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File System Manager User's Guide

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Contents

Preface

1. About the File System Manager Software

2. How the Software Works

3. Assigning Administrative Privileges to Users

4. Logging In to and Out of the Software

5. Setting the Session Timeout Value

6. Registering the Software

7. About Interface Elements

About the Banner and Content Pane

Reference: Banner Elements

Reference: Content Pane Navigational Elements

Reference: Content Pane Icons and Buttons

8. About Wizards

9. Enabling Pop-Up Windows

10. Changing the Current Server

11. About Report Tables

Reference: Report Table Controls

Sorting Tables

Filtering Tables

12. Using Help

13. Task Overview: Configuring a Server

14. Reference: Server Configuration Files

15. Adding a Server

16. Removing a Server

17. Monitoring Servers

Displaying the Configuration of Servers in Your Site

Displaying the Configuration of a Server

Displaying Software Packages on a Server

Displaying Log or Trace Files on a Server

Displaying Configuration Files on a Server

Displaying Warning Messages in Server Files

Displaying the Minimum Server Release Supported by File System Manager

18. Monitoring File Systems

Displaying the Status of a File System

Displaying File System Devices

Displaying NFS Shared Directories in a File System

Displaying File Match Criteria for an Archiving File System

Displaying the Status of Recovery Point Activities

Displaying the Status of a Restore Process for an Archiving File System

Displaying the Metadata Server for a Shared File System

Displaying All Hosts in a Shared File System

About System Metrics

Media Utilization and Status Page

File Data Distribution Page

File System Utilization Page

Creating Media Utilization and Status Reports

Viewing File Data Distribution

Creating File System Utilization Reports

19. Monitoring Policies

Displaying File Match Criteria in a Policy

Displaying File Systems Using Specific File Match Criteria

Displaying the Copy Details of a Policy

Displaying the VSNs Assigned to a Policy Copy

20. Monitoring Libraries

Displaying VSNs for a Library

Displaying the Drives in a Library

Displaying the Status and State of a Library

Displaying Historian Catalog Information

Displaying Mount Requests in a Library

21. Monitoring Archiving, Releasing, and Staging Activity

Displaying Archiving Activity

Displaying Releasing Activity

Displaying Staging Activity

22. Monitoring Jobs

About Jobs

Displaying Jobs

Canceling a Job

Using the Monitoring Console

23. Monitoring Faults

About Faults

Displaying Faults

Acknowledging Faults

Deleting Faults

24. About File System Management

25. About Discovering Available Devices

26. About File Systems

About Supported File Systems

About Stand-Alone, Non-archiving File Systems

About Archiving File Systems

About Shared File Systems

About HA-QFS File Systems

27. Administering Stand-Alone, Non-archiving File Systems and Archiving File Systems

Planning a Stand-Alone, Non-archiving or Archiving File System

Creating a Stand-Alone, Non-archiving or Archiving File System

Growing a Stand-Alone, Non-archiving or Archiving File System

Checking a Stand-Alone, Non-archiving or Archiving File System

Mounting a Stand-Alone, Non-archiving or Archiving File System

Editing Mount Options for a Stand-Alone, Non-archiving or Archiving File System

Unmounting a Stand-Alone, Non-archiving or Archiving File System

Deleting a Stand-Alone, Non-archiving or Archiving File System

About Creating an Archiving File System and VSN Association

28. Managing Policies for Archiving File Systems

Adding a Policy to an Archiving File System

Adding Existing File Match Criteria to an Archiving File System

Reordering File Match Criteria for an Archiving File System

Removing File Match Criteria From an Archiving File System

29. Protecting Archiving File System Data

About Protecting Archiving File System Data

Scheduling and Creating Recovery Points

About Recovery Points

Planning Recovery Points

Scheduling the Creation of Recovery Points

Creating a Recovery Point on Demand

Editing a Recovery Point Schedule

Removing a Recovery Point Schedule

Restoring Archiving File System Data

Restoring an Archiving File System

Filtering Recovery Point Files

Filter File Name Pattern Values

Deleting the Index for a Recovery Point

Deleting a Recovery Point

30. Administering Shared File Systems

Planning a Shared File System

Creating a Shared File System

