IBM
Storage
Server
TheIBM® storageservercombinesIBMhardwaretechnologywith theMicrosoft®StorageServer2003R2 producttocreateanaffordable andoptimizednetwork-attachedfileserversolutiontomeetyour file storageneeds.Additionalsoftwareisalsoprovidedtocreatea comprehensiveIBM storageserver product.
Thehardware,operatingsystem,and mostapplicationsarepreinstalledandpreconfiguredforrapid installationanddeployment.Thefollowingsoftwareproductsandservices arealsoincludedwiththe IBMstorageserver:
v IBMDirector
v IBMServeRAID
™Manager
v IBMTivoliContinuousData ProtectionforFiles
v Printmanagement
ServeRAIDManagerandIBMDirector arenotpreinstalled;however,thefilesareontheharddisk.See “Additionalproductsand services”onpage7 formoreinformation.
Thisdocumentprovides thefollowinginformation: v “InstallingtheIBMstorageserver”
v “UsingtheIBMstorageserver” onpage3
v “Additionalproductsandservices”onpage7
v “RecoveringtheIBMstorage server”onpage8
Installing
the
IBM
storage
server
Thissection providesinformationaboutinstallingand configuringtheIBMstorage serverforthefirst time.Torecoverthesystemif youhaveaproblemthatcannotbesolvedbyanyothermeans,see “RecoveringtheIBMstorageserver” onpage8.
YoucanaccesstheIBMstorageserverinterface fromeitheraremote consoleora localconsole.Aremote consoleisasystem thatisnotdirectlyattachedtotheIBMstorageserver,anditusesa network connectionwiththeDynamicHostConfigurationProtocol(DHCP)oranassignedstaticIPaddressto communicatewith theIBM storageserver.Alocalconsoleconsistsofamonitor,keyboard, andmousethat areattacheddirectlytotheIBMstorageserver.
AremoteconsoleisthedefaultmethodforaccessingtheIBMstorageserverinterface. Theremoteconsolesystemmustmeet thefollowingrequirements:
v Itmustbe runninga Windows
® operatingsystem.
v
ItmusthaveMicrosoftTerminalServicesClient(mstsc.exe) installed.
v Itmustbe connectedtothenetworkthattheIBMstorage serverisconnected to.
UseoneofthefollowingprocedurestoinstalltheIBMstorage server.
Installing
the
IBM
storage
server
with
a
remote
console
ToinstalltheIBMstorage server,completethefollowingsteps:1. Notetheserialnumberoftheserver.SeetheIBMInstallationGuidethatcomeswith theserverforthe
locationoftheserialnumber.
2. Unpackand installtheserver.See theIBM InstallationGuidethatcomeswith theserverforinstallation
information.
3. Connecttheservertoyour networkornetworks.
4. Pressthepower-controlbutton.Wait 10to15minutesfortheIBM storageserverinstallationprocess
tobecompleted.
Attention: Unexpectedresultscanoccurifyouturnofftheserver,pressa key,or usethemouse
duringtheinitialstartupoftheserver.
5. Ontheremotesystem,clickStart andthenclick Run.The“Run”window opens.
6. Typemstscand clickOK.TheRemoteDesktop Connectionwindowopens.
7. InComputer,typethesystemnameorIPAddress oftheIBM storageserverandthen clickConnect.
Note: ThedefaultsystemnameisIBMxxxxxxx.Thevalue xxxxxxxistheserialnumberoftheserver.
SeetheIBMInstallationGuidethatcomeswiththeserverforthelocationoftheserialnumber. 8. Typetheusernameandpassword.Thedefaultuser nameisadministrator,andthedefaultpassword
ispassw0rd.The0inthedefaultpasswordisa zero.TheIBMstorage serverdesktopisdisplayed. Goto“UsingtheIBMstorage server”onpage3forinformationaboutusingtheIBMstorageserver.
Installing
the
IBM
storage
server
with
a
local
console
ToinstalltheIBMstorage server,completethefollowingsteps: 1. Gatherthefollowinginformation.
