Dell™ PowerVault™ 715N NAS Appliance System Administrator's Guide Introduction NAS Manager Advanced Disk and Volume Management System Recovery, Backup, and Restore Dell ActiveArchive Advanced Features Troubleshooting Notes, Notices, and Cautions NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer. NOTICE: A NOTICE indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem.
Back to Contents Page Introduction Dell™ PowerVault™ 715N NAS Appliance System Administrator's Guide Boot Process System Configuration Administrator User Name and Password Basic Configuration Warranty and Return Policy Information Other Documents You Might Need This section provides an overview of the Dell™ PowerVault™ 715N network attached storage (NAS) appliance features, as well as the information necessary to perform the initial configuration of the system.
Administrator User Name and Password To log on to the NAS Manager, you must enter the administrator user name and password. The default administrator user name is administrator and the default password is powervault. To change the user name and password, click Set Administrator Password in the Welcome window. Basic Configuration This section includes information to enable you to get your system up and running. You must set the basic configuration from another system that has a keyboard, monitor, and mouse.
NOTE: You must be logged in as administrator to perform these steps. On a system running Windows 2000, perform the following steps to connect to the NAS Manager through the administration port: 1. Connect the serial cable included with your system from the client system you are using for configuration to the administration port (serial port 1) on your NAS appliance. 2. Click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel. 3. In the Control Panel, click Phone and Modem Options. 4.
This action connects the system you are using for configuration. 27. Start the Web browser on the system you are using to configure the NAS appliance. 28. Type the name of the system. 29. Enter the User Name and Password that you have assigned when prompted, and then click OK. NOTE: The default User Name is administrator and the default password is powervault. 30. When the main screen appears, click Administer this server appliance, and then click OK to accept the security certificate. 31.
any) Step 3 Perform the following remote IP network configuration procedure: a. Ensure that the appliance is connected to an IP network by going to a workstation on your network, inserting the Resource CD, and running the Remote Kick-Start utility. b. Enter information collected in step 2, and save the configuration. c. Select a NAS appliance, select the configuration, and click Apply. d.
Language — You can change the default system language and locale by selecting a language in the dropdown list. This field is required. NOTE: This change does not install the Multilanguage User Interface (MUI). To install the MUI or other languages besides those that are listed in the Kick-Start menu, use the Multilingual Support CD. Ethernet Port 0 — This port is the built-in Ethernet port on your system closest to the outside edge of the system.
3. Click a NAS appliance in the Discovered Dell Systems List, and then click Apply. If the configuration was successful, the status of the NAS appliance in the Remote Kick-Start window changes to a check mark icon. NOTE: If more than one Remote Kick-Start utility runs on your network, you can reserve the right to configure a system by locking it first. To do this, select the system in the Discovered List, and then click Lock.
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Back to Contents Page NAS Manager Dell™ PowerVault™ 715N NAS Appliance System Administrator's Guide Basic Navigation How to Find Online Help Using Shares Using the PowerVault Advanced Administration Menu Disk Quotas Using Logs Using Other Languages Shutting Down the NAS Appliance Managing Volumes Managing Disks The Dell™ PowerVault™ NAS Manager is a Web-based user interface that is the primary way to configure NAS appliances. This section describes basic navigation of the NAS Manager.
Primary Menu The primary menu has the following tabs: Welcome — Allows you to take a tour, set the administrator password, set a server appliance name, and set the default page. Status — Provides information about alerts and other status.
CIFS — The Common Internet File System protocol is used by clients running a Windows operating system. NFS — The Network File System protocol is used by clients running UNIX. FTP — The File Transfer Protocol is an alternative way of accessing a file share from any operating system. HTTP — The Hyptertext Transfer Protocol is the protocol for accessing a file share from Web browsers. AppleTalk — The Appletalk protocol is used by clients running a Macintosh operating system.
Comment field. NOTE: The Comment field is ignored for NFS, FTP, and HTTP shares. 4. Check the appropriate box(es) to specify which types of protocols to enable. The available options are Microsoft Windows (CIFS), UNIX (NFS), FTP, Web HTTP, Novell NetWare, or Apple Macintosh. 5. Use the protocol tabs to configure the specific properties of each type of share.
4. In the Tasks list on the Shared Folders page, click Properties. The General property page displays. 5. Uncheck the protocol(s) to remove from the share. 6. Click OK to confirm the protocol removal, or click Cancel to keep the protocol(s) for the share. Using the PowerVault Advanced Administration Menu The PowerVault Advanced Administration Menu is a software application that is installed on your NAS appliance. It provides links to common administrative tools for your appliance.
