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    T A N D B E R G V I K I N G S E R I E S N A S A P P L I A N C E Storage Server Administration Manual 20 Bendemeer Road, #04-05 Cyberhub, Singapore 339914 Phone + 65 6396 0786 Telefax + 65 6396 0787 © Tandberg Data Asia Part No. 65 82 X2 - 01 January 2008 TANDBERG DATA ASIA[...]

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    Related publications available from Tandberg Data Asia: Part No. Title 6582B7 Tandberg Viking FS-1600 NAS Hardware User Manual 6582A7 Tand berg Viking FS-1500 NAS Hardware User Manual 658297 Tand berg Viking FS-412 NAS Hardware User Manual This publication may describe designs for which patents are granted or pen- ding. By publishing this informati[...]

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    __________________________________________________________________________________________________ i Table of Contents Table of Contents i 1. System Overview 1-1 1.1. Product Information 1-1 1.1.1. Product Manageability 1-2 1.2. Redundancy 1-2 1.2.1. Configuring RAID using 4 HDD (1U) 1-3 1.2.2. Configuring RAID using 16 HDD (3U) 1-4 1.2.3. System V[...]

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    Tandberg Data Table of Content __________________________________________________________________________________________________ ii 3.5. Disk Management 3-5 3.6. Guidelines for Managing Disks & Volumes 3-7 3.7. RAID & Volume Management 3-8 3.8. Scheduling Defragmentation 3-10 3.9. Disk Quotas 3-10 3.10. Using Diskpart 3-11 3.10.1. Example [...]

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    Tandberg Data Table of Content __________________________________________________________________________________________________ iii 6.1. Folder Management 6-1 6.2. Managing File Level Permissions 6-2 6.3. Share Management 6-9 6.3.1. Share Considerations 6-9 6.3.2. Defining Access Control Lists 6-10 6.3.3. Integrating Local File System Security in[...]

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    Tandberg Data Table of Content __________________________________________________________________________________________________ iv 8.4.1. Microsoft Services for NFS snap-in 8-3 8.4.2. Microsoft Services for NFS command-line tools 8-4 8.5. Test Scenario 8-5 8.6. Steps for Deploying and Testing Microsoft Services for NFS 8-5 8.6.1. Reviewing system[...]

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    __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1-1 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 1. System Overview 1.1. Product Information The Tandberg Viking Series NAS applianc e can be used in many types of computing environments, from basic Microsoft Windows workgroups to comp[...]

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    Tandberg Data System Overview __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1-2 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual Notes The Microsoft® Windows® Storage Server 2003 x64 Edition operating system is designed to support 32–bit applications wit hout modification; however[...]

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    Tandberg Data System Overview __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1-3 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 1.2.1. Configuring RAID using 4 HDD (1U) For the 1U appliance (FS-412) Tandberg Data recommends two logical Volume sets consisting of System Volume (SV) and[...]

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    Tandberg Data System Overview __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1-4 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 1.2.2. Configuring RAID using 16 HDD (3U) The 3U appliance uses (FS-1600 / FS- 1610) supports up to a maximum of 16 HDD. This provides greater degree of fle[...]

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    Tandberg Data System Overview __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1-5 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 1.2.3. System Volume (SV) This volume is organized as a RAID 0+1 volume. This volume includes the operating system image. The minimum recommended size for t[...]

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    Tandberg Data System Overview __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1-6 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 1.5. Environment scenarios The NAS appliance is deployed in one of two security modes: • Workgroup • Domain (Windows NT® Domain or Active Directory Dom[...]

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    Tandberg Data System Overview __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1-7 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 1.6. User Interfaces There are several user interfaces that administrators can use to access and manage the Viking Series NAS appliance. Two of these interf[...]

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    Tandberg Data System Overview __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1-8 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual Remote Desktop provides two options w hen closing a client: you can either disconnect or log off the system. Disconnecting leaves the session runni ng on th[...]

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    __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2-1 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 2. Setting Up & Administration Basic system administration functions are discussed in this chapter. This chapter also continues the proc ess of setting up the system that was started[...]

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    Tandberg Data Setting Up & Administration __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2-2 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 2.1. Using Windows Remote Desktop Remote Desktop is provided to allow for additional remote system administration and installation of appr o[...]

