with the check on the selected file system, click Apply . The status window informs you that the process was i[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Performing File System Expansion StorNext U ser’s Gui de 145 Figure 94 Check File System S tatus Screen Performing File System Exp ansion In practical terms, expanding an existing file system means allocating additional stora ge to that file sy stem. You add add i tional storage by creating a new stripe group in[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Performing File System Expansion StorNext U ser’s Gui de 146 Follow these steps when you are read y to use the File System Expansion Wizard: 1 From the SNFS home page, choose Expand File System from the Admin menu. Th e File System Expansion - Int roduction screen appears, showing a list of file systems availabl[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Performing File System Expansion StorNext U ser’s Gui de 147 Figure 95 File System Expansion Introduction Screen 2 Select from the list the file system on which you want to perform File System Expansion. Click Next to continue. 3 A message reminds y ou that you must check your fi le system before beginning the e[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Performing File System Expansion StorNext U ser’s Gui de 148 Do one of the following: • If you have not checked the selected file system, click Cancel and then run the file system check as described in Checking the File System on page 143. • If you have already checked the selected file system, click OK to p[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Performing File System Expansion StorNext U ser’s Gui de 149 Figure 98 Metadump W arning 6 On the Data Stripe Group Selecti on screen, click Next to continue. The New Data Stripe Group screen appears. Note: If you proceed without selecting the Perform metadump option, you should manually perform a metadata dump [...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Performing File System Expansion StorNext U ser’s Gui de 150 Figure 99 New Data S tripe Group Screen 7 Enter values for the New Stripe Group screen. • Name field: The name of the stripe gr oup. • Select disks list: The disk s available to assign to the stripe group. You must select at least one disk for e ac[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Performing File System Expansion StorNext U ser’s Gui de 151 For more information about 2TB LUN r equirements, see the StorNext Installation Guide . • Label Help : Click this li nk to display guid elines for determi ning whether to select VTOC or EFI labels. (See figure 52 on page 84.) • Stripe breadth drop-[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Performing Stripe Group Movement StorNext U ser’s Gui de 152 9 Click Next to complete the process. 10 After the status screen informs you that the expansion was completed successfully, click Finish to exit the wizard. Performing S tripe Group Movement The time it takes to complete the St ripe Group Movement proc[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Performing Stripe Group Movement StorNext U ser’s Gui de 153 (StorNext has different mechanisms for moving data stripe groups versus metadata/journal stripe groups.) Launching the Moveme nt Wizard 6 Use the following procedure to perform stripe group movement. 1 From the SNFS home page, choose Move Stri pe Group[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Performing Stripe Group Movement StorNext U ser’s Gui de 154 Figure 101 Move S tripe Group Screen 2 To update the percentage complete for a move in progress, click Refresh . To remove previously completed moves (with either a Success or Fail status,) click Clear . 3 To view details about ei ther a pr eviously co[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Performing Stripe Group Movement StorNext U ser’s Gui de 155 Figure 102 Move S tripe Group Introduction Screen 5 Select the file system for which you want to move stripe groups. Click Next to continue. 6 A message reminds y ou that you must check your fi le system before beginning the movement process. Do one of[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Performing Stripe Group Movement StorNext U ser’s Gui de 156 Figure 103 Move Options Screen 7 Specify whether to move a data stri pe group or a metadata or journal stripe group. (You cannot move a stri pe group that contains both user data and metadata/journal data on the same LUN.) Cli ck Next to continue. If y[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Performing Stripe Group Movement StorNext U ser’s Gui de 157 Figure 104 Data S tripe Grou p Move Screen 8 Select the source stripe gr oup from which data will be moved. The stripe group you select w ill be ma rked as read only, and dat a from the stripe group will be distributed among one or more available strip[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Performing Stripe Group Movement StorNext U ser’s Gui de 158 Similarly, if Stor Next determines that the avai lable destination st ripe groups are not large enough to accommodate the data on the source stripe group, you will receive a warning message and not be allowed to continue using the selected source strip[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Performing Stripe Group Movement StorNext U ser’s Gui de 159 Figure 108 Metadata/Journal Move Screen 11 Select from the displayed li sts of available LUNs the sou rce (from) LUN and the destination (to) LUN. Click Insert to continue. The LUN pair are displayed beneath the SOURCE>>DES TINATION heading. If y[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Performing Stripe Group Movement StorNext U ser’s Gui de 160 Figure 109 Complete S tripe Group Move Screen 12 On the Complete Stripe Gro up Move screen, verif y the displayed information about the move and then click Next to continue. The Process Initiated status screen appears. Note: The figure shows the Comple[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Performing Stripe Group Movement StorNext U ser’s Gui de 161 Figure 1 10 Process Initiated S tatus Screen 13 After the status screen informs you that the move was initiated successfully, click Finish to exit the wizard. Completing Met adata Str ipe Group Movement 6 After the move begins, follow thes e steps to c[...]

Chapter 6 Managing the File System Performing Stripe Group Movement StorNext U ser’s Gui de 162 Figure 1 1 1 S trip e Grou p Move S tatus Screen 2 When the move status is Success , mark the source stripe group as “down” and then restart the file system. 3 If the status is Failed , click the link to determine the cause of failure. If desired, [...]

StorNext U ser’s Gui de 163 Chapter 7 7 Managing Libraries StorNext configures, allocates, an d manages all co mponents associated with libraries. Resou rces that can be used for libraries include a w ide variety of storage drives and media. Once c onfigured, StorNext performs automated and manual operations to ensure the libraries resources are [...]

Chapter 7 Managing Libraries Adding a Library StorNext U ser’s Gui de 164 Adding a Library Use the procedure in this section to add lib raries to St orNext. StorNext’ s Storage Manager (SNSM) component supports three l ibrary types: • SCSI : A SCSI or fibre channel-attache d library. • Network (ACSLS or DAS) : A networ k-attached library. T[...]

Chapter 7 Managing Libraries Adding a Library StorNext U ser’s Gui de 165 Figure 1 12 Library Introduction Screen 2 Click Next . The Library Type scree n appears.[...]

Chapter 7 Managing Libraries Adding a Library StorNext U ser’s Gui de 166 Figure 1 13 Library T ype Screen 3 Select the type of library you have : SCSI, Network, or Vault. (If you select Network, choose ACSLS or DAS from the drop-down list.) 4 Click Next to continue . 5 Follow the procedures for your library type • Adding a SCSI Library on page[...]

Chapter 7 Managing Libraries Adding a Library StorNext U ser’s Gui de 167 Adding a SCSI Library 7 After you specify SCS I on the Library Type screen and then click Next , the Library Name screen appears. Figure 1 14 Library Name Screen (If you have no SCSI libraries config ured, a message informs you that no SCSI devices were detected. If yo u re[...]

Chapter 7 Managing Libraries Adding a Library StorNext U ser’s Gui de 168 1 On the Library Name screen, accept the default library name or type a name, and then click Next . The Media Types screen appears. Figure 1 15 Media T ypes Screen 2 Select a media type from the list , and then click Next . The SCSI Device screen appears.[...]

Chapter 7 Managing Libraries Adding a Library StorNext U ser’s Gui de 169 Figure 1 16 SCSI Device Screen[...]

Chapter 7 Managing Libraries Adding a Library StorNext U ser’s Gui de 170 3 Select a SCSI device from the list and click Next . The Complete A dd Library Task screen appears. Figure 1 17 Complete Add Library T ask Screen 4 Review your selections. When fin ished, click Next to complete the task or Back to make changes. 5 After the status screen in[...]

Chapter 7 Managing Libraries Adding a Library StorNext U ser’s Gui de 171 Adding an ACSLS Network Library 7 After you select Network on the Library Type screen and then choose ACSLS from the drop-down list, the Library Name screen appears. Figure 1 18 ACSLS Library Name Screen 1 Enter the fields on the Library Name screen. • Library Name : The [...]

Chapter 7 Managing Libraries Adding a Library StorNext U ser’s Gui de 172 5 After the status screen notifies yo u that the libr ary was successfully added, click Close . Adding a DAS Network Library 7 After you select Network on the Library Introduction screen and then choose DAS from the drop-down list, the DAS Configur ation screen appears. Fig[...]

Chapter 7 Managing Libraries Adding a Library StorNext U ser’s Gui de 173 Adding a DAS Network Library with Failover 7 1 On the Library Name screen, ente r valid values and click Next . Figure 120 DAS Library Name Screen • Library Name : The name of the library. This can be any name you choose • DAS Server Name : The name of the DAS serve r ?[...]

Chapter 7 Managing Libraries Adding a Library StorNext U ser’s Gui de 174 • Standby Server Client Name : Standby server client name configured on the network The Media Types screen appears. Figure 121 DAS Media T ypes Screen 2 Use the drop-down lists to map the ma il boxes (EIF ports) to specific media, and then click Next . The Complete Add Li[...]

Chapter 7 Managing Libraries Adding a Library StorNext U ser’s Gui de 175 Adding a DAS Network Library wi th or without Dual Aisle Configuration 7 1 On the Library Name screen, ente r valid values and click Next . Figure 122 DAS 2 Library Name Screen • Library Name : The name of the library. This can be any name you choose. • Host Name : The [...]

