Quantum 3.1.3, 6-01658-06 manual Purpose of This Guide, How This Guide is Organized

Chapter 1 Introduction

Purpose of This Guide

Purpose of This Guide

This guide is intended to assist StorNext users perform day-to-day tasks with the software. This guide also describes how to generate reports. Quantum recommends using the graphical user interface to accomplish tasks, but an appendix provides alternative procedures for users who wish to perform those tasks via the command line interface.

How This Guide is Organized

This guide contains the following chapters:

•Chapter 1, Introduction

•Chapter 2, StorNext GUI Overview

•Chapter 3, SNFS-Only GUI Overview

•Chapter 4, Common StorNext Tasks

•Chapter 5, Backing Up StorNext

•Chapter 6, Managing the File System

•Chapter 7, Managing Libraries

•Chapter 8, Managing Drives and Disks

•Chapter 9, Managing Media

•Chapter 10, Managing Storage Disks

•Chapter 11, Data Migration Management

•Chapter 12, StorNext Reports

•Chapter 13, Service Management

•Chapter 14, Customer Assistance

•Appendix A, HA Failover

•Appendix B, Using The Command Line Interface

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