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    Tandberg Data Setting Up & Administration __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2-3 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 2.2.1. Enabling Telnet Server The Telnet Server service needs to be enabled prior to its access. The service can be enabled by opening the s[...]

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    Tandberg Data Setting Up & Administration __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2-4 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 2.4. Managing System Storage The NAS administrator uses Disk Management to manage volumes, and Shadow Copies to manage snapshots. S ee the f[...]

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    Tandberg Data Setting Up & Administration __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2-5 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 2.8. Using Ethernet NIC Teaming All Viking Series NAS appliances ar e equipped with an Intel or Broadcom NIC Teaming utility. The utility al[...]

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    Tandberg Data Setting Up & Administration __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2-6 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual This Page Intentionally Left Blank[...]

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    __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3-1 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 3. Storage & File Server Management This chapter provides an overview of some of the component that make up the storage structure of the Viking Series NAS appliance. 3.1. Storage Man[...]

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    Tandberg Data Storage & File Server Management __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3-2 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 3. 1.1.1. Disk Array With an array controller installed in the system, the capacity of several physical drives can be logically combine[...]

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    Tandberg Data Storage & File Server Management __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3-3 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 3. 1.2. Logical Storage Element Logical storage elements consist of t hose components that translate the physical storage elements to f[...]

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    Tandberg Data Storage & File Server Management __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3-4 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual Volumes are created out of the dy namic disks, and can be expanded on the fly to extend over multiple dynamic disks if they are spanned[...]

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    Tandberg Data Storage & File Server Management __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3-5 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual Shadow copies should not replace the cu rrent backup, archive, or business recovery system, but they can help to simplify restore proce[...]

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    Tandberg Data Storage & File Server Management __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3-6 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual The Disk Management tool is a syst em utility for managing hard disks and the volumes, or partitions that they contain. Disk Management[...]

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    Tandberg Data Storage & File Server Management __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3-7 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 3.6. Guidelines for Managing Disks & Volumes When managing disks and volumes: • Read the online Disk Management Help found in the[...]

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    Tandberg Data Storage & File Server Management __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3-8 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 3.7. RAID & Volume Management The RAID and Volume set can be managed using web-based RAID manager. It can be accessed using the fol[...]

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    Tandberg Data Storage & File Server Management __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3-9 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual Prior to using the web-based RAID manager, ensure that the web service of RAID manager is started by a ccessing the Remote Desktop usin[...]

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    Tandberg Data Storage & File Server Management __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3-10 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 3.8. Scheduling Defragmentation Defragmentation is the process of anal yzing local volumes and consolidating fragmented files and fold[...]

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    Tandberg Data Storage & File Server Management __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3-11 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual When enabling disk quotas, it is possibl e to set both the disk quota limit and the disk quota warning level. The disk quota limit spe[...]

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    Tandberg Data Storage & File Server Management __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3-12 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual Some of the common Diskpart commands are: • add disk Mirrors the simple volume with focus to the specified disk. • assign Assigns [...]

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    Tandberg Data Storage & File Server Management __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3-13 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 3. 10.1. Example of using Diskpart The following example shows how to configure a volume on the NAS server. In the cmd window, type: c[...]

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    Tandberg Data Storage & File Server Management __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3-14 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 3. 11.2. Extending Storage using Disk Management The Disk Management snap-in provides management of hard disks, volumes or partitions.[...]

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    Tandberg Data Storage & File Server Management __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3-15 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 3. 12.2. Single Instance Storage Single Instance Storage (SIS) provides a copy-on-write link between multiple files. Disk space is rec[...]

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    Tandberg Data Storage & File Server Management __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3-16 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 3. 12.5. Windows Storage Server Management Console The Windows Storage Server Management Console is a user interface in Windows Storag[...]

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    Tandberg Data Storage & File Server Management __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3-17 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual[...]

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    Tandberg Data Storage & File Server Management __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3-18 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual This Page Intentionally Left Blank[...]

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    __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4-1 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 4. Volume Shadow Copy Service(VSS) 4.1. Volume Shadow Copy Service Overview The Volume Shadow Copy Service provides an infrastructure for creating point-in-time snapshots (shadow copies)[...]