Creating the Shared Hosts File

Adding a Client or Potential Metadata Server

Deleting a Client or Potential Metadata Server

Deleting the Metadata Server

Mounting and Unmounting Shared File Systems

Mounting a Shared File System

Mounting the Metadata Server

Mounting a Client or Potential Metadata Server

Editing Mount Options for a Shared File System

Unmounting a Shared File System

Unmounting a Client or Potential Metadata Server

Unmounting the Metadata Server

Deleting a Shared File System

31. Managing NFS Sharing for File Systems

About NFS Sharing

Adding an NFS Directory

Editing NFS Directory Options

Changing the Status of an NFS Directory

Removing an NFS Directory

32. About Archive Management

33. About Archiving, Releasing, and Staging

About the Sun StorageTek SAM Software

About Archiving

Planning for Archiving

About Continuous Archiving

About Associative Archiving

About the Releaser

About the Stager

34. Controlling Archiving for Archiving File Systems

Configuring Archiver Scanning for an Archiving File System

Stopping or Idling Archiving for an Archiving File System

Running Archiving for an Archiving File System

35. Managing Archive Policies

Administering Archive Policies

About Archive Policies

Reference: Creating a Policy archiver.cmd Example

Creating a Policy

Creating a No-Archive Policy

Editing a Policy

Deleting a Policy

Enabling Archiving Options in a Policy

Enabling Disk Archiving

For a New Policy

For an Existing Copy in an Existing Policy

For a New Copy in an Existing Policy

Enabling Archiving to Tape

For a New Policy

For an Existing Copy in an Existing Policy

For a New Copy in an Existing Policy

Enabling Associative Archiving

Enabling Continuous Archiving

Enabling Archiving to Pools of Disk or Tape VSNs

For a New Policy

For an Existing Copy in an Existing Policy

For a New Copy in an Existing Policy

Administering File Match Criteria

About File Match Criteria

Editing File Match Criteria

Adding a File System to a Set of File Match Criteria

Removing a File System From a Set of File Match Criteria

Planning File Match Criteria

Adding File Match Criteria to a Policy

Removing File Match Criteria From a Policy

Administering Policy Copies

About Policy Copies

Editing a Policy Copy

Modifying VSN Assignments in a Policy Copy

Adding a Copy to a Policy

Removing a Copy From a Policy

36. Managing VSN Pools for Archiving

About VSN Pools

Creating a VSN Pool

Editing a VSN Pool

Deleting a VSN Pool

37. Managing Disk VSNs for Archiving

About Archiving to Disk-Based VSNs

Creating a Disk VSN

Creating an Sun StorageTek 5800 VSN

Editing the Media Attributes of a Disk VSN

38. Setting Up General Archiving

About Archiver Scanning Methods

Configuring Global Archiving Values

Configuring Global Staging Values

Configuring Global Releasing Values

Configuring Global Media Type Parameters

39. Configuring the Recycler

About the Recycler

Selecting Eligible Volumes

Recycling Volumes

Running Recycling

Configuring Library Recycling Values

Configuring Policy Recycling Values

40. Managing Archiving and Staging Activity

Controlling Global Archiving Activity

Controlling Global Staging Activity

Staging a File or Directory on Demand

41. About Removable Media Management

42. About Removable Media

43. About Supported Libraries and Drives

44. About the Historian

45. Managing Libraries

About Libraries

Adding a Library

Changing the State of a Library

Unloading a Library

Removing Archiving, Staging, and Recycling Configurations

Removing Archiving and Staging Configurations

Removing Recycling Configurations

Deleting a Library

Managing Library Drives

Changing the State of a Library Drive

Idling a Drive

Unloading a Drive

Cleaning a Drive

Managing VSNs in a Library

Searching for a VSN

Importing a VSN

Exporting a VSN

Loading a VSN Into a Drive in a Library

Unloading a VSN From a Drive in a Library

Labeling a VSN

Reserving a VSN in a Library

Unreserving a VSN in a Library

Auditing the Slot for a VSN in a Library

Editing the Media Attributes for a VSN in a Library

46. About Email Alerts

47. Creating an Email Alert

48. Changing Email Alert Events for a Recipient

49. Deleting an Email Alert

50. Using SAMreports

About SAMreports

Generating SAMreports

Displaying SAMreports

51. Incompatible Software Release

52. One Device Displayed Multiple Times

53. Inaccessible Server

54. No Remaining Space for a VSN

55. Damaged or Stale Files in a Recovery Point

56. Existing Fault Conditions Not Displayed

Glossary

Index