Administrator Guide

Submit the Storage Center License............................................................................................................................83
Create a Disk Folder...................................................................................................................................................... 83
Deploy the Storage Center – Add a Controller......................................................................................................... 83
Deploy the Storage Center...........................................................................................................................................83
Enter Key Management Server Settings....................................................................................................................84
Create a Storage Type..................................................................................................................................................84
Configure Ports............................................................................................................................................................. 85
Inherit Settings...............................................................................................................................................................86
Configure Time Settings...............................................................................................................................................86
Configure SMTP Server Settings................................................................................................................................86
Set Up SupportAssist ...................................................................................................................................................87
Accept the SupportAssist Collection Agreement......................................................................................................87
Provide Contact Information........................................................................................................................................87
Provide Site Contact Information................................................................................................................................88
Validate the SupportAssist Connection......................................................................................................................88
Complete Configuration and Perform Next Steps....................................................................................................88
Set Up a localhost or VMware Host................................................................................................................................. 88
Set Up a localhost from Initial Setup...........................................................................................................................88
Set Up a VMware Host from Initial Setup..................................................................................................................89
Set Up a VMware vCenter Host from Initial Setup.................................................................................................. 90
5 Storage Center Administration.................................................................................................... 91
Adding and Organizing Storage Centers...........................................................................................................................91
Storage Center User Privileges and User Groups......................................................................................................91
User Privilege Levels......................................................................................................................................................91
Adding and Removing Storage Centers...................................................................................................................... 91
Organizing Storage Centers.........................................................................................................................................94
Managing Volumes..............................................................................................................................................................96
Attributes That Determine Volume Behavior.............................................................................................................96
Volume Icons..................................................................................................................................................................96
Creating Volumes.......................................................................................................................................................... 96
Modifying Volumes...................................................................................................................................................... 100
Copying Volumes......................................................................................................................................................... 105
Migrating Volumes With Live Migrate.......................................................................................................................108
Creating and Managing Volume Folders.................................................................................................................... 114
Creating and Managing Volume Snapshots.............................................................................................................. 115
Mapping Volumes to Servers...................................................................................................................................... 118
Deleting Volumes and Volume Folders...................................................................................................................... 122
Managing Data Reduction.................................................................................................................................................123
Data Eligible for Data Reduction................................................................................................................................ 123
Supported Hardware Platforms................................................................................................................................. 124
Compression................................................................................................................................................................. 124
Deduplication................................................................................................................................................................ 124
View Amount of Space Saved by Data Reduction.................................................................................................. 125
Change the Default Data Reduction Profile............................................................................................................. 126
Pause or Resume Data Reduction............................................................................................................................. 126
Disable Data Reduction for a Volume........................................................................................................................ 127
Managing Snapshot Profiles............................................................................................................................................. 127
Default Snapshot Profiles............................................................................................................................................127
Consistent and Non-Consistent Snapshot Profiles................................................................................................. 127
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