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    Tandberg Data Shadow Copy Service __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4-2 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 4.2. Planning for use of Shadow Copy Before Shadow Copy Service is initia ted on the NAS appliance and the client interface is made available to end use[...]

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    Tandberg Data Shadow Copy Service __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4-3 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 4.2.2. Allocating Disk Space When shadow copies are enabled on a volume, the maximum amount of volume space to be used for the s hadow copies can be spe[...]

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    Tandberg Data Shadow Copy Service __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4-4 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual When using a basic disk as a storage area for shadow copies and converting the disk into a dynamic disk, it is important to take the following precautio[...]

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    Tandberg Data Shadow Copy Service __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4-5 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 4.2.4. Determining Creation Frequency The more frequently shadow copies ar e created, the more likely that end users will get the version that they want[...]

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    Tandberg Data Shadow Copy Service __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4-6 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 4.2.5. Mounted Drives A mounted drive is a local volume attached to an empty folder (called a mount point) on an NTFS volume. When enabling shadow copie[...]

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    Tandberg Data Shadow Copy Service __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4-7 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual[...]

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    Tandberg Data Shadow Copy Service __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4-8 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 4.3.1. Shadow Copy Cache File The default shadow copy settings allocate 10% of the source volume being copied (with a minimum of 350 MB), and store the [...]

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    Tandberg Data Shadow Copy Service __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4-9 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual As mentioned previously, the cache file location can be altered to reside on a dedicated volume separate from the vo lumes containing files shares. See [...]

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    Tandberg Data Shadow Copy Service __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4-10 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 4.4. Enabling and Creating Shadow Copies Enabling shadow copies on a volume automatically results in several actions: • Creates a shadow copy of the [...]

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    Tandberg Data Shadow Copy Service __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4-11 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 4.5. Viewing List of Shadow Copies The list of Shadow Copies can be view on a volume using the following method: 1. Right-clicked on the volume or logi[...]

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    Tandberg Data Shadow Copy Service __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4-12 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 7. Use the Advance… controls to specify the recurrence pattern and the starting date and time. The available controls change according to the frequen[...]

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    Tandberg Data Shadow Copy Service __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4-13 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual Note If shadow copies have already been enabled, t he cache file location is grayed out. To change this location after shadow c opies have been enabled[...]

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    Tandberg Data Shadow Copy Service __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4-14 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 4.6.4. Disabling Shadow Copies When shadow copies are disabled on a volume, all existing shadow copies on the volume are deleted as well as the schedul[...]

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    Tandberg Data Shadow Copy Service __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4-15 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 4.7. Shadow Copies for Shared Folders Shadow Copies are accessed over t he network by supported clients and protocols. There are two sets of supported [...]

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    Tandberg Data Shadow Copy Service __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4-16 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual Users access shadow copies with Windows Explorer by selecting View , Copy , or Restore , from the Previous Versions tab. See figure below. Both individ[...]

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    Tandberg Data Shadow Copy Service __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4-17 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 4.7.2. NFS Access to Shadow Copies UNIX users can independently access previ ous versions of files stored on NFS shares via the NFS client; no additi o[...]

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    Tandberg Data Shadow Copy Service __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4-18 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 4.8. Recovery of Files and Folders There are three common situations that may require recovery of files or folders: • Accidental file deletion, t he [...]

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    Tandberg Data Shadow Copy Service __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4-19 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 4.8.2. Recovering Overwritten or Corrupted Files Recovering an overwritten or corrupted file is easier than recovering a deleted file because the file [...]

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    Tandberg Data Shadow Copy Service __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4-20 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 4.8.3. Recovering Folders To recover a folder, use the following procedure: 1. Position the cursor so that it is ov er a blank space in the folder that[...]

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    Tandberg Data Shadow Copy Service __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4-21 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 4.9. Backup & Shadow Copies As mentioned previously, Shadow Copies are only available on the network via the client application and only at a f ile[...]

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    Tandberg Data Shadow Copy Service __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4-22 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual The transport process is accomplished through a series of DISKRAID command steps: 1. Create a shadow copy of the source data on the source server (read[...]

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    __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5-1 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 5. User & Group Management 5.1. Overview There are two system environments for users and groups: workgroup and domain. Because users and groups in a domain environment are managed th[...]