Chapter 7 Managing Libraries Adding a Library StorNext U ser’s Gui de 176 4 After a status screen inf orms you that the library was successfully added, click Close . Adding a V ault Library 7 After you select Vault on the Library Type screen, the Library Name screen appears. Figure 123 V ault Library Name Screen 1 Type a name for the libr ary (or[...]

Chapter 7 Managing Libraries Modifying a Library StorNext U ser’s Gui de 177 Modifying a Library This task describes how to modify a library by changing its media ty pe. 1 From the SNSM home page, choose Library > Config Library from the Admin menu. The Configure Library screen appears. Figure 124 Configure Library Screen 2 In the Select Libra[...]

Chapter 7 Managing Libraries Deleting a Library StorNext U ser’s Gui de 178 Figure 125 Modify SCSI Library Screen 3 According to your needs, move media types from the Unconfigured media types list to the Configured media types list, or vice versa. To move media, select the desired media type and then click the right or left arrow to move the medi[...]

Chapter 7 Managing Libraries Auditing a Library StorNext U ser’s Gui de 179 • Delete ALL drives associated with the libr ary as described in Deleting a Tape Drive on page 190. 1 From the SNSM home page, choose Library > Config Library from the Admin menu. The Configure Library screen ( figure 124 on page 177) appears. 2 Select from the Selec[...]

Chapter 7 Managing Libraries Auditing a Library StorNext U ser’s Gui de 180 Figure 126 Audit Library Screen 2 Select from the Select Library list the li brary you want to audi t. 3 If desired, select the Remap Audit option to synchronize the StorNext and SNSM databases with the lib rary databases. 4 Click Apply. The library audit la unches, and t[...]

Chapter 7 Managing Libraries Changing the Li brary State StorNext U ser’s Gui de 181 Changing the Library S tate This function allows you to change a library’s logical state to online or offline. Logical state means the library could be online, but StorNext treats it as offlin e. To physically take a SCSI library of fl ine, use the library’s [...]

StorNext U ser’s Gui de 182 Chapter 8 8 Managing Drives and Disks Tape drives provide I/O for a StorNext media library. For a detail ed list of supported media for the curre nt StorNext release, refer to the StorNext Release Notes . Managing tape drives and disks consists of the following tasks: • Working with Tape Dr ives • Working wit h Dri[...]

Chapter 8 Managing Drives and Disks Working with Tape Drives StorNext U ser’s Gui de 183 Adding a T ape Drive 8 Use this procedure to add tape drives to your libraries. You can add any number of connected tape drives to the Stor Next system. 1 From the StorNext home page, choose Add Tape Drive from the Config menu. (Alternatively, from the SNSM h[...]

Chapter 8 Managing Drives and Disks Working with Tape Drives StorNext U ser’s Gui de 184 2 Click Next to add a tape drive. The Associated Library screen appears. Figure 129 Associated Library Screen • Configured Libraries list: Select the configured library with which to associate the tape drives you are adding. • Fibre-Channe l Attached Driv[...]

Chapter 8 Managing Drives and Disks Working with Tape Drives StorNext U ser’s Gui de 185 3 After you select a configured library on the Associated Library screen, click Next . The Hardware Devices screen appears. Figure 130 Hardware Device s Screen • Hardware Devices list: Select the hardwar e devices you want to add as drives. Drive names are [...]

Chapter 8 Managing Drives and Disks Working with Tape Drives StorNext U ser’s Gui de 186 4 Click Next to continue . The Complete Add Drive Task screen appears. Figure 131 Complete Add Drive T ask Screen 5 Review your selections. Click Next to complete the task or Back to make changes. 6 When the Status screen informs you that the tape drive was s[...]

Chapter 8 Managing Drives and Disks Working with Tape Drives StorNext U ser’s Gui de 187 Matching Devices with Slots 8 When you select the Fibre-Chan nel Attached Drives checkbox on the Associated Library screen, the Match Devices with Slots screen appears. The system-specific information on this screen varies from configuration to configuration.[...]

Chapter 8 Managing Drives and Disks Working with Tape Drives StorNext U ser’s Gui de 188 1 If you need to see exist ing drive and slot mappings, click Show Mapping Help to display a list of curr ent device mappings. Click Close when you are finished viewing the information on the Tape Drive Mapping Help screen. Figure 133 T ape Drive Mapping Help[...]

Chapter 8 Managing Drives and Disks Working with Tape Drives StorNext U ser’s Gui de 189 Modifying a T ape Drive 8 Use this procedure to mod ify configured tape drives. 1 From the SNSM home page, choose Drive > Config from the Admin menu. The Configure Drives screen appears. Figure 134 Configure Drives Screen 2 Select a drive from the Configur[...]

Chapter 8 Managing Drives and Disks Working with Tape Drives StorNext U ser’s Gui de 190 Figure 135 Modify Drive Screen 3 Modify any of the following information: • Drive Name : The name of the modified drive. • Dismount Delay : Change the dismount delay time (in seconds). • Select New Drive Path : The drop-down menu displays available driv[...]

Chapter 8 Managing Drives and Disks Working with Tape Drives StorNext U ser’s Gui de 191 Figure 136 Delete Warning Window 3 Click OK to close the message window and proceed. 4 After the Status Screen informs you that the drive has been successfully deleted , click Close . Changing a Drive S t ate 8 The drive state functi on allows you to change t[...]

Chapter 8 Managing Drives and Disks Working with Tape Drives StorNext U ser’s Gui de 192 4 After the Status Screen infor ms you that the drive’s status was successfully changed, click Close . The Change Drive State screen shows the changed state for the drive you selected. 5 If desired, repeat steps 2 - 4 to change t he state for additional tap[...]

Chapter 8 Managing Drives and Disks Working with Dr ive Pools StorNext U ser’s Gui de 193 W orking with Drive Pools Drive pools are groups of tape drives allocated for various administrator- defined storage tasks. Drive pools enab le you to delimit storage processes based on data type, performance, se curity, location, or all of these variables. [...]

Chapter 8 Managing Drives and Disks Working with Dr ive Pools StorNext U ser’s Gui de 194 Figure 139 Configure Drive Pools Screen 2 Click Add to add a new drive pool. The Add New Drive Pool screen appears. Figure 140 Add New Drive Pool Screen 3 Enter a name for the new drive pool in the Drive Pool Name field.[...]

Chapter 8 Managing Drives and Disks Working with Dr ive Pools StorNext U ser’s Gui de 195 4 Select from the Select Drive IDs list the drives y ou want to in clude in the new drive pool, and then click Apply . A message window warns you that continuing with the ta sk restarts the Storage Manager. Figure 141 W arning Message Window 5 Click OK to cl[...]

Chapter 8 Managing Drives and Disks Working with Dr ive Pools StorNext U ser’s Gui de 196 Figure 142 Modify Drive Pool Screen 3 Select from the Associated Drives list the drive you want to move to the Available Drives list, and then click Remove Left . The drive is removed from the Associated Drives list and appears in the Available Drives list. [...]

Chapter 8 Managing Drives and Disks Working with Dr ive Pools StorNext U ser’s Gui de 197 7 After the status screen informs you that your drive pool modifications were successful, click Close . Deleting a Drive Pool 8 Use this procedure to delete a drive pool. You cannot delete a drive pool if there are drives currently associated with it. To dis[...]

Chapter 8 Managing Drives and Disks Managing Disk Space StorNext U ser’s Gui de 198 Managing Disk S pace This function allows you to apply a st orage policy or truncation policy to a file system, and to adjust other pa ramete rs that help you manag e disk space. 1 From the SNSM home page, choose Disk Space from t he Admin menu. The Manage Disk Sp[...]

Chapter 8 Managing Drives and Disks Changing Waterm ark Parameters StorNext U ser’s Gui de 199 • Stop at Occupied D isk Space : Specify t he disk-full percentage at which the storage or truncation policy is no longer applied. • MINTIME Before File Migration : If you chose the Storage Policy option, enter the minimum amount of time (in minutes[...]

Chapter 8 Managing Drives and Disks Changing Waterm ark Parameters StorNext U ser’s Gui de 200 1 From the SNSM home page, choose Watermark Parameters from the Admin menu. Th e Change Watermark Parameters screen appears. Figure 146 Change Watermark Parameters Screen 2 Select from the Managed File System(s) dropdown list the file system for which y[...]

StorNext U ser’s Gui de 201 Chapter 9 9 Managing Media In StorNext, data is usually stored on tapes in a media li brary. For a detailed list of supported media, refer to the StorNext Release Notes . Managing tape media consists of the following tasks: • Adding Media to a Configured Library • Removing and Moving Media • Using the SNSM Media [...]

Chapter 9 Managing Med ia Adding Media to a Configured Library StorNext U ser’s Gui de 202 1 From the StorNext home page, choose Add Media from the Confi g menu. The Add Media - Introd uction screen shows a li st of current libraries, along with the number of media each library can hold. Figure 147 Add Media - Introduction Screen[...]

