HP File Archiving Software manual

HP Software

File Migration Agent (FMA®)

Installation and Administration Guide

Published: July 2009

Contents

Page Page Contents Page Page Page Preface About this guide Audience Typographical conventions Related documentation Support Support When calling support: Page Overview Migration Release Recall Cluster operation FMA components Page Installation Creating a technical user account Configuring backup management applications to work with FMA Installing FMA on file servers Prerequisites Compatibility issues Restrictions First steps To install FMA setup.exe Next Change Custom HSM Explorer Extension LocalSystem account This account Password Confirm Yes Finish Installing FMA in a cluster configuration Localsystem account Cluster Group Move To create an Active/Active Cluster configuration Cluster Administrator Add New Resources Move Group b.Open Administrative Tools and then Computer Management c.Expand Service and Applications, and select Services Configuring FMA Upgrading FMA Migrating a Windows 2003 cluster Downgrading FMA Uninstalling FMA Removing the Explorer plugin Licensing Enter FMA license keys Page FMA licensing problems Page Archives Primary and secondary configuration Storage descriptors Ignore Security and Data Stream Only Ignore Security Data Stream Only Data Stream Only Ignore System Name and Ignore Volume Serial Viewing archives Adding archives to FMA in a cluster environment Creating CIFS archives Security Configuring CIFS archives To configure a CIFS archive New archive RSA- CIFS RSA Config Creating FTP archives Configuring VSFTPD on SuSE Linux To set up a new group and user PartitionRoot -s /bin/false fma dos2unix To prevent uncontrolled growth of the vsftpd.log file using LogRotate compress size rotate path xferlog_enable YES xferlog_file=/var/log/vsftpd.log Configuring FTP archives To configure an FTP archive RSA-FTP Using FmaFileUtil to work with FTP archives Option pack Syntax Options unpack Creating HP Integrated Archive Platform archives Preparing IAP archives for FMA Enabling integration Configuring IAP devices Configuring computers on which FMA is installed Enabling secondary sites RSA-IAP top Editing archive properties Deleting archives Removing deleted files from archives Managed Volumes Viewing managed volumes Icon Status To view information about a particular volume Creating managed volumes Releasing files using disk space policies Setting retention periods To set retention periods Retention modified accessed Excluding files from release based on disk space To exclude files from release based on disk space Exclusion Migrating and releasing files using file policies Filtering File Age Timestamp Elapsed a.Select File Size Max copies Scheduling file policies To schedule file policies Max duration (minutes) To run policies manually Start now Editing file policies To edit a file policy Enabling and disabling file policies To enable a file policy Enable Migrating and releasing files with the Explorer plugin To view FMA file properties To migrate one or more files or a folder Migrate To release one or more files or a folder Release Recalling files Moving files to another managed volume Stopping volume management Restarting volume management Removing volume management Best Practices Create a new HP StorageWorks File Migration Agent (FMA) archive FMA RSA-FTPConfiguration dialog Programs Page FMA archive configuration for an Linux FTP archive Page Page Page FMA archive configuration for a CIFS-basedNAS device Page FMA archive configuration for IAP Page Create a new managed volume Create file policies Page Create disk usage monitoring Determine FMA software version Migrate files Release files Recall files Set a high-watermarkfor migration or releases Verify data files Schedule FMA commands Schedule FMA jobs Backup/restore concept for FMA managed volumes Relocating data to another FMA managed volume Relocating data procedure Relocating a large number of files Command Line Interface Reference FMA commands mig migrate version vers find activate activate the --logfile| -L option Example archive archive Page cleanup Synopsis cleanup logfile | erase erase Page Page info logfile | -L option Page Field Output Page migrate Page Page Page policy policy Page recall recall Page Page release release Page Page Page rsa rsa Page system system Page verify Page Page version Page volume volume Page Result codes Page Troubleshooting Accessing FMA log files Layout Limits To change the number of FMA log files saved Max files FMACLI log Troubleshooting installation Troubleshooting configuration issues Troubleshooting connectivity If files cannot be migrated to the CIFS archive (RSA-error:0x006000x) Permissions If files cannot be migrated to the IAP archive (RSA-error:0x006000x) Troubleshooting common issues Tracing Archive Files If the “Duplicate Serial Number” error message is displayed If offline files are not accessible (ACCESS_DENIED) If recall performance is poor If the managed volume status remains not mounted If archive device has high latency time that affects throughput To change the number of worker threads Worker Threads HSM Troubleshooting third-partyapplication issues Troubleshooting cluster systems Page Third-partyProduct Compatibility List Anti-virus Sophos Anti-Virus ServerProtect eTrust AntiVirus Backup/restore Data Protector NetBackup Networker NetVault backups. Also, the Check for files being modified during backup MS VSS Readme.txt file, select All Programs→HP StorageWorks File Migration Agent→FMA Readme Tivoli Storage Manager Galaxy Backup & Recovery Quota/encryption Defragmentation IndexServer HP Storage Mirroring Interoperability Failure monitoring and failover Restoration Supported Configuration HSM Volume Information Ignore serial for storage descriptor Script creation <drive letters Page Error Codes and Messages Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Index