6-67950-01 Stornext and Stornext FX 4.7.X Installation Guide Rev B
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Installation Guide StorNext and StorNext FX 4.7.x 6-67950-01 Rev B *6-67950-01 B* StorNext and StorNext FX 4.7.x Installation Guide, 6-67950-01 Rev B, August 2013, Product of USA. Quantum Corporation provides this publication “as is” without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Quantum Corporation may revise this publication from time to time without notice. COPYRIGHT STATEMENT © 2013 Quantum Corporation. All rights reserved. Your right to copy this manual is limited by copyright law. Making copies or adaptations without prior written authorization of Quantum Corporation is prohibited by law and constitutes a punishable violation of the law. TRADEMARK STATEMENT Quantum, the Quantum Logo, Backup. Recovery. Archive. 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StorNext utilizes the following components which are copyrighted by their respective entities: ACSAPI, copyright © Storage Technology Corporation; Java, copyright © Oracle Corporation; LibICE, LibSM, LibXau, LibXdmcp, LibXext, LibXi copyright The Open Group; LibX11copyright The Open Group, MIT, Silicon Graphics, and the Regents of the University of California, and copyright (C) 1994-2002 The XFree86 Project, Inc. All Rights Reserved. And copyright (c) 1996 NVIDIA, Corp. NVIDIA design patents pending in the U.S. and foreign countries.; libxml2 and LibXdmcp, copyright MIT; Linter, copyright © Relex Software Corporation; MySQL, copyright © Oracle Corporation; ncurses, copyright © 1997-2009,2010 by Thomas E. Dickey <[email protected]>. All Rights Reserved.; strlcat.c, strlcpy.c copyright © 1998 Todd C. Miller; TCL/TK, copyright © Sun Microsystems and the Regents of the University of California; vixie-cron: copyright Internet Systems Consortium (ISC); wxp-tdi.h, copyright © Microsoft Corporation; zlib, copyright © 1995-2010 Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler without notice ii Contents Preface xvii DVD Directories. xviii Chapter 1 StorNext Linux Server Installation/Configuration 1 System Requirements . 3 Operating System Requirements. 3 Installing StorNext from a DVD. 4 Downloading a StorNext Media Kit (Creating an ISO Image) . 5 Installing StorNext from a Web Download . 5 Hardware Requirements . 5 Additional Memory and Disk Requirements for Deduplication and Replication. 6 LAN Requirements . 6 Other Requirements . 7 Getting Ready to Install . 9 Configuring Storage Devices. 9 Planning for LUNs Larger than 1 TB . 10 Installing the Linux Kernel Source Code . 11 Verifying Hostname Length . 11 Running the Pre-Installation Script . 12 Support Directories . 12 Before You Begin . 13 StorNext and StorNext FX 4.7.x Installation Guide iii Contents Running snPreInstall . 13 Interpreting snPreInstall Output . 15 Running the StorNext Installation Script . 17 Upgrading From a StorNext File System-Only Configuration. 17 Launching the StorNext Installation Script . 18 Changing Installation Configuration Options . 20 Performing an Installation Operation . 21 Post-Installation Steps . 22 Logging In to StorNext . 22 SSL Certificate Exception. 22 Starting StorNext Components . 23 Enabling and Installing Licenses . 23 Converting to HA. 23 HA Conversion Procedure . 24 Configuring StorNext Using the StorNext GUI . 25 Accessing the StorNext GUI . 26 Using the StorNext Configuration Wizard . 27 Linux Device Mapper Multipath Support . 29 Third-Party Multipath Support . 31 Chapter 2 Lightweight Linux Server Installation/Configuration 33 File System Requirements . 33 Operating System Requirements. 34 Hardware Requirements . 34 LAN Requirements . 34 Other Requirements . 34 Getting Ready to Install . 35 Configuring Storage Devices. 35 Planning for LUNs Larger than 1 TB . 36 Installing the Linux Kernel Source Code . 37 Verifying Hostname Length . 37 Ensuring You Have Enough Space to Extract the Installation Software . 38 Installing StorNext File System-Only from RPMs . 38 Configuring StorNext RPM Servers Using the Command Line . 42 Editing the /etc/hosts file in HA Configurations. 42 Configuring a Single StorNext 4.x .RPM Server or the Primary iv StorNext and StorNext FX 4.7.x Installation Guide Contents Server in an HA Configuration . 43 Configuring the Secondary StorNext 4.x .RPM Server in an HA Configuration . 45 Obtaining Licenses for RPM Installations . 47 Obtaining Licenses . 47 Configuring Licenses for RPM Installations . 49 Obtaining Licenses . 49 Installation Steps . 49 Chapter 3 Windows SNFS Server Installation/Configuration 53 File System Requirements . 54 Operating System Requirements. 54 Hardware Requirements . 54 Windows Server 2012 SAN Disk Requirements . 54 LAN Requirements . 55 Other Requirements . 55 Getting Ready to Install . 55 Configuring Storage Devices. 56 Planning for LUNs Larger than 1 TB . 56 Installing StorNext File System on Windows MDCs . 58 Installing StorNext File System . 58 Configuring StorNext File System on Windows . 65 Available Configuration Utilities . 66 Accessing the Configuration Utilities . 68 Retrieving the Host License Identifier . 70 Obtaining and Installing a Permanent License . 70 Configuring Name Servers . 73 Labeling Disk Drives . 74 Configuring a Server (Simple) . 77 Configuring a Server (Advanced) . 80 Importing and Exporting Client Settings. 90 Configuring the Client . 90 Starting File System Services . 106 Stopping File System Services . 106 Stopping and Removing File System Services . 107 Obtaining Version Information . 107 Configuring the File System Startup List . 107 Re-initializing a File System . 109 Checking a File System (Read-Only). 109 StorNext and StorNext FX 4.7.x Installation Guide v Contents Repairing a File System . 109 Server Administration . 110 Configuring a High Availability System on Windows . 117 Installing Promise RAID Controller Software on Windows . 119 Adding or Removing StorNext Components . 121 Restoring a Previous Client Configuration . 124 Upgrading or Reinstalling StorNext on a Server. 124 Chapter 4 StorNext and StorNext FX Client Installation/Configuration 127 StorNext and StorNext FX Client System Requirements . 128 Operating System Requirements. 128 StorNext and StorNext FX Client Hardware Requirements. 128 StorNext and StorNext FX Client File System Buffer Cache Requirements . 128 Ensuring You Have Enough Space to Extract the Installation Software . 129 Other Requirements . 129 Downloading StorNext Client Software . 129 Locating StorNext Client Software on the Installation DVD, ftp Site . 130 Downloading StorNext Client Software from the StorNext MDC GUI . 130 Downloading StorNext FX Client Software . ..