Chapter 9 Managing Med ia Adding Media to a Configured Library StorNext U ser’s Gui de 203 2 Click Next to add media to a configured library. The Associated Library screen appears. Figure 148 Associated Library Screen[...]

Chapter 9 Managing Med ia Adding Media to a Configured Library StorNext U ser’s Gui de 204 3 On the Associated Library screen, select a configured library to which you want to add media, and then click Next . The second Associated Library screen appears. Figure 149 Associated Library Screen 2 If you selected a media vault on the first Associated [...]

Chapter 9 Managing Med ia Adding Media to a Configured Library StorNext U ser’s Gui de 205 5 When you specify Mail box on the Associated Library screen, the Select Mailbo x screen appears. Figure 150 Select Mailbox Screen Select a mailbox and click Next .[...]

Chapter 9 Managing Med ia Adding Media to a Configured Library StorNext U ser’s Gui de 206 6 When the Complete Add Media Task screen appears, review your selections. Figure 151 Complete Add Media T ask Screen Click Next to complete the task or click Back to make changes. 7 After a status screen informs you that media has been successfull y added,[...]

Chapter 9 Managing Med ia Adding Media to a Configured Library StorNext U ser’s Gui de 207 Adding a V ault 9 Use this procedure to add a vault to the library. 1 When you select a media vault on the Associated Library screen, the Select Media Type screen appears. Figure 152 Select Media T ype Screen[...]

Chapter 9 Managing Med ia Adding Media to a Configured Library StorNext U ser’s Gui de 208 2 On the Select Media Type screen, s elect the type of me dia you want to add to the vault. The Add Me dia IDs screen appears. Figure 153 Add Media IDs Screen 3 On the Add Media IDs screen, do one of the following: • Enter the name for the new media in th[...]

Chapter 9 Managing Med ia Adding Media to a Configured Library StorNext U ser’s Gui de 209 • Add multiple media labels by clicki ng the New Media button. The Create New Medi a ID screen appears. Figure 154 Create New Media ID Screen 4 On the Create New Media ID screen, perform the following steps: 1 Enter the new media label name. 2 Enter the n[...]

Chapter 9 Managing Med ia Removing and Moving Med ia StorNext U ser’s Gui de 210 Removing and Moving Media These procedures enable you to remove or move media from a library to a different library or vault whil e preserving th e existing data. • Removing Media • Moving Media Removing Media 9 Use this procedure to remove blank media, backup ta[...]

Chapter 9 Managing Med ia Removing and Moving Med ia StorNext U ser’s Gui de 211 3 Select from the Select Library list the library from which to remove the media. If the library has more than one media type, specify the type of m edia you w ant to re move from the sele cted library. Click Next to continue. The Select Media screen appears. Figure [...]

Chapter 9 Managing Med ia Removing and Moving Med ia StorNext U ser’s Gui de 212 5 To remove multiple media, click Br owse . The StorNext Media Browser screen appears. Figure 157 S torNext Media Browser Screen 6 On the StorNext Media Browser scre en, select the Media Class to remove: Blank, Cleaning, or Backup. The StorNext Media Browser screen d[...]

Chapter 9 Managing Med ia Removing and Moving Med ia StorNext U ser’s Gui de 213 9 Select from the Media List the media you want to remove, and then click Next . The Complete Remove/M ove Media Task screen appears. Figure 158 Complete Remove/ Move Media T ask Screen 10 Review your selections and click Next to apply them or Back to make changes. T[...]

Chapter 9 Managing Med ia Removing and Moving Med ia StorNext U ser’s Gui de 214 11 After the status screen informs you that the media has been successfully removed, click Finish . The Library Operator Interfa ce (LOI) screen appears. Figure 159 Library Operator Interface Screen 12 The name of the library on which the media resides is displayed. [...]

Chapter 9 Managing Med ia Removing and Moving Med ia StorNext U ser’s Gui de 215 • Select All : Click this button to select all media in the Select Media list for removal • Deselect All : Click this button to deselect all media in the Select Media list • Details : Cli ck this button to view information about selected media • Eject : Click[...]

Chapter 9 Managing Med ia Removing and Moving Med ia StorNext U ser’s Gui de 216 6 Select a media class . The Select Media list is populated with all available media in th e class you selected. 7 Select from the Select Media list the media you want to move, and then click OK . The Select Me dia screen reappears, showing your selection. 8 Click Ne[...]

Chapter 9 Managing Med ia Removing and Moving Med ia StorNext U ser’s Gui de 217 11 After the status screen informs you that the task was completed successfully, click Finish . The Library Operator Interfa ce (LOI) screen appears with the source library flagged. Figure 162 Library Operator Interface Screen 12 Eject the media f rom the source l ib[...]

Chapter 9 Managing Med ia Using the SNSM Media Functions StorNext U ser’s Gui de 218 14 Move the media to the destination library and click the highlighted Enter Media button. The LOI Enter screen appears. Figure 163 LOI Enter Screen 15 Click Eject to continue, and then click Close . The LOI screen reappears without flags or highlights. 16 Click [...]

Chapter 9 Managing Med ia Using the SNSM Media Functions StorNext U ser’s Gui de 219 • Transcribing Media . • Changing Media Attributes . • Reclassifyi ng a Media Cl ass Grouping . • Cleaning Media . • Cancelling the Eject Media Process . These functions are not available if you have only StorNe xt File System and not StorNext Storage M[...]

Chapter 9 Managing Med ia Using the SNSM Media Functions StorNext U ser’s Gui de 220 3 Click Browse when you are re ady to flag specific media for moving manually. The Media Browse r screen appears. Figure 165 Media Browser Screen 4 On the Media Browser scre en, select from the Select Media list the media you plan to move manually. If desired, yo[...]

Chapter 9 Managing Med ia Using the SNSM Media Functions StorNext U ser’s Gui de 221 Mounting and Dismounting Media 9 Use the procedures in this section to mount and dismount media in a tape drive as needed. Mounting Media 9 Use the following procedure to mount media. 1 From the SNSM home page, choose Library > Mount from the Media menu. The M[...]

Chapter 9 Managing Med ia Using the SNSM Media Functions StorNext U ser’s Gui de 222 7 After the Status screen informs you that the task has completed successfully, click Close . Dismounting Media 9 Use the following procedure to dismount media. 1 From the SNSM home page, choose Library > Dismount from the Media menu. The Dismount Media screen[...]

Chapter 9 Managing Med ia Using the SNSM Media Functions StorNext U ser’s Gui de 223 1 From the SNSM home page, choose Add from the Media menu. The Add Media screen appears. Figure 168 Add Media Screen 2 Select the media type you want to add to the policy class. 3 Select from the Policy Class dropdown list the policy class to which you want to ad[...]

Chapter 9 Managing Med ia Using the SNSM Media Functions StorNext U ser’s Gui de 224 1 From the SNSM home page, choose Remove from the Media menu. The Remove Medi a From SNSM screen appears. Figure 169 Remove Media From SNSM Screen 2 Select from the Select Media list the media you want to remove . To reduce the number of media shown, you can ente[...]

Chapter 9 Managing Med ia Using the SNSM Media Functions StorNext U ser’s Gui de 225 1 From the SNSM home page, choose Move Blank from the Medi a menu. The Move Blank M edia screen appears. Figure 170 Move Blank Media Screen 2 Select from the Select Media list the blank media you want to move. 3 Select from the Select Policy Classes list the poli[...]

Chapter 9 Managing Med ia Using the SNSM Media Functions StorNext U ser’s Gui de 226 1 From the SNSM home page, choose Transcr ibe from the Media menu. The Transcribe Media screen appears. Figure 171 T ranscribe Media Screen 2 Select from the Select Media to Transcribe list one or more media, and then click Apply . 3 After the status screen infor[...]

Chapter 9 Managing Med ia Using the SNSM Media Functions StorNext U ser’s Gui de 227 Changing Media Attributes 9 This function allows you to change the current state of one or more pieces of media. You can change the state to one of the following: • Unsuspect : Indicates that the media is physically sound and not in a suspect (potentially damag[...]

Chapter 9 Managing Med ia Using the SNSM Media Functions StorNext U ser’s Gui de 228 5 When the Status screen informs you that the media statuses were successfully changed, click OK . Reclassify ing a Med ia Class Grouping 9 A media class grouping is a medi a management tool that segregates media into classes. Membership in a me dia class groupin[...]

Chapter 9 Managing Med ia Using the SNSM Media Functions StorNext U ser’s Gui de 229 2 Select from the Source Media Class list the desired source media class, and then click Browse to select the media IDs you want to reclassify. The Media Class Browser window appears. Figure 174 Media Class Browser Window 3 Select one or more media from the Selec[...]

Chapter 9 Managing Med ia Using the SNSM Media Functions StorNext U ser’s Gui de 230 Cleaning Media 9 This function allows you to clean a fi le system, pol icy class, or media. Periodic cleaning helps prevent inacti ve information from gr owing to an unmanageable s ize. When you run t h is function, the StorNext Storage Manger removes inactive fi[...]

