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Acopia Networks 810-0044-00 Manual (492 pages)

CLI Storage-Management Guide

Brand: Acopia Networks | Category: Storage | Size: 6 MB

Revision History
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Table of Contents
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Chapter 1 Introduction

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- The ARX
  21
  - Back-End Storage and Servers
    22
  - Front-End Services
    22
  - Policy
    22
  - Resilient Overlay Network (RON)
    23
- Audience for this Manual
  23
- Using this Manual
  23
- Document Conventions
  24
- CLI Overview
  25
  - Exec Mode
    25
    
    Global Commands
    25
  - Priv-Exec Mode
    25
    
    Cfg Mode
    26
    
    Gbl Mode
    26
  - Exiting a Mode
    26
  - Prompts
    26
  - The no Convention
    27
  - The Enable/No Enable Convention
    27
- Getting Started
  28
  - Entering Cfg or Gbl Mode
    28
- Sample Network
  30
- Contacting Customer Service
  31
Chapter 2

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Product Overview

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Solutions to Common Storage Problems

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Chapter 3 Preparing for CIFS Authentication

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Chapter 4 Preparing for NFS Authentication

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- Before You Begin
  79
- Adding a NIS Domain
  79
- Adding an NFS Access List
  87
  - Listing All NFS Access Lists
    88
    
    Showing One NFS Access List
    89
    
    Resolving All Netgroups in the Access List
    90
  - Setting the NIS Domain
    91
    
    Removing the NIS Domain
    91
  - Adding a Permit Rule
    92
    
    Permitting a Netgroup
    93
    
    Allowing Root Access
    94
    
    Rule Ordering
    94
    
    Removing a Permit Rule
    95
  - Changing the Anonymous User ID
    96
    
    Changing the Anonymous Group ID
    96
    
    Reverting to the Default Group ID
    96
    
    Reverting to the Default User ID
    97
  - Adding a Deny Rule
    97
    
    Removing a Deny Rule
    98
  - Changing Rule Order
    98
  - Adding a Description
    100
    
    Removing the Description
    100
  - Removing an Access List
    101
Chapter 5 Examining Filers

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- Examining CIFS Shares
  106
  - Using Proxy-User Credentials
    108
  - Showing the Physical Paths for CIFS Shares
    110
- Focusing on One Share
  111
- Showing Connectivity Only
  112
  - Showing Capabilities Only
    113
  - Showing Shares Only
    114
  - Showing Time Settings
    115
- Showing CIFS Attributes
  115
- Probing for CIFS Security
  116
Chapter 6 Adding an External Filer

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- Providing the Filer's IP Address
  120
  - Providing a Secondary Address (UDP Only)
    120
    
    Removing a Secondary Address
    121
- Ignoring a Directory
  121
  - Re-Instating a Directory
    122
- Adding a Description (Optional)
  123
  - Removing the Description
    123
- Setting the CIFS Port (Optional)
  124
  - Reverting to the CIFS-Port Default
    124
- Listing External Filers
  124
  - Showing External-Filer Details
    125
  - Showing Details for All External Filers
    126
- Samples - Adding Two Filers
  126
- Removing an External Filer
  127
- Next
  127
Chapter 7 Configuring a Namespace

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- Concepts and Terminology
  130
- Listing All Namespaces
  131
- Setting the Namespace Protocol(S)
  137
- Setting NFS Character Encoding
  139
  - Setting CIFS Character Encoding
    141
  - Returning to Default Character Encoding
    141
- Configuring Windows Authentication (CIFS)
  142
- Adding a Volume
  149
- Enabling the Namespace (Optional)
  150
  - Enabling All Shares in the Namespace
    151
    
    Taking Ownership of All Managed Shares (Optional)
    151
    
    Disabling All Shares
    152
  - Disabling the Namespace
    152
- Showing Namespace Configuration
  153
- Removing a Namespace
  155
Chapter 8 Adding a Direct Volume

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- Declaring the Volume "Direct
  158
  - Reverting to a Managed Volume
    159
- Manually Setting the Volume's Free Space (Optional)
  159
  - Freespace Calculation Manual
    159
  - Using Automatic Free-Space Calculation
    160
- Setting CIFS Options
  160
  - Disabling CIFS Oplocks (Optional)
    162
    
    Allowing the Volume to Automatically Disable Oplocks
    162
    
    Reinstating Oplock Support
    163
- Adding a Share
  163
  - Listing Filer Shares
    164
    
    Showing Supported Protocols at the Filer
    165
  - Identifying the Filer and Share
    166
    
    Disconnecting from the Filer
    167
    
    Identifying a Multi-Protocol Share
    167
  - Using a Managed Volume as a Filer
    168
    
