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IBM TotalStorage NAS Gateway 500, Administrator'S Manual

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network-attached

 

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NAS

 

Gateway

 

500

 

Administrator’s

 

Guide

Summary of Contents for TotalStorage NAS Gateway 500

Page 1: ...500 Administrator s Guide SC30 4072 01 Read before using This product contains software that is licensed under written license agreements Your use of such software is subject to the license agreements under which they are provided ...

Page 2: ...M welcomes your comments A form for reader s comments is provided at the back of this publication If the form has been removed you can address your comments to International Business Machines Corporation Design Information Development Department CGFA PO Box 12195 Research Triangle Park NC 27709 9990 U S A You can also submit comments on the Web at www ibm com servers storage support When you send ...

Page 3: ...Worksheets for initial configuration 4 Optional software features 4 Clustering 4 Remote Mirroring 4 Common Internet File System 4 User definitions 5 Root user 5 NAS administrators 6 File access users 6 External disk SAN storage 7 Chapter 2 NAS administrator s installation checklist 9 Part 2 Initial configuration 11 Chapter 3 Getting started 13 Overview 13 Powering on the NAS Gateway 500 for the fi...

Page 4: ...atic Routes Wizard 72 Cluster Wizard 72 CIFS Wizard 72 Volume Wizard 73 NAS Administrator Wizard 73 File Access User Wizard 73 Part 3 User interfaces 75 Chapter 16 Command line interface 77 Chapter 17 Using System Management Interface Tool 79 Chapter 18 Using WebSM after initial configuration 83 Part 4 Managing the NAS Gateway 500 87 Chapter 19 NAS administrator common tasks 89 Creating users 89 C...

Page 5: ... user 101 Changing a local file access user s password 102 Changing or showing characteristics of a local file access user 102 Removing a local file access user 102 Listing local file access users 103 Setting or changing a CIFS user s password 103 Adding a group 103 Changing or showing characteristics of a group 103 Removing a group 103 Listing all groups 104 Directory Services 104 Configuring the...

Page 6: ...ng volume information from a local physical disk 122 Displaying the size of a remote disk 122 Removing volume information from a remote physical disk 123 Creating a link aggregation device 123 Listing link aggregation devices 123 Changing a link aggregation device 124 Removing a link aggregation device 124 Chapter 25 Managing file serving 125 FTP 125 Creating and managing FTP users 125 Creating an...

Page 7: ... a CIFS user 145 Changing a CIFS user 146 Changing a CIFS user s password 146 Removing a CIFS user 146 NetBIOS Name Server 147 Listing names in the NetBIOS Name Table 147 Adding a NetBIOS name 147 Deleting a NetBIOS name 147 Deleting a NetBIOS name by address and by name 147 Backing up a NetBIOS Name table 148 Restoring a NetBIOS Name table 148 Chapter 26 Managing networking 149 Tasks used to mana...

Page 8: ...me 168 Exporting a NAS volume 168 Importing a NAS volume 169 Extending the size of a NAS volume 169 Copying a NAS volume 169 Replacing a disk within a NAS volume 170 Mounting a NAS volume 170 Unmounting a NAS volume 170 Creating a mirror of a local NAS volume 171 Unmirroring a local NAS volume 171 Synchronizing a NAS volume 171 Listing NAS volumes in a system 172 Viewing NAS volume statistics 172 ...

Page 9: ...alling Electronic Service Agent from SMIT 205 Installing Electronic Service Agent from a command line 206 What to do if the Electronic Service Agent installation fails 206 Installing Electronic Service Agent client code 208 Removing the Electronic Service Agent 209 Uninstalling Electronic Service Agent on the monitored machine 209 Initial start of Electronic Service Agent processes 210 Step 1 Star...

Page 10: ...ocal file access users and groups 265 Directories 267 Managing clustering 271 Managing devices 273 Managing file serving 275 FTP command SMIT fastpaths and WebSM access 275 HTTP command SMIT fastpaths and WebSM access 275 NFS command SMIT fastpaths and WebSM access 276 CIFS command SMIT fastpaths and WebSM access 279 Managing the network 281 Managing security 284 Secure NFS command SMIT fastpaths ...

Page 11: ... failure 301 Appendix D Cluster snapshot configuration 303 Adding a cluster snapshot 303 Changing and showing a cluster snapshot 304 Removing a cluster snapshot 304 Applying a cluster snapshot 304 Configuring a custom snapshot method 305 Adding a custom snapshot method 306 Changing or showing a custom snapshot method 306 Removing a custom snapshot method 306 Appendix E Hardware installation and se...

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Page 13: ...ion panel 56 28 CIFS Local users panel 56 29 Confirm CIFS settings panel 57 30 Select a node panel 60 31 Volume selection panel 61 32 Volume configuration panel 62 33 Remote volume configuration panel 63 34 NAS volume creation confirmation panel 64 35 NAS Volume Creation Complete panel 65 36 Congratulations panel 66 37 Select network interfaces 67 38 Set link aggregation options 68 39 Link aggrega...

Page 14: ...53 Electronic Service Agent advanced panel 222 54 Operator panel 311 xiv NAS Gateway 500 Administrator s Guide ...

Page 15: ...s and WebSM access 269 22 LDAP SMIT fastpaths and WebSM access 270 23 Clustering fastpaths and WebSM access 271 24 Devices command SMIT fastpaths and WebSM access 273 25 FTP command SMIT fastpaths and WebSM access 275 26 HTTP command SMIT fastpaths and WebSM access 275 27 NFS command SMIT fastpaths and WebSM access 276 28 CIFS command SMIT fastpaths and WebSM access 279 29 Network SMIT fastpaths a...

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Page 17: ...l v Critical business issues such as backup disaster recovery security Summary of changes This book contains both information previously presented in the First Edition February 2004 of the IBM TotalStorage NAS Gateway 500 Administrator s Guide and major technical changes to that information New information This edition includes the following new information for Version 1 1 1 v Link aggregation v R...

Page 18: ...istration Diagnosis problem determination and service IBM TotalStorage NAS Gateway 500 Planning Guide GA27 4335 U U U IBM TotalStorage NAS Gateway 500 Hardware Installation Guide GA27 4336 U U IBM TotalStorage NAS Gateway 500 Quick Start Instructions GX27 4026 U IBM TotalStorage NAS Gateway 500 Administrator s Guide SC30 4072 U U U IBM TotalStorage NAS Gateway 500 Command Reference SC30 4074 U U U...

Page 19: ...eway 500 Softcopy publications Additional technical publications are provided in PDF format on the NAS Gateway 500 documentation CD ROM and at www ibm com servers storage support The following publications contain additional information about the NAS Gateway 500 v IBM TotalStorage NAS Gateway 500 Planning Guide GA27 4335 This manual describes the requirements to consider when planning the installa...

Page 20: ... Volume 1 v AIX 5L Version 5 2 Commands Reference Volume 2 v AIX 5L Version 5 2 Commands Reference Volume 3 v AIX 5L Version 5 2 Commands Reference Volume 4 v AIX 5L Version 5 2 Commands Reference Volume 5 v AIX 5L Version 5 2 Commands Reference Volume 6 v AIX 5L Version 5 2 Files Reference v AIX 5L Version 5 2 Glossary v AIX 5L Version 5 2 Installation Guide and Reference v AIX 5L Version 5 2 Ope...

Page 21: ...placed just before descriptions of potentially lethal or extremely hazardous procedure steps or situations Bold Identifies commands subroutines keywords files structures directories and other items whose names are predefined by the system Also identifies graphical objects such as buttons labels and icons that the user selects Italics Identifies parameters whose actual names or values are to be sup...