For example, you can set a user's disk quota limit to 50 megabytes (MB) and the disk quota warning level to 45 MB. With the settings, the user can store no more than 50 MB on the volume. If the user stores more than 45 MB on the volume, you can set the disk quota system to log a system event to the event log. In addition, you can specify a quota limit for the users but allow the users to exceed that quota limit.
Modifying Quota Properties 1. On the NAS Manager primary menu, click Disks. 2. On the Disks page, select Disk Quota. 3. On the Disk Quota page, select the volume to manage. 4. From the Tasks list, select Quota Entries. 5. In the Logon list on the Quota Entries page for the selected volume, select a user account. 6. On the Tasks list, click Properties. 7.
System log Web (HTTP) shares log Web administration log Downloading Log Files The Download Log Files page on the NAS Manager allows you to download specific log files to your NAS appliance. 1. On the PowerVault NAS Manager primary menu, click Maintenance. 2. On the Maintenance page, click Logs. 3. On the Logs page, select the type of log you want to download. 4. In the Tasks list on the Log page, click Download Log . . . 5.
1. On the PowerVault NAS Manager primary menu, click Maintenance. 2. On the Maintenance page, click Logs. 3. On the Logs page, select the type of log you want to configure. 4. In the Tasks list, click Log Properties. 5. In the Maximum log size text box on the Log Properties page, enter the maximum size (in kilobytes) of the log. 6.
5. On the Confirmation page, click OK to confirm the action. If you selected to restart the NAS appliance, the Restarting page displays. NOTE: While the Restarting page displays, the NAS Manager checks periodically to determine whether the appliance is back online. If the NAS Manager detects that the appliance has come back online, it automatically returns the NAS Manager to the home page.
The NAS Manager allows you to list available disks, rescan for a disk, and view disk properties. NOTE: You cannot hot swap hard drives on the Dell PowerVault 715N NAS Appliance. You must turn off the system before removing or inserting a hard drive. For information about removing and inserting a hard drive, see "Installing Hard Drives" in the Installation and Troubleshooting Guide. Listing Available Disks 1. On the NAS Manager primary menu, click Disks. 2. On the Disks page, click Disks.
Back to Contents Page Advanced Disk and Volume Management Dell™ PowerVault™ 715N NAS Appliance System Administrator's Guide Using the Array Manager to Manage Your Disks and Volumes Managing Hard Drives Reinstalling the PowerVault 715N Operating System Advanced disk and volume management provides information about using the Dell OpenManage™ Array Manager to manage your disks and volume and your physical hard drives.
My Network Places, History, and Favorites provide remote connection functionality not supported by the PowerVault 715N system and should be ignored. Right Pane The right pane identifies the various objects and their status, and displays any error conditions that might exist. The four tabbed views in the system's right-pane console view include the following tabs: The General tab displays parameters based on the objects you select in the console's tree view.
Disk Management This section describes conceptual and procedural information about how Array Manager implements basic and dynamic disks. The following topics are discussed: Upgrading a basic disk to a dynamic disk Reactivating dynamic disks Merging foreign disks Upgrading a Basic Disk to a Dynamic Disk Basic and Dynamic Disks Disks are any storage unit presented to Windows 2000 as a single contiguous block of storage. When using the Array Manager, you can use two types of disks—basic or dynamic.
NOTE: After a disk is upgraded to dynamic, it cannot be reverted back to basic unless all volumes on that disk are removed. Dell recommends that you do not revert a disk back to basic after data volumes are present. Reactivating Dynamic Disks A dynamic disk might appear as a missing disk when it is corrupted, powered down, or disconnected. You can reactivate a dynamic disk to bring it back online by performing the following steps: 1. Right-click the disk labeled Missing or Offline dynamic disk. 2.
Like disks, volumes can be basic or dynamic. In Array Manager, basic volumes refer to all volumes that are not on dynamic disks. Dynamic volumes are logical volumes created from dynamic disks with Array Manager. In your system, create all data volumes and dynamic volumes on dynamic disks. Only the operating system drive should remain basic because of system recovery limitations. Checking Partition or Volume Properties 1. Right-click the partition or volume to be checked. 2.