    Disconnecting from the Managed Volume
    168
  - Attaching a Virtual Directory to the Back-End Share
    169
    
    Removing an Attach Point
    170
  - Designating the Share as Critical (Optional)
    171
    
    Removing Critical-Share Status
    171
  - Ignoring the Share's Free Space (Optional)
    172
    
    Freespace Ignore
    172
    
    Including the Share in the Free-Space Calculation
    172
    
    Adjusting the Free-Space Calculation
    173
    
    Erasing the Free-Space Adjustment
    173
  - Enabling the Share
    174
    
    Disabling the Share
    174
  - Removing a Direct Share
    175
- Selecting a VPU (Optional)
  175
  - Default-VPU Assignment
    176
  - Assigning the Volume to a VPU
    178
    
    Splitting Namespace Processing Within a VPU
    179
    
    Reverting to Default-VPU Assignment
    180
  - VPU Limits for Direct Volumes and Shares
    180
  - Showing All Vpus on the Current Switch
    181
    
    Showing One VPU
    182
- Enabling the Volume
  183
  - Enabling All Shares in the Volume
    184
    
    Disabling All Shares
    184
  - Disabling the Volume
    185
- Showing the Volume
  185
  - Showing One Share
    188
  - Showing Filer Shares Behind One Volume
    190
  - Showing the Volume's Configuration
    191
- Sample - Configuring a Direct Volume
  192
- Removing a Direct Volume
  193
Chapter 9 Adding a Managed Volume

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Chapter 10 Configuring a Global Server

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- Concepts and Terminology
  268
- Adding a Global Server
  268
  - Setting the Windows Domain (CIFS Only)
    269
    
    Setting the Pre-Windows2000 Name
    269
    
    Removing the Windows Domain
    270
  - Adding a Virtual Server
    270
    
    Registering with a WINS Server (CIFS)
    271
    
    Removing the WINS-Server Setting
    272
    
    Setting the Netbios Name (Optional, CIFS)
    273
    
    Adding a Netbios Alias
    274
    
    Removing Netbios Aliases
    274
    
    Enabling a Virtual Server
    275
    
    Reverting to the Default Netbios Name
    275
    
    Disabling a Virtual Server
    276
    
    Removing a Virtual Server
    276
  - Enabling the Global Server
    277
    
    Disabling the Global Server
    277
  - Showing All Global Servers
    277
    
    Showing One Global-Server
    279
  - Removing a Global Server
    280
- Sample - Configuring a Global Server
  281
- Next
  281
Chapter 11 Configuring Front-End Services

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- Before You Begin
  284
- Configuring NFS
  284
  - Exporting a Namespace Volume
    285
    
    Stopping an NFS Export
    286
  - Disabling NLM (Optional)
    287
    
    Enabling Nlm
    288
  - Enabling NFS Service
    288
    
    Disabling NFS
    288
    
    Notifications to NLM Clients
    289
  - Listing All NFS Services
    289
    
    Showing Details for All NFS Services
    290
    
    Showing One NFS Service
    290
  - Sample - Configuring an NFS Front-End Service
    291
  - Removing an NFS Service
    292
  - Changing the NFS/TCP Timeout Behavior
    292
    
    Reverting to the Default Timeout and Behavior
    293
    
    Showing the NFS/TCP Timeout
    293
- Configuring CIFS
  294
  - Sharing a Namespace Volume
    294
    
    Exporting a Filer Subshare (and Using Its ACL)
    297
    
    Exposing Hidden Subshares
    299
    
    Exporting All Filer Subshares at Once
    300
    
    Exposing All Hidden Subshares
    302
    
    Adding New Subshares
    303
    
    Stopping a CIFS Share
    303
  - Allowing Clients to Use Windows Management (MMC)
    304
    
    Client Experience: Using MMC to Manage a Namespace
    305
    
    Disallowing Windows-Management Access
    306
  - Setting a Server Description (Optional)
    307
    
    Removing the Description
    307
  - Enabling CIFS Service
    308
    
    Disabling CIFS
    308
  - Configuring Kerberos (Optional)
    308
    
    Support for both NTLM and Kerberos
    310
  - Using Dynamic DNS (Kerberos)
    310
    
    Replacing Back-End Services
    311
    
    Update Schedule for DNS "A" Records
    312
    
    Removing a Host Name
    313
    
    Showing Dynamic-DNS Status
    313
    
    Clearing Records of Failed Deletes
    314
  - Supporting Aliases with Kerberos
    316
  - Listing CIFS Services
    317
    
    Focusing on One CIFS Service
    317
    
    Showing Details for a CIFS Service
    318
    
    Showing All CIFS Services
    320
  - Sample - Configuring a CIFS Front-End Service
    321
  - Removing a CIFS Service
    322
- Removing All of a Volume's Front-End Exports
  323
- Showing All Front-End Services
  324
  - Showing Front-End Services for One Global-Server
    324
  - Showing Front-End Services Per Virtual-Server
    325
    