Page 22: ...l information is found Be sure to visit the support page that is specific to your hardware The Web sites include FAQs parts information technical hints and tips technical publications and downloadable files if applicable Site Description www ibm com Main IBM home page www storage ibm com IBM Storage home page www ibm com servers storage support IBM Support home page for Storage products xxii NAS G...

Page 23: ...s disk storage residing on a fibre channel storage area network SAN v Chapter 1 Introduction on page 3 provides an overview of the initial configuration user interfaces and the day to day tasks necessary to manage a NAS Gateway 500 v Chapter 2 NAS administrator s installation checklist on page 9 provides a checklist of the tasks you must perform to install and configure the NAS Gateway 500 Copyrig...

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Page 25: ...configuration of the NAS Gateway 500 see Part 2 Initial configuration on page 11 v Using the NAS Gateway 500 user interfaces including Using the System Management Interface Tool SMIT Using the Web Based System Manager WebSM Using the command line interface CLI To learn about the available user interfaces to manage the NAS Gateway 500 see Part 3 User interfaces on page 75 v Management of the NAS Ga...

Page 26: ...ring provides a high level of redundancy between nodes In the event that one node fails the other node can assume the role of the failed node The clustering option can be selected and configured during the initial configuration or at a later time If you are going to configure clustering be sure to complete the clustering worksheets that are in the IBM TotalStorage NAS Gateway 500 Planning Guide GA...

Page 27: ...dition the root user can perform operations such as v Add or remove NAS administrators for restricted system management v Apply software updates PTFs software upgrades hardware firmware v Add delete or configure hardware system unit and adapters v Restore the system back to factory default v Perform advanced problem determination and diagnostics v Configure or invoke Electronic Service Agent Call ...

Page 28: ...NAS administrators during the initial configuration of the NAS Gateway 500 Create a NAS administrator ID during initial configuration and use the NAS administrator ID for management activities NAS administrators operate within the boundaries of a protected shell with specialized functions that provide simplified interfaces for management of the NAS Gateway 500 This is the preferred method for mana...

Page 29: ...pported at a time You cannot use an Enterprise Storage Server a FAStT Storage Server or SAN Volume controller on the same gateway or on two gateways that are clustered together at the same site 2 If you do need to mix an IBM storage device with a non IBM storage device or to attach non IBM storage then you can use the IBM TotalStorage SAN Volume Controller See the IBM TotalStorage Virtualization F...

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Page 31: ... Refer to IBM TotalStorage NAS Gateway 500 Hardware Installation Guide GA27 4336 h Enter the IP address that is displayed on the display panel on the front of the NAS Gateway 500 into a Web browser that is executing on the managing console See Chapter 3 Getting started on page 13 h Accept the software license agreement See Accepting the license agreement on page 14 h Install the Web based System M...

Page 32: ...umes on page 165 Electronic Service Agent Verify prerequisites for Electronic Service Agent h Root authority h Free disk space h RSH DSH or FTP capable h IBM diagnostics installed h Java available h Serial port 2 available h Modem set up and configured h Telephone connected and operational h PPP installed configured and running h E mail service available h Host name machine type model and serial n...

Page 33: ...configuration exits After this remote site network configuration is completed start initial configuration at the local site and select Step 2 at the Remote Mirroring Wizard All remaining configuration is performed from the local site and propagated to all other nodes local and remote v Chapter 8 Using the General Setup Wizard on page 33 provides information about general configuration tasks such a...

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Page 35: ...ecute the Initial Configuration Wizard at the remote site first to establish communication between the sites 6 Execute the Initial Configuration Wizard on the local site Once these phases are complete the NAS Gateway 500 is ready to serve files Powering on the NAS Gateway 500 for the first time The NAS Gateway 500 operates in a headless mode A headless machine is a machine that does not have a mon...

Page 36: ...e Driver SDD in a clustered environment the process of configuring a NAS volume is slightly altered The driver must be installed before you define any NAS volumes Caution Do not perform any NAS volume configuration before installing the SDD You will lose your volume configuration information if you install the SDD afterwards See Chapter 13 Using the Volume Wizard on page 59 for information about t...

Page 37: ...nt when using an AIX system it is already a part of the operating system The minimum requirements for the WebSM Remote Client are v 1 Ghz processor v 75 MB free disk space v 512 MB of memory The supported operating systems are v Microsoft Windows NT 4 0 Windows 2000 and Windows XP v Red Hat Linux versions 7 2 or 7 3 v AIX no installation necessary Note The panels shown in this section are from a W...

Page 38: ...on steps Some popup windows are displayed during this process The Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for Web based System Manager Remote Client panel is displayed when the preparation is finished Follow the prompts to complete the installation of the WebSM Remote Client Note If you need to install the WebSM Remote Client on additional machines you can bring up the remote client download page agai...

Page 39: ...e primary node in the case of a cluster The primary node is the node of the cluster which has been connected to the WebSM client workstation for the purpose of configuring all nodes in the cluster All configuration is performed on the primary node and the configuration is propagated to all other nodes Chapter 3 Getting started 17 ...

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Page 41: ...ient Linux Run the file called wsm that is in the bin directory off the directory you specified during installation of the remote client The default installation directory is opt websm and if you used the default you would enter opt websm bin wsm from a shell prompt AIX Enter wsm from a command prompt on a machine that has X Windows capability 2 When the Log On window appears log on to the WebSM R...

Page 42: ...by clicking Initial Configuration Wizard to open another window containing the Initial Configuration Wizard GUIs Continue with Chapter 5 Using the Initial Configuration Wizard on page 21 Figure 2 Web based System Manager Remote Client Log On panel 20 NAS Gateway 500 Administrator s Guide ...

Page 43: ... NAS Gateway 500s must be powered on and the operating system must be initialized Remote Mirrored configurations This configuration refers to a GeoCluster involving two sites with one to two clustered nodes at each site 1 Determine the number of nodes at each site in your geographic cluster and a For sites with one cluster node ensure the prerequisites for a single node are met b For sites with tw...

Page 44: ...initial configuration you must do some limited configuration at the remote site This allows network communication between the sites First start initial configuration at the remote site Then when the Remote Mirroring Wizard is reached perform step 1 see Chapter 7 Using the Remote Mirroring Wizard on page 27 and initial configuration exits After this remote site network configuration is completed st...

Page 45: ...mes sharing and snapshots Note Most wizards can be run from WebSM after initial configuration is complete See Chapter 15 Running wizards after initial configuration on page 71 for more information Chapter 5 Using the Initial Configuration Wizard 23 ...

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Page 47: ...emote Mirroring if Clustering is chosen and CIFS File Serving Click the check box beside the feature to select the feature You can select more than one feature Note You must have a clustered system to use Remote Mirroring This option is unavailable unless you select the clustering feature If you are using remote mirroring and this is the initial configuration at the local site Step 2 you must sele...

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Page 49: ... remote site is completed start initial configuration at the primary node of the local site The local primary node is the node selected by the WebSM client at the local site for configuration When the Remote Mirroring Wizard prompts for a site select Step 2 All remaining system configuration is performed from the local primary node and is propagated to all remaining nodes at both sites The Remote ...

Page 50: ... the one that will later be assigned to the first GeoNetwork a network dedicated to mirroring and not file serving 3 If you want multiple ports to be used for this communications path and you have a properly configured Ethernet switch you can use link aggregation to aggregate Ethernet ports To do this click Configure Link Aggregation this launches the Link Aggregation Wizard see Link Aggregation W...