NOTE: To take advantage of all the system features such as defrag and encryption, Dell recommends that you use the default value of 64 KB for the allocation unit size when creating a virtual disk. 1. From the toolbar, click the Create Volume icon. The Create Volume Wizard appears. 2. Click Next. You must select whether to create a partition or a volume. Make sure that the Dynamic Volume button is highlighted. The dynamic group to which the volume belongs is automatically created and appears selected. 3.
Unallocated space exists on a dynamic disk onto which a volume can be extended. You cannot extend a volume if any of the following statements are true: The volume is formatted as FAT or FAT32. The volume is using software RAID (striped, mirrored, or RAID 5 volume). Unallocated space is unavailable on a dynamic disk. After a volume is extended, it cannot be mirrored or striped using software RAID. You cannot delete any portion of a spanned volume without deleting the entire spanned volume. 1.
2. Launch the Dell OpenManage Array Manager by clicking the System Management in the Advanced Administration Menu, and then clicking Computer Management. 3. In the Dell OpenManage Array Manager window, click the Volumes folder to expand it. 4. In the left pane, right-click a volume name, and then click Remove Mirror .... The Remove Mirror window displays. 5. Select the mirror you want to remove, and then click OK. Breaking a Mirror 1.
NOTICE: If the system displays a disk named Missing Disk in the disk section of Array Manager, do not delete this disk using Array Manager. 12. In the Array Manager window, find the new hard drive l, which displays as a basic disk instead of a dynamic disk. 13. Right-click Disk 1, and then click Upgrade to Dynamic. 14. Right-click Disk 0, and then click Add Mirror. The main operating system mirror is synchronized. 15. Right-click your RAID 5 data volume (shown as dynamic striped volume), and click Repair.
The recovery operating system mirror is synchronized. 14. Right-click your RAID 5 data volume (shown as dynamic striped volume), and click Repair. 15. From the window, select the new hard drive (the only hard drive displayed in the options). The RAID 5 data volume is synchronized. The synchronization might take several hours, depending on your system configuration. Re-establishing the Recovery Partition This procedure re-establishes the recovery operating system mirror.
NOTE: Because the system boots using the recovery image operating system with the Dell default settings, it identifies itself on the network by its Dell service tag number. Therefore, when using your browser, you must access the system by its Dell service tag number. You can find the service tag number in the Hardware Monitor screen of the BIOS Setup utility. See your User's Guide for information about using the BIOS Setup utility.
Requirements Null-modem cable included with your NAS appliance Windows 2000 (Professional or Server Family) client system on the same subnet as the NAS appliance Resource CD included with your NAS appliance Reinstallation CD included with your NAS appliance An existing PXE server on the same network Procedure To reinstall the main operating system with Dell default settings on hard disk 0 from an existing PXE server, perform the following steps: 1.
By default, the data volume is configured as a RAID 5 volume. If you prefer RAID 0, use the NAS Manager to reconfigure the volume to RAID 0. If you perform this operation, all data on your RAID 5 volume is lost. NOTE: Rebuilding the RAID 5 volume can take several hours, depending on your system configuration. While the rebuilding of the data volume (RAID 5) occurs, the volume is available to the user.
7. Insert the Reinstallation CD in the CD drive. 8. From Windows Explorer or My Computer, right-click the CD drive, select Share, type CD for the name of the share, and then click OK to confirm the share settings. 9. Connect the null-modem cable between the COM ports in the NAS appliance and the Windows 2000 client system. 10. Start the Dell OpenManage Kick-Start utility and perform the following steps: a. When prompted to Load, click Yes to confirm. b.
Network Has a DHCP Server NOTE: The system being used for the installation is not the DHCP server. Requirements Null-modem cable included with your NAS appliance. Windows 2000 (Professional or Server Family) client system on the same subnet as the NAS appliance. Resource CD included with your NAS appliance. Reinstallation CD included with your NAS appliance. Existing DHCP service in the LAN.
b. Verify the Services are installed correctly by selecting Stop and Start. The indicator displays Started. 12. On the Intel PXE Server software, configure the system to listen to the DHCP port by performing the following steps: a. Right-click the Name, and select Configure proxyDHCP Server. b. In the new window under the tab proxyDHCP, click the Use DHCP Port for Listening checkbox. c. Restart the PXE server. 13.
