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book.book Page 2 Thursday, May 19, 2011 10:45 AM Notes, Cautions, and Warnings NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer. CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates potential damage to hardware or loss of data if instructions are not followed. WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. ____________________ Information in this publication is subject to change without notice. © 2010–2011 Dell Inc. All rights reserved.
book.book Page 3 Thursday, May 19, 2011 10:45 AM Contents 1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . What's in This Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Configurations Pre-Installed on Your System . Roles and Services . 2 3 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Operating System Editions . Supported Systems. 7 Initial Configuration of Your NAS System . . . . . . . . . . . .
book.book Page 4 Thursday, May 19, 2011 10:45 AM Disk Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Distributed File System Management . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Group Diagnostics Configuration Tools Storage . Windows Server Backup . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Managing Your NAS System . . . . . . . . . Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Integrated Features . . . . .
book.book Page 5 Thursday, May 19, 2011 10:45 AM Managing a Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Extending a Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Shrinking a Volume Deleting a Volume . . . . . . . . 46 Enabling SIS on a Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Disabling SIS on a Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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book.book Page 7 Thursday, May 19, 2011 10:45 AM 1 Overview Dell Network Attached Storage (NAS) systems run the Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 operating system, which provides a user interface for: • Initial system configuration • Unified storage appliance management • Simplified setup • Management of storage and shared folders Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 is specially tuned to provide optimal performance for NAS.
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book.book Page 9 Thursday, May 19, 2011 10:45 AM • Windows Server Backup—allows backup and recovery of operating system, applications, and data. Backups can be scheduled to run once, daily, and weekly. • Firewall Ports NOTE: The Dell PowerVault NAS software automatically opens certain firewall ports on your system. These ports assist in the proper functioning of the NAS system and are checked after every logon and boot operation.
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book.book Page 11 Thursday, May 19, 2011 10:45 AM 2 Initial Configuration of Your NAS System Configuring Your Storage System Using Keyboard, Monitor, and Mouse 1 Connect one end of an Ethernet cable into one of the 10/100/1000 RJ-45 Network Interface Cable (NIC) connectors at the back of your NAS system and the other end to a working Ethernet port. 2 Connect one end of the power cable to the NAS system and the other end to a power source. 3 Connect a keyboard, monitor, and mouse to the NAS system.
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book.book Page 13 Thursday, May 19, 2011 10:45 AM Configuring Your NAS System 3 The Server Manager console is an expanded Microsoft Management Console (MMC) which contains several configuration and management tools in a single location. It serves as the single pane of management for your storage system.
book.book Page 14 Thursday, May 19, 2011 10:45 AM The Server Summary area also contains four major sections with collapsible sub-sections.
book.book Page 15 Thursday, May 19, 2011 10:45 AM Roles The Roles Summary section lists roles that are installed on the computer. The icon on the left of each role displays the current general operational status of the role. Click the name of the role in the Roles Summary section to open the home page for that role.
book.book Page 16 Thursday, May 19, 2011 10:45 AM Disk Management Disk Management is a system utility for managing hard disks and the volumes or partitions that they contain. Disk Management allows you to initialize disks, create volumes, and format volumes with the FAT, FAT32, or NTFS file systems. It also helps perform most disk-related tasks without restarting the system or interrupting users. Most configuration changes take effect immediately.
book.book Page 17 Thursday, May 19, 2011 10:45 AM Creating a Namespace Use the Namespace Wizard to create a namespace. Click Start ServerManager Roles File Services DFS Management Namespaces. Right-click and select New Namespace. Replication DFS Replication is a multiple-master replication engine that can replicate data between multiple servers over limited-bandwidth network connections. Creating a New Replication Group Use the Replication wizard to create a new replication group.