Page 51: ...the nodes in the geographic cluster Step 2 from the local site You must already have a communications path established between the two sites and be logged in to the primary node of the local site with your WebSM client to complete initial configuration on the mirroring cluster 1 Select Step 2 on the Select Your Site see Figure 4 on page 27 panel and click Next 2 The Site Topology Selection panel a...

Page 52: ...pter 14 Using the Link Aggregation Wizard on page 67 6 Enter a site name subnet mask and the default gateway IP address You must use a site name ranging from one to 21 alphanumeric or underscore characters 7 Click to select Dominant site if appropriate The dominant site is the site that will take over in case all communication is lost between sites You can select either the local or remote site as...

Page 53: ...te Mirroring Network panel The number of fields in the Remote Site Mirroring Network panel will depend on the number of nodes at this site Figure 8 is for a site with two nodes if your site has only a single node then the fields for the second node will not appear 11 Enter the appropriate information for the Remote Site Mirroring Site just as you just did for the Local Site If you need to configur...

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Page 55: ...ate and time panel to set the system date and time Use the scroll buttons to select the month date and year Use the drop down menu to select your time zone Click to indicate if your area observes Daylight Saving Time Enter the address of the Master Time Synchronization Server IP address optional Click Next If you enabled Remote Mirroring at setup an additional panel follows the Set Date and Time p...

Page 56: ...root password panel to enter the new password that you have chosen for the root password Reenter the same password to confirm Click Next Figure 10 Set root password panel 34 NAS Gateway 500 Administrator s Guide ...

Page 57: ...aging the NAS Gateway 500 a If you click the Add button the Add NAS administrator panel appears 1 Enter a user ID and optionally the full name of the NAS administrator The user ID can be up to 8 alphanumeric characters or underscores 2 Enter the password you want the NAS administrator to use Confirm the password 3 Click OK and you are returned to the window where you see the newly created NAS admi...

Page 58: ...ice select NIS client If you do not have a directory service configured or plan to use NIS or LDAP select None Click Next Note NIS and LDAP are configured after initial configuration See Directory Services on page 104 Figure 12 List of Directory Services panel 36 NAS Gateway 500 Administrator s Guide ...

Page 59: ...d NIS client you need to enter the NIS domain name and the IP address of the NIS server in the following panel and then click Next Figure 13 NIS Client configuration panel Chapter 8 Using the General Setup Wizard 37 ...

Page 60: ...ally the full name of the file access user The user ID can be up to 8 alphanumeric characters or underscores Note The file access user ID cannot be user 2 Enter the password you want the file access user to use 3 Click OK and you are returned to the File access users window where you see the newly created file access user in the text box b To remove a file access user from the list click an existi...

Page 61: ...xt portion of initial configuration If you selected clustering in the Feature Selection Wizard you begin the Cluster Configuration Wizard see Chapter 10 Using the Cluster Wizard on page 43 If you did not select clustering you begin the Network Configuration Wizard see Chapter 9 Using the Network Configuration Wizard on page 41 Chapter 8 Using the General Setup Wizard 39 ...

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Page 63: ...name can be from one to 31 alphanumeric or underscore characters only although you cannot begin the host name with a number The names must be unique if the names are longer than 24 characters at least one of the first 24 characters must be unique 2 The primary and secondary Domain Name Server DNS addresses are used to resolve host names into dotted IP addresses Enter the DNS address or addresses p...

Page 64: ...k for the specified adapter Click OK to complete the change and return to the Network configuration panel 6 If you selected CIFS in the Feature Selection Wizard clicking Next starts the CIFS Wizard If you did not select CIFS the Volume Wizard is displayed Figure 16 Static or dynamic IP address selection panel 42 NAS Gateway 500 Administrator s Guide ...

Page 65: ...our host names are also required depending on the number of nodes you selected The cluster name uniquely identifies the cluster For Remote Mirroring this cluster name applies to all nodes at both sites Without Remote Mirroring the cluster name applies to both nodes A well chosen name is especially useful when multiple clusters are defined on a network The cluster name can be from one to 31 alphanu...

Page 66: ...gures the networking cluster parameters If you selected Remote Mirroring Figure 18 appears If you did not select Remote Mirroring Figure 19 on page 45 appears The following fields appear only if the Remote Mirroring feature is selected v Mirrored Volumes File serving IP addresses v Mirroring Mode v Remote Priority Node Figure 18 Cluster for node with Remote Mirroring 44 NAS Gateway 500 Administrat...

Page 67: ...rroring there are two sets of file serving IP addresses one for non mirrored volumes and one for mirrored volumes Without Remote Mirroring only one set is specified If no file serving IP addresses are specified then this node is in standby mode and no files are served If a different node fails then the file serving duties from the failed node can be transferred to this node changing it from standb...

Page 68: ... two remote nodes named R1 and R2 where R2 has been designated the priority node for the local node L1 then If L1 fails L2 takes over Then if L2 fails R2 takes over Then if R2 fails R1 takes over Note In the event of site failure refer to Appendix C Remote Mirroring problem determination on page 295 Each node at a site has a node at the other site assigned as the remote priority node if the other ...

Page 69: ...ve entered any incorrect information on the preceding panels you can change the values by clicking Back Click Synchronize to begin cluster synchronization This initial synchronization process takes several minutes to complete Subsequent synchronizations will be faster If Remote Mirroring is enabled the cluster is synchronized and enabled at the end of initial configuration otherwise the cluster is...

Page 70: ...ny or all of the adapter ports in the list Note The adapter ports are not part of the cluster They do not provide fail over and cannot do cluster file serving After selecting an adapter port and clicking Edit the configure Ethernet adapters panel appears allowing you to select a static or dynamic address for the specified adapter port 1 If you select static you can enter the IP address and subnet ...

Page 71: ...the network settings for the remaining nodes in the cluster 7 Click Next after you complete all nodes in the cluster If you are doing initial configuration the Static Routes Wizard starts automatically Figure 22 Network configuration 2 Chapter 10 Using the Cluster Wizard 49 ...

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Page 73: ...figure Static Routes panel You are asked for the following information v Destination IP address v Gateway IP address The IP address of the gateway that you use to reach the destination network v Address type network or host Specifies whether the destination IP address is a host address or a network address v Netmask This field is available only if the destination IP address is a network address ra...

Page 74: ...ill in the required fields and click Next 2 A panel appears saying that you have successfully configured a static route If you want to configure another static route click Configure Another Static Route Otherwise click Next to continue initial configuration Figure 24 Static route created 52 NAS Gateway 500 Administrator s Guide ...

Page 75: ... without Remote Mirroring then there is only one CIFS panel with settings for two servers A single node gateway system has a single CIFS panel with fields for one node Supply the information for these fields using the following descriptions 1 Use the CIFS server panel to enter the name of your server a server description and the domain group a The server name is the name by which your Windows clie...

Page 76: ...s an advanced NetBIOS name server It is used to map IP addresses to more human readable hostnames The CIFS Setup Wizard allows you to specify WINS servers by entering one or two IP addresses of the servers into the fields shown If you do not want to use WINS leave the fields blank and click Next If you want to use WINS enter the server IP address or addresses and click Next Figure 25 Local CIFS Se...

Page 77: ...s the user v Locally on each machine Each client keeps track of the users that log into it When a user types their username and password it is verified on the client on which it was entered Password encryption can be handled three ways a No Encryption Only plain text passwords are accepted b Only Encryption Only encrypted passwords are accepted c Negotiate Encryption Clients can negotiate either p...

Page 78: ... CIFS Local users panel appears Use the CIFS Local users panel to select how you want to create local user accounts Click your selection and click Next Figure 27 CIFS User Authentication panel Figure 28 CIFS Local users panel 56 NAS Gateway 500 Administrator s Guide ...