Chapter 9 Managing Med ia Using the SNSM Media Functions StorNext U ser’s Gui de 231 3 Specify at the Endtime field an ending time for the cleaning process, using the format YYYY:MM:DD:hh:mm:ss. For example, enter 2007:12:06:10:08:00 for an endtime of 10:08 on December 6, 2007. 4 Click Apply to start the cleaning process. 5 When the Status screen[...]

StorNext U ser’s Gui de 232 Chapter 10 10 Managing S torage Disks StorNext provides the ability to configure storage disks that function and operate the same way as physical tape media. Storage disks are external devices on UNIX-based file s ystems that can be used for long term data storage. When a storage disk is configured, the StorNext Storag[...]

Chapter 10 Managing Storage Di sks Storage Disk Deduplication StorNext U ser’s Gui de 233 • Use complete and physi cally dedicated fi le systems (snfs, local, nfs, or other,) for storage disk data, not shared file sys tems or file systems with linked directories. • If your fi le system i ncludes storag e disks and you accidentall y fill it wi[...]

Chapter 10 Managing Storage Di sks Adding a Storage Disk StorNext U ser’s Gui de 234 Adding a S torage Disk Storage disks are treated the same as media in the system. Before yo u configure a new storage disk, the disk you want to use must be in a file system that is already created and mounted. Use the following procedure to add storage disks. 1 [...]

Chapter 10 Managing Storage Di sks Adding a Storage Disk StorNext U ser’s Gui de 235 2 Click Add . The Add Storage Disk - Intr oduction screen appears, listing any currently c onfigured storage disks. Figure 178 Add S torage Disk - Introduction Screen[...]

Chapter 10 Managing Storage Di sks Adding a Storage Disk StorNext U ser’s Gui de 236 3 Click Next . The Add Storage Di sk screen appears. Figure 179 Add S torage Disk Screen 4 Enter the fields on the Add Storage Disk screen. • Storage Disk Name : Enter a name for the storage disk, or accept the displayed default name. • Enable Dedupli cation [...]

Chapter 10 Managing Storage Di sks Adding a Storage Disk StorNext U ser’s Gui de 237 • Copy # Used for all Policy Classes : Select the copy number (Copy 1, Copy 2, Copy 3, or Co py 4) for the new s torage disk. This copy number will be used by all policy classes. 5 Click Next . The Complete Storage Di sk screen appears. Figure 180 Complete S to[...]

Chapter 10 Managing Storage Di sks Modifying a Storage Disk StorNext U ser’s Gui de 238 Modifying a S torage Disk Use this procedure to modify a pr eviously configured storage d isk. 1 From the SNSM home page, choose S torage Disk > Config from the Admin menu. Th e Configure Storage Disk screen ( figure 177 on page 234) appears. 2 Select a sto[...]

Chapter 10 Managing Storage Di sks Deleting a Storage Disk StorNext U ser’s Gui de 239 • Mount Point : The file system mount point for the storage disk. You can change the mount point only on a blank or unused file system. To change the mount poin t, select an existing mount point from the drop-down list, and then click Browse . The directory c[...]

Chapter 10 Managing Storage Di sks Changing a Storage Disk State StorNext U ser’s Gui de 240 Figure 182 Delete Warning Message 3 Click OK . 4 After the Status screen informs you that the stor age disk was successfully deleted , click Close . Changing a S torage Disk S tate Changing a storage disk’ s state means changing the storage disk’s log[...]

Chapter 10 Managing Storage Di sks Changing a Storage Disk State StorNext U ser’s Gui de 241 Figure 183 Change S torage Disk S tate Screen 2 Select the sto rage disk wh ose state y ou want to chang e. 3 Select the stat e ( Online or Offline ) to assign to the selected storage disk, and then cl ick Apply . 4 After the Status screen informs you tha[...]

Chapter 10 Managing Storage Di sks Cleaning a Storage Disk StorNext U ser’s Gui de 242 Cleaning a S torage Disk The cleaning process scans the storag e di sk and removes inactive fil es that have not been accessed since the endtime, and orphaned file copies (i.e., archive copies on the file system disk,). Using this process helps prevent the inac[...]

Chapter 10 Managing Storage Di sks Cleaning a Storage Disk StorNext U ser’s Gui de 243 Note: When you clean a deduplicat ion-enabled storage disk, blocklet s are not immedi ately f reed fr om the associated blockpool. The unused blocklets will be freed when the weekly clninfo schedu le is run. If you want to immedi ately free blocklets, you can r[...]

StorNext U ser’s Gui de 244 Chapter 1 1 11 Data Migration Management This chapter describes how to use StorNext to manage data. This chapter covers these topics: • Policy Classes and Relationships • A dding a Storage Policy • Modifying a Policy Class • Deleting a Policy Class • Adding Media to a Policy Class • Applying a Policy Class [...]

Chapter 11 Data Migration Management Policy Classes and Relationships StorNext U ser’s Gui de 245 Policy Classes and Relationships A policy class defines how files will be managed in a directory and subdirectories. These are the available policy c lass settings: • Number of copies to create • Media type to use when storing data • Amount of [...]

Chapter 11 Data Migration Management Adding a Storage Policy StorNext U ser’s Gui de 246 remains on disk after data blocks are freed during policy management or space management. Disk-to-Disk Relocation 11 Disk-to-Disk relocation al lows you to move data from one set of disks (disk stripe group) to another withou t affecting the file name space. [...]

Chapter 11 Data Migration Management Adding a Storage Policy StorNext U ser’s Gui de 247 Figure 185 S torage Policy Introduction Screen 2 Click Next to continue . The Policy Class and Directory screen appears.[...]

Chapter 11 Data Migration Management Adding a Storage Policy StorNext U ser’s Gui de 248 Figure 186 Pol icy Class and Directory Screen 3 Select any of the following options: • Enable Disk- to-Disk : Select this option to activate the Disk-to- Disk Relocation feature. For mo re inform ation abo ut Disk-to- Disk Relocation, see Disk-to-Disk Reloc[...]

Chapter 11 Data Migration Management Adding a Storage Policy StorNext U ser’s Gui de 249 4 Click Browse . The Directory Browser window appears. Figure 187 Directory Browser Window 5 Select a directory that contains the files you want to migrate, and then click OK . The Policy Class and Directory screen ( figure 186 ) reappears, showing the direct[...]

Chapter 11 Data Migration Management Adding a Storage Policy StorNext U ser’s Gui de 250 Figure 188 Relocation Policy Selection Screen 7 On the Relocation Policy screen, select from the first drop-down list the affinity from which to move your data. Select from the second drop-down list the affinity to wh ich you want to move the data.[...]

Chapter 11 Data Migration Management Adding a Storage Policy StorNext U ser’s Gui de 251 8 Click Next to continue . The Store, Truncate, and Relocate Time screen appears. Figure 189 S tore, T runcate, and Relocate T imes Screen • Minimum Store Time (Minutes) : The minimum amount of time a file must remain u naccessed before it is considered a c[...]

Chapter 11 Data Migration Management Adding a Storage Policy StorNext U ser’s Gui de 252 • Stub File Size (Kbytes) : The desired target size to allocate for the file stub. This is the read able portion of the file that remains aft er truncation when the Stub File fe ature is enabled. This option appears only when you selected the stub file opti[...]

Chapter 11 Data Migration Management Adding a Storage Policy StorNext U ser’s Gui de 253 9 Select up to four copies to store for each file, including the primary file (File Copy 1). Select the media type for each copy, and then click Next . The Complete Storage Policy Task screen appears Figure 191 Complete S torage Policy T ask Screen 10 Review [...]

Chapter 11 Data Migration Management Adding a Storage Policy StorNext U ser’s Gui de 254 1 From the SNSM home page, choose Policy Classes from t he Admin menu. The Manage Policy Classes screen appears. Figure 192 Manage Policy Classes Screen 2 Click Add to continue. The Add Policy Class screen appears. Figure 193 Add Policy Class Screen 3 Enter i[...]

Chapter 11 Data Migration Management Adding a Storage Policy StorNext U ser’s Gui de 255 4 Click Properties to change the default parameters of the new policy class. The Modify Parameters screen appears. Figure 194 Modify Parameters Screen[...]

Chapter 11 Data Migration Management Adding a Storage Policy StorNext U ser’s Gui de 256 5 On the Modify Para meters screen, enter both the Standard Options and Advanced Options as desired. • File Copy 1, 2, 3, and 4 : The copy number used when storing assigned media. The copy nu mber assigned to the media determines which copy goes to the medi[...]

Chapter 11 Data Migration Management Adding a Storage Policy StorNext U ser’s Gui de 257 • Minimum Set Store Size (1 to 999 in MB or GB) : This value determines the minimum size (i n megabytes or gigabytes) al l valid store candidates in the po licy class combined must reach before they are stored. • Maximum File Store Age (1 to 720 in hours)[...]

Chapter 11 Data Migration Management Adding a Storage Policy StorNext U ser’s Gui de 258 Adding a Relation Point to a Policy Class 11 After you have added a policy class, you can use this procedure to add a relation point to it. 1 From the SNSM home page, choose Relations from the Admin menu. The Manage Policy Cl ass Relationships screen appears.[...]