    Showing the Services at the Redundant Peer
    326
- Showing Server Maps
  327
Chapter 12 Policy for Balancing Capacity

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- Before You Begin
  336
- Concepts and Terminology
  336
- Showing All Policy Rules
  336
  - Showing Details
    337
  - Focusing on One Namespace
    343
    
    Showing Details for the Namespace
    344
  - Focusing on One Volume
    345
    
    Showing Details for the Volume
    346
  - Focusing on One Share Farm or Rule
    346
- Adding a Share Farm
  349
  - Adding a Share to the Farm
    350
    
    Setting a Placement Weight for a Share
    350
    
    Removing a Share from a Share Farm
    351
  - Auto Migrating Existing Files
    352
    
    Disabling Auto Migration
    352
  - Balancing New Files Based on Free Space
    353
    
    Based on Administrative Weights
    354
    
    Based on Latency (Bandwidth)
    354
    
    Maintaining Minimum Free Space
    355
    
    Disabling the Free-Space Threshold
    356
    
    New-File Placement When All Shares Reach the Free Space Threshold12
    356
  - Constraining New Files
    356
    
    Constraining New Directories
    357
    
    Distributing New Files
    357
    
    Constraining Directories below a Certain Depth
    358
    
    Distributing When a Share Is Unavailable
    359
    
    Not Constraining Directories
    359
  - Enabling All Share-Farm Rules
    359
    
    Stopping All Share-Farm Rules
    360
  - Removing a Share Farm
    360
- Creating a Schedule
  361
  - Setting the Interval
    361
  - Setting the Duration (Optional)
    362
    
    Removing the Duration
    362
  - Setting the Start Time (Optional)
    363
    
    Starting Now
    363
  - Showing All Schedules
    364
    
    Showing One Schedule
    365
  - Removing a Schedule
    365
- Pausing All Rules in a Volume
  366
  - Resuming All Policies in a Volume
    367
  - Pausing on a Schedule
    368
    
    Removing the Policy-Pause Schedule
    368
- Draining One or more Shares
  369
  - Identifying the Source Share(S)
    370
  - Choosing the Target Storage
    371
    
    Balancing Capacity in a Target Share Farm
    371
  - Applying a Schedule (Optional)
    372
    
    Removing the Schedule
    372
  - Limiting each Migration (Optional)
    373
    
    Removing the Limit
    374
  - Configuring a Progress Report (Optional)
    374
    
    Deleting Empty Reports
    375
    
    Generating a Verbose Report
    375
    
    Disabling Reports
    376
  - Retaining Copies of Files on the Share (Optional)
    376
    
    Disabling File Retention
    377
  - Enabling the Placement Rule
    377
    
    Disabling the Rule
    378
    
    Tentatively Enabling the Rule
    378
  - Verifying that All Files Are Removed
    379
  - Removing the Placement Rule
    380
- Removing All Policy Objects from a Namespace
  381
  - Removing All Policy Objects from a Volume
    382
- Migrations in a Multi-Protocol Namespace
  382
  - File-Attribute Migrations
    383
    
    From a Netapp Filer, NTFS Qtree
    384
    
    From a Netapp Filer, UNIX Qtree
    384
    
    From a Unix Filer with SMB
    386
    
    From an EMC Filer
    386
    
    From a UNIX/SMB Filer with Acls
    387
- Some CIFS Applications Block out Migrations
  388
Chapter 13 Grouping Files into Filesets

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- Grouping Files by Filename
  389
  - Setting a Directory Path (Optional)
    390
    
    Enabling Recursive Matches (Optional)
    390
    
    Disabling Recursive Matches
    391
    
    Matching against a Wildcard String
    391
    
    Using a Complex Regular Expression
    392
    
    Character Groups
    393
    
    Regular Expression Syntax
    393
    
    Adding Complexity
    394
    
    Creating Bounds for the Match
    394
    
    Shorthand for Character Groups
    394
    
    For more Information
    395
    
    Negating the Match
    395
    
    Regular-Expression Samples
    395
    
    Reverting to the Root Path
    396
  - Matching Filenames (Optional)
    397
    
    Excluding Files
    398
  - Removing the Fileset
    398
- Grouping Files by Size
  399
  - Selecting Files Based on Their Sizes
    400
    
    Removing a File Selection
    400
  - Removing the Fileset
    401
- Grouping Files by Age
  401
- Joining Filesets
  408
  - Identifying a Source Fileset
    408
    
    Removing a Source Fileset
    409
    
    Removing All Source Filesets
    409
  - Removing the Fileset
    410
- Intersecting Filesets
  410
  - Identifying a Source Fileset
    411
    