Page 79: ...The Confirm CIFS settings panel allows you to confirm your CIFS settings before continuing If your settings are correct click Next Figure 29 Confirm CIFS settings panel Chapter 12 Using the CIFS Wizard 57 ...

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Page 81: ...ation of the SDD is lost if the SDD is installed afterward After the installation of the SDD you can execute this wizard again to define your NAS volumes see Volume Wizard on page 73 for instructions on running the Volume Wizard again Refer to IBM TotalStorage Advanced Configuration and Problem Determination Guide for information about migrating to the SDD on the NAS Gateway 500 If your external s...

Page 82: ...r hard disks that the newly created NAS volume allocates In the Volume selection panel below you must select one or more physical volumes from which you want to allocate disk space and click Add Your selection appears in the Selections box Once you have selected all the hard disks you require for this NAS volume click Next Note If you have not configured your external disk storage system a panel i...

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Page 84: ...d configuration c The Maximum number of snapshots scroll box is for the maximum number of snapshots that can be allocated on a volume The maximum number that can be used is 15 d The Snapshot size scroll box is for the percentage of the file system space reserved for snapshots e The Enable CIFS sharing check box allows you to specify that you want the new NAS volume to be created as a CIFS share CI...

Page 85: ...elected during the Feature Selection Wizard Note If you do not select this check box the NAS volume creation confirmation panel appears If you do select this check box the Remote Volume configuration panel appears If you select to create a remotely mirrored volume you will need to select a remote node that will be used to list the disks at the remote site i Click Next 4 A Remote volume configurati...

Page 86: ...ion panel appears This panel provides information about the NAS volume that you are about to create in the Volume configuration panel Click Next Figure 34 NAS volume creation confirmation panel 64 NAS Gateway 500 Administrator s Guide ...

Page 87: ...additional NAS volumes To create additional NAS volumes click Create another volume and you are returned to the Volume configuration panel If you do not want to create additional NAS volumes click Next Figure 35 NAS Volume Creation Complete panel Chapter 13 Using the Volume Wizard 65 ...

Page 88: ...se the WebSM client Note To rerun any of the individual wizards use the WebSM NAS System Interface See Chapter 15 Running wizards after initial configuration on page 71 for more information Figure 36 Congratulations panel 66 NAS Gateway 500 Administrator s Guide ...

Page 89: ... process This wizard allows you to select one or more Ethernet interfaces to be used for link aggregation When you run the wizard you see the following panels 1 You are asked to select which Ethernet Adapter ports you want to include in the aggregation Make your selections and click Next Figure 37 Select network interfaces Copyright IBM Corp 2004 67 ...

Page 90: ...mes v Mode This specifies the type of link aggregation you are using The default value is standard Valid values are standard standard EtherChannel is used This means a hashing algorithm is used to ensure that all packets to a single destination are sent in order round_robin EtherChannel will alternate packets among all adapters which may result in packets arriving out of order at their destination...

Page 91: ...functional v Internet Address to ping This specifies which IP address to ping to allow detection of the network failure and to trigger failover to the backup adapter This option generates some network traffic which slightly increases the network load This option is useful only if a backup adapter is specified v Number of retries The number of times ping is retried before the link aggregation deter...

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Page 93: ...you have competed initial configuration There might be cases where there is a requirement to run a wizard after initial configuration such as the addition of additional hard disks to an external disk storage system that is attached to the NAS Gateway 500 To reenter any of these wizards start the Web based System Manager Remote Client and click the plus sign next to NAS Management in the left pane ...

Page 94: ... next to Devices 3 In the left pane click the plus sign next to Communication 4 In the left pane click Overview and Tasks 5 In the right pane click Create Link Aggregation Static Routes Wizard To run the Static Routes Wizard 1 In the left pane click the plus sign next to the node 2 In the left pane click the plus sign next to Network 3 In the left pane click Overview and Tasks 4 In the right pane ...

Page 95: ...istrators 2 In the left pane click Overview and Tasks 3 In the right pane click Create a NAS Administrator In a clustered environment administrators that are added with this wizard are propagated to the remote node File Access User Wizard If you want to add additional file access users after completing initial configuration start the File Access User Wizard as follows 1 In the left pane click the ...

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Page 97: ...ortcuts using SMIT fastpath and WebSM on page 259 for a list of the CLI commands and the associated SMIT and WebSM interface instructions The NAS Gateway 500 operates in headless mode The user interfaces are typically accessed from another host machine connected to the NAS Gateway 500 using a network connection For the command line and SMIT you can use telnet or attach a console to serial port 1 t...

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Page 99: ...ued by administrators who prefer working at a command line Appendix B Command shortcuts using SMIT fastpath and WebSM on page 259 contains a list of the CLI commands and the associated SMIT and WebSM interface instructions To use the NAS CLI log on to the NAS Gateway 500 with a NAS Administrator ID Refer to the IBM TotalStorage NAS Gateway 500 Command Reference SC30 4074 for a description of the i...

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Page 101: ...e cases you can make your selection from selection lists rather than having to enter values If you select any of the Manage menus you are presented with the appropriate NAS Administration tasks For additional information about managing the NAS Gateway 500 see Part 4 Managing the NAS Gateway 500 on page 87 If you select Using SMIT general information is provided about using the SMIT interface Revie...

Page 102: ...t Manage Local File Access Users and Groups file_user_local Manage Directories for File Access Users and Groups file_user_dirs Manage NIS nis Manage NIS nis_plus Manage LDAP ldap Manage Clustering nas_cluster Manage Devices nas_devices Disk diskcfg Communication commodev Link Aggregation linkagg Manage File Serving nas_file Manage FTP ftp Manage HTTP http Manage NFS nfs Manage CIFS cifs Manage Net...

Page 103: ...ots Manage Remote Volumes remotevols Manage Remote Mirroring remotemirror See Appendix B Command shortcuts using SMIT fastpath and WebSM on page 259 for a list of the SMIT fastpaths for various commands within the SMIT interface Chapter 17 Using System Management Interface Tool 81 ...

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Page 105: ...eway 500 systems Note The WebSM interface provides a subset of the functionality that is available using the command line or SMIT The WebSM application can be executed both from root and NAS Administrator login However you should log in as a NAS administrator when you want to perform NAS administration tasks To begin a NAS administrator session you must 1 Launch the WebSM Remote Client from anothe...

Page 106: ...d in the navigation panel See Appendix B Command shortcuts using SMIT fastpath and WebSM on page 259 for instructions on how to perform tasks using WebSM After the initial configuration is complete you may want to install the WebSM Remote Client on other host machines in your environment to assist in management of one or more NAS Gateway 500 systems You can download the WebSM Remote Client by ente...

Page 107: ...e address is http HostAddress NAS500WSMCli ja_JP html where HostAddress is the host name or IP address that is assigned to the NAS Gateway 500 or a specific node in the case of a cluster Chapter 18 Using WebSM after initial configuration 85 ...

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Page 109: ... to manage NAS administrator IDs v Chapter 21 Managing applications on page 93 describes managing preinstalled applications to assist you with various management tasks v Chapter 22 Managing client access on page 101 describes defining file access users v Chapter 23 Managing clustered systems on page 109 describes managing clustered systems v Chapter 24 Managing devices on page 119 describes managi...

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Page 111: ...t using the management application provided with your storage subsystem Refer to the documentation that was provided with your storage subsystem for more information on configuring the physical storage that will serve as physical disks to the NAS Gateway 500 system v Have you made configuration changes in your external disk storage subsystem For example to make storage disks available to the NAS G...

