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HP StorageWorksP4000 G2 Unified NAS Gateway User GuidePart Number: 5697-0624First edition: November 2010

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9 System recoveryThis chapter describes how to use the System Recovery DVD that is provided with your storage system.The System Recovery DVDThe HP Sto

3. Click Restore Factory Image.The upgrade process completes with little user intervention required. The server automaticallyreboots more than once.IM

11. Enter format fs=fat32 quick.NOTE:If your USB Flash Drive does not support the FAT32 file system, format the drive as NTFSinstead. Omitting the qui

5. Type an Administrator password in the New password box.6. Re-type the Administrator password in the Confirm password box.7. Click the blue arrow ne

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IndexAaccess rights, managing, 44Accessing the storage systemRemote Desktop method, 21Accessing the storage systemremote browser method, 20ACL, defini

foldersauditing access, 90managing, 87Ggroups, adding to permissions list, 88Hhelpobtaining, 101HPArray Configuration Utility, 68Storage Manager, 69te

setting upoverview, 15setup completion, 19shadow copiesin a cluster, 46uses, 73shadow copiesbackups, 86cache file, 77defragmentation, 75described, 73d

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1. Power cord connector2. Mouse connector3. 10/100/1000 NIC 1 connector/shared iLO 2 management port4. 10/100/1000 NIC 2 connector5. Serial connector6

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2 Installing and configuring the serverSetup overviewThe HP StorageWorks P4000 G2 Unified NAS Gateway comes preinstalled with the MicrosoftWindows® St

• HP StorageWorks Storage System Recovery DVD• End User License Agreement• Certificate of Authenticity Card• Slide rail assembly• HP ProLiant Essentia

IMPORTANT:Only the direct attach and remote management access methods can be used to install the storagesystem. After the storage system installation

1. Power on the system by pushing the power button on the front panel. If using iLO 2, clickMomentary Press on the Power Management page to power on t

will read Windows is activated. If your copy of Windows has not been activated, you must manuallyactivate it within three days of the initial storage

Legal and notice information© Copyright 2010, 2010 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Confidential computer software. Valid license from HP requ

• Activating iLO 2 Advanced features using a license key—The Remote Console feature of iLO 2requires a license key. The key is included with the stora

IMPORTANT:When using the remote browser method to access the storage system, always close the remote sessionbefore closing your Internet browser. Clos

IMPORTANT:The first two logical drives are configured for the storage system operating system.The Operating System volume default factory settings can

• If a single drive failure occurs, it is transparent to the OS.P4000 G2 Unified NAS Gateway User Guide 23

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3 Cluster configurationHP StorageWorks P4000 G2 Unified NAS Gateway hardware components are configured in aclustered environment to a P4000 SAN Soluti

5. P4000 SAN segmentIMPORTANT:Instructions and illustrations in this document describe the installation and configuration of a 2–nodeP4000 G2 Unified

Figure 6 P4000 G2 Unified NAS Gateway connections.1. Client network2. Standard IP switch3. P4000 G2 Unified NAS Gateway nodes4. Standard IP switches5.

4. Identify the public and private connections:a. Right-click one of the connections and select Status.The connection status of the private connection

5. To assign static IP addresses to a private connection:a. Right-click the private connection and select Properties.b. Clear all items on the General

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2. On the Computer Name tab, click Change.Figure 9 Computer Name tab of System Properties.3. On the Computer Name/Domain Changes dialog box, in the Co

7. When prompted, click Yes to restart the server.8. Repeat these steps for Server 2.Initialize and format the storage disksThe storage referenced in

6. Complete the New Simple Volume Wizard with the following settings:• Accept the default assigned partition size• Assign drive letter Q• Formatted as

3. Click Next.4. On the Select Servers or a Cluster page, enter and add the names of Server 1 and Server 2 andthen click Next.Figure 14 Select servers

6. Review the details of the Confirmation page and then click Next.Figure 15 Validating the cluster configuration.7. After the validation tests have r