Information Recordinformation Defaultvalue Comments
Systemname IBMxxxxxxx Thevaluexxxxxxxisthe serialnumberoftheserver. SeetheIBMInstallation Guidethatcomeswiththe serverforthelocationof theserialnumber. Systempassword passw0rd The0inthedefault
passwordisazero. Networkaddress DHCP
DNSserverIPaddress Notapplicable IfmorethanoneDNS serverisused,recordthe informationforeachserver. Networkinterfacecard
(NIC)port
v IPaddress
v Subnetmask
v Gatewayaddress
Notapplicable IfmorethanoneNICis used,recordthe
informationforeachNIC.
2. Unpackand installtheserver.See theIBM InstallationGuidethatcomeswith theserverforinstallation
information.
3. Connecta monitor,keyboard,andmousetotheserver.
4. Connecttheservertoyour networkornetworks.
5. Pressthepower-controlbutton.Wait 10to15minutesfortheIBM storageserverinstallationprocess
tobecompleted.The“WelcometoWindows”windowopens.
Attention: Unexpectedresultscanoccurifyouturnofftheserver,pressa key,or usethemouse
duringtheinitialstartupoftheserver.
7. Type theusernameandpassword.Thedefaultuser nameisadministrator,andthedefaultpassword
ispassw0rd.The0inthedefaultpasswordisa zero. 8. Click OK.TheIBMstorageserverdesktopisdisplayed.
Goto“UsingtheIBMstorage server”forinformationaboutusingtheIBM storageserver.
Using
the
IBM
storage
server
UsetheIBMstorageserverinterfacefor allIBMstorageservertasks.Thissectionprovidesinformation aboutthefollowingtasks thatyoumustcompletetousetheIBM storageserver:
1. StarttheIBM storageserverinterface(managementconsole).
2. Createdatapartitionsif youare usingtheIBMstorage serverforthefirst time.
3. Learn abouttheadministrationtasks thatyoucanperformusingtheIBMstorageserver.
Management
console
TheWindowsStorageServerManagement Consoleopens intheMicrosoft ManagementConsole(MMC), providinganeasyand convenientmeansforadministration.TheManagement Consoleopens
automaticallyonceyouareloggedintoWindows StorageServer2003R2,butif theconsoledoesnot automaticallyopen,orif itisclosed,youcanreopenthemanagementconsole.
ToopentheWindows StorageServerManagementConsole: 1. Click Start.
2. Select AllPrograms.
3. Select Administrativetools.
4. Click WindowsStorageServerManagement,andtheManagementConsolewillopen.
5. Once insidetheManagementConsole,theFileServerManagement(Local)nodeinthelefthand
navigationtreewilltakethedefaultfocus.Thecenter panewillprovidevariouscommonscenarios to choose fromtobetterassistintheadministrationof WindowsStorageServer2003R2.
Single
instance
storage
Thesingleinstancestorage (SIS)feature dramaticallyreducesthestoragecapacitythatisutilizedfor duplicatecopiesof identicalfiles.Onceithasbeenimplemented,SISfunctionalityrunsasa background servicethatconsolidatesredundantfiledataintoa singlecommonstore.Duplicate filesarereplacedwith linksthatappeartoendusersandtoapplicationstobethesameastheoriginalfiles.SISfunctionalityis aproventechnology thathasbeen deployedinlargeenterpriseenvironmentstosignificantlyreducethe amountofstorage capacitythatisconsumedbyduplicatefiles.Byreducingthestoragecapacitythatis requiredforduplicatefiledata,customerscanmaximizetheirexistingstorage resources.
SingleInstanceStorage(SIS)recoversdisk spacebyreducingtheamountofredundantdatastoredona server,byidentifyingidenticalfiles,storingasingle copyofthefilein acentralrepositoryandreplacing thefileswithpointerstothefileintheSIScommonstore.SISworksautomaticallywithoutanyend-user involvement.TheadministratorcanenableSISonapervolume basis.
Administrationofsingleinstancestorage: SingleInstanceStorage(SIS)canbemanagedonlythrough
thecommandlinetool,Sisadmin.exe.ThefollowingtableliststheSisadmin.execommandline parameters.
Table1.
(none) ListsvolumesonwhichSISisinstalled
/i[vol] InstallsSISonvolumes(createscommonstore,activates filterandgroveler).