Page 112: ...g changes to the configuration files see Backup configuration files on page 157 v Do you want to create a snapshot of a NAS volume see Creating a snapshot on page 178 or configure a schedule for periodic snapshots of the contents of NAS volumes see Configuring a snapshot schedule on page 181 v Do you want to plan a backup strategy for NAS volumes using the preinstalled Tivoli Storage Manager appli...

Page 113: ...om the system Adding a new administrator You can add an administrator to allow other individuals to assist with management activities Note After creating a NAS administrator you need to create a password for the NAS administrator See Changing an administrator s password SMIT fastpath You can use the SMIT fastpath smit mknasadm to add a new administrator You must specify at least the user name for ...

Page 114: ...IT fastpath Use the SMIT fastpath smit lsnasadmf to display the characteristics for a NAS administrator WebSM To show the characteristics of an administrator using WebSM navigate to NAS Management NAS System Administrators All NAS Administrators right click the administrator name Properties List of all the administrators You can display a list of all of the NAS administrators that have been define...

Page 115: ...tion describes how to configure and use the preinstalled Tivoli Storage Manager TSM Backup Archive client and how to set up the Tivoli Storage Manager agent for LAN free operations The TSM client is one part of a total enterprise backup and recovery solution This application gives the NAS Gateway 500 owner the ability to back up and restore data from a separate TSM server Configuring the TSM clien...

Page 116: ...tside of the NAS Gateway 500 WebSM From the main WebSM panel navigate to NAS Management NAS System Node Server IP Address Applications TSM Backup Using TSM Client specify settings OK Restore SMIT fastpath The SMIT menu fastpath command to restore volumes is smit tsm_recov The SMIT menu fastpath command to restore files is smit tsmcrestoref Go to SMIT Manage Applications Backup and Recovery with Ti...

Page 117: ...r name v TSM server password v TSM server TCP IP address v TSM Server TCP IP port SMIT fastpath The SMIT menu fastpath command is smit tsmasetconfig To use the SMIT interface go to SMIT Manage Applications Backup and Recovery with Tivoli Storage Manager TSM Configure TSM Storage Agent Move the cursor to Entry Fields to enter or select values Press Enter WebSM From the main WebSM panel navigate to ...

Page 118: ...00 The TSANM agent collects SAN related information for reporting to a TSANM server Once this information is collected analysis and action can be performed on your SAN Once the TSANM agent is running it communicates with the TSANM server and reports SAN related information All report creation and generation is performed on the TSANM server or manager admin client Refer to the TSANM server document...

Page 119: ...ry Fields to enter or select values Change the state to start or stop and then press Enter to start or stop the Tivoli SAN Manager agent process WebSM From the main WebSM panel navigate to NAS Management NAS System Node Server IP Address Applications TSANM Start or Stop TSANM Agent specify settings OK Showing or changing the boot state of the Tivoli SAN Manager agent The default for Tivoli SAN Man...

Page 120: ... server TCP IP address v TSRM server TCP IP port v TSRM agent TCP IP port SMIT fastpath The SMIT menu fastpath command is smit tsrmasetconfig To use the SMIT interface go to SMIT Manage Applications Storage Resource Management with Tivoli Storage Resource Manager Move the cursor to Entry Fields to enter or select values Press Enter WebSM From the main WebSM panel navigate to NAS Management NAS Sys...

Page 121: ...t from the NAS Gateway 500 user interfaces to obtain these values using standard conventions You can use SMIT and select Manage Applications and then select Network Management with Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP or you can use the SMIT fastpath smit snmp to obtain the menu for SNMP tasks The functions that you can perform include v Getting SNMP information v Setting SNMP information on pa...

Page 122: ... and so on from the MIB to subset the values returned SMIT fastpath The SMIT fastpath command to dump the values from the MIB tree is smit snmpinfo_dump WebSM From the main WebSM panel navigate to NAS Management NAS System Node Server IP Address Applications SNMP Dump SNMP Information specify settings OK Starting SNMP The SNMP agent is a daemon or background process that must be started to handle ...

Page 123: ...ht have been defined during the initial configuration of the product A local file access user has a user name a password primary and secondary groups a home directory and other characteristics During initial configuration local file access users are created with an ID and password using the standard default values for the other attributes Note A local file access user cannot log in to the NAS Gate...

Page 124: ...a local file access user s password WebSM From the main WebSM panel navigate to NAS Management NAS System Client Access All Users right click a user Change password Changing or showing characteristics of a local file access user The characteristics for an existing local file access user can be displayed You can optionally change some of these characteristics such as the free format user informatio...

Page 125: ...tem Client Access Overview and Tasks Create a new group Changing or showing characteristics of a group You can display the characteristics for a group of file access users You can also add local file access users to a group or remove local file access users from a group SMIT fastpath You can use the SMIT fastpath smit chgroup to display or change the characteristics of a group of local file access...

Page 126: ...The NIS and NIS clients are mutually exclusive This section discusses the following NIS tasks v Configuring the NAS Gateway 500 as a NIS client on page 105 v Changing or showing characteristics of the client configuration on page 105 v Changing the NIS domain name of this host on page 106 v Removing NIS client configuration on page 106 The following tasks are NIS Server Administrator tasks The SMI...

Page 127: ...S client can be configured using the Initial Configuration Wizard For more information about NIS refer to the AIX 5L Version 5 2 Network Information Services NIS and NIS Guide A NAS administrator can configure the NAS Gateway 500 as a NIS client Setting up the NIS client requires two steps changing your NIS domain name and configuring the NIS client daemon To change your NIS domain name see Changi...

Page 128: ... is more secure than the broadcast method because it specifies the IP address of the trusted server rather than relying on a server to identify itself However if a router exists between the client and the trusted server it can intercept messages to the trusted IP address and route the messages to an untrusted server Broadcast Broadcast is the simplest but least secure method The key domain is the ...

Page 129: ...he NAS Gateway 500 a NAS administrator can remove the NIS client configuration To remove the NIS client configuration 1 Use the SMIT fastpath smit nis_plus 2 Select Remove NIS Client Configuration from this Host 3 Confirm your selection NIS credential administration The NAS administrator can add LOCAL credentials or DES credentials to the root domain or remove credential information from this loca...

Page 130: ...stinguished name DN to search for users and groups If this field is left empty the entire LDAP database is searched Server Port An optional field used to override the default port 389 used for communication with the LDAP server SMIT fastpath The SMIT menu fastpath command is smit mksecldap Removing LDAP client configuration If you no longer want to use the LDAP client on the NAS Gateway 500 a NAS ...

Page 131: ...e following tasks to manage clustered systems v Enabling the cluster on page 110 v Disabling the cluster on page 110 v Verifying clusters on page 110 v Synchronizing the cluster on page 111 v Deleting the cluster on page 111 v Showing cluster server state on page 111 v Enabling a server in the cluster on page 112 v Disabling a server in cluster on page 112 v Moving cluster service to another adapt...

Page 132: ...following procedures Attention It is important to know that while the cluster is disabled the volumes are not available for client access You can stop clustering on one NAS Gateway 500 and have volumes remain available on another NAS Gateway 500 To do this you must relocate the volumes to the NAS Gateway 500 that will remain active and then use the procedure to disable the cluster on a single node...

Page 133: ...and is smit clnassync WebSM From the main WebSM panel navigate to NAS Management NAS System Cluster Management Synchronize cluster Deleting the cluster Attention Deleting the cluster removes all IP address settings volume definitions NFS exports and CIFS shares from the cluster definition If the cluster is re created these would have to be restored to the cluster by importing volumes re exporting ...