Procedure To reinstall the main operating system with Dell default settings on hard disk 0, perform the following steps: 1. On a Windows 2000 client system that is dedicated to the NAS appliance during the reinstallation, log on as administrator. 2. Create a new user with the name pv715 and the password set to password. 3. Change the name of the Windows 2000 client system to pv715rec. 4. Change the IP address to 10.40.10.1 and Net mask to 255.255.255.0. 5.
17. Use the NAS Manager Disk and Volume tabs to monitor the status of the rebuild. By default, the data volume is configured as a RAID 5 volume. If you prefer RAID 0, use the NAS Manager to reconfigure the volume to RAID 0. If you perform this operation, all data on your RAID 5 volume will be lost. NOTE: Rebuilding the RAID 5 volume can take several hours, depending on your system configuration. While the rebuilding of the data volume (RAID 5) occurs, the volume is available to the user.
Back to Contents Page System Recovery, Backup, and Restore Dell™ PowerVault™ 715N NAS Appliance System Administrator's Guide Recovery From System Failure System-State Backup and Restore Supported Backup Software Using Backup Software Backing Up Persistent Images Installing Tape Device Drivers for Windows 2000 Backup and Recovery Tools This section provides instructions on how to recover from a system failure and how to back up and restore the system state.
state restore operation. For instructions, see "Restoring System-State Data." If the main operating system mirrored partition fails, you must have administrator privileges and manually boot from the recovery operating system mirror hard drives 2 and 3 and restore the original files to the main operating system hard drives 0 and 1. For instructions, see "Replacing Hard Drive 0" in the "Advanced Disk and Volume Management" section.
NOTE: To restore your system-state data, you must have previously backed up your system using the SystemState Backup tool on the Advanced Administration Menu or from Windows 2000 backup and recovery tools. 1. Click Maintenance. 2. Click Backup. 3. Log on to the NAS appliance as administrator. 4. Click Restore Wizard. The Restore Wizard window displays. 5. Click Next. 6. Click Import File. The Backup File Name window displays.
24. Click Finish to initiate the restore process 25. Restart your system after the restore process completes. NOTE: Windows must replace all locked files on the system; therefore, the restart system process might take approximately 15 minutes to complete. Supported Backup Software To back up your volumes, you can use direct-attached local backup or network backup. Direct-Attached Local Backups The following software is supported for direct-attached local backups.
You must first install VERITAS Backup Exec on the Dell™ PowerVault™ NAS appliance, and then install VERITAS Remote Administrator on a remote system. NOTE: Before installing the backup software, see http://support.dell.com for the latest driver and software updates. You might need to install the updates after completing the procedures below.
Installing Network Accelerator Agents VERITAS Backup Exec and Computer Associates ARCserve network accelerator agents can both be installed remotely by installing the agent to the system from a remote system on the network. See the documentation for your backup software for more information about how to install the network accelerator agents. Backing Up Persistent Images Backing up persistent images eliminates the possibility of files changing during the back up job.
NOTE: Although you are backing up your persistent image from a network share, it does not create network traffic if you are backing up to a local backup device. Limitations on Backing Up Persistent Images You cannot do incremental or differential backups of persistent images. You cannot use GFS rotation schemes when backing up persistent images. You cannot schedule a backup of a persistent image.
6. Click Computer Management in the left pane. 7. Click System Tools in the left pane. 8. Click Device Manager in the left pane. 9. Click Unknown Devices in the right pane. 10. Double-click Unknown Tape Device. 11. Click Driver in the pop-up window. 12. Click Update Driver. The Upgrade Device Driver Wizard displays. 13. Click Next. 14. Click the radio button next to Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommended), and then click Next. 15.
The Upgrade Device Driver Wizard displays. 12. Click Next. 13. Click the radio button next to Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommended), and then click Next. 14. In Optional search locations, click the checkbox for Specify a location. Deselect the other checkbox. 15. Click Next. A dialog box displays with a field for you to enter the location of the device driver. 16. In the path for Copy manufacturer's files from, specify the folder name that contains the device drivers, and then click OK.
Back to Contents Page Dell ActiveArchive Dell™ PowerVault™ 715N NAS Appliance System Administrator's Guide Introduction to Persistent Images Scheduling Persistent Images Using Persistent Images Accessing Stored Persistent Images in Dell ActiveArchive Restoring Volumes From an Existing Persistent Image Changing the Dell ActiveArchive Event Log Language Dell ActiveArchive™ allows the creation and preservation of persistent images of Dell PowerVault™ 715N system data volumes.