    Removing a Source Fileset
    411
    
    Removing All Source Filesets
    412
  - Removing the Fileset
    412
- Listing All Filesets
  412
  - Showing One Global Fileset
    415
  - Showing Filesets in a Managed Volume
    416
- Sample - Configuring Age-Based Filesets
  416
Chapter 14 Migrating Filesets

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- Before You Begin
  419
- Concepts and Terminology
  419
- Directing File Placement
  420
  - Identifying the Source Fileset
    421
    
    Matching Directories Only
    423
    
    Matching and Promoting Directories
    425
    
    Avoid Promoting CIFS Directories Based on Last-Accessed Time
    428
    
    Promoting Directories on a Target Share Farm
    428
    
    Matching Directory Trees (Directories and Files)
    429
  - Limiting the Selection to Particular Source Share(S) (Optional)
    431
    
    Removing All Source-Share Restrictions
    431
  - Choosing the Target Storage
    432
    
    Balancing Capacity in a Target Share Farm
    433
  - Limiting each Migration (Optional)
    433
    
    Removing the Limit
    434
  - Applying a Schedule (Optional)
    434
    
    Removing the Schedule
    435
  - Disabling Inline Notifications (Optional)
    436
    
    Re-Enabling Inline Notifications
    436
  - Configuring Progress Reports
    437
    
    Deleting Empty Reports
    438
    
    Disabling Reports
    438
    
    Generating Verbose Reports
    438
  - Enabling the Placement Rule
    439
    
    Tentatively Enabling the Rule
    439
    
    Disabling the Rule
    440
  - Showing the Effects of File Placement
    440
  - Removing the Placement Rule
    441
- Changing Rule Order
  441
  - Moving the Rule to the Beginning or End
    443
Chapter 15 Shadowing a Volume

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- Before You Begin
  447
- Adding a Shadow Volume (Target Switch)
  447
  - Compatible Software Releases
    448
  - Allowing Modifications
    449
  - Adding a Share
    449
  - Turning off Shadowing
    450
- Specifying a Fileset to Copy (Source Switch)
  451
  - Shadow Copies Are Not Cumulative
    451
- Configuring a Shadow-Copy Rule (Source Switch)
  452
  - Identifying the Source Fileset
    452
  - Choosing a Shadow-Volume Target
    453
    
    Using a Path in the Shadow Volume
    454
    
    Removing the Shadow-Volume Target
    455
  - Applying a Schedule
    456
  - Configuring Progress Reports
    456
    
    Generating Verbose Reports
    457
    
    Deleting Empty Reports
    458
    
    Disabling Reports
    458
    
    Including Identical Files in Reports
    458
  - Supporting Local Groups (CIFS)
    459
    
    Failing on SID-Translation Errors
    460
    
    Translating Local Sids
    460
    
    Disabling SID Translation
    461
  - Copying Files Opened through CIFS
    461
    
    Allowing Only Reads During the Shadow Copy
    462
  - Support for Multi-Protocol Volumes
    463
    
    File-Attribute Translations
    463
  - Disabling Target Pruning (Optional)
    463
    
    Enabling Pruning
    464
  - Copying Only Directories with Changed Files (Optional)
    464
    
    Copying All Directories
    465
  - Publishing All Files as a Group (Optional)
    465
    
    Publishing Individual Files
    466
  - Setting a Bandwidth Limit
    466
    
    Removing any Bandwidth Limit
    467
  - Changing the Threshold for Delta Transfers (Optional)
    467
    
    Reverting to the Default
    468
  - Enabling the Shadow-Copy Rule
    469
    
    Disabling the Rule
    469
  - Showing Shadow-Copy Status
    469
    
    Focusing on One Namespace
    472
    
    Focusing on One Volume
    472
    
    Focusing on One Rule
    473
  - Monitoring the Progress of a Shadow Copy
    473
    
    Report Format
    475
    
    Reformatting the Report
    478
    
    Truncating the Report
    479
  - Copying the Source Volume to Multiple Targets
    480
  - Removing the Shadow-Copy Rule
    480

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2

Product Overview

Solutions to Common Storage Problems

Chapter 3 Preparing for CIFS Authentication

Chapter 4 Preparing for NFS Authentication

Chapter 5 Examining Filers

Chapter 6 Adding an External Filer

Chapter 7 Configuring a Namespace

Chapter 8 Adding a Direct Volume

Chapter 9 Adding a Managed Volume

Chapter 10 Configuring a Global Server

Chapter 11 Configuring Front-End Services

Chapter 12 Policy for Balancing Capacity

Chapter 13 Grouping Files into Filesets

Chapter 14 Migrating Filesets

Chapter 15 Shadowing a Volume

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