HP StorageWorks Clustered File System 3.6.0 Windows Storage Server Edition Administration Guide (403103-005, January 2008)
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- HP Technical Support
- Quick Start Checklist
- Introduction to HP Clustered File System
- Cluster Administration
- Administrative Considerations and Restrictions
- Tested Configuration Limits
- Volume and Filesystem Limits
- User Authentication
- Start the Management Console
- Cluster Management Applications
- The HP CFS Management Console
- View Installed Software
- Start HP Clustered File System
- Stop HP Clustered File System
- Back Up and Restore the Cluster Configuration
- HP Clustered File System Network Port Numbers
- Configure Servers
- Configure Network Interfaces
- Configure the SAN
- Configure Dynamic Volumes
- Configure PSFS Filesystems
- Manage Disk Quotas
- Manage Hardware Snapshots
- Configure Security Features
- Configure Event Notifiers and View Events
- Overview
- Install and Configure the Microsoft SNMP Service
- Cluster Event Viewer
- Configure Event Notifier Services
- Select Events for a Notifier Service
- Configure the SNMP Notifier Service
- Configure the Email Notifier Service
- Configure the Script Notifier Service
- View Configurations from the Command Line
- Test Notifier Services
- Enable or Disable a Notifier Service
- Restore Notifier Event Settings to Default Values
- Import or Export the Notifier Event Settings
- Using Custom Notifier Scripts
- Cluster Operations on the Applications Tab
- Configure Virtual Hosts
- Configure Service Monitors
- Configure Device Monitors
- Advanced Monitor Topics
- SAN Maintenance
- Other Cluster Maintenance
- Management Console Icons
- Index
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Configure PSFS Filesystems
HP StorageWorks Clustered File System provides the PSFS filesystem.
This direct-access shared filesystem enables multiple servers to
concurrently read and write data stored on shared SAN storage devices.
A journaling filesystem, PSFS provides live crash recovery.
Overview
Filesystem Features
Concurrent Access by Multiple Servers
After a PSFS filesystem has been created, all cluster servers having access
to the device via the SAN can mount the filesystem and subsequently
perform concurrent read and/or write operations to that filesystem. A
PSFS filesystem must be consistently mounted either read-only or read-
write across the cluster.
Standard Filesystem Operations and Semantics
The PSFS filesystem is a standard Windows filesystem and supports
standard filesystem operations such as assigning or de-assigning drive
letters. These operations can be performed across the cluster with the HP
CFS Management Console or from the command line.
The PSFS filesystem also supports existing applications. It uses standard
read/write semantics and does not require any changes to applications.