Table1. (continued)
(none) ListsvolumesonwhichSISisinstalled
/b[vol] Putsthegrovelerintobackgroundmode. /e Enablesthegroveleronallvolumes. /d Disablesthegroveleronallvolumes.
/v[vol] DisplaysstatisticsaboutSISusageonvolumes(including diskspacesaved).
/l[vol] ListsSIS-controlledvolumes.
/s[vol] DisplaysinformationabouttheSISfiles. /hor/? Displayshelptext.
Creating
data
partitions
Thissection providesoverviewinformationaboutcreatingdatapartitions.Youmust configurethedata partitionstomeettheneedsofyourenterprise.For moreinformationaboutdatapartitions,clickHelp fromtheIBMstorageserverdesktop.
Usethefollowingprocedureasanexampleofhow tocreateadatapartition.
Note: Thisprocedureisanexampleand doesnotprovidespecific configurationvalues.Foreachwindow
thatcanbeusedtospecifyconfigurationvalues,youcaneitheracceptthedefaultvaluesorspecify differentvalues.
1. ClickStart →Programs→AdministrationTools→ ComputerManagement→DiskManagement.The
“DiskManagement”windowopens.
2. ClickintheunallocateddiskspaceforDisk1.Diagonallinesare displayedintheselectedarea.
Attention: DonotselectDisk0:(IBM_PRELOAD(C:)).Disk0isreservedforuseonlybytheIBM
storageserveroperatingsystem.
3. Right-clicktheselecteddiskspaceandclickNew Partition.TheNewPartitionwizardopens.
4. ClickNext andselectExtendedpartition.
5. The“SpecifyPartitionSize” windowopens.
6. ClickNext.The“Completing theNewPartition” windowopens.
7. ClickFinish.TheUnallocatedareaishighlightedandisnownamed“Freespace.”
8. Right-clicktheFreespaceareaandselectNewLogicalDrive.TheNewPartitionWizardopens.
9. ClickNext.The“SelectPartitionType”window opens.
10. SelectLogicaldriveandclickNext.The“SpecifyPartitionSize”window opens.
11. ClickNext.The“AssignDrive LetterorPath”windowopens.
12. ClickNext.The“Format Partition”windowopens.
13. ClickNext.The“Completing theNewPartitionWizard”windowopens.
14. ClickFinish.
15. The“DiskManagement”windowopensand theformattingprocess starts.Thepercentageof
formattingthatiscompleteisdisplayed.Thepartitionisreadyforusewhentheformattingprocess iscompleted.
IBM
storage
server
administration
tasks
TheIBMstorageserveradministrationtasks areorganizedbycomponents.Formoreinformationabout thecomponenttasks,click HelpfromtheIBM storageserverdesktop.
Note: Theadministrationtasks thatareavailabledepend ontheservermodelthatyour IBMstorage
serverisinstalledon.
Microsoft
Services
for
Network
File
System
MicrosoftServicesforNetworkFile System(NFS)isacomponentofWindowsStorageServer2003R2 thatprovidesafile-sharingsolutionforenterprisesthathaveamixedWindowsand UNIXenvironment. MicrosoftServicesforNFSallowsusersofUNIX–basedcomputerstostoreand accessfilesonWindows StorageServer2003R2usingtheNetworkFileSystem(NFS)protocol.Allofyour UNIXclientswillbe abletoaccesstheresources usingtheNFSprotocolwithnochangesrequired.
File
Server
Management
YoucanuseFileServer Managementtoperformmanytasks,suchasformattingvolumes, creatingshares, defragmentingvolumes, creatingandmanagingshares,settingquotalimits,creatingstorageutilization reports,replicatingdatato andfromthefileserver,managingStorageAreaNetworks(SANs),and sharingfileswithUNIXand Macintoshsystems.
File
Server
Resource
Manager
FileServerResource Managerisa newMicrosoft ManagementConsole(MMC)snap-inthatprovidesa suiteoftoolsforadministratorstounderstand,control,and managethequantityandtype ofdatastored ontheirservers.FileServerResourceManager supportsplacingquotasonfoldersand volumes,actively screenfiles,and generatecomprehensivestorage reports:
v Placingquotasonfoldersandvolumestorestrictthequantityofdatastored.
v Activelyscreenfiles storedonthesystemtopreventcertainfiletypesoronlyallowcertainfiletypes
definedbytheadministrator. v Reportingonstorage usage.