NOTE: You cannot take a persistent image of the operating system volumes or the recovery operating system drives (C: or D:). Cache Thresholds The Dell ActiveArchive software has two thresholds that provide warnings when the cache file is approaching maximum capacity. The Cache Full Warning Threshold logs an event in the event log and displays an error in the NAS Manager status indicator when the cache file reaches the threshold (default is 80 percent full).
The files and folders within a persistent image are identical to the permissions on the original files and folders. However, by default, the ActiveArchive directory is restricted to administrator access only. To allow users to access the persistent images, the system administrator must modify the permissions for the ActiveArchive directory. Use the PowerVault NAS Manager to change the ActiveArchive directory permissions by performing the following steps.
Retention Weight, Number of images (per schedule) to save, and the persistent image Name. NOTE: To select multiple volumes, press and hold and select all volumes that are to be included in the persistent image. You can use patterns in the persistent image name to differentiate your persistent images. For example if you use a pattern of Snapshot.%i and you take two persistent images, you have Snapshot.1 and Snapshot.2. The default persistent image name pattern is Snapshot %M-%D-%Y %H.%m.%s.
Using Persistent Images In addition to scheduling persistent images, you can take new persistent images on demand, delete existing persistent images, configure the persistent image environment, and set persistent image retention weights. Taking a New Persistent Image on Demand 1. On the NAS Manager primary menu, click Disks, and then click ActiveArchive. 2. Click Persistent Images. 3. In the Tasks list on the Persistent Images page, click New... 4.
Undoing Writes to a Read/Write Persistent Image To undo writes to a read/write persistent image, you must select an item from the Persistent Images list, and then click Undo in the Tasks list. To undo persistent image writes, perform the following steps: 1. On the NAS Manager primary menu, click Disks. 2. Click ActiveArchive, and then click Persistent Images. 3. On the Persistent Images page, click the radio button next to the persistent image to be restored to its original state. 4.
point. Each persistent image appears as a subdirectory in the volume which is being imaged. The entire content of the volume, as it existed when the persistent image was created, appears under this directory. 3. If you need to re-establish the system defaults, click Restore Defaults. 4. Click OK to update the global settings. Configuring Persistent Image Volume Settings You can modify volume settings by performing the following steps: 1.
Use "$" to specify the root of the volume. For example, in the Folder field, type \\\e$, where is the name of the PowerVault 715N system and where e is the drive letter of the volume. 8. Use Microsoft Windows Explorer to navigate to the ActiveArchive directory on the newly mapped drive. Restoring Volumes From an Existing Persistent Image To restore a volume(s) from a persistent image, you must select the persistent image to be restored.
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Back to Contents Page Advanced Features Dell™ PowerVault™ 715N NAS Appliance System Administrator's Guide Installing Multilanguage User Interface (MUI) Support Installing and Configuring Support for Other Languages Network Adapter Teaming Services for UNIX File Server for Macintosh Services for NetWare Microsoft Directory Synchronization Services Using Secured Socket Layers SNMP Considerations Using Console Redirection Defragmenting a Volume Containing Persistent Images This section
The PowerVault 715N NAS appliance allows you to change languages for its Microsoft Windows® Powered operating system's user interface. The MUI allows the PowerVault 715N to display Windows Powered operating systems menus, dialogs, and help files in multiple languages. The supported MUI languages are simplified Chinese, traditional Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, and Swedish.
2. On the NAS Manager primary menu, click the Maintenance tab. 3. Click Terminal Services to create a Terminal Services Advanced Client session with the NAS appliance. 4. Log on to the system as an administrator. 5. On the Advanced Administration Menu, click System Management, and then click Set Regional Options to launch the Regional Options control panel. 6. On the General tab, select the MUI language from the Your locale (location) drop-down menu, and then click Apply. 7.
a. Click OK. b. In the Files needed window, click Browse, browse to the i386 directory on the Multilingual Support CD or the C:\localization directory (if it exists), and then click Open. c. Click Open, and then click OK from the Insert Disk window to allow the operating system to find the required files for installation. 13. After the installation is complete, if applicable, disconnect the mapped network drive from the CD share that you mapped in step 7b. 14. Reboot your system.
IEEE 802.3ad is a performance technology standard that increases your system's network throughput. It is similar to the FEC standard developed by Cisco. However, whereas FEC works only with FEC-compatible Cisco switches, IEEE 802.3ad works with switches that support IEEE 802.3ad. To use IEEE 802.3ad, the Ethernet ports of the NAS appliance must be linked to the same IEEE 802.3ad switch. Creating Network Teams Create network teams through the Network Teaming utility, Intel PROSet II.