Chapter 11 Data Migration Management Adding a Storage Policy StorNext U ser’s Gui de 259 Figure 196 Add Relationship Screen 3 Click Browse to view directorie s to which you can make the relationship. The Directory Browser window appears. Figure 197 Directory Browser Window 4 Select from the list a directory to which to add the relationship direct[...]

Chapter 11 Data Migration Management Modifying a Policy Class StorNext U ser’s Gui de 260 6 Click Apply . 7 After the Status screen informs you that the oper ation completed successfully, click Close . Modifying a Policy Class Use the following procedure to modify a policy class. 1 From the SNSM home page, choose Policy Classes from t he Admin me[...]

Chapter 11 Data Migration Management Deleting a Policy Class StorNext U ser’s Gui de 261 Use the following procedure to delete a policy class. 1 To remove the relations for the policy class, from the SNSM home page choose Relation s from the Admin menu. The Manage Policy Class Relationships ( figure 195 ) appears. 2 In the list, select a policy c[...]

Chapter 11 Data Migration Management Adding Media to a Policy Class StorNext U ser’s Gui de 262 Adding Media to a Policy Class Use this procedure to add media to a policy class. Before performing this procedur e, verify that th e media was previously added to a library. 1 From the SNSM home page, choose Add from the Media menu. The Add Media scre[...]

Chapter 11 Data Migration Management Applying a Policy Class StorNext U ser’s Gui de 263 3 After the Status screen informs you that the med ia has been successfully add ed, click Close . Applying a Policy Class After you have created at least one poli cy class, you can se lect that policy class and apply it imm ediately. 1 From the SNSM home page[...]

StorNext U ser’s Gui de 264 Chapter 12 12 S torNext Reports StorNext enables you to generate and view a number of reports that provide information about your St orNext system. These reports are selectable from the StorNext home page, the SNFS home page, and the SNSM home page. The following reports are available: • The Backup Information Report[...]

Chapter 12 StorNext Reports StorNext U ser’s Gui de 265 • The Policy Class Information Report : Provides information about policy classes in the StorNext sy stem, includin g media, mintimes , hard limits, and cleanup. • The Relation Information Report : Pro vides information about the directory-to-policy class relati onships in the file syste[...]

Chapter 12 StorNext Reports The Backup Informa tion Report StorNext U ser’s Gui de 266 The Backup Information Report The Backup Information Report provides the following information: • Date : The date an d time the la st backup wa s run • Type : The type of backup that was run: Full or Partial • Status : The current status of backup: PASS, [...]

Chapter 12 StorNext Reports The Drive State In formation Repo rt StorNext U ser’s Gui de 267 The Drive S tate Information Report The Drive State Information Report provides the following information: • Drive ID : The drive ID (1, 2, 3, etc.) • Drive Type : The type of d rive being used (such as LTO) • Device Pathname : The drive’s pathnam[...]

Chapter 12 StorNext Reports The Drive State In formation Repo rt StorNext U ser’s Gui de 268 • Mount State : Indicates whether the drive is currently mounted or unmounted • Mounted Media ID : The ID of the mounted drive Use the following procedure to run the Drive State Information Report. 1 Choose Drives from the Reports menu. The Drive Stat[...]

Chapter 12 StorNext Reports The File Informa tion Report StorNext U ser’s Gui de 269 2 Sel ect fr om th e d riv es li st o ne or mo re dri ve s t o in cl ud e i n th e r ep or t, and then click Apply . The Drive State Information Report appears with state information for the selected drives. Figure 202 Drive S tate Information Repo rt 3 Click Clo[...]

Chapter 12 StorNext Reports The File Informa tion Report StorNext U ser’s Gui de 270 • Truncation Immed iately After Store : Indicates whether f iles are truncated immediately after a store • File Locat ion : The media on which the file is stored • Copies : The number of copies of the file • Affinity : The affinity with which the file is [...]

Chapter 12 StorNext Reports The File Informa tion Report StorNext U ser’s Gui de 271 •I n t h e Enter Ind ividual File field , type a file name. Proceed to Step 5—page 272. • Select multiple files from the Select Files list. (You can click the Select All button to se lect all files in the list, or click Deselect All to deselect all selected[...]

Chapter 12 StorNext Reports The Library Informatio n Repo rt StorNext U ser’s Gui de 272 5 Click Apply to run the report. The File Informati on Repor t appears with information for t he selected file s. Figure 205 FIle Information Report 6 Click Close when you are finished vie wing the report. The Library Information Report The Library Informatio[...]

Chapter 12 StorNext Reports The Library Informatio n Repo rt StorNext U ser’s Gui de 273 • Import Media Class : The media type to import Use the following procedure to run the Library Information Report. 1 Choose Libraries from the Reports menu. The Li braries Report screen appears. Figure 206 Libraries Report Screen[...]

Chapter 12 StorNext Reports The Library Space Used Repo rt StorNext U ser’s Gui de 274 2 Select from the Library List one or more libraries on which to run the report, and then click Apply . The Library Information Report appears with information ab out the selected libraries. Figure 207 Library Information Report 3 Click Close when you are finis[...]

Chapter 12 StorNext Reports The Media Informa tion Report StorNext U ser’s Gui de 275 Use the following procedure to run the Library Space Used Report. 1 Choose Library Space from the Reports menu. The L ibrary Space Used Report appears. Figure 208 Library S pace Used Report 2 Click Close when you are finished vie wing the report. The Media Infor[...]

Chapter 12 StorNext Reports The Media Informa tion Report StorNext U ser’s Gui de 276 • Media Class : The media class designated for the tape • Policy Class : Indicates whether a policy cl ass is associated wit h the media • Last Access Time : The date and time when the media was last used • Media Status : Indicates media status: Avai lab[...]

Chapter 12 StorNext Reports The Media Informa tion Report StorNext U ser’s Gui de 277 • Status : The file’s current statu s: Active or Ina ctive • Modify/Delete Date : The date the file was la st modified or del eted Use the following procedure to run the Media Information Report. 1 Choose Media from the Reports menu. The Media Report scree[...]

Chapter 12 StorNext Reports The Media Informa tion Report StorNext U ser’s Gui de 278 3 When you click Browse, the Media Browser screen appears. Select from the View by: list a library or media class. Figure 210 Media Browser screen The selected library or media class appears in the Current Selection field, and the media associated with the selec[...]

Chapter 12 StorNext Reports The Media Informa tion Report StorNext U ser’s Gui de 279 5 Click Apply to continue. The Media Information Report appears. Figure 21 1 Media Information Report[...]

Chapter 12 StorNext Reports The Media Class Informa tion Report StorNext U ser’s Gui de 280 6 If desired, click the Show Detail s link to view detailed media information. The Detailed Media Inf ormation Report appears. Figure 212 Detailed Media Information Repo rt 7 Click Close when you are finished vie wing the report. The Media Class Informatio[...]

Chapter 12 StorNext Reports The Media Class Informa tion Report StorNext U ser’s Gui de 281 Use the following procedure to run the Media Class Information Report. 1 Choose Media Classes from the Reports menu. The Media Class Report screen appears. Figure 213 Media Cl ass Report Screen[...]

Chapter 12 StorNext Reports The Media Class Informa tion Report StorNext U ser’s Gui de 282 2 Select one or more media classes on which to run the report, and then click Apply . The Media Class Information Report appears with information about the selected media classes. Figure 214 Media Class Information Repo rt 3 Click Close when you are finish[...]

Chapter 12 StorNext Reports The Policy Class Information Repo rt StorNext U ser’s Gui de 283 The Policy Class Information Report The Policy Class Information Report provides the following information: • File Cop y (1-4): The number of copies stored for each file. A media type for File Copy “N” indicates the copy is to be stored; a value of [...]

Chapter 12 StorNext Reports The Policy Class Information Repo rt StorNext U ser’s Gui de 284 • Disk-to-Disk : Indic ates whether the disk -to-disk func tionali ty is enabled or disabled for the sele cted policy class • Affinity From : If disk-to-d isk is enable d, the name of the primary affinity where a file resides • Affinity To : If disk[...]

Chapter 12 StorNext Reports The Policy Class Information Repo rt StorNext U ser’s Gui de 285 Use the following procedure to run the Policy Classes report. 1 Choose Policy Classes from the Reports menu. The Policy Classes Report screen appears. Figure 215 Policy Classes Report Screen 2 Select from the Select Policy Class list on e or more policy c[...]

Chapter 12 StorNext Reports The Relation Info rmation Report StorNext U ser’s Gui de 286 4 Click Apply . The Policy Class Information Report appears. Figure 216 Policy Class Information Repo rt 5 Click Close when you are finished vie wing the report. The Relation Information Report The Relation Information Report show s th e pathname of the selec[...]

Chapter 12 StorNext Reports The Relation Info rmation Report StorNext U ser’s Gui de 287 Figure 217 Directory/Policy Class Relationships Report Screen 2 Select from the Select Managed Directories list the directory on which the report is run, and then click Apply . The Relation Information Report appears.[...]

