IBM Storwize V7000, Manual

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Chapter 10. Next steps
After you have completed the initial setup and initial configuration of your system
here are some pointers to the next configuration steps.
Pointers to the configuration tasks that you may want to do next
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If you wish to change the bonding of the public network ports on the file
modules, for example to change the bond mode to 4. It is best to do this before
defining the public IP addresses, so that you do not have to detach and reattach
the Public networks (ethX0 and ethX1). Thus, client computers will not lose
access to files because access has not, yet, been configured. In addition, it is also
convenient to increase the maximum Ethernet packet size at the same time.
Refer to Changing a bond network interface on a file module, located in the
Information Center, for information on changing network bonding.
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If you have connected the second 1 Gbps Ethernet port on each node canister in
each control enclosure to your network then you can configure it with the
secondary system IP address to give a redundant path for the active
management node running on a file module to ssh block storage CLI commands
to the main configuration node running on one of the node canisters in one of
the control enclosures. Refer to Ethernet connectivity from file modules to the
control enclosure, located in the Information Center, for examples of using the
chsystemip
and
chstoragesystem
CLI commands.
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Investigate the Suggested tasks by selecting the Suggested Tasks button in the
Home > Overview panel of the management GUI. For example you can set up
the service IP addresses for the node canisters in the control enclosures and you
can set up event notifications if you skipped that during initial configuration.
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The Storwize V7000 control enclosure has the ability send an inventory
information email to IBM at regular intervals. Refer to Setting up email event
notifications and inventory reports using the CLI for how to set up inventory
reporting. This topic is listed in the Information Center.
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For other configuration tasks refer to the Configuring section of the Information
Center.
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For other administration tasks refer to the Administering section of the
Information Center.
Schedule a periodic backup of the TDB:
The Trivial DataBase (TDB) is used to store various types of information used to
manage the system. It is recommended that you set up a periodic backup of the
TDB, so backups are available to support personnel, in the event a TDB becomes
lost or corrupted.
1. ssh to the file module management IP address (refer to Table 36 on page 54).
Log in with user ID
admin and password admin001 .
2. Type mktask BackupTDB --minute 0 --hour 2 --dayOfWeek "*"
Note: If you are prompted with following message, the management service is
probably not up from the reboot. Wait a few minutes and try again:
IBM SONAS management service is stopped
EFSSG0026I Cannot execute commands because Management Service is stopped.
Use startmgtsrv to restart the service
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