Administrator Guide

Deploy the Storage Center....................................................................................................................................... 84
Enter Key Management Server Settings............................................................................................................... 84
Create a Storage Type...............................................................................................................................................85
Configure Ports........................................................................................................................................................... 85
Inherit Settings.............................................................................................................................................................87
Configure Time Settings............................................................................................................................................ 87
Configure SMTP Server Settings............................................................................................................................ 87
Set Up SupportAssist ................................................................................................................................................88
Accept the SupportAssist Collection Agreement................................................................................................ 88
Provide Contact Information.................................................................................................................................... 88
Provide Site Contact Information............................................................................................................................88
Validate the SupportAssist Connection................................................................................................................. 89
Complete Configuration and Perform Next Steps.............................................................................................. 89
Set Up a localhost or VMware Host............................................................................................................................. 89
Set Up a localhost from Initial Setup......................................................................................................................89
Set Up a VMware Host from Initial Setup.............................................................................................................90
Set Up a VMware vCenter Host from Initial Setup............................................................................................. 91
Chapter 5: Storage Center Administration...................................................................................92
Adding and Organizing Storage Centers..................................................................................................................... 92
Storage Center User Privileges and User Groups............................................................................................... 92
User Privilege Levels.................................................................................................................................................. 93
Adding and Removing Storage Centers.................................................................................................................93
Organizing Storage Centers..................................................................................................................................... 95
Managing Volumes............................................................................................................................................................ 97
Attributes That Determine Volume Behavior........................................................................................................97
Volume Icons.................................................................................................................................................................97
Creating Volumes........................................................................................................................................................ 98
Modifying Volumes.................................................................................................................................................... 102
Copying Volumes........................................................................................................................................................107
Migrating Volumes With Live Migrate................................................................................................................... 110
Creating and Managing Volume Folders................................................................................................................117
Creating and Managing Volume Snapshots......................................................................................................... 118
Mapping Volumes to Servers...................................................................................................................................121
Deleting Volumes and Volume Folders..................................................................................................................125
Managing Data Reduction............................................................................................................................................. 126
Data Eligible for Data Reduction............................................................................................................................ 126
Supported Hardware Platforms..............................................................................................................................127
Compression................................................................................................................................................................127
Deduplication...............................................................................................................................................................128
View Amount of Space Saved by Data Reduction.............................................................................................128
Change the Default Data Reduction Profile........................................................................................................ 129
Pause or Resume Data Reduction......................................................................................................................... 129
Disable Data Reduction for a Volume................................................................................................................... 130
Managing Snapshot Profiles......................................................................................................................................... 130
Default Snapshot Profiles.........................................................................................................................................131
Consistent and Non-Consistent Snapshot Profiles............................................................................................131
Creating and Applying Snapshot Profiles..............................................................................................................131
Modifying Snapshot Profiles................................................................................................................................... 133
Managing Expiration Rules for Remote Snapshots........................................................................................... 134
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