Chapter 12 StorNext Reports The Request Informa tion Report StorNext U ser’s Gui de 288 Figure 218 Relation Information Repo rt 3 Click Close when you are finished vie wing the report. The Request Information Report Use the following procedure to run the Requests report. 1 Choose Requests from the Reports menu. The Requests Report screen appears.[...]

Chapter 12 StorNext Reports The Scheduler Informa tio n Report StorNext U ser’s Gui de 289 Figure 219 Request Report Screen 2 Select from the Request ID list one or more request IDs on which to run the report, and then click Apply . The Request Information Report appears. 3 Click Close when you are finished vie wing the report. The Scheduler Info[...]

Chapter 12 StorNext Reports The Scheduler Informa tio n Report StorNext U ser’s Gui de 290 • Window : If StorNext was down at the time of the scheduled event and is restarted during the window time period, the event is launched; otherwise it is skipped until the next scheduled time • Last Run : The time the schedule was last run Use the follo[...]

Chapter 12 StorNext Reports The Storage Disk Informa tion Report StorNext U ser’s Gui de 291 2 Select one or more of the schedules on which to report, and then click Apply . The Scheduler Infor mation Report appears. Figure 221 Scheduler Information Repo rt 3 Click Close when you are finished vie wing the report. The S torage Disk Information Rep[...]

Chapter 12 StorNext Reports The Storage Disk Informa tion Report StorNext U ser’s Gui de 292 • # of Streams : The number of streams that can simultaneously access the storage disk • Status : Shows if the storage disk is currently available or offline • Write Protected : Indicates whether the storage disk is write protected • Last Access T[...]

Chapter 12 StorNext Reports The Storage Disk Informa tion Report StorNext U ser’s Gui de 293 Figure 222 S torage Disk Report Screen 2 Select the disks on which to run the report and click Apply . The Storage Disk Information Report appears. Note: If you enable the Show Files o n Storage Di sk option, the report could be very large and take a long[...]

Chapter 12 StorNext Reports The Directory Affinity Report StorNext U ser’s Gui de 294 Figure 223 S torage Disk Information Repo rt 3 Click Close when you are finished vie wing the report. The Directory Af finity Report Use the following procedure to run the Affinities report. 1 Choose SNFS > Affinities from the Reports menu. The Affinities Rep[...]

Chapter 12 StorNext Reports The Directory Affinity Report StorNext U ser’s Gui de 295 Figure 224 Affinities Report Screen 2 Do one of the following: •I n t h e Select Individual Director y text box, type the full path of the directory on which the to run the report. Proceed to <Teal underline>Step 4. •C l i c k Browse to select a direct[...]

Chapter 12 StorNext Reports The Directory Affinity Report StorNext U ser’s Gui de 296 Figure 225 Directory Browser Screen 3 On the Directory Browser screen, sele ct the directories on which to run the report. 4 Click Apply . The Directory Affinity Information report appears. Figure 226 Directory Affinity Report 5 Click Close when you are finished[...]

Chapter 12 StorNext Reports The File System Statistics Report StorNext U ser’s Gui de 297 The File System S tatistics Report The File System Statistics Re port provides the following inf ormation: • Creation Date : The date and time when the file system was created • # Active SAN Clients : The number of SAN client machines associated with the[...]

Chapter 12 StorNext Reports The File System Statistics Report StorNext U ser’s Gui de 298 Use the following procedure to run the File System report. 1 Choose SNFS > Systems from the Reports menu. Th e File System Report screen appears. Figure 227 File System Re port Screen[...]

Chapter 12 StorNext Reports The Stripe Group Statistics Report StorNext U ser’s Gui de 299 2 In the Active File Systems list, select one or more active file systems on which to run the report, and then click Apply . The File System Statistics Report appears, showing statistical data for the selected file systems. Figure 228 File System S tatistic[...]

Chapter 12 StorNext Reports The Stripe Group Statistics Report StorNext U ser’s Gui de 300 • Disks in Group : The list of disks assigned to the stripe group Use the following procedure to run the Stripe Groups report. 1 Choose SNFS > Stripe Groups from the Reports menu. The Stripe Groups Report screen appears. Figure 229 S tripe Groups Repor[...]

Chapter 12 StorNext Reports The File System Client Report StorNext U ser’s Gui de 301 3 In the Stripe Groups list, select one or more stripe groups on which to run the report, and then click Apply . The Stripe Group S tatistics Report appears. Figure 230 S tripe Group S tatistics Report 4 Click Close when you are finished vie wing the report. The[...]

Chapter 12 StorNext Reports The File System Client Report StorNext U ser’s Gui de 302 • Distributed LAN Servers : The names of the distribute d LAN servers. • Distributed LAN Clients : The names of distributed LAN clients. • LAN Servers : The name of the distributed LAN server for which the subsequent details apply. • Listening IP:Port : [...]

Chapter 12 StorNext Reports The File System Client Report StorNext U ser’s Gui de 303 Figure 231 File System Client Report Screen 2 Select from the Active F ile Systems list one or more file systems to include in the report. Click Apply to continue. The File System Client Report appears.[...]

Chapter 12 StorNext Reports The File System Client Report StorNext U ser’s Gui de 304 Figure 232 File System Client Report 3 If desired, click Refresh to manually update (refresh) the report data . You can also use the Auto Refresh Ra te field to specify one of these automatic refresh intervals: •N o R e f r e s h • 5 seconds • 10 seconds ?[...]

Chapter 12 StorNext Reports The File System LAN Client Report StorNext U ser’s Gui de 305 The File System LAN Client Report The File System LAN Client Report provides the following inform ation: • File Syste m Name : The name of the file system that supports the indicated distributed LAN server. • Distributed LAN Server N ame : The name of th[...]

Chapter 12 StorNext Reports The File System LAN Client Report StorNext U ser’s Gui de 306 Figure 233 File System Distributed LAN Client S tatistics Report Screen 2 Select from the Active F ile Systems list one or more file systems to include in the report. Click Apply to continue. The File System L AN Client Report appears.[...]

Chapter 12 StorNext Reports The File System LAN Client Report StorNext U ser’s Gui de 307 Figure 234 File System LAN Client Report 3 If desired, click Refresh to manually update (refresh) the report data . You can also use the Auto Refresh Ra te field to specify one of these automatic refresh intervals: •N o R e f r e s h • 5 seconds • 10 s[...]

StorNext U ser’s Gui de 308 Chapter 13 13 Service Management This chapter describes how to use th e StorNext Service Management tools to run a health check on your system, create a log that captures the current state of your system, or chec k current system status. This chapter contains these topics: • Using Health Check • Using State Capture[...]

Chapter 13 Service Management Using Health Check StorNext U ser’s Gui de 309 • Drive : Verify th at all configured drives are online • Media : Verify that there are enough me dia available for all policies to store all file copies, and that SN SM media are conf igured correctly • Policies : Verify that SNSM is ke eping up wit h file sy stem[...]

Chapter 13 Service Management Using Health Check StorNext U ser’s Gui de 310 1 Select a health check from the Heal th Check Tests screen. 2 Click History . The Health Ch eck History screen appear s. Figure 236 Health Check History Screen 3 Do one of the following: • Select a specific report to view and click D etails . •C l i c k t h e Pass o[...]

Chapter 13 Service Management Using Health Check StorNext U ser’s Gui de 311 Figure 237 Health Check Results Screen 5 Click Back to view more archives, or close the window when finished. Viewing the Health Check Result s 13 When viewing the Health Check Tests or the History screen, you can check the details of the Last Status of a particular heal[...]

Chapter 13 Service Management Using State Capture StorNext U ser’s Gui de 312 Using S tate Capture The StorNext State Capture tool enable s you to create a log that captures the current state of your system. This log assist s Quantum support personnel analyze and debug some pr oblems in the storage system. When you use the State Capture tool, Sto[...]

Chapter 13 Service Management Using State Capture StorNext U ser’s Gui de 313 2 Click Capture . The Capture State St atus window is shown. 3 When the Status window informs you that the capture was successful, click Close . Downloading a Previous System Capture 13 After you have created at least one system capture, you can sel ect and download one[...]

Chapter 13 Service Management Using the System Status Tool StorNext U ser’s Gui de 314 Deleting a Previous System Capture 13 When you are finished viewing and analyzing a captu re file, you can delete an unwanted file. 1 From the StorNext home page, choose Capture State fr om the Service menu. The Capture Syst em State screen shows a list of capt[...]

Chapter 13 Service Management Using the System Status Tool StorNext U ser’s Gui de 315 Figure 240 Service - System S tatus Screen The Service - System Stat us screen contains the following information: • Total Number of Tickets : The number of RAS tickets the system has generated • Ticket : The RAS ticket number, displa yed in the order in wh[...]

Chapter 13 Service Management Using the System Status Tool StorNext U ser’s Gui de 316 • Refresh : Click this button to refresh the display window 2 Highlight the ticket you wish to view, and the n click Details . The RAS Ticket D etails screen appears. Figure 241 RAS T icket Details Screen The RAS Ticket Details screen provides the following i[...]