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    Tandberg Data User & Group Management __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5-2 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual Administering users and groups in a domain environment is similar in a mechanical sense to administering them in a workgroup environment. If usi[...]

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    Tandberg Data User & Group Management __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5-3 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual • Last name followed by first in itial (doej for Jane Doe) Guidelines must be in place for instances when two users have the same initials or [...]

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    Tandberg Data User & Group Management __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5-4 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual This Page Intentionally Left Blank[...]

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    __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6-1 Tandberg Viking Series Storage Server Administration Manual 6. Folder & Share Management The Tandberg Viking Series NAS appliance supports several file sharing protocols, including DFS, NFS, FTP, HTTP, and Microsoft SMB. This chapter discusses[...]

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    Tandberg Data Folder & Share Management __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6-2 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 6.2. Managing File Level Permissions Security at the file level is managed using Windows Explorer available from the Desktop of the NAS applia[...]

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    Tandberg Data Folder & Share Management __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6-3 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 3. Several options are available in the Security tab dialog box: o To add users and groups to the permissions list, click Add . Then follow th[...]

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    Tandberg Data Folder & Share Management __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6-4 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual To modify specific permissions assigned to a particular user or group for a selected file or folder in the Advanced screen: 1. Select the desi[...]

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    Tandberg Data Folder & Share Management __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6-5 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual o Replace permission entries on all child objects with entries shown here that apply to child objects . This allows all child folders and file[...]

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    Tandberg Data Folder & Share Management __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6-6 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 6. Click Add to display the Select User or Group dialog box. Note Click Advanced to search for users or groups. 7. Select the user or group. 8[...]

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    Tandberg Data Folder & Share Management __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6-7 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 9. Select the desired Successful and Failed audits for the user or group as shown in Figure 40. 10. Click OK . Note Auditing must be enabled t[...]

  • Page 72

    Tandberg Data Folder & Share Management __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6-8 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 12. The current owner of the file or fo lder is listed at the top of the screen. To take ownership: a. Select the appropriate user or group fr[...]

  • Page 73

    Tandberg Data Folder & Share Management __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6-9 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 6.3. Share Management There are several ways to set up and manage shares. Methods include using a command line interface, Windows Explorer, or[...]

  • Page 74

    Tandberg Data Folder & Share Management __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6-10 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 6.3.2. Defining Access Control Lists The Access Control List (A CL) contains the informat ion that dictates which users and groups have acces[...]

  • Page 75

    Tandberg Data Folder & Share Management __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6-11 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 6.3.4. Comparing Administrative & Standard Shares CIFS supports both administrat ive shares and standard shares. Administrative shares ar[...]

  • Page 76

    Tandberg Data Folder & Share Management __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6-12 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 6.3.6. Managing Shares Shares can be managed through the Windows Storage Server Management Console. Tasks include: • Creating a new share ?[...]

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    Tandberg Data Folder & Share Management __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6-13 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 6 .3.6.2. Stopping a Share Caution Before deleting a share, warn all users to exit th at share and confirm that no one is using the sha re. T[...]

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    Tandberg Data Folder & Share Management __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6-14 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 2. The name and path of the selected share is displayed. 3. After all share information has been entered, click OK . The setting is updated.[...]

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    Tandberg Data Folder & Share Management __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6-15 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual Windows Sharing From the Share Properties menu: 1. Enter a descriptive Comment, and the User limit (optional). See figure below for an exampl[...]

  • Page 80

    Tandberg Data Folder & Share Management __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6-16 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual UNIX Sharing The UNIX (NFS) sharing need to be access using Windows Explorer: 1. Using the Windows Explorer, navigate to the share folder and[...]

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    Tandberg Data Folder & Share Management __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6-17 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual o No access —Use this permission to restrict all access to the share. 5. Select whether or not to allow root access by checking the box. o [...]

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    Tandberg Data Folder & Share Management __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6-18 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual Web Sharing (HTTP) The HTTP sharing can be enabled using Windows Explorer: 1. Select Using the Windows Explorer, navigate to the share folder[...]

  • Page 83

    Tandberg Data Folder & Share Management __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6-19 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual AFP (Appletalk) Sharing AppleTalk shares can be set up only after AppleTalk Protocol and File Services for Macintosh have been installed on t[...]