Storage
Management
for
SANs
StorageManagerforSANsisanew MicrosoftManagementConsole(MMC)snap-inthathelpsyoucreate andmanagelogicalunitnumbers(LUNs)onfibre channeland iSCSIdiskdrive subsystemsinyour storageareanetwork(SAN).StorageManagerforSANscanbe usedonstoragesubsystems thatsupport VirtualDiskService(VDS).
UseStorageManagerforSANstocreateand assignLUNs,manage connectionsbetweenLUNsandthe serversinyour SAN,and setthesecuritypropertiesforiSCSIstoragesubsystems.
Distributed
File
System
TheDistributedFileSystem(DFS)solutioninWindows StorageServer2003R2provides simplified, fault-tolerantaccesstofilesandWAN-friendlyreplication.DistributedFileSystemconsistsoftwo technologies:
v DFSNamespaces.FormerlyknownasDistributedFileSystem,DFSNamespacesallowsadministrators
togroupshared folderslocatedondifferentserversand presentthemtousersasa virtualtreeof foldersknownasa namespace.Anamespaceprovidesnumerous benefits,includingincreased availabilityofdata,loadsharing,andsimplifieddatamigration.
v DFSReplication.ThesuccessortoFileReplication service(FRS),DFSReplicationisanew state-based,
multimasterreplicationenginethatsupportsschedulingand bandwidththrottling.DFSReplication usesanew compressionalgorithm knownasRemoteDifferentialCompression(RDC).RDCisa protocolthatcanbeusedtoefficientlyupdatefilesovera limited-bandwidthnetwork. RDCdetects insertions,removals,re-arrangementsofdatainfiles,enabling DFSReplicationtoreplicateonlythe deltas(changes) whenfilesareupdated.
Indexing
Service
IndexingServiceextractstheinformationfroma setofdocumentsand organizesit inawaythatmakesit quickand easytoaccessthatinformationthroughtheSearchfunction forcomputersrunningMicrosoft Windows2000orMicrosoftWindows XP.Thisinformationcanincludetextfromwithina document(its contents),andthecharacteristicsandparametersofthedocument(itsproperties),suchastheauthor’s
name.Oncetheindexiscreatedyoucanquerytheindexfordocumentsthatcontainkeywords,phrases, orproperties.For example,youcanqueryalldocumentscontainingtheword ″product,″oryoucan queryforallMicrosoftOfficedocumentswrittenbya specificauthor.IndexingServicereturnsa listofall documentsthatmeetyour searchcriteria.
Single
Instance
Storage
SingleInstanceStorage(SIS)recoversdiskspacebyreducingtheamountofredundantdatastoredona volumebyidentifyingidenticalfiles,storingonlya singlecopyofthefileintheSIScommon storeand replacingthefileswith pointerstothefileintheSIScommonstore.
Management
PrintManagementisanupdatedMicrosoftManagementConsolesnap-inthatyoucanusetoview and manageprintersand printserversinyourorganization.YoucanusePrintManagementfromany computerrunningWindows StorageServer2003R2,andyoucanmanageallnetworkprintersonprint serversrunningWindows2000Server,WindowsServer 2003,WindowsStorageServer2003,Windows Server2003R2,orWindows StorageServer2003R2.
PrintManagementprovidesdetailssuchasthequeuestatus,printername,drivername,andserver name.Youcanalso setcustomviewsbyusingthePrintManagementfiltering capability.Forexample, youcancreatea viewthatdisplaysonlyprintersina particularerrorstate. Youcanalso configurePrint Managementtosende-mailnotificationsorrunscriptswhena printerorprintserverneedsattention. Thefilteringcapabilityalsoallows youtobulkeditprintjobs,suchascancelingall printjobs atonce. Youcanalso deletemultipleprintersat thesame time.
Administratorscaninstallprinters remotelybyusingtheautomaticdetectfeature,whichfindsand installsprintersonthelocalsubnet tothelocalprintserver.Administratorscanlogontoa localserverat abranchlocationbyusingRemoteDesktopandthen easilyinstallprinters remotely.
