Adding The Disk Space Of An Expansion Storage Shelf From The Netbackup Appliance Shell Menu - VERITAS NetBackup 5330 Installation Manual

Adding the disk space of an Expansion Storage Shelf from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu

Adding the disk space of an Expansion Storage
Shelf from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
The following procedure describes how to add new storage shelf disk space to a
5330 appliance by using the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu.
To add the disk space of an expansion shelf from the NetBackup Appliance
Shell Menu
1
Use PuTTY to start an SSH session to access the NetBackup Appliance Shell
Menu.
Note: You can also connect a laptop, keyboard and monitor, or KVM to the
appliance to access the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu.
2
Log in to the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu. The Main_Menu prompt
appears.
3
Navigate to the Monitor menu as follows:
Enter and press
Monitor
4
Type
Hardware ShowHealth
Information about the system appears. Browse to the Primary Storage Shelf
to Expansion Storage Shelf Connection information. The Status column
should say Connected.
5
At the prompt, type return to return to the Main menu.
6
Perform a scan as follows:
At the Main_Menu prompt, type
■
Type
■ Storage
Type and press
■ Scan
The scan takes a couple of minutes to complete.
7
View the available storage space as follows:
Navigate to the Storage menu.
■
At the prompt, type
■
Note that you can add the disks with status New Available.
8
From the Storage menu, enter
are in a New Available state and can be added. Copy a disk ID that is
displayed.
Adding the disk space of a new Expansion Storage Shelf
.
Enter
and press
Manage
and press .
Enter
.
Enter
and press
Show Disk
and press
Add
.
Enter
and press .
Enter
.
Enter
. It displays the disks that
Enter
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