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book.book Page 20 Thursday, May 19, 2011 10:45 AM Server Administrator Home Page The Server Administrator home page provides a web browser-based system management from the managed node or from a remote host through a LAN, dial-up service, or wireless network. When the NAS system is installed and configured on the managed node, you can perform remote management functions from any system that has a supported web browser and connection.
book.book Page 21 Thursday, May 19, 2011 10:45 AM Remote Desktop for Administration You can remotely administer a storage appliance by using Remote Desktop for Administration (formerly known as Terminal Services in Remote Administration mode). You can use it to administer a computer from virtually any computer on your network. Based on the terminal services technology, remote desktop for administration is specifically designed for server management.
book.book Page 22 Thursday, May 19, 2011 10:45 AM 4 In the File name field, type a name for the connection, and leave the extension as .rdp. 5 In the Save-in drop-down menu, select Desktop and click Save. For more information about configuring your remote desktop connection, click Help in the Remote Desktop Connection window.
book.book Page 23 Thursday, May 19, 2011 10:45 AM Updating Your NAS System 5 To update your NAS system with the latest software: 1 Go to the Dell Support website at support.dell.com and download the latest PowerVault NAS appliance software and all Dell Update Packages that correspond to your system. For example, if you have a PowerVault NX300, download the NAS Appliance Software for NX300 in addition to all Dell Update packages for that system.
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book.book Page 25 Thursday, May 19, 2011 10:45 AM Reinstalling the NAS Operating System 6 CAUTION: It is recommended that you backup the internal disk drives on your system before reinstalling the NAS Operating System. 1 Insert your Dell PowerVault NAS Operating System Reinstall DVD and shut down the system. 2 Restart your NAS system and boot from the DVD. NOTE: Your NAS system boots to the DVD by default. You may need to change the boot order if this was modified in the past.
book.book Page 26 Thursday, May 19, 2011 10:45 AM 6 The PowerVault NAS Initial Configuration Wizard guides you through the following steps: • Installing the NAS Appliance software • Changing the default administrator password • Installing the back-end storage software (when applicable) • Selecting and installing the language pack if needed 7 After the PowerVault NAS Initial Configuration Wizard completes, the NAS system reboots to apply the settings.
book.book Page 27 Thursday, May 19, 2011 10:45 AM Using Your NAS System 7 Creating Server Message Block Shares Server Message Block (SMB) protocol is an access control for Microsoft Windows -based file systems and is implemented by granting permissions to individual users and groups. To create an SMB share using Server Manager: 1 Click StartProgramsAdministrative Tools Share and Storage Management or, go to Server Manager Roles File Services Share and Storage Management.
book.book Page 28 Thursday, May 19, 2011 10:45 AM NFS Share Network File System (NFS) protocol provides access control (for UNIX-based file systems) and is implemented by granting permissions to specific client systems and groups, using network names. Identity Mapping Before creating the NFS share, the administrator must configure Identity Mapping.
book.book Page 29 Thursday, May 19, 2011 10:45 AM Option 2: Windows 2008 Domain Controller as Identity Mapping Source Go to the Windows 2008 Domain Controller and install Identity Management for Unix using Server Manager Roles Add Role Services. NOTE: Windows 2008 Domain Controller needs to be rebooted to activate this service. Configuration Steps 1 Go to NFS client, note down the user name, group name, UID and GID details. 2 Go to the Domain Controller.
book.book Page 30 Thursday, May 19, 2011 10:45 AM 4 Go to the UNM server, copy the password, and group the files you collected in the previous step to a local disk. 5 Go to Add or Remove Programs Add Windows Components Select Other Network File and Print Services. 6 Click Details. 7 Select Microsoft Services for NFS, click Details and select User Name Mapping. 8 Click Next and complete the installation. NOTE: Reboot your system after the installation is complete.
book.book Page 31 Thursday, May 19, 2011 10:45 AM Option 4: Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS) as Identity Mapping Source AD LDS is used for identity mapping on computers that run Windows Server 2008 R2 in an environment where no Active Directory exists to support user mapping. Before you start AD LDS mapping: • Determine the users and groups on the UNIX-based computer that must be mapped to users and groups on the Windows-based computer.
