Tandberg Data Viking FS-1500 Using Storage Element, Network Adapter Teaming, Disk Management

Tandberg DataStorage & File Server Management

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Shadow copies should not replace the current backup, archive, or business recovery system, but they can help to simplify restore procedures. For example, shadow copies cannot protect against data loss due to media failures; however, recovering data from shadow copies can reduce the number of times needed to restore data from tape.

3.3.Using Storage Element

The last step in creating the element is determining its drive letter or mount point and formatting the element. Each element created can exist as a drive letter, assuming one is available and/or as mount points off of an existing folder or drive letter. Either method is supported. However, mount points cannot be used for shares that will be shared using Microsoft Services for Unix. They can be set up with both but the use of the mount point in conjunction with NFS shares causes instability with the NFS shares.

Formats consist of NTFS, FAT32, and FAT. All three types can be used on the storage server. However, VSS can only use volumes that are NTFS formatted. Also, quota management is possible only on NTFS.

3.4.Network Adapter Teaming

Network adapter teaming is software-based technology used to increase a server's network availability and performance. Teaming enables the logical grouping of physical adapters in the same server (regardless of whether they are embedded devices or Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) adapters) into a virtual adapter. This virtual adapter is seen by the network and server-resident network-aware applications as a single network connection.

3.5.Disk Management

Disk Management can be accessed after administrator login using Remote Desktop. Disk Management is accessed by right-clicking on the My Computer icon on the Desktop and then selects Manage option or using the Windows Storage Server Management Console.

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