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July 3, 2007 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 297
Server Control Panel
Server Control Panel
Server Control Panel allows you to monitor and control the current status of a K2
Media Server in its roles as the media file system server and the media database
server. This is especially useful for redundant K2 Storage Systems (Level 2R and
Level 3R), as you must know if a media server is currently acting as primary or as
backup before attempting any troubleshooting or service work.
Server Control Panel displays information about the Failover Service, the media file
system server primary/redundant roles, the media database primary/redundant roles,
and database replication.
NOTE: Do not click Stop or Start unless you intend to manually control the current
primary/redundant roles. Using these buttons can trigger an automatic system
recovery (failover) event.
To launch Server Control Panel, in the K2 System Configuration application, click the
Server Control Panel
button. You can also launch Server Control
Panel on the local K2 Media Server. When you do so you must log in with
administrator-level privileges.
Refer to procedures in Chapter 11, Administering and maintaining the K2 Storage
System to use Server Control Panel for maintenance, service, and other tasks.
Storage Utility
You should be aware that there are two versions of Storage Utility:
If your K2 Storage System does not have
redundant servers, only the left panel (one
server) appears.
If your K2 Storage System has redundant
servers, both panels (two servers) appear.