book.book Page 32 Thursday, May 19, 2011 10:45 AM 3 In the Add Roles Wizard, read the information in the Before You Begin window and click Next. NOTE: The Before You Begin window is not displayed if the Skip this page by default check box is selected. 4 On the Select Server Roles window, select the Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services check box, and click Next. NOTE: If additional features are required for installing AD LDS, a pop-up window appears.
book.book Page 33 Thursday, May 19, 2011 10:45 AM 7 In the Partition name text box, use the following format to type a partition name that does not already exist in this instance: CN=,DC= NOTE: By convention, this string is based on the fully qualified domain name; for example, if the instance name is nfsadldsinstance and the server name is server1, the partition name would be represented as follows: CN= nfsadldsinstance,DC=server1. 8 After typing the partition name, click Next.
book.book Page 34 Thursday, May 19, 2011 10:45 AM Extending the AD LDS Schema to Support NFS User Mapping 1 Click Start, right-click Command Prompt, and click Run as administrator to open an elevated command prompt. 2 Navigate to the C:\WINDOWS\ADAM directory, and type the following command: ldifde -i -u -f MS-AdamSchemaW2K8.LDF -s localhost:389 -j . -c "cn=Configuration,dc=X" #configurationNamingContext This command imports the MS-AdamSchemaW2K8.LDF file.
book.book Page 35 Thursday, May 19, 2011 10:45 AM 7 In the String Attribute Editor, in the Value text box, type CN= nfsadldsinstance, dc=server1, and click OK. 8 Close ADSI Edit. Updating the Active Directory Schema 1 Click Start, right-click Command Prompt, and click Run as administrator to open an elevated command prompt. 2 Navigate to the C:\WINDOWS\ADAM directory, and type the following command: regsvr32 schmmgmt.dll This command enables the Active Directory plug-in, schmmgmt.dll.
book.book Page 36 Thursday, May 19, 2011 10:45 AM e Click Add to open the Select Schema Object dialog box. f Click uidNumber, and click OK. g Click OK. 12 Add the gidNumber attribute to the group class as follows: a Expand the Active Directory Schema node and the Classes node. b Right-click Group, and click Properties. c In the group Properties dialog box, click the Attributes tab. d Click Add to open the Select Schema Object dialog box. e Click gidNumber, and click OK. f Click OK.
book.book Page 37 Thursday, May 19, 2011 10:45 AM Connecting to the Distinguished Name or Naming Context 1 Click StartAdministrative Tools ADSI Edit to open ADSI Edit. 2 In the console tree, right-click ADSI Edit and click Connect to. This opens the Connection Settings dialog box. 3 Under Connection Point, select the Select a well known Naming Context option. 4 Click Default naming context from the drop-down menu.
book.book Page 38 Thursday, May 19, 2011 10:45 AM 5 Click the More Attributes button to edit the uidNumber, gidNumber, and sAMAccountName attributes of this user account. NOTE: The uidNumber and gidNumber represent the UID and GID of the UNIX user who is being mapped, and sAMAccountName must match the name of a local Windows user on the computer that is running Server for NFS. If, after selecting the More Attributes button, the uidNumber and gidNumber do not appear, close and open the ADSI Edit MMC.
book.book Page 39 Thursday, May 19, 2011 10:45 AM 3 Optionally, if you are setting up a shared AD LDS store to allow multiple NFS servers to query the account mapping database, add the mapping data store to the ACL to allow Read permissions for the Anonymous Logon account as follows: dsacls "\\server1:389\CN=nfsadldsinstance,dc= server1" /G "anonymous logon":GR /I:T NOTE: You can skip this step if there is no shared access between computers to the mapping data store.
book.book Page 40 Thursday, May 19, 2011 10:45 AM After you create the key, you must restart Server for NFS. To restart Server for NFS: 1 Click Start, right-click Command Prompt, and click Run as administrator to open an elevated command prompt. 2 Run the following command: nfsadmin server stop && nfsadmin server start Creating the NFS Share Before creating the NFS share, see "NFS Share" on page 28. NOTE: Ensure that you complete the prerequisites and configuration steps before creating the NFS share.
