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Chapter 2 Installing StorNext File System

Installing StorNext File System on Windows

Figure 9 StorNext Installation

Window: Install StorNext

3Click Install StorNext to begin installation.

The StorNext setup wizard appears (figure 10).

Figure 10 SNFS Setup:

Welcome

4Click Next to continue.

The License Agreement window appears (figure 11).

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StorNext Copyright Statement Contents Displaying the Configuration Wizard StorNext GUI Accessing the StorNext GUI112 106110 111125 Viewing a Fibre Channel Device 124Figures Figures 104 101102 103Tables 146 105Preface Purpose AudienceDocument Organization Convention Example Notational ConventionsRelated Documents North America Online Service Support World Wide WebContacting Quantum Document No Document Title Document Description1Installing StorNext File System and Storage Manager Hardware Requirements Operating System Kernel Platform Storage Manager System RequirementsOperating System Requirements Partitioning Local Hard Disks File SystemsDisk Space LAN Requirements Than 1 TB Getting Ready to InstallConfiguring Storage Devices Planning for LUNs LargerOperating Label for System LUNs 1 TB LUNs 1-2 TB LUNs 2 TB Vtoc Support Directory Description Pre-Installation ScriptBefore You Begin Pre-installation script runs figure Running snPreInstallInterpreting snPreInstall Output Type Description Remove the existing rpms StorNext Installation ScriptFor Red Hat users only, before proceeding you must Installation script runs figureMenu Option Description Changing Installation Configuration OptionsChanging Application Directory Locations Configuration MenuChanging the Default Media Type Performing an Installation Operation 2Installing StorNext File System Windows Server File System RequirementsEtc/hosts file Planning for LUNs Larger than 1 TB SVTOC MacOS X Panthera Apple XsanLaunching the Snfs Installation Script Installing StorNext File System on Linux or UnixInstalling the Linux Kernel Source Code Ls -l Application directories see Changing Change installation options for the locationExit the Snfs installation script Performing an Installation Operation Disabling Automatic IP Address Configuration Installing StorNext File System on WindowsRemoving a Previous Version of StorNext StorNext Installation window appears figureRunning the Setup Wizard StorNext Installation Window Install StorNext Snfs Setup End User License Agreement Snfs Setup Choose Setup Type Click an installation optionSnfs Setup Finish Restoring a Previous Client ConfigurationStorNext Installation Window Configure StorNext Import/Export Client Configuration Window Click an option for handling current configuration settings3Installing the StorNext Client Operating System Release or Kernel Platform Client System RequirementsStorNext File System Client Buffer Cache Hardware RequirementsPlatform Type =2GB Memory Downloading the StorNext Client SoftwareSelect Platform window appears figure For a MDC running Snfs only On the home page, clickDownload Client Software Window Installing the StorNext Client on Linux Installing the StorNext Client on Linux or UnixMkdir -pmount point chmod 777 mount point Installing the StorNext Client on Sun Solaris File system mount point cvfs 0 auto rw Installing the StorNext Client on HP-UX Installing the StorNext Client on IBM AIX Mkdir -pmount point chmod 777 mount point Installing the StorNext Client on Windows StorNext Installation Window Remove StorNext Click Next to continue License Agreement window appears figure Snfs Setup Choose Setup Type Restoring a Previous Client Configuration StorNext Installation Window Configure StorNext Click an option for handling current configuration settings Configuring StorNext StorNext GUI Accessing the StorNextStorNext Home File System and Storage Manager Configuration Wizard StorNext Configuration Wizard File System Only Add File System Enter LicenseAdd Media Add LibraryAdd Tape Drive Mail Notification Add Storage DisksAdd Storage Policy Configuring a Distributed LAN Client Server Distributed LAN server configuration utility appears figure Sndpscfg Configuration Utility Field / Button Description Command Description Creating an Override ConfigurationUsing Distributed LAN Client and Server Commands Windows Configuration Utilities Mount Point Client ConfigurationInstead of selecting Map to Drive Letter, select Select Map to Drive Letter to map the drive toSpecific drive letter Select the desired drive letterDistributed LAN LANserver Select this option to disable the StorNext clientSelect to configure the StorNext client as a As a distributed LAN client or distributedAdvanced Mount Options Specify the number of times the driver will re Default isWhen this box is checked, the driver attempts Default is off