Chapter 13 Service Management Using the System Status Tool StorNext U ser’s Gui de 317 • Opened : The date and time the ticket was created • Status : The current s tatus of t he ticket: OPEN or CLOSED • Priority : The ticket’s priority ba sed on system impact: HIGH, MEDIUM, and LOW • Summaries and De scriptions : Detail ed information a[...]

Chapter 13 Service Management Using the System Status Tool StorNext U ser’s Gui de 318 3 When you click the View Reco mmended Actions link on the RAS TIcket Details screen, the Recomm ended Ac tions screen appears. This screen provides information and steps to correct the condition or fault that generated the RAS ticket . Follow the instructions [...]

StorNext U ser’s Gui de 319 Chapter 14 14 Customer Assistance More information about this product is available on the Customer Ser vice Center website at www.quantum.com/csc . The Customer Service Center contains a collection of information, including answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs). You can also access software, firmware, and driver[...]

StorNext U ser’s Gui de 320 Appendix A A HA Failover StorNext is designed to be a resilien t data management solution. StorNext support s operatio n in degrade d mo de and provides functionality to guarantee data prote ction in the event of a storage device failure or total site outage. For certain environmen ts though, additional protection is r[...]

StorNext U ser’s Gui de 321 shuts down a degraded MD C and then re boots it so that, on recovery, it becomes the standby MDC in the event future MDC failove r is required. While other methods of failover ar e available, su ch as quorums , STONITH is the only widely acknowledg ed method of reliable failover control - especially for software that r[...]

StorNext U ser’s Gui de 322 Appendix B B Using The Command Line Interface Quantum recommends using the GUI to complete most StorNext tasks, but there may be situations where you nee d to use the command line interface instead. This appendix de scribes how to use the command line interface for the following tasks: • Labeling Disk Devices • Mod[...]

Labeling Disk Devices StorNext U ser’s Gui de 323 Labeling Disk Devices Each drive used by SNFS must be labeled. A new drive only needs to be labeled one time. A drive can be labeled from any StorNext server or client that has a Fibre Channel (FC) connection to the drive. Use this procedure to label a disk device using CLI. All output examples sh[...]

Modifying Global Settings StorNext U ser’s Gui de 324 The created file displays an entry for disks located by the /usr/cvfs/ bin/cvlabel command. CvfsDisk_UNKNOWN /dev/sdb # host 4 lun 1 sectors 639570752 ... CvfsDisk_UNKNOWN /dev/sdc # hos t 4 lun 2 sectors 639570752 ... CvfsDisk_UNKNOWN /dev/sdd # host 4 lun 3 sectors 639570752 ... 4 In the /us[...]

Modifying Global Settings StorNext U ser’s Gui de 325 For most of these parameters, the onl y thing neces sary for the modified parameter to take effect is to rest art the File System Manager (FSM). However, the following parameters requ ire that the file sy stem be fu lly re-initialized (whi ch will result in dat a loss,) before the y take effec[...]

Making a File System StorNext U ser’s Gui de 326 4 Make the appropriate edits to the configuration file. 5 Restart the file system. Type: /usr/cvfs/bin/cvadmin snadmin> start < file_system_name > snadmin> activate < file_system_name > snadmin> select snadmin> q uit 6 Mount the file system by typing the following: mount -t [...]

Starting and Stopping SNFS StorNext U ser’s Gui de 327 2 Make sure you are the root user by typing t he foll owing: cd / 3 Unmount the system by typing the following: umount < mount_poin t > where the < mount_poin t > is where you have mounted the SNFS. For example: umount /stornext/snfs1 4 Stop the system by typing the following: /us[...]

Unmounting or Mounting a Fi le System StorNext U ser’s Gui de 328 /usr/cvfs/bin/cvadmin snadmin> se lect snadmin> st op < file_system_name > Unmounting or Mounting a File System To unmount a file system using the CLI, follow these ste ps: 1 Change the login us er to root . Type: cd / 2 Unmount the system. Type: umount < mount_poin [...]

Creating a File System Server StorNext U ser’s Gui de 329 Creating a File System Server The follow procedure describes how to create a file system server using the CLI. Before initiall y executing any SNF S command line programs, you are required to source either the .profile or the .cshrc file. This updates the user environment with the SNFS e n[...]

Creating a File System Server StorNext U ser’s Gui de 330 4 Label the FC drives by typing the follow ing: /usr/cvfs/bin/cvlabel /user/cvfs/config/cvlabels 5 Copy the example file system configuration file to the config directory by typing the following: cp /usr/cvfs/examples/examp le.cfg /usr/cvfs/config/ < file_system_name >.cfg 6 Edit the[...]

Adding a File System Cl ient StorNext U ser’s Gui de 331 16 Restart the file system. Type: /usr/cvfs/bin/cvadmin snadmin> start < file_system_name > snadmin> activate < file_system_name > snadmin> select < file_sy stem_name > snadmin> sh ow snadmin> wh o snadmin> q uit 17 Mount the system by typing the followin[...]

Configuring a Stripe Group StorNext U ser’s Gui de 332 Configuring a S tripe Group Following is an example of a stripe group configuration in a file system configuration file. You can use a text edito r to modify any of these variables. The values shown might not be representative of typical definitions. [S tripeGroup S tripeGroup1] S tatus UP Ex[...]

Adding an Affin it y StorNext U ser’s Gui de 333 Adding an Af finity This procedure lets you set stri pe group affinities for assig ning file locations to a specific file s ystem st ripe group. All subsequent allocations to a file that have been assigned a valid stripe group affinity will occur on the specified stripe group. Affinities may also b[...]

Adding an Affin it y StorNext U ser’s Gui de 334 4 Locate the stripe group section and se lect the stripe group to which you want to add the affinity. Following is part of a stripe grou p configuration wi th an affinity definition: [S tripeGroup S tripeGroup2] S tatus UP Affinity aff1 Read Enabled Write Enabled S tripe Breadth 16 Node disk2 0 S t[...]

Creating a Disk-to-Disk Policy Class StorNext U ser’s Gui de 335 S tripeBreadth 512 Node Cv fsDisk 2 0 Node Cv fsDisk 3 1 6 Save and close the configuration file. 7 Use cvadmin to start the file system by typing the followi ng: /usr/cvfs/bin/cvadmin snadmin> start < file_system_name> snadmin> activate < file_system_name> snadmin[...]

Creating a Disk-to-Disk Policy Class StorNext U ser’s Gui de 336 Use the fsaddclass command to create a new po licy class by typing the following: /usr/adic/TS M/exec/ fsaddclass < policy_class_name> -a < default_affinity> < destination_affin ity> -i < relocation_time_in_d ays> For example: /usr/adic/TSM/exec/fsaddclass dt[...]

Enabling Stub File Support StorNext U ser’s Gui de 337 You can also use metacharacters when definin g the file name parameter. For example: /usr/adic/TSM/exec/fsrelocate -a Af f2 / stornext/snfs1/relocate/* Enabling S tub File Support The following file system commands have been enhanced to support StorNext’s Stub Fil e feature: • fsaddclass [...]

Managing Storage Disks with Deduplication Enabl ed StorNext U ser’s Gui de 338 Managing S torage Disks with Deduplication Enabled Quantum recommends using the StorNext GUI to manage the storage disk deduplication feature , but you can use the CLI to add , modify, or delete storage disks with deduplication enabled ( Dedup Sdisk). Adding a Dedup Sd[...]

Managing Storage Disks with Deduplication Enabl ed StorNext U ser’s Gui de 339 Obt aining Dedup Sdisk Information 2 You can obtain information for a dedup sdisk by running the fsmedinfo command on the dedup sdisk. For example, if you invoke the fsmedinfo command for a dedup sdisk named sdisk1 , the output looks similar to t his: ### fsmedinfo sdi[...]

Obtaining Distributed LAN C lient Information StorNext U ser’s Gui de 340 Obt aining Distributed LAN Client Information If your StorNext configuration includ es d istributed LAN clients , you can obtain information through three commands supported by the cvadmin command: • proxy • proxy long • proxy who The proxy Comma nd 2 Use the proxy co[...]

Using the Dynamic Resource Allo cation Feature StorNext U ser’s Gui de 341 The proxy who Command 2 Use the proxy who command to display the active disk distributed LAN connections for the specified host, which can be either a disk distributed LAN server or client. Output also incl udes average I/O statistics for each connection. The syntax for th[...]

Using the Dynamic Resource Allo cation Feature StorNext U ser’s Gui de 342 Checking the File System 2 Before you use a Dynamic Resource Allocation feature, Quantum strongly recommends running the cvfsck command on the file system you will be using. This step could ta ke a considerable amount of time to complete, but your file syste m should be in[...]

Using the Dynamic Resource Allo cation Feature StorNext U ser’s Gui de 343 6 Run the cvupdatefs command. 7 Restart the FSM. Adding and Moving a Dat a Stripe Gr oup 2 New functionality has been added to the sn fsdefrag utility to support operations on multiple stripe groups. Use the following procedure to add new stripe groups, and then move data [...]