book.book Page 41 Thursday, May 19, 2011 10:45 AM Creating Quotas and File Screens You can either use File Server Resource Manager (FSRM) from Administrative Tools or Share and Storage Management for your Quotas and File Screen operations. Option 1: Share and Storage Management Wizard Quotas and File Screens can be created using the Share and Storage Management Wizard while creating an NFS or SMB share. 1 Run the Provision Share wizard, create NFS or SMB share, and run through the wizard.
book.book Page 42 Thursday, May 19, 2011 10:45 AM 6 Click File Screening ManagementFile Screens. 7 Either right-click or use Create File Screen option from the right pane. 8 Follow the wizard, select the path (volume or folder in which you want to create the file screen), select your preferred File Screen Properties and click Create. The newly-created file screen is displayed in the central pane.
book.book Page 43 Thursday, May 19, 2011 10:45 AM 5 In the middle pane, select the disk and run the New Simple Volume… wizard. 6 Select the volume size, assign the drive letter, choose the file system type, type in the volume label, select the format option, and complete the volume create operation. Managing a Volume Disk Management can be used to manage disks and volumes. • You can initialize disks, create volumes, and format volumes with the FAT, FAT32, or NTFS file systems using Disk Management.
book.book Page 44 Thursday, May 19, 2011 10:45 AM – type select volume to select the basic volume number that you want to extend into contiguous, empty space on the same disk. – type extend [size=]to extend the selected volume by size megabytes (MB). Example: C:\Users\administrator.NAS3K>diskpart Microsoft DiskPart version 6.0.6001 Copyright (C) 1999-2007 Microsoft Corporation.
book.book Page 45 Thursday, May 19, 2011 10:45 AM Shrinking a Volume You can decrease the space used by primary partitions and logical drives by shrinking them into adjacent, contiguous space on the same disk. For example, if you discover that you need an additional partition but do not have additional disks, you can shrink the existing partition from the end of the volume to create new un-allocated space that can then be used for a new partition.
book.book Page 46 Thursday, May 19, 2011 10:45 AM Deleting a Volume CAUTION: You must delete all shares and shadow copies from your volume before deleting it. If a volume is removed before all shares of that volume have been removed, the Server Manager might not display shares correctly. In Disk Management, right-click the Basic Volume you want to delete and select the Delete Volume… option. Selecting Yes on the confirmation screen deletes the volume.
book.book Page 47 Thursday, May 19, 2011 10:45 AM Enabling SIS on a Volume 1 On the Volumes tab in Share and Storage Management, click the volume for which you want to enable SIS. 2 In the Actions pane, click Properties. 3 On the Advanced tab, select the Enable SIS on this volume check box and click OK. Disabling SIS on a Volume 1 On the Volumes tab in Share and Storage Management, click the Volume for which you want to disable SIS. 2 In the Actions pane, click Properties.
book.book Page 48 Thursday, May 19, 2011 10:45 AM Performing Backup of Your Server Accessing the Microsoft Windows Server Backup Snap-in 1 Click Start Administrative Tools Server Manager. 2 In the left pane, expand Storage and click Windows Server Backup. The following backup options are available: • Enabling backups to be run on a regular schedule using the Backup Schedule Wizard. • Creating a one-time backup using the Backup Once Wizard.
book.book Page 49 Thursday, May 19, 2011 10:45 AM Choosing a Storage Location To store the backups that you create, you need to specify a location. Depending on the type of storage you specify, you should be aware of the following issues. Storage Type Details Shared folder If you store your backup in a remote shared folder, your backup is overwritten each time you create a new backup. Do not choose this option if you want to store a series of backups.
book.book Page 50 Thursday, May 19, 2011 10:45 AM Storage Type Details External hard disk If you store your backup on an external hard disk, you can: • Recover files, folders, applications, and volumes. • Perform system state and operating system recoveries if the backup used contains all the critical volumes. • Easily move backups offsite for disaster protection.
