IBM 201 IBM NAS Administration console, Determining who is using the network-attached storage

IBM NAS Administration console

The IBM NAS Administration console contains all of the standard functions that are contained in the standard Computer Management console available on any Windows 2000 desktop, plus the following functions specific to the NAS 200, as described in “Chapter 6. Additional administrative functions” on page 35:

vNAS Backup Assistant

vPersistent Storage Manager

vServeRAID Configuration

Determining who is using the network-attached storage

Occasionally, the administrator may want to know who is using the network-attached storage. The administrator can determine this information as follows:

1.Start a Windows Terminal Services session from the administrator’s console to the NAS 200.

2.Click on the IBM NAS Admin icon on the desktop.

3.In the left plane, click on File Systems, then Shared Folders, then Sessions.

4.The users currently using the storage are displayed. If necessary, you can close those sessions with a right-click. Before you close a session, you can notify the user that you are going to close the session by clicking on Start, Programs, Accessories, Command Prompt, and then issuing the net send hostname messagetext command.

IBM Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility

The IBM Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility (IAACU) helps you to set up and reconfigure the network configuration on your NAS 200, as well as other IBM appliances.

The IAACU agent, preinstalled on your NAS 200, works with the IAACU Console, a Java™ -based application that is installed on a remote workstation. You can use the agent and console as a systems-management device to automatically detect the presence of NAS 200 appliances on the network. Once the NAS 200 appliance is detected by the IAACU Console, use the IAACU to set up and manage the appliance’s network configuration, including assigning the IP address, default gateway, network mask, and DNS server to be used by the appliance. You can also use the IAACU to start Universal Manageability Services (UM Services) on the appliance, enabling you to perform more advanced systems-management tasks.

For networks that are not currently running DHCP servers, the IAACU is useful for automatically configuring network settings for newly added appliances, such as the NAS 200.

However, networks with DHCP servers will also benefit from using the IAACU because it enables you to reserve and assign the appliance IP address in an orderly, automated fashion. Even when you use DHCP and do not reserve an IP address for the appliance, you can still use the IAACU to discover appliances and to start UM Services Web-based systems-management.

Notes:

1.The Advanced Appliance Configuration configures and reports the TCP/IP settings of the first adapter on each appliance only. The first adapter is typically

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