Page 134: ... on one NAS Gateway 500 choose one of the following methods CLI command To enable clustering on one NAS Gateway 500 enter clnasennode n hostname command where hostname is the name of the host that you entered during initial configuration SMIT fastpath The SMIT fastpath command to enable clustering on one NAS Gateway 500 is smit clnasennode Select the appropriate host WebSM To enable clustering on ...

Page 135: ...service Enter the file serving IP address and the target boot adapter IP address WebSM From the main WebSM panel navigate to NAS Management NAS System Cluster Management Move service Showing volumes being served You can view the volumes that are assigned to a particular node as well as what volumes are actively being served by which node The node name name of the group hostname_Vols containing the...

Page 136: ...olume is automatically mounted CLI command At the command prompt enter clnasenvol volume_name group_name SMIT fastpath The SMIT fastpath command is smit clnasenvol Select the appropriate volume and group name WebSM From the main WebSM panel navigate to NAS Management NAS System Cluster Management Enable Volumes Disabling a volume in the cluster Note You must not use this command if the Remote Mirr...

Page 137: ...that are defined to the resource group is unmounted and unavailable CLI command At the command prompt enter clnasdisgroup g resource_group_name SMIT fastpath The SMIT fastpath command to disable clustering on all nodes is smit clnasdisgroup WebSM To disable clustering on all NAS Gateway 500s from the main WebSM panel navigate to Cluster Management Disable resource group Viewing the cluster log If ...

Page 138: ...e Note If this is a geographic cluster no changes are allowed if the cluster is enabled running on any node Otherwise changing the cluster name a host name or a boot adapter is not allowed if the cluster is enabled on either node Adding a GeoPrimary network To add an additional GeoPrimary network to an existing geographic cluster 1 Start the Remote Mirroring Wizard from WebSM with Remote Mirroring...

Page 139: ...ter Wizard from the WebSM Cluster Management Cluster Wizard 2 Click Next to advance to the node you want to change and make the changes 3 Click Next to get to the Synchronization screen and click Synchronize 4 When synchronization completes click Next and Finish to exit the Cluster Wizard Adding another host in the geographic cluster Important When adding another host to a site in a previously con...

Page 140: ...all IP addresses and resource group Any volumes being served by that host are removed from the cluster and are not accessible until added back to the cluster All NFS export and CIFS share definitions for that host will also be removed and must be redefined if the host is re added To delete a host 1 Start the Remote Mirroring Wizard from the WebSM Remote Mirroring Remote Mirroring Wizard 2 Change t...

Page 141: ...administrators Tasks used to manage devices Some of the tasks that are available to NAS administrators include v Configuring devices v Unconfiguring devices on page 120 Tasks to display system configuration information include v Displaying configured disks and attributes on page 120 v Displaying additional device specific information on page 121 Tasks to manage disks include v Displaying installed...

Page 142: ... Ethernet adapters and disks The SMIT fastpath for this function is smit rmdev WebSM To unconfigure disks do the following NAS Management NAS System Node Server IP Address Devices Disks right click the disk Take Offline Make Defined or Delete Displaying configured disks and attributes You can verify that disks are configured and ready for use in a volume CLI command At the command prompt enter the...

Page 143: ...te_cache yes Write Caching enabled False Note The size information is in bold for emphasis Displaying installed devices and attributes To view the installed devices on a system use the NAS command lscfg By default it displays the devices configured in the system If you specify options you can obtain information about a specific device such as the World Wide Name WWN or the ROS level firmware See D...

Page 144: ...sis SMIT fastpath The SMIT fastpath is smit lscfg WebSM To view the Vital Product Data VPD for a device do the following NAS Management NAS System Node Server IP Address Devices Disks right click a disk Vital Product Data Removing volume information from a local physical disk If a volume has been exported from a system you can format the disk that contains the volume so that the volume cannot be i...

Page 145: ...Server IP Address Devices Disks right click a disk Creating a link aggregation device You can create a link aggregation device CLI command At the command prompt enter mklinkagg e adapterlist SMIT fastpath The SMIT fastpath to create a link aggregation device is smit mklinkagg WebSM To create a link aggregation device in WebSM go to NAS Management NAS System Node Server IP Address Devices Communica...

Page 146: ...ddress Devices Communication Link Aggregations select a link aggregation device Change Removing a link aggregation device You can remove a link aggregation device CLI command At the command prompt enter rmlinkagg a aggregation SMIT fastpath The SMIT fastpath to remove a link aggregation device is smit rmlinkagg WebSM To remove a link aggregation device in WebSM do the following NAS Management NAS ...

Page 147: ...istrator can enter smit ftp at the command prompt The Manage FTP panel displays two options v Create Anonymous FTP Login v Create Enable Anonymous FTP User Login Creating an anonymous FTP login To create an anonymous FTP login account select Create Anonymous FTP Login This account allows anonymous FTP access to files stored in the following directories v home ftp bin v home ftp etc v home ftp pub ...

Page 148: ...ently performed by the NAS administrator or root user and is a command prompt configuration task The HTTP file server takes its configuration in the form of server directives The NAS Gateway 500 has a command prompt utility http_config that controls the server directives These directives are stored in two files v httpd conf v admin conf These files are located in the default directory usr HTTPServ...

Page 149: ...ay 500 HTTP file shares This section covers how to create the user password how to create a share how to limit access to shares created and displays information about the HTTP file server All these functions can be performed as NAS administrator or root user To create access for users on the HTTP file shares 1 To allow access to file shares a password must be generated for each file access user Th...

Page 150: ...s directory created during the execution of http_config The adhtaccess command performs the following operations v Provides permission to user or groups to an HTTP file share v Creates the htaccess file v Allows the creation of NAS volumes as HTTP file share v Creates a symbolic link to NAS volumes or directories Note Refer to the IBM TotalStorage NAS Gateway 500 Command Reference for all options ...

Page 151: ...nistration port SMIT fastpath The command can be accessed using the SMIT fastpath smit http Choose the appropriate action v Start HTTP Administration Service v Restart HTTP Administration Service v Stop HTTP Administration Service Displaying HTTP server configuration information The HTTP server contains two configuration files that have information about your HTTP server setup Displaying this info...

Page 152: ...ommand can be accessed using the SMIT fastpath smit lshttplogs Select the appropriate logfile to display v access_log v error_log v httpd pid Network File System This section describes how to use Network File System NFS Subsections include v Starting Network File System on page 131 v Stopping Network File System on page 131 v Changing Network File System characteristics on page 131 v Displaying cu...

Page 153: ...tem reboots now Starts the NFS server immediately but does not start the NFS server after reboot restart Starts the NFS server only after the system has been rebooted Stopping Network File System To stop serving all NFS files 1 Go to the SMIT menu fastpath smit nfs 2 Select Stop NFS Select one of the following options both This is the most common selection It stops the NFS server immediately and d...

Page 154: ...ecute SMIT fastpath smit nfs 2 Select Display Currently Exported Volumes In a single node system this command lists the volumes that are currently exported for NFS access In a clustering dual node solution you have the option of viewing only the volumes that are being exported by a particular node Adding a volume to the export list You can add a volume to the export list to make the volume availab...

Page 155: ...ed hosts 2 At the command prompt enter exportfs av f usr sbin cluster etc exports Note The command options are as follows v a export all mounts listed in exports file v v verbose v f use specified file in place of default etc exports file Note If you fail to edit usr sbin cluster etc exports and specify this file when running exportfs the NFS sharing of other volumes can be disrupted To view read ...

