HP IBRIX 9000 Storage File System User Guide
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HP IBRIX 9000 Storage File System User Guide Abstract This guide describes how to configure and manage IBRIX software file systems and how to use NFS, SMB, FTP, and HTTP to access file system data. The guide also describes the following file system features: quotas, remote replication, snapshots, data retention and validation, data tiering, and file allocation. The guide is intended for system administrators managing 9300 Storage Gateway, 9320 Storage, 9720 Storage, and 9730 Storage. For the latest IBRIX guides, browse to nl http://www.hp.com/support/IBRIXManuals. HP Part Number: TA768-96076 Published: December 2012 Edition: 9 © Copyright 2009, 2012 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. Confidential computer software. Valid license from HP required for possession, use or copying. Consistent with FAR 12.211 and 12.212, Commercial Computer Software, Computer Software Documentation, and Technical Data for Commercial Items are licensed to the U.S. Government under vendor's standard commercial license. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein. Acknowledgments Microsoft® and Windows® are U.S. registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. UNIX® is a registered trademark of The Open Group. Revision History Edition Date Software Description Version 1 November 2009 5.3.1 Initial release of HP 9000 File Serving Software 2 December 2009 5.3.2 Updated license and quotas information 3 April 2010 5.4.0 Added information about file cloning, CIFS, directory tree quotas, the Statistics tool, and GUI procedures 4 July 2010 5.4.1 Removed information about the Statistics tool 5 December 2010 5.5.0 Added information about authentication, CIFS, FTP, HTTP, SSL certificates, and remote replication 6 April 2011 5.6 Updated CIFS, FTP, HTTP, and snapshot information 7 September 2011 6.0 Added or updated information about data retention and validation, software snapshots, block snapshots, remote replication, HTTP, case insensitivity, quotas 8 June 2012 6.1 Added or updated information about file systems, file share creation, rebalancing segments, remote replication, user authentication, CIFS, LDAP, data retention, data tiering, file allocation, quotas, Antivirus software 9 December 2012 6.2 Added or updated information about file systems, physical volumes, segment rebalancing, remote replication, Antivirus scans, REST API, Express Query, auditing, HTTP, quotas, data tiering, renamed CIFS to SMB Contents 1 Using IBRIX software file systems...................................................................9 File system operations................................................................................................................9 File system building blocks.......................................................................................................11 Configuring file systems...........................................................................................................11 Accessing file systems.............................................................................................................12 2 Creating and mounting file systems.............................................................13 Creating a file system..............................................................................................................13 Using the New Filesystem Wizard........................................................................................13 Configuring additional file system options.............................................................................17 Creating a file system using the CLI......................................................................................18 File limit for directories............................................................................................................19 Managing mountpoints and mount/unmount operations..............................................................19 GUI procedures.................................................................................................................19 CLI procedures..................................................................................................................21 Mounting and unmounting file systems locally on IBRIX 9000 clients.........................................22 Limiting file system access for IBRIX 9000 clients.........................................................................23 Using Export Control...............................................................................................................24 3 Configuring quotas...................................................................................25 How quotas work...................................................................................................................25 Enabling quotas on a file system and setting grace periods..........................................................25 Setting quotas for users, groups, and directories.........................................................................26 Using a quotas file..................................................................................................................29 Importing quotas from a file................................................................................................29 Exporting quotas to a file....................................................................................................30 Format of the quotas file.....................................................................................................30 Using online quota check........................................................................................................31 Configuring email notifications for quota events..........................................................................32 Deleting quotas......................................................................................................................32 Troubleshooting quotas............................................................................................................33 4 Maintaining file systems............................................................................34 Best practices for file system performance...................................................................................34 Viewing information about file systems and components...............................................................34 Viewing physical volume information....................................................................................35 Viewing volume group information.......................................................................................35 Viewing logical volume information......................................................................................36 Viewing file system information............................................................................................36 Viewing disk space information from a Linux 9000 client........................................................39 Extending a file system............................................................................................................39 Rebalancing segments in a file system.......................................................................................40 How rebalancing works......................................................................................................40 Rebalancing segments on the GUI........................................................................................41 Rebalancing segments from the CLI......................................................................................43 Tracking the progress of a rebalance task.............................................................................43 Viewing the status of rebalance tasks....................................................................................44 Stopping rebalance tasks....................................................................................................44 Deleting file systems and file system components.........................................................................44 Deleting a file system..........................................................................................................44 Deleting segments, volume groups, and physical volumes........................................................44 Deleting file serving nodes and IBRIX 9000 clients.................................................................45 Checking and repairing file systems..........................................................................................45 Contents 3 Analyzing the integrity of a file system on all segments...........................................................46 Clearing the INFSCK flag on a file system.............................................................................46 Troubleshooting file systems......................................................................................................46 Segment of a file system is accidently deleted........................................................................46 ibrix_pv -a discovers too many or too few devices..................................................................47