4. Under Administrative Tools on the Advanced Administration Menu, click Intel Network Teaming. The Network Teaming utility, Intel PROSet II, displays. 5. In the tree view, click the adapter to remove. 6. Click Action, and then click Remove. Changing the Network Team Mode Change the network team mode through the Network Teaming utility, Intel PROSet II. To access the Network Teaming utility from the NAS Manager, perform the following steps: 1. On the NAS Manager primary menu, click Maintenance. 2.
Auditing is the size and location of the logging file and the operations to audit. Locking is the grace period for locks and a list of current locks. Client Groups is used to group client systems for easier setting of permissions. UNIX Utilities Table 6-1 lists UNIX utilities provided with SFU. Table 6-1.
is ".", which disables this feature. Idle Session Timeout is the time until an idle session is forcibly disconnected. Terminate all programs when disconnecting toggles with Continue to run programs started with the command bgjob. Sessions allows you to see data about the currently active sessions (such as user, domain, system, logon date/time) and either send a message to the session or terminate it. Services for UNIX MMC Console SFU UNIX includes a single MMC for managing all of SFU.
2. Click either NIS or PCNFS to select the server type. 3. If the server type is PCNFS, specify the location and file name of the UNIX password file and UNIX group file. NOTE: The UNIX password file and group file formats must conform to the UNIX standard for these files. 4. Specify the refresh interval for synchronizing user and group information with the mapping service. 5. Click Apply to save the configuration.
3. Specify the name and location of the file that contains the saved maps. 4. Click Restore. Basic Scenarios For UNIX and Windows NT Username Mapping, an NIS Server must already exist in the UNIX environment or a UNIX user and group file must exist on the PowerVault NAS appliance. Username Mapping associates UNIX users and groups to Windows NT users and groups. You can use two types of maps, simple and advanced. Simple maps define a one-to-one relationship between same name users and groups.
4. Click Registered User or Guest, and then click OK. 5. Select the Microsoft UAM Volume, and then click OK. 6. Close the Chooser dialog box. To install the authentication files on the Macintosh workstation, perform the following steps: 1. Double-click the Microsoft UAM Volume on the Macintosh desktop. 2. Double-click the Microsoft UAM Installer file on the Microsoft UAM volume. 3. Click Continue in the Installer Welcome screen. The installer reports whether the installation succeeded.
have the same frame type, so that they can communicate with the rest of the network. When you are configuring your system, it attempts to automatically detect the frame type for the client. In most cases, this is successful. However, occasionally the automatic detection feature selects an inappropriate frame type, usually because more than one frame type exists on the network. If this happens, you should manually set the frame type to match the one specified on your NetWare server.
Outline of the Deployment Procedure The next two sections describe the procedures for implementing MSDSS in a smaller (local area network [LAN] only) or larger (wide area network [WAN]) network. You need to adapt the guidelines to suit your environment and goals. Small Environment A small company with a LAN-based and uncomplicated network is often a likely candidate for a quick migration.
l. Click Finish. After the user accounts are migrated, you can migrate the file system (migrating the users before the files allow you to migrate file-system permissions). Follow the instructions as described in the Help printout, "To migrate files." The prompts guide you through the following steps: To start the File Migration Utility, click the Start button and point to Programs—> Administrative Tools—> File Migration Utility. To view mapping relationships, click View Maps.
After doing all the preparation described above, perform the following steps (adjusted, if necessary, to your situation): 1. Back up your NetWare user and system data. 2. Install and configure a Windows 2000 domain controller (see the documentation that comes with your operating system software). 3. Install the Novell Client for Windows 2000 from the Novell website http://www.novell.com/download/. 4. Install MSDSS from the PowerVault 715N system DomainUtils share.
Migrate the pilot group of users and their files (adapt instructions from the migration steps provided in the "Small Environment" section). Get the pilot group's feedback, and then set a schedule to migrate additional groups of users, according to the priorities you have established. Migrate the rest of the users as appropriate (for example, if you migrate the set of applications they use, it is time to migrate them as well). For more information, see the Novell website at http://support.novell.