Page 156: ...ime In a clustered environment the Node Group field can be used to specify directories that only reside in one Node Group Refer to the IBM TotalStorage NAS Gateway 500 Command Reference for the syntax and parameter description for the exportnasfs command SMIT fastpath The SMIT fastpath to export a specific volume is 1 Enter smit nfs 2 Select Export Specific Volume from Export List 3 Specify the di...

Page 157: ...stops all NFS traffic No further NFS traffic is allowed In a clustered environment you can specify which Node Group should stop exporting all volumes Refer to the IBM TotalStorage NAS Gateway 500 Command Reference for the syntax and parameter description for the exportnasfs command SMIT fastpath The SMIT fastpath to unexport all volumes is 1 Enter smit nfs 2 Select Unexport All Volumes 3 Optionall...

Page 158: ...show all remote mounts in the format hostname filesystem or select Show Only Which Directories are Mounted to see a list of the filesystems that are currently mounted remotely Starting PC NFS You can start the rpc pcnfsd daemon which handles requests from PC NFS clients for authentication services on remote machines These services include authentication for mounting and for print spooling The PC N...

Page 159: ...he Common Internet File System CIFS For more information on configuring and administering the CIFS server refer to the IBM TotalStorage NAS Gateway 500 CIFS File Serving Guide Note CIFS file serving is an optional feature of the NAS Gateway 500 This feature must be enabled to use the commands in this chapter The NAS Gateway 500 contains Common Internet File System CIFS server software to provide f...

Page 160: ... Authentication To access shares on the CIFS server a Windows user must be authenticated The CIFS server can handle authentication in two ways passthrough and local The authentication method is selected during initial configuration in the CIFS Wizard Passthrough authentication is commonly used in Microsoft Active Directory or Windows NT Domain environments The authentication request is passed to a...

Page 161: ...r while the NAS Gateway 500 is still running Generally this is when the CIFS server settings have changed and the CIFS server needs to be restarted or during service Note In a clustered environment the commands in this section stop the CIFS server on the node that you are currently managing In order to stop the CIFS server on any other node you must log in to that node and issue the command again ...

Page 162: ...ir IP addresses The internet address uses dotted decimal form such as d d d d where d is a decimal value from 0 to 255 inclusive Backup WINS address The Backup WINS Address is the IP address of the WINS server that is used when the primary WINS server is not available Specify the internet address in the following format d d d d where d is a decimal value from 0 to 244 inclusive This field is optio...

Page 163: ...security Specifies if share level security should be enabled instead of user level security Share level security user login Specifies the user name to be used for file access credentials when share level security is enabled Remote Authentication options Sets the following CIFS parameters CIFS Passthrough authentication server Specifies the IP address of the passthrough authentication server CIFS B...

Page 164: ...enu fastpath command to perform CIFS authentication is smit cifs 1 Select CIFS Configuration 2 Select Resource Limits CIFS fileserver characteristics You can set the following parameters v Enable opportunistic locking v Enable search caching v Enable send file API support v Umask v Preserve mixed case filenames v JFS ACL inheritance v DOS File Attributes support v Map long filenames to DOS 8 3 fil...

Page 165: ...t Add a CIFS Share 3 Fill in the required fields The commonly used fields in the dialog are Share network Name The name of the CIFS share The share name does not have to be the same as the directory but it must be unique across all CIFS shares on the NAS Gateway 500 Clients access the share with the Universal Naming Convention UNC path servername sharename where servername is the NetBIOS name of t...

Page 166: ...lustered environment the changes take effect after the cluster has resynchronized During cluster synchronization the NAS Gateway 500 might become temporarily unavailable Removing a CIFS share When a CIFS share is no longer needed a NAS administrator can delete it In a clustered environment this command operates only on the node that you are currently managing logged in on In order to perform this ...

Page 167: ...user to which you would like to map the Windows user Press Esc 4 or F4 to bring up a list of users Description Optional text field describing the mapping Active Indicates whether this user is able to connect to the CIFS server Generally this should be left as yes You can map multiple Windows users to the same NAS file access user If you are not using passthrough authentication all Windows users ma...

Page 168: ...lect the CIFS user you want to change 4 Change any fields necessary The field Server user name is only applicable to user mappings Changing a CIFS user s password A NAS administrator can change a CIFS user s password To change a CIFS user s password CLI command At the command prompt enter net user username p SMIT fastpath The SMIT menu fastpath command to change a CIFS user s password is smit file...

Page 169: ...g a NetBIOS Name table on page 148 Listing names in the NetBIOS Name Table Lists the NetBIOS Names entries that the WINS server keeps in its table Configuring the names is optional Names added to the table are considered static names and are not required to be refreshed Client machines cannot delete the names They must be deleted by using the SMIT delete name option To list names in the NetBIOS Na...

Page 170: ... fully qualified file name with the path 1 Use the smit cifs command 2 Select NBNS 3 Select Back up NetBIOS Name Table to a File Restoring a NetBIOS Name table You can restore the information in the name table to a previous state using the etc cifs nbns names default backup file or another backup file You must specify the backup file name as a fully qualified file name with the path 1 Use the smit...

Page 171: ...ames For example Ethernet adapter ent0 corresponds to interface en0 for Ethernet Version 2 and et0 for IEEE 802 3 At each system startup the operating system automatically configures the network interface software based upon the information in the ODM database Initially the network interface is configured with default values In order to communicate through a given network interface you must set th...

Page 172: ...nfiguration changes are persistent after a reboot SMIT fastpath As a NAS administrator you can display or change the standard network TCP IP interface characteristics using the SMIT fastpath to NAS System Management Manage Network Configure TCP IP Minimum Configuration and Startup Then select the appropriate adapter The SMIT fastpath command smit tcpip provides direct access to the TCP IP menu and...

Page 173: ...y navigating to NAS Management NAS System Node Server IP address Network Overview and Tasks Static Route Wizard Removing static routes You can remove a static route from a local node or its peer node CLI command At the command prompt enter rmroute d destination g gateway SMIT fastpath The SMIT fastpath command to remove a static route is smit rmroute WebSM In WebSM you can access the static routin...

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Page 175: ...following tasks to manage security v Starting the keyserv daemon v Stopping the keyserv daemon on page 154 v Adding or changing a user s key on page 154 v Decrypting and storing a secret key on page 154 v Deleting a stored secret key on page 154 v Changing encryption key on page 155 Starting the keyserv daemon The keyserv daemon stores the private encryption keys of each user logged into the syste...

Page 176: ...wkey WebSM To add or change a user s public key using WebSM execute the following NAS Management NAS System File Serving Network File System From the Menu Bar right click Network File Systems select Configure Secure NFS and then select User Keys Decrypting and storing a secret key Decrypting and storing a public key for a user can be done using the following methods CLI command Execute the command...

Page 177: ...gure Secure NFS and select User Keys Changing encryption key Changing a public key for a user can be done using the following methods CLI command At the command prompt enter chkey SMIT fastpath Use the SMIT fastpath smit chkey WebSM To change the encryption key using WebSM execute the following NAS Management NAS System File Serving Network File System From the Menu Bar right click Network File Sy...

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Page 179: ...on is also available using SMIT Manage System Backup and Recovery List Files in System Backup Backup configuration files After you perform the initial configuration and after making subsequent configuration changes on the NAS Gateway 500 you might want to perform a backup of the configuration files where your unique configuration information is stored This information is valuable in the event that...

Page 180: ...e volumes to the other node in this cluster by entering clnasrelocate g group_name n new_host_name 4 Stop the cluster on the node being shut down by entering cldisnode n hostname Changing reboot options You can specify whether the NAS Gateway 500 system software should reboot automatically after a system crash Specify whether the system should reboot after a system crash using the SMIT fastpath sm...

