Administrator Guide

Table Of Contents
Chapter 1: Storage Manager Overview.........................................................................................24
Environmental and System Requirements...................................................................................................................24
Storage Manager Components...................................................................................................................................... 24
Default Ports Used by Storage Manager.................................................................................................................... 25
Data Collector Ports................................................................................................................................................... 25
Client Ports................................................................................................................................................................... 26
Server Agent Ports..................................................................................................................................................... 26
IPv6 Support...................................................................................................................................................................... 26
Storage Manager Features............................................................................................................................................. 27
Storage Management Features................................................................................................................................27
Disaster Recovery Features......................................................................................................................................28
Monitoring and Reporting Features........................................................................................................................ 29
Storage Manager Client Overview................................................................................................................................30
Chapter 2: Getting Started..........................................................................................................32
Use the Client to Connect to the Data Collector...................................................................................................... 32
Next Steps.......................................................................................................................................................................... 33
Add Storage Manager Users.....................................................................................................................................33
Add Storage Centers to Storage Manager........................................................................................................... 34
Configure Storage Center Volumes........................................................................................................................ 34
Add Servers to the Storage Centers...................................................................................................................... 34
Add PS Groups to Storage Manager...................................................................................................................... 34
Add FluidFS Clusters to Storage Manager............................................................................................................34
Configure Email Notifications................................................................................................................................... 34
Set up Remote Storage Centers and Relication QoS.........................................................................................35
Configure Replications and Live Volumes............................................................................................................. 35
Prepare for Disaster Recovery.................................................................................................................................35
Chapter 3: Storage Center Overview........................................................................................... 36
How Storage Virtualization Works................................................................................................................................ 36
Storage Center Hardware Components................................................................................................................ 36
Disk Management........................................................................................................................................................ 37
Drive Spares..................................................................................................................................................................38
Volumes......................................................................................................................................................................... 38
Storage Types.............................................................................................................................................................. 38
Data Progression......................................................................................................................................................... 40
Low Space Modes.......................................................................................................................................................40
Storage Center Operation Modes........................................................................................................................... 42
Storage Profiles........................................................................................................................................................... 42
User Interface for Storage Center Management...................................................................................................... 45
Summary Tab................................................................................................................................................................45
Storage Tab.................................................................................................................................................................. 46
Hardware Tab............................................................................................................................................................... 47
IO Usage Tab................................................................................................................................................................ 48
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