4. On the Access Point for Administering the Cluster page, type a unique name for the cluster andthen click Next.Figure 16 Entering cluster name.5. Re

4. Select File Server from the list and then click Next.Figure 17 Select Service or Application.5. Follow the instructions in the wizard to specify th

Verify that the cluster is operationalIn order to test cluster functionality, move the clustered file server from one server to the other server.When

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4 Cluster administrationOne important feature of HP StorageWorks P4000 G2 Unified NAS Gateways is that they can operateas a single node or as a cluste

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• FTP file share resources• iSCSI resourcesCluster groupsCluster resources are placed together in cluster groups. Groups are the basic unit of failove

Cluster planningSuccessful cluster planning includes:• Storage planning• Network planning• Protocol planningStorage planningFor clustering, a basic di

Virtual names and addresses are the only identification used by clients on the network. Because thenames and addresses are virtual, their ownership ca

NOTE:AppleTalk is not supported on clustered disk resources. AppleTalk requires local memory for volumeindexing. On failover events, the memory map is

Load balancingThe creation of separate cluster groups for each virtual server provides more flexibility in balancingthe processing load on the cluster

NFS cluster-specific issues• Back up user and group mappings.To avoid loss of complex advanced mappings in the case of a system failure, back up the m

The tasks described below are used to add storage to a cluster. See the online help for clustering foradditional details.Creating physical disk resour

Extend a LUN in a clusterTo extend a LUN on a storage array in a cluster, review the requirements and procedures from thestorage array hardware provid

Creating a cluster printer spoolerPrinter spoolers should be created in a separate group dedicated to this purpose for ease ofmanagement. For each pri

excluded from the possible owners list to prevent a resource from coming online on a particular node.Lastly the preferred owners list can be ordered,

Guidelines for managing disks and volumes ... 70Disk quotas ...

The power down process is divided into two main steps:1. Shutting down the cluster nodes2. Removing power from the cluster nodesThe sequence of these

5 Administration toolsHP StorageWorks P4000 G2 Unified NAS Gateways include several administration tools to simplifystorage system management tasks.Mi

NOTE:You must have a VDS Hardware Provider that is appropriate for your storage system installed inorder to provision storage on an iSCSI target. If y

• The backup software used must support SIS-enabled volumes.• The SIS volume, SIS Common Store folder, and reparse points (links) to the files must be

For more detailed information about the Phase 1 and Phase 2 scripts, see the Microsoft KnowledgeBase article Description of scripts to use to simplify

Figure 18 AD LDS Role and Instance.To verify the installation of the Services for Network File System (NFS) Role, in Server Manager, underRoles, click

Each line of a standard UNIX group file follows this format:group:password:GID:group listAll fields are required, but only the group, GID, and group l

Figure 19 AD LDS script execution help screen.As a best practice, specify all of the above parameters so that Windows accounts and NFS mappingsare cre

The newly-created NFS mappings are stored as Active Directory objects and can be verified as follows:1. Click Start > Administrative Tools > ADS

Figure 21 NFS-mapped users and groups in ADSI Edit.Because the imported users and groups are now Windows users and groups as well as UNIX usersand gro

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Step 1If you have not already run the Phase 1 script factory-setup-adlds.cmd, do so now. The script is locatedin the c:\hpnas\components\postinstaller

Figure 22 NFS Advanced Sharing dialog box.Click the Permissions button. In the Type of access list, select Read-Write. Check the Allow root accesschec

Step 5In the NfsTest Properties dialog box, select the Security tab. This tab shows the current security settingsfor the folder. The following steps w

check the Owner check box and then click OK. Note that root is part of the owner name. This verifiesthat NFS mapping is functional for the root user.S

Step 10On the UNIX system, issue a listing of the /mnt/nfstest directory. Because you changed the ownerof file.txt on the Windows system to user1, the

Figure 27 Replace owner on subcontainers and objects.Click OK four times to dismiss the Properties dialog box. Return to the Properties dialog box, se

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6 File server managementThis chapter begins by identifying file services in Windows Storage Server 2008 R2. The remainderof the chapter describes the

