Enterprise Install Console Second Edition (February 2009) Part Number: T2558-96321
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Introduction Welcome to Storage Mirroring® Enterprise Install Console. Enterprise Install Console allows you to manage your Storage Mirroring installations, upgrades, and uninstallations from a central location. In this document, you will find the following information.
Understanding the Install Console display The Install Console is a two pane view. The view in the right-pane changes depending on what is highlighted in the left pane. When the Schedule folder is selected, summary information for any scheduled installations is displayed in the right pane. When the Servers folder is selected, summary information for all servers in the Install Console is displayed in the right pane. For each folder, the summary pane on the right is divided into sections.
Adding servers manually In order to manage your Storage Mirroring installations from the Install Console, you have to insert the servers that you want to manage into the Install Console. Select Server, New Server or right-click on the left pane and select Server, New. NOTE: If you are going to be adding a large number of servers manually, you can reduce manual data entry by setting server defaults. Select File, Edit Default Server and specify any fields that will be identical on your different servers.
Temsporary path on remote server—Specify a location, on the server you are adding, that will be used as temporary storage during the installation, upgrade, or uninstallation. The drive you specify must exist on the server, although if the directory does not exist, Enterprise Install Console will create it for you. Activation Code—Specify the Storage Mirroring activation code that will be used on the server you are adding.
Adding servers by cloning Once you have a server in the Install Console, you can clone that server in order to add additional servers. This saves time because all of the fields on the Add Server dialog box are completed identically to the server you are cloning. You only have to modify the fields required to make the server unique. See Adding servers manually on page 1 for an explanation of each server setting.
Installing, upgrading, or uninstalling Storage Mirroring You can install, upgrade, or uninstall Storage Mirroring on a single server, multiple servers, or all servers in the Install Console. 1. Select the server(s) that you want to install, upgrade, or uninstall. Single server—Right-click one server in the Servers folder and select Action, Install or Upgrade or select Action, Uninstall. Multiple servers—Highlight the root of the Servers folder and then select multiple servers.
Scheduling an installation You may want to schedule your installations for a more convenient time. Single server—If you are scheduling an installation for a single server, highlight that server in the Servers folder and select Action, Schedule Install, or right-click the server and select Action, Schedule Install. Multiple servers—Highlight the root of the Servers folder and then select the servers you want to schedule for installation on the right pane of the Install Console.
Modifying scheduled installation After you have scheduled an installation, you can modify the settings as needed. Highlight the schedule in the left pane and select Action, Schedule Install, or right-click the schedule in the left pane and select Modify. See Scheduling an installation on page 1 for an explanation of each setting. Removing a scheduled installation If you want to remove a schedule before it is executed, right-click the schedule in the left pane and select Remove.