Windows
SharePoint
Services
MicrosoftWindowsSharePoint®Servicesisan integratedportfolioofcollaborationandcommunication
servicesdesigned toconnectpeople,information,processes,and systemsbothwithin andbeyondthe organizationalfirewall.WindowsSharePointServicesServicePack2 isincludedinthisrelease of WindowsStorageServer2003.Whenyouinstall WindowsSharePointServices,yougetthefollowing features:
SharePointsites– filestoragepluscollaboration: WebsitesbasedonMicrosoftWindows SharePoint
Services2.0providea placewhere teamscancommunicate, sharedocuments,andworktogetherona project.SharePointsitesinclude:
v Teamcollaborationfeatures,suchaseventcalendars,contacts,Weblinks,discussions,issueslists,
announcements,andmuchmore.
v Documentlibraries,whichareplaceswhere userscanstoreand retrievedocuments whiletaking
advantageofrichfeaturessuchascheck-inandcheck-out,versionhistory,custommetadata, and flexible,customizable views.
v WebParts,whichcanprovidedataaccess,Webservices, andmanyotherapplicationsandcontent to
SharePointsites.
Siteuserscancontributetothesitebyusingnothingmore thana Webbrowser.However, ifusershave WindowsSharePointServices-compatible clientprograms,suchasMicrosoftOffice2003,installedontheir computerstheycanworkseamlesslywiththesite, savingfilesto libraries,editingdocuments intheclient program,and movingorlinkingthatinformationtothesite.
SharePointCentralAdministration–Web browserinterfaceformanagingyourserver: Youcan
managea singleserveroranentireserverfarmrunningWindowsSharePointServicesfroma Web browserinterfacecalledSharePointCentralAdministration.UseSharePointCentralAdministration to extendavirtual server,createsitesorturnonSelf-ServiceSite Creationsouserscancreatetheirown
sites,managesecuritysettings,manage thelistofservers inyourserverfarm, andsoon.Ifyouprefer, youcanalsousetheStsadm.execommand-line utilitytomanageyour serversrunningWindows SharePointServices.
ApplicationsforWindowsSharePointServices– downloadandinstallready-to-useapplicationsto get workingquickly: BoostworkerproductivitybydownloadingandinstallinganapplicationforWindows
SharePointServices.Theseapplicationsaretailoredtoaddressspecific processesortasks.Therearemany tochoosefrom,includingrecruiting,projectmanagement,helpdeskissuetracking, timesheetand
scheduling,event planning,andmore.Usetheapplicationsassoonasyouinstall themorcustomize themfurthertomeet yourorganization’sspecific needsand requirements.
Additional
products
and
services
Thefollowingsectionsdescribetheproductsandservices thatcomewiththeIBMstorageserver. AllproductsandapplicationsexceptServeRAIDManager andtheIBMDirectoragentarepreinstalled. Thissection includestheprocedurestoinstall theseapplications.
IBM
Director
Agent
IBMDirectorisa comprehensivesystems-managementsolution.Itprovidesa powerfulsuiteoftoolsand utilitiesto automatemanyoftheprocessesrequiredtomanagesystemsproactively.For example,youcan useit toperformpreventivemaintenance,diagnostic monitoring,andtroubleshooting.Aninterface provideseasyaccesstobothlocalandremote systems.
TheIBMDirectoragentisnotinstalled.ToinstalltheIBMDirector agent,completethefollowingsteps: 1. Click Start→ Run.The“Run”windowopens.
2. Type c:\drivers\director\dir5.10.2_agent_windows.exe.
3. Click OK.TheIBMDirectoragentisinstalled.
SeetheIBMDirectordocumentationontheIBMDirectorCD thatcomeswith theIBM storageserverfor moreinformation.
IBM
Tivoli
Continuous
Data
Protection
for
Files
TivoliContinuousDataProtectionforFilesisa real-time,continuousdataprotectionsolutionfor workstationsandlaptopcomputers.Insteadofwaitingforascheduledinterval,TivoliContinuousData ProtectionforFilesbacksupyourmostimportantfilesthemomenttheyaresavedbycreating acopy locallyfor“anywhere restore”andsendinga copytothefileserver.