Configuring data storageThe HP StorageWorks P4000 G2 Unified NAS Gateway is configured only for the operating system.The administrator must configure

NOTE:The ACU is used to configure and manage array-based storage. Software RAID-based storage systemsuse Microsoft Disk Manager to manage storage. You

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Disk Management utilityThe Disk Management tool is a system utility for managing hard disks and the volumes, or partitions,that they contain. Disk Man

NOTE:To limit the size of a folder or share, see “Quota management” on page 95 .Configure the volumes on the server to perform the following tasks:• P

NOTE:This section addresses only single storage system node configurations. If your server has WindowsStorage Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition, see t

• You cannot extend striped volumes, mirrored volumes, or RAID 5 volumes.For more information, see the Disk Management online help.Volume shadow copie

Identifying the volumeShadow copies are taken for a complete volume, but not for a specific directory. Shadow copieswork best when the server stores u

The minimum amount of storage space that can be specified is 350 megabytes (MB). The defaultstorage size is 10 percent of the source volume (the volum

If defragmenting volumes on which shadow copies are enabled, use a cluster (or allocation unit) sizeof 16 KB or larger. Using this allocation unit siz

Figure 29 System administrator view of Shadow Copies for Shared Folders.The shadow copy cache fileThe default shadow copy settings allocate 10 percent

Figure 31 Shadow copies stored on a separate volume.The main advantage to storing shadow copies on a separate volume is ease of management andperforma

NOTE:After the first shadow copy is created, it cannot be relocated. Relocate the cache file by altering thecache file location under Properties prior

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CAUTION:Use caution when reducing the size limit for all shadow copies. When the size is set to less than thetotal size currently used for all shadow

Managing shadow copies from the storage system desktopTo access shadow copies from the storage system desktop:The storage system desktop can be access

NOTE:Shadow Copies for Shared Folders clients are not available for HTTP, FTP, AppleTalk, or NetWareshares. Consequently, users of these protocols can

Figure 33 Client GUI.When users view a network folder hosted on the storage system for which shadow copies are enabled,old versions (prior to the snap

[email protected]:00:00Access to NFS shadow copy pseudo-subdirectories is governed by normal access-control mechanismsusing the permissions stored i

Figure 34 Recovering a deleted file or folder.Recovering an overwritten or corrupted fileRecovering an overwritten or corrupted file is easier than re

Backup and shadow copiesShadow copies are only available on the network via the client application, and only at a file orfolder level as opposed to th

NOTE:Select servers can be deployed in a clustered or non-clustered configuration. This section discussesshare setup for a non-clustered deployment.Fo

2. Click Properties, and then click the Security tab.Figure 35 Properties dialog box, Security tab.Several options are available on the Security tab:•

3. To modify ownership of files, or to modify individual file access level permissions, click Advanced.Figure 36 illustrates the properties available

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4. Enable or disable permissions by selecting the Allow box to enable permission or the Deny boxto disable permission. If neither box is selected, per

Figure 38 Advanced Security Settings dialog box, Auditing tab.5. Click Add to display the Select User or Group dialog box.Figure 39 Select User or Gro

7. Click OK.The Auditing Entry dialog box is displayed.Figure 40 Auditing Entry dialog box for folder name NTFS Test.8. Select the desired Successful

Figure 41 Advanced Security Settings dialog box, Owner tab.The current owner of the file or folder is listed at the top of the screen. To take ownersh

The content of shares should be carefully chosen to avoid two common pitfalls: either having too manyshares of a very specific nature, or of having ve

• Standard shares are shares that do not end in a $ character. Standard shares are listed whenevera CIFS client browses for available shares on a CIFS

File screening managementOn the File Screening Management node of the File Server Resource Manager snap-in, you canperform the following tasks:• Creat

For more information, and to download the utility, see the StorageWorks L&TT web site at http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storageworks/ltt.Antiv

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7 Troubleshooting, servicing, andmaintenanceTroubleshooting the storage systemThe “Support and troubleshooting” task at the HP Support & Drivers w