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    Tandberg Data Folder & Share Management __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6-20 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual Instaling the File Services for Macintosh To install the AppleTalk Protocol: 1. From the desktop of the NAS server, click Start , navigate to[...]

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    Tandberg Data Folder & Share Management __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6-21 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual Setting AppleTalk Protocol Properties To set up AppleTalk shares: 1. From Windows Storage Server M anagement console, drop down the Share Fol[...]

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    Tandberg Data Folder & Share Management __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6-22 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual To change AppleTalk settings: 1. On the Windows Storage Server M anagement console, right-click on the AppleTalk share that you want to chang[...]

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    Tandberg Data Folder & Share Management __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6-23 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 6.4. File Server Recourse Manager With the increasing demand on storage resources, as organizations rely more heavily on data than ever befor[...]

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    Tandberg Data Folder & Share Management __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6-24 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 6.4.2. Opening File Server Resource Manager File Server Resource Manager is a Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in and is located in Ad[...]

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    Tandberg Data Folder & Share Management __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6-25 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual The following is a list of tasks that you can perform from each respect ive node in File Server Resource Manager: 6.4.3. Quota Management •[...]

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    Tandberg Data Folder & Share Management __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6-26 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 6.4.6. Using Command-Line Tools for File Server Resource Manager If you prefer to work from the command line, you can use the following tools[...]

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    __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7-1 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 7. Distributed File System (DFS) 7.1. Overview One of the goals of information technol ogy (IT) groups in medium and large organizations is to manage file servers and their resources eff[...]

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    Tandberg Data Distributed File System __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7-2 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual As the figure shows, when a user attempts to access a folder in the namespace (1), the client computer contacts a namespace server. The namespace se[...]

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    Tandberg Data Distributed File System __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7-3 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual • Namespace server . A namespace server hosts a namespace. The namespace server can be a member server or a domain controller. • Namespace root [...]

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    Tandberg Data Distributed File System __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7-4 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 7.3. DFS Replication DFS Replication is the new state-bas ed, multimaster replication engine in Windows Server 2003 R2. Although some DFS Replicatio[...]

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    Tandberg Data Distributed File System __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7-5 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 7.3.2. DFS Initial Replication When you first set up replication, you must choose a primary member. Choose the member that has the most up-to-date f[...]

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    Tandberg Data Distributed File System __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7-6 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 7.4. DFS Management Snap-in The DFS Management snap-in is the graphical user interface tool for managing DFS Namespaces and DFS Replic ation. This s[...]

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    Tandberg Data Distributed File System __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7-7 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual Notes If you are not familiar with namespace terminology, see the section "DFS Namespaces" earlier section. Replication node The following[...]

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    Tandberg Data Distributed File System __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7-8 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 7.5. Deploying Namespace (Step-by-Step Guide) The tasks in this section walk you through the process of deploying a namespace that looks similar to [...]

  • Page 99

    Tandberg Data Distributed File System __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7-9 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 7.5.2. Add a Namespace Server (Domain) If you created a domain-based namespace, perform this task to specify an additional server to host the namesp[...]

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    Tandberg Data Distributed File System __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7-10 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual Notice that the user or group you added shows "Explicit" in the How Permission Is Granted column. "Explicit" means that you can[...]

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    Tandberg Data Distributed File System __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7-11 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual Next, you add two folders with targets to the namespace. You create one folder named Tools within the Software folder, and you create another folde[...]

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    Tandberg Data Distributed File System __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7-12 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 4. Click New Shared Folder . 5. In the Create Share dialog box, in the Share name box, type Tools , and then enter the local path where you want th[...]

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    Tandberg Data Distributed File System __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7-13 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 7.5.5. Change How Target are Ordered in Referrals In this task, you change settings that optimize how targets are ordered in referrals. If you are [...]

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    Tandberg Data Distributed File System __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7-14 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 1. Targets in the same site as the c lient are listed in random order at the top of the referral. 2. Targets outside of the client’s site ar e li[...]

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    Tandberg Data Distributed File System __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7-15 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual To rename the Training Guides folder: 1. In the console tree of the DFS Management snap-in, right-click the Training Guides folder, and then click [...]

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    Tandberg Data Distributed File System __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7-16 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual To enable DFS Replication on the Tools folder: 1. In the console tree of the DFS Management snap-in, right-click the Tools folder, and then click R[...]