Using the Dynamic Resource Allo cation Feature StorNext U ser’s Gui de 344 8 Run snfsdefrag -G <n> -m 0 -r /filesystemroot where <n> is the zero-based number of the source stripe group from which the move starts, and filesystemroot is the file name of the file system tree’s root. You can specify multiple -G options to use multiple s[...]

Using the Dynamic Resource Allo cation Feature StorNext U ser’s Gui de 345 Use the following procedure to move a metadata/journal stripe group from a source LUN to a destination LUN. 1 Stop the File System Manager (FSM) for the file system. 2 If your StorNext configuration include s a failover environment, you must shut down an y standby FSMs tha[...]

Using the Dynamic Resource Allo cation Feature StorNext U ser’s Gui de 346 For example: source-LUN-label-name (the original stripe gr oup name) becomes source-LUN-la bel-name.old destination-LUN-label-name (the new stripe group name) becomes source-LUN-label-name (the same name as the original stripe group) 5 Only if your system includes a stan d[...]

StorNext U ser’s Gui de 3 Appendix 2 B RAS Messages RAS messages appear when StorNext encounters an error condition. The RAS window shows symptoms of the condition, plus workarounds you can try to resolve the condition before calling the Quantum Technical Assistance Center. This appendix shows the different RAS messages you might se e. Messages a[...]

Media and Drive RAS Messages StorNext U ser’s Gui de 4 Figure 1 No Media Found RAS[...]

Media and Drive RAS Messages StorNext U ser’s Gui de 5 Figure 2 Possible Drive/Media Mount Discrepancy RAS[...]

Media and Drive RAS Messages StorNext U ser’s Gui de 6 Figure 3 T ape Drive Alerts RAS par t 1[...]

Media and Drive RAS Messages StorNext U ser’s Gui de 7 Figure 4 T ape Drive Alerts RAS par t 2[...]

Media and Drive RAS Messages StorNext U ser’s Gui de 8 Figure 5 T ape Drive Alerts RAS par t 3[...]

Media and Drive RAS Messages StorNext U ser’s Gui de 9 Figure 6 Drive Reported Drive Error RAS[...]

Media and Drive RAS Messages StorNext U ser’s Gui de 10 Figure 7 Cleaning of Drive Failed RAS Figure 8 Wrong Firmware Level/Invalid Drive T yp e RAS[...]

Media and Drive RAS Messages StorNext U ser’s Gui de 11 Figure 9 Drive Removed RAS Figure 10 T ape Drive - Configuration Failed RAS[...]

Media and Drive RAS Messages StorNext U ser’s Gui de 12 Figure 1 1 T ape Drive - Reported Media Error RAS Figure 12 Cleaning Media Expired RAS[...]

Media and Drive RAS Messages StorNext U ser’s Gui de 13 Figure 13 No Cleaning Media Available RAS Figure 14 Media Suspect Threshold Count Exceeded RAS[...]

Media and Drive RAS Messages StorNext U ser’s Gui de 14 Figure 15 Media Format Failure RAS[...]

Media and Drive RAS Messages StorNext U ser’s Gui de 15 Figure 16 Invalid Media Label Detected RAS[...]

Media and Drive RAS Messages StorNext U ser’s Gui de 16 Figure 17 Media Not Found RAS Figure 18 Duplicate Physical Media Found RAS[...]

SNFS RAS Messages StorNext U ser’s Gui de 17 Figure 19 S torage Disk T aken Offline RAS SNFS RAS Messages This section describes RAS mes sages that might appear as a result of a file system-related error condition, such as an I/O error or a mis sing LUN.[...]

SNFS RAS Messages StorNext U ser’s Gui de 18 Figure 20 Configuration Not Supported RAS Figure 21 Label V alidation Failure RAS[...]

SNFS RAS Messages StorNext U ser’s Gui de 19 Figure 22 Connection Reje cted RAS Figure 23 File System Fa ilover RAS[...]

SNFS RAS Messages StorNext U ser’s Gui de 20 Figure 24 I/O Error RAS Figure 25 Journaling Error Detected RAS[...]

SNFS RAS Messages StorNext U ser’s Gui de 21 Figure 26 SNFS License Required RAS Figure 27 SNFS License Failure RAS[...]

SNFS RAS Messages StorNext U ser’s Gui de 22 Figure 28 LUN Mapping Changed RAS Figure 29 Communication Failure RAS[...]

SNFS RAS Messages StorNext U ser’s Gui de 23 Figure 30 Metadata Inconsistency Detected RAS Figure 31 Bad File System Metadata Dump RAS[...]

SNFS RAS Messages StorNext U ser’s Gui de 24 Figure 32 Metadata Dump Failure RAS Figure 33 File Processing Failure RAS[...]

SNFS RAS Messages StorNext U ser’s Gui de 25 Figure 34 Missing LUNs RAS Figure 35 Disk S pace Allocation Failure RAS[...]

SNFS RAS Messages StorNext U ser’s Gui de 26 Figure 36 System Resource Failure RAS Figure 37 Shutdown Error RAS[...]

Other RAS Messages StorNext U ser’s Gui de 27 Figure 38 Initialization Failu re RAS Other RAS Messages This section describes RAS mes sages th at might appear as a result of an error condition that is not relate d to media or the file system.[...]

Other RAS Messages StorNext U ser’s Gui de 28 Figure 39 Checksum Error RAS[...]

Other RAS Messages StorNext U ser’s Gui de 29 Figure 40 T roubleshooting the S torNext Software RAS[...]

Other RAS Messages StorNext U ser’s Gui de 30 Figure 41 Closing Service T ickets RAS[...]

Other RAS Messages StorNext U ser’s Gui de 31 Figure 42 Analyzing Service T ickets RAS[...]

Other RAS Messages StorNext U ser’s Gui de 32 Figure 43 Viewing Service T ickets RAS Figure 44 V ault Failure RAS[...]

Other RAS Messages StorNext U ser’s Gui de 33 Figure 45 Robotics - Not Ready RAS[...]

Other RAS Messages StorNext U ser’s Gui de 34 Figure 46 Robotics - Move Failure RAS[...]

Other RAS Messages StorNext U ser’s Gui de 35 Figure 47 Robotics - Wrong Firmware Leve l /In va l id Libr ary Ty p e R A S[...]

Other RAS Messages StorNext U ser’s Gui de 36 Figure 48 Backup Failed RAS[...]

Other RAS Messages StorNext U ser’s Gui de 37 Figure 49 Backup Errors RAS[...]

Other RAS Messages StorNext U ser’s Gui de 38 Figure 50 Configuration Vi olations RAS[...]

Other RAS Messages StorNext U ser’s Gui de 39 Figure 51 Invalid Confi guration RAS Figure 52 Downloading a System S tate Capture RAS[...]

Other RAS Messages StorNext U ser’s Gui de 40 Figure 53 Capturing a System S tate RAS[...]

StorNext U ser’s Gui de 41 Glossary A Affinity : An association between a r elation point in the file system and a stripe group. It allows the user to direct data to specific primary disks by writing to the affini ties associated relation point. C Clean Media The operation of logi cally removing old file versions fr om a piece of media. This is a[...]

42 StorNext User’s Guide G GUI Graphical User Interface. M Managed Directory A directory that has a policy class relationship. Managed File System A f ile system that ena bles automatic data movement managed by StorNext Storage Manager between the primary disk and secondary storage (e ither disk or tape). MediaClass A grouping of media used for s[...]

StorNext U ser’s Gui de 43 Retrieve The process of retrieving data for a file from secondary storage (either disk or tape). RHAS Red Hat Advanced Server RHEL Red Hat Enterprise Linux S SCSI Small Computer System Interface. The interface that is used to talk to most hardware devices such as tape and libraries. Sto r Ne x t A scalable, high perform[...]

44 StorNext User’s Guide U Undelete The process of retur ning a file from the Trash can to its original location on disk. This can be done only if the Trash can is enabled. Unmanaged File System A f i l e s ys t e m th a t d oe s n ot h a ve a r c hi v e capability controlled by SNSM.[...]

StorNext U ser’s Gui de 45 Index A adding disks 104 drive pool 193 library 164 stripe group 108 adding media 201 policy class 262 advanced pages admin StorNext SM 23 file StorNext SM 22 media StorNext SM 23 reports StorNext SM 24 affinities report 294 ATAC 319 auditing, library 179 B backup report 266 C cleaning tape drive 192 Configuration Wizar[...]

Index 46 StorNext User’s Guide mounting 328 unmounting 328 file system report 297 files report 269 G globals 95 H home page StorNext FS 29, 31 StorNext SM on the SNMS GUI 21 L libraries report 272 library adding 164 auditing 179 deleting 178 modifying 177 library monitor 11 library space used report 274 license, entering 37 M making file system 1[...]

Index StorNext U ser’s Gui de 47 starting 103 StorNex t Configuration Wizard Step 8, e-mail notification 64 system monitor 9 StorNext FS home page 29, 31 menu options 31 starting 103 StorNext FS GUI menu options admin 32 config 31 reports 32 navigating 29 StorNext licens e, entering 37 StorNext SM advanced pages admin 23 file 22 media 23 reports [...]

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