Eachtimea clientsavesadocument,thesoftwarewillimmediatelyandtransparentlymakea versioned copylocally(ontheharddisk)and itwillqueue-upa copytobetransmittedtotheFileServer thatit is deployedfrom.
Formoreinformation,clicktheTivoliCDPicononthedesktop.
ServeRAID
Manager
Usethisprogramtoconfigurearraysand logicaldrives ontheServeRAIDcontroller.ServeRAIDManager operatesintwoways: instartable-CDmodeand asaninstalledprogram.ServeRAIDManagerisnot preinstalled.Thefilesare ontheharddisk.Toinstall ServeRAIDManager,double-click theInstall ServeRAIDManagericonontheIBMstorage serverdesktop.
Note: ServeRAIDversion8.25orlaterisrequiredfortheDS300orDS400attacheddisk subsystems.The
softwareisavailablefor downloadat
SeetheIBMServeRAIDUser’sReferenceontheIBMServeRAIDSupportCDfordetailedinstructionsfor usingthisprogram.
Recovering
the
IBM
storage
server
Usetherecoveryprocessto restoretheIBM storageserverproducttoitsoriginaldefaultconfiguration afteranunrecoverable systemfailurehasoccurred.Therecovery processformatstheharddisksand reinstallstheoperatingsystem,devicedrivers,andapplications.
Attention: Makesurethatyouhavesavedalldatafromtheprimarypartitionandall locallyattached
secondarypartitionsoftheIBMstorageserverbefore youperformthis procedure. TorecovertheIBMstorageserver,completethefollowingsteps:
1. TurnofftheIBMstorageserver.
2. Disconnecttheserverfromallexternalnetworks,includingstoragenetworkssuchasFibreChannel.
3. Connectpower,keyboard,monitor,and mousetotheIBM storageserver.
4. Pressthepower-controlbutton.
5. Makesurethattheredundantarrayofindependentdisks(RAID)configurationiscorrect.Ifyou
havecreatednewRAIDlogicaldrives,thefirstarraymust beat least36GB.
6. InserttheIBMstorageservermedia 1oftheRecoveryCD,intotheCDdrive.TheIBM storageserver
recoveryCDautomaticallystarts,andtheRecoveryMainMenuisdisplayed. 7. PressEntertostart therecovery process.Thetermsand conditionsare displayed.
8. Readthetermsandconditions.Click Yifyouaccepttheconditions.TheATTENTION-READTHIS
BEFOREYOUCONTINUE screenisdisplayed.
Attention: Thisisthelastopportunity tostoptherecoveryprocess.Allunsaveddatawillbelost
whentherecoveryprocessisstarted.
9. Readtheinformationand clickYtostarttherecovery process.Astatuswindowopens duringthe
recoveryprocess.
10. RemoveRecoveryCD,Media 1and inserttheremainingIBMstorageserverRecoveryCDsintothe
CDdrivewhenyouareprompted.
11. WhenthelastCDhasbeenremoved,pressEnter. Theinstallationprocesscantakeupto1hourto
becompleted. The“LogontoWindows”window opens.
12. Typetheusernameandpassword. Thedefaultusernameisadministrator,and thedefault
passwordispassw0rd.
13. ClickOK.TheIBMstorage serverdesktopisdisplayed.
14. ClickShut Down.
Goto“InstallingtheIBM storageserver”onpage1.
IBM
storage
server
solution
help
information
ProblemdeterminationforyourIBM hardwareisprovidedthrough IBMServices.See
http://www.ibm.com/planetwide/for supporttelephonenumbers, orintheU.S.and Canada,call 1-800-IBM-SERV(1-800-426-7378).
Ifpossible,beatyour computerwhenyoucallandhavethefollowinginformationready: v Machinetype andmodel
v SerialnumbersofyourIBM hardwareproducts
v Descriptionoftheproblem
v Exactwordingofanyerrormessages
TechnicalassistancefortheIBM storageserversoftwareisprovidedthroughIBMOperational Support ServicesSupportLineofferings.Thesefee-basedserviceofferingsprovideassistanceforconfiguringand installingsoftware.Formoreinformation,andsupporttelephone numbers,seehttp://www.ibm.com/ planetwide/.
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