Soft Mount. QuantumAccessed When this box is checked, the file system canBe mounted and accessed without all Disks being accessible in the file system stripePathInError will be bypassed in favor When you choose Allow I/O Timouts, thisRequest in error, otherwise reset Penalty value, where n is expressedAdvanced Cache Options Will not buffer any data. All files will be read When this box is not checked, the file systemDirectly into the applications memory using If Buffer Cache is disabled, the remainingMaximum of 100. Using a value of 0 disables File system block size. The value default isDefault value is 1MB Default value is 16 buffers with aShared on the SAN, setting the Attribute Flush Default values are 30 seconds for nonSetting these parameters lower will greatly Circumstances where files are frequentlyOn the Disk Labeler window, do one of the following Disk Device LabelerLabeling Disks Close the Disk Labeler dialog box License Identifier Simple File System ConfigurationDo not write a label to the disk and proceed to Click to select all devices in the list Name used by clients when establishing aSwitching to the next disk in the stripe group Click to deselect all devices in the listConfiguration utility Click to save the configuration usingCurrent settings. The configuration file is Saved in the StorNext configuration directoryConfiguring StorNext Windows Configuration Utilities Click to save changes to the FSM services list Click to add a file system to the FSM servicesFSM services list Configurations is highest priority and 9 isUtility without saving changes Click to quit the File System Startup ListServer Administration File System Properties Stripe Group Properties Quota Properties Been used Type the name of the user or group to set aQuota for Displays the percentage of the quota that hasClients Information Quality of Service InformationServer Configuration Disk Definitions on Stripe Groups on Disk Types onGlobal Settings When reading and storing files Optional Select to send a warning when aUser attempts to access a file that is locked or Allocate when a file is createdDisk Types Server Configuration Disk Types Disk Definitions Click to create a new disk definition. Type a Select to enable the selected disk definitionWhen enabled, the defined disk is available to Configured file system for I/OStripe Groups Click to delete the selected device nameUsing the Quality of Service QOS API Select to enable the selected stripe groupWhen enabled, the stripe group is available to Accesses the diskInstalling Promise RAID Controller Software Windows Boot Manager Screen Windows Boot Manager Screen StorNext 3.5 Installation Guide 109 Uninstalling StorNext on Unix and Linux Uninstalling StorNextSnfs Uninstalling SnsmStorNext Remove Main Menu Uninstalling the StorNext Client SoftwareHP-UX Uninstalling StorNext on WindowsSharing a Library Between Applications StorNext Administration TasksVi mediafilelibraryname Fssysparmoverride Configuration File Manually Modifying Storage Manager ConfigurationStorNext 3.5 Installation Guide 117 Mounting Snfs on the OSx Computer Connecting to a StorNext Network Using XsanStorNext 3.5 Installation Guide 119 Creating the automount.plist File Mounting Snfs on the Mac OS X Computer Plist StorNext 3.5 Installation Guide 123 Viewing a Fibre Channel Device Log Rolling Options StorNext Log Rolling AdministrationChanging Log Rolling Times Avoiding Poor System Performance Modified find command looks like thisExample.cfg File StorNext FilesAppendix C StorNext Files Page Page Page Page Page Cluster-Wide Central Control Cluster-Wide Control File Example Page # Snfsall Commonly Used Snfs Files Cvlog debug and runtime messages Usr/cvfs/docs Cvapi.c a sample API application Quality of Service Guide Active vs. Passive Supported Platforms OverviewUnit of I/O ConfigurationNon-Realtime Operation Converting MB/sec to I/O/ sec Name Description Default Reserve Rtio Upper BoundToken Timeouts Real-time I/O SetRtio Oversubscription Handles Ungated files All internal calculations are done in terms of I/O/sec Non-Realtime I/O ConfigurationCalculating Available Host bw-type sg=yy,sg=yy Configuration File ExamplesCallbacks Client in Step Above diagram, a process on client a requests some amountStripe group back to non-real-time mode Issued and return to the previous stateBe back in its original state Stripe group is back in non-real-time mode, Client a requests some amount of Rtio as in Figure Situation arises it can be detectedStorNext 3.5 Installation Guide 157 Failure Semantics , assume the stripe group is already in real-time mode as aTime I/O token in . The FSM calls back to Clients B and D Client C with the new token in StepFSM Failures Client Failures Send out callbacks to other clients MonitoringReal-time I/O available Client Token ReleasesSharing Disk Resources