Archive Appliance Administration Guide

302 Pages·2017·5.66 MB·English

by  Alliance Storage Technolgies

Preliminaries
Preliminaries
Copyright Statement
No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any
means or used to make any derivative, such as translation,
transformation, or adaptation, without permission from Alliance
Storage Technologies Inc.
Trademarks
Plasmon, UDO, Archive Appliance, Archive Appliance Express,
and NETArchive are registered trademarks of Alliance Storage
Technologies Inc. Copyright 2017.
Other names and/or trademarks belong to their respective
proprietors.
Limited Warranty
Alliance makes no representation or warranties with respect to the
contents or use of this user’s guide, and specifically disclaims any
express or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any
particular purpose. Further, Alliance reserves the right to make
revisions on this documentation without obligation to notify any
person or entity of such changes.
Changes
The material in this user manual is for information only, and is subject
to change without notice.
Alliance reserves the right to make changes in the product design and
installation software without reservation and without notification to its
users.
Additional information may be obtained from your supplier, or from the
addresses on the Contact Details on pageiv.
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Safety
This product contains a lithium battery. Please note the following:
• Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced.
• Replace with only the same or equivalent type recommended by
the manufacturer.
• Dispose of batteries according to the manufacturer’s
instructions.
FCC Note
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits
for a Class A digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules.
These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against
harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial
environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio
frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the
instructions in this manual, may cause harmful interference to radio
communications.
Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause
harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct
the interference at their own expense.
Changes or modifications not expressly approved by Alliance could
void the user’s authority to operate equipment.
All SCSI and Network cables connected to and used on this
equipment should be shielded.
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Preliminaries
Contact Details
Alliance Storage Technologies Inc.
10045 Federal Drive
Colorado Springs, CO 80908 USA
United States of America
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.astiusa.com
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Support
Email: [email protected]
Tel: [phone].593.4437
Fax: [phone]
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How to Use This Guide
How to Use This Guide
This guide describes in detail the Archive Management Software and
the operation of the NETArchive and Archive Appliance. It is aimed at
system administrators.
Related Documentation
Please refer to the following document for further information:
• Alliance’s Plasmon UDO Archive Appliance Installation Guide –
Explains how to install the Appliance and get started.
• NETArchive Installation and Configuration Guide – Explains how
to install the NETArchive and get started.
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Revision History
Revision History
Document System Software
Major Features
Revision Number Version
810-104334-00 6.00.xx • First Release supporting
NETArchive
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Contents
810-104334-00 vii
Preliminaries...................................................................ii
Copyright Statement ii
Trademarks ii
Limited Warranty ii
Changes ii
Safety iii
FCC Note iii
Contact Details iv
How to Use This Guide...................................................v
Related Documentation...................................................v
Revision History.............................................................vi
Contents..............................................................vii
Introduction...........................................................1
Archive Management Software.......................................2
Optical Media Migration 2
Media Management 2
Cloud Migration 3
Data Encryption and Key Management 3
Archive Management Software Archive Solutions..........4
NETArchive 4
Plasmon UDO Archive Appliance 10
The AMS User Interface.....................................19
Starting the Web Interface.............................................20
System - Status Page Features....................................23
Menu Bar 23
Online Help 24
Tool Tips 25
System Menu.......................................................27
System - Status.............................................................28
Environmental Status 30
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Setting the Time and Date............................................33
Setting Time and Date Manually 33
Synchronising Time and Date with an NTP Server 34
Managing Services.......................................................35
Updating the System Software.....................................45
Load from Desktop (HTTP) 45
Notification....................................................................46
Configuring email (SMTP) Notification 46
Configuring SNMP Notification 48
Notification History 49
Licensing.......................................................................51
Types of AMS License Keys 51
How the AMS's Licensing Works? 52
Applying New License Keys 53
Configuring Cloud Service............................................55
Network Menu.....................................................57
Network Settings...........................................................58
Configuring Network 58
Users 63
Groups 67
Shares 70
Authentication...............................................................76
LDAP Configuration 76
Storage Menu......................................................83
RAIDs...........................................................................84
Viewing RAIDs 85
Assigning Global Hot Spare Disks to a RAID 86
Adding Storage RAID 86
Volumes........................................................................88
About Volumes 88
Creating an Archive 88
Creating an Unmanaged Volume 98
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Viewing and Editing Volume Properties 99
Special Consideration for “Bulk migration” 109
Media..........................................................................113
Adding Media to the NETArchive 113
Removing Media from the NETArchive 114
Adding and Removing Media with the AA 115
Online Media 116
Offline Media 119
Search Media 120
Storage - Media Details 122
Recall All Files from a Single Media (or single media side) 125
Files.............................................................................128
Browsing Files 128
Displaying File/Folder Details 128
Searching Files 133
Data Protection Menu.......................................135
Data Protection...........................................................136
Backup 136
File Recovery 141
Key Recovery 150
Replication..................................................................152
Configuring Replication 152
Security.......................................................................159
Encryption 159
UDOGuard (Archive Appliance only) 162
Background Recall......................................................165
Stage 0: Setup 165
Stage 1: Initialization 166
Stage 2: Recall Progress 166
Stage 3: Background Completion 167
Diagnostics Menu.............................................169
System Jobs................................................................170
Storage Devices..........................................................171
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