Stornext 3.5.1 User's Guide
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6-01658-07 User's GuideUser's Guide User's Guide User's Guide User's Guide StorNext® 3.5.1 StorNext 6-01658-07 StorNext User’s Guide, 6-01658-07, Ver. A, Rel. 3.5.1, June 2009, Made in 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 © Copyright 2000 - 2008 Quantum Corporation. All rights reserved. US Patent No: 5,990,810 applies. Other Patents pending in the US and/or other countries. StorNext is either a trademark or registered trademark of Quantum Corporation in the US and/or other countries. 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. 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Contents Chapter 1 Introduction 1 About StorNext File System ..................................................................... 1 About StorNext Storage Manager ........................................................... 1 About Distributed LAN Clients .............................................................. 2 Purpose of This Guide ...................................................................................... 3 How This Guide is Organized ........................................................................ 3 Notes, Cautions, and Warnings ...................................................................... 4 Document Conventions ................................................................................... 5 Chapter 2 StorNext GUI Overview 6 Accessing the StorNext GUI ............................................................................ 6 The StorNext Home Page ................................................................................ 9 System Monitors ........................................................................................ 9 StorNext Home Page Drop-Down Menus ........................................... 13 StorNext System Status ........................................................................... 16 StorNext Admin Alerts ........................................................................... 17 StorNext Server Status ............................................................................ 19 Home and Help Links ............................................................................. 19 Application Link ...................................................................................... 19 The SNFS and SNSM Home Pages ............................................................... 20 The SNFS Home Page ............................................................................. 20 SNFS Home Page Drop-Down Menus ................................................. 21 StorNext User’s Guide i The SNSM Home Page ..............................................................23 SNSM Home Page Drop-Down Menus ..................................23 The Configuration Wizard ...............................................................26 Chapter 3 SNFS-Only GUI Overview 29 Accessing the SNFS GUI ..................................................................29 The SNFS Home Page .......................................................................31 The File System Monitor ...........................................................31 Drop-down Menus and Options .............................................33 Shortcut Menu Options .............................................................35 Home and Help Links ...............................................................36 StorNext Server Status ..............................................................36 The SNFS Configuration Wizard .............................................38 Chapter 4 Common StorNext Tasks 40 Entering the StorNext License .........................................................40 Entering a License String in the .dat File ................................47 Controlling User Access ...................................................................48 Changing the Admin Password ..............................................49 Adding a New User ...................................................................51 Modifying an Existing User .....................................................53 Deleting an Existing User .........................................................54 Starting and Stopping StorNext Components ..............................54 Accessing StorNext Logs .................................................................56 Scheduling StorNext Events ............................................................59 Viewing a Schedule ...................................................................60 Adding a New Schedule ...........................................................62 Modifying an Existing Schedule ..............................................64 Deleting an Existing Schedule .................................................65 Resetting a Schedule ..................................................................66 Setting Up E-mail Notification ........................................................67 Cancelling SNSM Requests .............................................................72 Setting up Alternate Retrieval Locations .......................................73 Modifying or Disabling This Feature .............................................75 ii StorNext User’s Guide Chapter 5 Backing Up StorNext 76 Types of StorNext Software Backups ........................................................... 76 Setting up Email Notification For Backup ........................................... 77 Performing a StorNext Software Backup .................................................... 78 Managing the Backup Policy ......................................................................... 79 Chapter 6 Managing the File System 82 Working With File Systems ........................................................................... 82 Adding a File System .............................................................................. 83 Creating a File System From SNFS ....................................................... 91 Modifying a File System ......................................................................... 93 Deleting a File System ............................................................................. 95 Managing File System Operations ............................................................... 96 Disk Device Labeling .............................................................................. 96 Making Global Changes ....................................................................... 100 Working with the fsnameservers File ................................................. 104 Making or Unmaking a File System .................................................... 105 Starting and Stopping the File System ................................................ 107 Mounting or Unmounting a File System ............................................ 108 Working With Disks ..................................................................................... 109 Adding Disks .......................................................................................... 109 Deleting Disks ........................................................................................ 111 Defragmenting a Disk ........................................................................... 112 Working With Stripe Groups ...................................................................... 113 Adding a Stripe Group ......................................................................... 114 Modifying a Stripe Group .................................................................... 117 Deleting a Stripe Group ........................................................................ 120 Working With Affinities .............................................................................. 121 Adding an Affinity ................................................................................ 121 Adding an Affinity Through SNFS ..................................................... 127 Setting the Affinity in a Directory ....................................................... 129 Modifying an Affinity ........................................................................... 131 Deleting an Affinity ............................................................................... 132 File System Configuration Restrictions .............................................. 133 Performing a Metadata Dump .................................................................... 133 Using the SNSM File System Functions .................................................... 134 Storing Files ............................................................................................ 135 Changing a File Version ........................................................................ 137 Recovering a File .................................................................................... 138 Recovering a Directory ........................................................................