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Note that the primary and secondary archive configuration (FTP user ID, FTP server configuration and archive directory structure) must be identical.

Note For further information about managing FMA archives, see Archives on page 25.

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Published July Legal Notice Contents Archives Best Practices Vi Contents Audience PrefaceAbout this guide Typographical conventions Subscription serviceRelated documentation Support Support When calling support Preface Overview Recall MigrationRelease FMA components Cluster operation Overview Creating a technical user account Installation Backing up managed volumes Configuring backup management applications to work with FMAEnsuring interoperability with FMA Backing up archives Restoring data Installing FMA on file servers PrerequisitesMinimum requirements Technical user First steps Compatibility issuesRestrictions To install FMA Installation Installation Installation Installation To configure FMA in a cluster environment Installing FMA in a cluster configuration To create an Active/Active Cluster configuration Installation Upgrading FMA Configuring FMAEvicting a node from a cluster Adding a new node to a cluster Migrating a Windows 2003 cluster To upgrade FMA on a file serverTo update a cluster To downgrade from 2.5 to Downgrading FMATo migrate an FMA cluster to Removing the Explorer plugin Uninstalling FMA Enter FMA license keys Licensing FMA License Information Cluster License Advanced Settings dialog FMA licensing problems Licensing Storage descriptors Primary and secondary configurationArchives Ignore Security and Data Stream Only Ignore System Name and Ignore Volume Serial To view the list of archives Viewing archives Adding archives to FMA in a cluster environment To configure the Ntfs permissions on the archive shareCreating Cifs archives Preparing Cifs archives for FMA To configure a Cifs archive Configuring Cifs archives Archives Preparing FTP archives for FMA Creating FTP archives To set up a new group and user Configuring Vsftpd on SuSE LinuxTo configure Vsftpd To take ownership of the PartitionRoot To configure Vsftpd on Red Hat Configuring Vsftpd on Red Hat Enter the following to start vsftpd To configure an FTP archive Configuring FTP archives Archives Pack Using FmaFileUtil to work with FTP archivesOption Description Syntax Options Description Unpack Examples Creating HP Integrated Archive Platform archives Configuring computers on which FMA is installed Configuring IAP devicesConfiguring IAP archives Preparing IAP archives for FMA Archives Archives To edit archive properties Editing archive properties To delete an archive Deleting archivesRemoving deleted files from archives To view the list of volumes on the file server Managed VolumesViewing managed volumes Icon Status Description To view information about a particular volume To create a managed volume in a cluster environment Creating managed volumesTo create a managed volume To set watermarks for disk use Releasing files using disk space policiesSetting disk space watermarks To set retention periods Setting retention periods To exclude files from release based on disk space Excluding files from release based on disk space To create a file policy Migrating and releasing files using file policiesCreating file policies Select File Size Managed Volumes To run policies manually Scheduling file policiesTo schedule file policies Deleting file policies Editing file policiesEnabling and disabling file policies Migrating and releasing files with the Explorer plugin To release one or more files or a folder To view FMA file propertiesTo migrate one or more files or a folder To recall files or folders using the Explorer plugin Moving files to another managed volumeTo move files to another managed volume Recalling files To move a large number of files Stopping volume managementMoving a large number of files Removing volume management Restarting volume managementTo stop managing a volume To start managing a volume Best Practices FMA RSA-FTP Configuration dialog Best Practices FMA archive configuration for an Linux FTP archive Best Practices Best Practices Best Practices FMA archive configuration for a CIFS-based NAS device Best Practices FMA archive configuration for IAP Best Practices Create file policies Create a new managed volume Best Practices Create disk usage monitoring Determine FMA software version Release files Migrate files Recall files Schedule FMA commandsSet a high-watermark for migration or releases Verify data files Schedule FMA jobs Backup/restore concept for FMA managed volumes Relocating data procedure Relocating data to another FMA managed volume Relocating a large number of files Command Description Only Command Line Interface ReferenceFMA commands Displays FMA version and build information Displays information about available volumesDisplays the result of the verification process Description ActivateSyntax --logfile -L option Options Example Archive Fmacli arc Synopsis Cleanup Erase Displays Online Help for the erase command Deletes primary metadata alternate data stream Info Logfile -L option Displays all available information long output. Field Output Field Output Migrate Displays Online Help for the migrate command Policies or the Explorer plug-in. FMA will migrate Migrates the file D\Test\file.dat to the archive arc01 Policy Fmacli POL --name Reports Recall Path Behavior of policies or the Explorer plug-in. FMA Release Displays Online Help for the release command Defines the Changed Retention Time crt. This is Fmacli release D\ASC\MyFile.doc -t 1d -T 10d -n Rsa Fmacli rsa Lists system information, as follows System Command Line Interface Reference Verify Displays Online Help for the verify command Upgrades local metadata to the current FMA Version Displays FMA version information, as follows Volume Fmacli vol Return Value Description Result codes Command Line Interface Reference FMA Troubleshooting To access the FMA log Accessing FMA log filesFMA log Click Show Log Limits LayoutFmacli log To change the number of FMA log files saved Windows event log Troubleshooting installationTroubleshooting configuration issues If a disk full error is displayed for a managed volume Troubleshooting connectivityIf files cannot be migrated to the FTP archive RSA-error If files are not migrated If files cannot be migrated to the IAP archive RSA-error If files cannot be migrated to the Cifs archive RSA-error If a system fault Bsod occurs Troubleshooting common issuesIf an application fault occurs If the system stalled Tracing Archive Files If the Duplicate Serial Number error message is displayedIf offline files are not accessible Accessdenied If recall performance is poor If the managed volume status remains not mountedTo change the number of worker threads To change the number of concurrent operations Troubleshooting third-party application issues If a managed volume cannot be activated Troubleshooting cluster systems Netstat -a Anti-virus Third-party Product Compatibility ListSymantec AntiVirus McAfee VirusScan ETrust AntiVirus Sophos Anti-VirusServerProtect BackupExec Backup/restoreTrendMicro OfficeScan BrightStor ArcServe Data Protector NetBackup NetVault Networker Tivoli Storage Manager Galaxy Backup & RecoveryReadme.txt file, select All Programs →HP StorageWorks File Migration Agent →FMA Readme Defragmentation Quota/encryptionStorageExec Defrag MS IndexServer IndexServerMS Defragmentation Mirroring and Replication HP Storage Mirroring Interoperability Restoration Failure monitoring and failover Supported Configuration Configuration Script creation Third-party Product Compatibility List Error Code Error Text Description Recommended Action Error Codes and Messages Error Codes and Messages Error Code Error Text Description Recommended Action Time that it was migrated Error Code Error Text Description Recommended Action Error Code Error Text Description Recommended Action Error Code Error Text Description Recommended Action Managed Volumes on Error Code Error Text Description Recommended Action Error Code Error Text Description Recommended Action Error Code Error Text Description Recommended Action HKLM\ Error Code Error Text Description Recommended Action Error Code Error Text Description Recommended Action Error Code Error Text Description Recommended Action Error Code Error Text Description Recommended Action Error Code Error Text Description Recommended Action Error Code Error Text Description Recommended Action Error Code Error Text Description Recommended Action Error Code Error Text Description Recommended Action Error Code Error Text Description Recommended Action Error Code Error Text Description Recommended Action Error Code Error Text Description Recommended Action Error Code Error Text Description Recommended Action Error Code Error Text Description Recommended Action Error Codes and Messages Riss Index Cluster 14 on file servers Overview 5 steps Index Index