Obtaining a Server Certificate From a Certification Authority NOTE: If you are replacing your current server certificate, the Internet Information Services (IIS) continues to use the old certificate until the new request has been completed. Find a certification authority that provides services that meet your business needs, and then request a server certificate. NOTE: For the latest list of certification authorities supporting IIS, see the Microsoft Security website.
10. From the Security tab, click Send authentication trap. Select this option if you want a trap message sent when authentication fails. 11. Select Accepted community names, and click Add. 12. Select Community Rights, and select a permission level for this host to process SNMP requests from the selected community. 13. To view a description of a dialog box item, right-click the item, and then click What's This? 14. In Community Name, type a case-sensitive community name, and then click Add. 15.
Console redirection allows you to maintain a NAS appliance from a client system by re-directing keyboard input and text output through the serial port. Graphic output is not redirected. This section describes the simplest connection possible: connecting to a system with a null modem cable. Minimum Hardware and Connection Requirements To use console redirection, you must have the following ports: An available serial port (COM port) on a client system.
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18. Click Defragment Now. The Defragmentation window displays. 19. Click Defragment. You are notified when defragmentation is complete. 20. Exit Terminal Services Client. 21. Reschedule your persistent images for this volume.
Back to Contents Page Troubleshooting Dell™ PowerVault™ 715N NAS Appliance System Administrator's Guide Troubleshooting Tools and Techniques Troubleshooting Issues Troubleshooting Tools and Techniques Because the Dell™ PowerVault™ 715N NAS Appliance is a "headless" system that does not have a keyboard, mouse or monitor, you must use other methods for troubleshooting issues and conditions. This section provides suggestions for and information about alternate troubleshooting tools and techniques.
General Table 7-1. General Troubleshooting Issues Issue Possible Cause Resolution I just created a new volume on my system but cannot see the volume on Windows Explorer through Terminal Services. Terminal Services cannot update to show a new volume during the session in which it was created. Exit from Terminal Services, and then reconnect. The volume should now be visible.
Computer Management on the PowerVault Advanced Administration Menu, which is available through Terminal Services. See the online help for specific information about configuring this service. I have deleted an FTP share and folder from my NAS appliance. However, when I use Terminal Services to confirm the removal, I can still see the shared folder in the FTP section of the MMC. By default, this folder is not deleted by the PowerVault NAS Manager.
on and it came back up, I had to wait to access it. The system appeared to regenerate the RAID 5 and RAID 1 volumes. shutdown and reboot, the NAS appliance cannot tell whether one or more write failures occurred. Therefore, following the reboot, the NAS appliance does a rebuild on all volumes and regenerates parity to make sure the files are consistent. functioning as designed. I inserted four new hard drives in the NAS appliance, and then reinstalled the operating system.
text boxes. When I log on to the NAS appliance, the events are cleared from the log. The Kick-Start utility clears the event logs when it runs. If you have already configured the network settings on your NAS appliance, turn off the Kick-Start utility. As you shut down the Kick-Start utility, it asks you whether you want to run the KickStart utility automatically when the system starts. Select No.
running locally on my appliance, Start utility ignores Next I click Next, and nothing and waits until you happens. complete the page properly. I configured the system using the Kick-Start utility, and I cannot open the PowerVault NAS Manager using a browser. The system might not be connected to the network, or the network settings might not be correct. Make sure that the system is connected to the network. If it is, then ensure that you entered a correct IP address in the Kick-Start Application menu.
I cannot see my persistent images. Persistent images reside in the ActiveArchive directory, which is a hidden folder. Configure your system to view hidden files and folders. I cannot take persistent images of my file system. The cache file is still being created. Wait until the cache file is created, and then attempt to take the persistent image again. To confirm that the persistent image cache file has been created, check the Status Area of the ActiveArchive section of the PowerVault NAS Manager.
Client through the NAS Manager from my Linux client system using the Netscape browser. Advanced Client session. I have just Although the IP address changed, your local host is still trying to communicate changed the IP with the system using the old IP address. address of my system, and now I cannot administrate it through PowerVault NAS Manager. For Linux only, close Netscape 6.1 or later. Restart the PowerVault NAS Manager.
I am getting event errors for Services for Macintosh. Services for Macintosh are bound to the onboard network interface card (NIC) by default. If this NIC has been disabled, binding errors occur. Bind the AppleTalk protocol to an enabled NIC. See "AppleTalk Protocol Adapter Binding." From a Macintosh client, users The time is not properly synchronized between cannot modify or delete a file that a clients and the system. Windows client has accessed.
