Quantum 3.5 manual Installing StorNext File System on Windows

Chapter 2 Installing StorNext File System

Installing StorNext File System on Windows

2When the installation is complete, press <Enter> to return to the Main Menu.

3To exit the installation script, type 4 and press <Enter>.

Note: The script displays the URL at which the MDC can be accessed. Make a note of this information.

You can now access StorNext File System and run the configuration wizard. For more information, see Chapter 4, “Configuring StorNext.”

Installing StorNext File System on Windows

Disabling Automatic IP Address Configuration

The StorNext setup wizard guides you through the process of installing StorNext File System on a metadata controller running Windows 2003 Server. (The installation wizard also installs the client software on the MDC.)

Before installing StorNext, remove any previously installed versions (see Removing a Previous Version of StorNext on page 28).

When you are ready, use the setup wizard to install StorNext (see Running the Setup Wizard on page 29).

(Optional) After installation, restore the previous client configuration (see Restoring a Previous Client Configuration on page 33).

Note: You must log on as an Administrator to install StorNext.

Before installing StorNext, you should disable automatic IP address configuration in Windows. Disabling automatic IP address configuration ensures that the FSM passes the correct IP address to file system nameservers. Failure to disable automatic IP address configuration could result in StorNext clients or servers being unable to talk to the active FSM.

There are two methods for disabling automatic IP address configuration:

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