Managing Dr4000 Storage Operations; Managing Container Operations; Creating Containers - Dell DR4000 Administrator's Manual

Managing DR4000 Storage
Operations
This chapter describes how you can use the DR4000 system to manage all of
your storage and replication operations. These operations can include such
tasks as creating new containers, managing or deleting existing containers,
moving data into containers, and displaying current container statistics.
Replication operations can include such tasks as creating new replication
relationships, managing or deleting existing replication relationships, starting
and stopping replication, setting a replication bandwidth limit per host,
displaying current replication statistics, and setting a replication schedule.

Managing Container Operations

Creating Containers

By default, the DR4000 system provides a container named backup for your
use after the basic system configuration process concludes. You can create
additional containers to store your data as needed.
Containers function like a shared file system that can be accessed using either
(or both) the NFS or CIFS filesystem protocols. To create a storage container:
1 Select StorageContainers.
The Containers Summary page is displayed showing all existing
containers.
2 Click Create.
The Create New Container dialog is displayed.
3 In Container Name, type the name of the container.
Container names cannot exceed 32 characters in length (and the /, #, or @
special characters are not allowed).
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