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    Tandberg Data Distributed File System __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7-17 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual From the Replication node, you can manage aspects of DFS Replication, such as the schedule and bandwidth usage, file and subfolder filters, and the[...]

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    Tandberg Data Distributed File System __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7-18 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual o Members to Include - Accept the defaults. o Options - Ensure that Yes, count backlogged files in this report is selected, and also click the Coun[...]

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    Tandberg Data Distributed File System __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7-19 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 2. In Windows Explorer, click the Folders button to display the Public root in the folder tree. 3. In the folder tree, right-click Public , and the[...]

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    Tandberg Data Distributed File System __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7-20 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 7.6. Deploying DFS Replication (Step-by-Step Guide) The tasks in this section walk you through the process of deploying DFS Replication, adding a m[...]

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    Tandberg Data Distributed File System __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7-21 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual Next, create a replication group to rep licate files between the two servers. To create a replication group and two replicated folders: 1. In the c[...]

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    Tandberg Data Distributed File System __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7-22 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual After you finish the New Replication Group Wizard, click the new replication group named Data Distribution located under the Replication node in th[...]

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    Tandberg Data Distributed File System __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7-23 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 7.6.2. Add a New Member to Replication Group In this task, you add a third server to the Data Distribution replication group and specify where one [...]

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    Tandberg Data Distributed File System __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7-24 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual o Confirmation - Click Close to close the wizard. o Replication Delay - Click OK to close the dialog box that warns you about the delay in initial [...]

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    Tandberg Data Distributed File System __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7-25 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 7.6.3. Share and Publish Replicated Folders in a Namespace When you created replicated folders in t he previous tasks, you specified the local path[...]

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    Tandberg Data Distributed File System __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7-26 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual Next, review the namespace path listed in the Replicated Folders tab, which should look similar to the following figure. You can see that the LOB D[...]

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    Tandberg Data Distributed File System __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7-27 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual IMPORTANT When you create a new replic ation group, replication does not begin immediately. The topology and DFS Replication settings must be repli[...]

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    Tandberg Data Distributed File System __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7-28 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual o Replication Delay - Click OK to close the dialog box that warns you about the delay in initial replication. After you finish the wizard, click th[...]

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    Tandberg Data Distributed File System __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7-29 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual Review the diagnostic report created fo r the Tools replication group. In particular, take a look at the following sections: • Note the DFS Repli[...]

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    __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8-1 Tandberg Viking Series Storage Server Administration Manual 8. Microsoft Services for Network File System (MSNFS) Microsoft Services for Network File System is a comprehensive software package designed to provide complete UNIX environment integrat[...]

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    Tandberg Data Microsoft Services for Network File System (MSNFS) __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8-2 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual The following features that were previ ously available in Services for UNIX 3.5 are not included in MSNFS: • Gateway fo[...]

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    Tandberg Data Microsoft Services for Network File System (MSNFS) __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8-3 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual • Enable UNIX-based client computers to access resources on computers running Windows Server 2003 R2 . Your company may[...]

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    Tandberg Data Microsoft Services for Network File System (MSNFS) __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8-4 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual To open Microsoft Services for Network File System: • Click Start , point to Administrative Tools , and click Microsoft[...]

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    Tandberg Data Microsoft Services for Network File System (MSNFS) __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8-5 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual • umount . Removes NFS-mounted drives. 8.5. Test Scenario This test scenario requires you to deploy Microsoft Services [...]

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    Tandberg Data Microsoft Services for Network File System (MSNFS) __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8-6 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual Notes By default, Server for NFS supports UNIX c lient computers using NFS version 2 or version 3. You can override this,[...]

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    Tandberg Data Microsoft Services for Network File System (MSNFS) __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8-7 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 8.6.3. Create test user accounts For the purposes of this test, you can create several fictitious users. For each user, y[...]

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    Tandberg Data Microsoft Services for Network File System (MSNFS) __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8-8 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual To install Microsoft Services for NFS: 1. On the computer on which you want to install Microsoft Services for NFS, instal[...]

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    Tandberg Data Microsoft Services for Network File System (MSNFS) __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8-9 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual To specify where UNIX user and group information is stored: 1. On the computer running User Name Mapping, open Microsoft [...]

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    Tandberg Data Microsoft Services for Network File System (MSNFS) __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8-10 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual Notes To perform this procedure, you must be a member of the Administrators group on the local computer, or you must hav[...]

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    Tandberg Data Microsoft Services for Network File System (MSNFS) __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8-11 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual A .maphosts file with the following contents allows access by all computers except computers named rogue_host and malici[...]

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    Tandberg Data Microsoft Services for Network File System (MSNFS) __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8-12 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual Notes To perform this procedure, you must be a member of the Administrators group on the local computer, or you must hav[...]

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    Tandberg Data Microsoft Services for Network File System (MSNFS) __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8-13 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual To restart the User Name Mapping service: 1. On the computer running the User Name Mapping service, click Start , point [...]

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    Tandberg Data Microsoft Services for Network File System (MSNFS) __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8-14 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual To create a shared folder using NFS sharing: 1. On the computer running Server for NFS, create a folder to use as the NF[...]

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    Tandberg Data Microsoft Services for Network File System (MSNFS) __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8-15 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 8.6.9. Specifying default permissions for new files and folders You can specify the default permissions that will be app[...]

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    Tandberg Data Microsoft Services for Network File System (MSNFS) __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8-16 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual To open ports in Windows Firewall: 1. On a computer running the User Name Mapping service or Server for NFS, click Start[...]

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    Tandberg Data Microsoft Services for Network File System (MSNFS) __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8-17 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 5. Click OK two times. 8.6.10.3. Enable file and printer sharing for administration tools On the computer hosting the Mi[...]

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    Tandberg Data Microsoft Services for Network File System (MSNFS) __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8-18 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 8.6.11.2. Test 2: On the computer running Client for NFS, create a test file and verify its permissions. The test is suc[...]

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    Tandberg Data Microsoft Services for Network File System (MSNFS) __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8-19 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 8.6.11.4. Tes t 4: On a UNIX client, create a test file and verify the file permissions match, from both Windows and UNI[...]

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    Tandberg Data Microsoft Services for Network File System (MSNFS) __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8-20 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 8.7. Using Remote Desktop for MSNFS Windows Remote Desktop is available for remote administration of Services for UNIX. [...]

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    __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 9-1 Tandberg Viking Series Storage Server Administration Manual 9. Using iSCSI Software Target Some Tandberg Viking Series NAS appliances use the Microsoft® Windows® Unified Data Storage Server 2003 operating system. This operating system provides u[...]

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    Tandberg Data Using iSCSI Software Targets __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 9-2 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 9.1.2. Snapshots To facilitate backup and recovery operations, you can schedule and create snapshots of iSCSI virtual disks. A s napshot is a p[...]

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    Tandberg Data Using iSCSI Software Targets __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 9-3 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 7. To enter additional identifiers, or if you are using an identifier other than an IQN (DNS domain name, IP address, or MAC address): o Click [...]

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    Tandberg Data Using iSCSI Software Targets __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 9-4 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual o Select the identifier type from the Identifier Type list and type the identifier in the Value field. o Repeat steps b and c for each identifi[...]

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    Tandberg Data Using iSCSI Software Targets __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 9-5 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 3. Click Next on the Welcome page of the wizard. 4. On the File page, specify the full path to use as the virtual disk and click Next . 5. On t[...]

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    Tandberg Data Using iSCSI Software Targets __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 9-6 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 9.1.7. Extend Virtual Disk Wizard This section describes how to extend a virtual disk using the Extend Virtual Disk Wizard. 1. In the Microsoft[...]

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    Tandberg Data Using iSCSI Software Targets __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 9-7 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 9.2. Hardware Providers To support advanced management of iSCS I virtual disks and snapshots, you can use the following hardware provider s, wh[...]

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    __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 10-1 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 10. Remote Access Methods & Monitoring The Tandberg Data Viking Series NAS appliance comes from the factory with full remote manageability. Several methods of remote access are prov[...]

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    Tandberg Data Remote A ccess Methods & Monitoring __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 10-2 Tandberg Viking Series Stor age Server Administration Manual 10.2. Telnet Server Telnet Server is a utility that lets users connect to machines, log on, and obtain a command prompt remotely. T[...]

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