Page 181: ...more than one user For more information refer to the date command in the IBM TotalStorage NAS Gateway 500 Command Reference CLI command At the command prompt enter date SMIT fastpath The SMIT fastpath command to display the time or set the date is smit date WebSM In WebSM use the following NAS Management NAS System Node System Environment Settings then double click the Date and Time icon Changing ...

Page 182: ...he ntpq command in the IBM TotalStorage NAS Gateway 500 Command Reference CLI command At the command prompt enter ntpq Using the ntpdate command The ntpdate command sets the local date and time by polling the NTP servers specified to determine the correct time It obtains a number of samples from each server specified and applies the standard NTP clock filter and selection algorithms to select the ...

Page 183: ...Note Any previously gathered debugging data is overwritten You can gather debugging data using the SMIT fastpath smit snap Hardware diagnostics The diag command is the starting point to run a wide choice of tasks and service aids that are used to perform hardware problem determination The diag command has a menu driven interface but can also be directed to perform specific tasks using command line...

Page 184: ...The performance information tools allow you to show v Command log Displays a log that lists all commands that have been executed by the NAS administrator v CPU and I O statistics Displays statistics of CPU and I O activities v File system performance Displays information about the file system v Latest installed maintenance Displays latest level of installed maintenance v NAS levels Displays curren...

Page 185: ...NAS SMIT To access the network information tools enter smit show_netstats The Show Network Statistics panel is displayed see Figure 45 on page 164 System Information Move cursor to desired item and press Enter Show Command Log Show CPU and I O Statistics Show Filesystem Performance Show Latest Installed Maintenance Show NAS Levels Show Nework Statistics Show NFS statistics Show Processes Show Syst...

Page 186: ...Show Network Memory Management Statistics Show Network Packet Counts Through Communications Subsystem Show Network Protocol Statistics Show Network Routing Tables Show Network Routing Table Statistics Show Network Sockets State Esc 1 Help Esc 2 Refresh Esc 3 Cancel Esc 8 Image Esc 9 Shell Esc 0 Exit Enter Do Figure 45 Example Show Network Statistics panel 164 NAS Gateway 500 Administrator s Guide ...

Page 187: ...g NAS volumes v Managing Remote Mirrored systems on page 175 v Managing snapshots on page 178 Managing NAS volumes You can perform the following tasks to manage local volumes v Configuring physical volumes on page 166 v Configuring NAS volumes on page 166 v Creating a NAS volume on page 166 v Changing a NAS volume on page 167 v Deleting a NAS volume on page 167 v Defragmenting a NAS volume on page...

Page 188: ...nstructions for completing the required information Help is provided for some panels Creating a NAS volume After storage has been set up and allocated on external disk storage a NAS volume can be created and configured for file serving In a clustered system a NAS volume is associated with a group on a node To create a NAS volume use the NAS command mkvol This command uses the specified physical di...

Page 189: ...ote This command also applies to remotely mirrored volumes CLI command To change the name of a volume use the CLI command chvol n new_volumename volumename To move the volume to another group use the CLI command chvol r resource_group Parameter Description n new_volumename Specifies that the name of the NAS volume identified by volumename is to be changed to the name specified by new_volumename SM...

Page 190: ...o defragment a volume with the CLI use the defragvol volume_name command SMIT fastpath To defragment a volume with SMIT use the smit defragvol command WebSM To defragment a volume in WebSM navigate to NAS Management NAS System Volumes All Volumes right click a volume Defragment Exporting a NAS volume To remove the definition of a NAS volume from the system without destroying its data use the NAS c...

Page 191: ...apshot_percent volumename disk1 disk2 g X node_name remote_disk1 remote_disk2 command Parameter Description n new_total_snapshots Specifies that the new maximum number of snapshots to be created is indicated by the value of new_total_snapshots R Specifies that the number of snapshots be reduced without increasing the size of the file system This allows the existing snapshot schedule to migrate to ...

Page 192: ... size of your NAS volume CLI command To replace a volume with the CLI use the replacevol volume_name source_disk destination_disk command SMIT fastpath To replace a volume with SMIT use the smit replacevol command WebSM To replace a volume in WebSM navigate to NAS Management NAS System Volumes All Volumes right click a volume Replace Disk Mounting a NAS volume If a NAS volume has been unmounted yo...

Page 193: ...o mirror a volume in WebSM navigate to NAS Management NAS System Volumes All Volumes right click a volume New Remote Mirror Volume Unmirroring a local NAS volume If it is unnecessary to keep a mirrored copy of a NAS volume on the local node you can remove the mirrored copies You can specify which mirror copy you would like to remove CLI command To unmirror a volume with the CLI use the mirvol u vo...

Page 194: ...th To list a volume with SMIT use the smit lsvol command To list a volume s attributes use the smit lsvolatt command WebSM To list the volumes in WebSM navigate to NAS Management NAS System Volumes All Volumes right click a volume List Viewing NAS volume statistics To see reports of input output statistics for a NAS volume use the volstat command You can use the information provided by these repor...

Page 195: ...mmand to remotely mirror a NAS volume is smit mkgeovol WebSM To remotely mirror a NAS volume from the main WebSM panel navigate to NAS Management NAS System Volumes Overview and Tasks Create a remote mirror volume Listing remotely mirrored NAS volumes If the system has been configured for remote mirroring you can list all of the remotely mirrored volumes currently on that remote system by using th...

Page 196: ...ile system that snapshots will consume is indicated by new_snapshot_percent g Specifies that the size of the remotely mirrored volume identified by remote_disk1 remote_disk2 should be extended g should be used only when you are logging on a node in the local site If you are already logged in on a node at the remote site g should not be specified X node_name Specifies the name of the node where the...

Page 197: ...Volumes right click a volume Statistics Clearing NAS information from a remote disk You can clear NAS information from a remote disk CLI command At the command prompt enter chpgeovol C node_name remote_hdisk SMIT fastpath The SMIT fastpath command to clear NAS information is smit chpgeovol WebSM Not applicable Managing Remote Mirrored systems Use the following tasks to manage Remote Mirrored syste...

Page 198: ...o use the startmirror command to restart the mirroring can result in data integrity problems CLI command From the command line enter stopmirror d ALL devicename devicename where devicename specifies the volume or volumes to stop The keyword ALL specifies that all mirror devices should be stopped SMIT fastpath The SMIT fastpath command to stop a mirror is smit stopmirror WebSM To stop a mirror from...

Page 199: ...rmation for the remotely mirrored volumes that are currently configured This configuration information can be easily restored by following the procedure Restoring mirrors from a snapshot on page 178 You can create a snapshot of the Remotely Mirrored volumes CLI command From the command line enter geo_snapshot t f snapshot_file SMIT fastpath The SMIT fastpath command to create a snapshot of the mir...

Page 200: ...eds approximately two to six percent of the space needed for the volume that the snapshot was taken from In the case of a highly active snapped volume this estimate could rise to 15 percent You can perform the following tasks when working with snapshots v Creating a snapshot v Deleting a snapshot on page 179 v Renaming a snapshot on page 179 v Rolling back a snapshot on page 180 v Showing all curr...

Page 201: ...and unmounts it This command will also delete the mirrored copies of the snapshot Use one of the following user interfaces to delete a snapshot CLI command To delete a snapshot use the snapvol R volume_name snapshot_name command where volume_name The name of the volume whose snapshot is to be deleted snapshot_name The name of the snapshot to be deleted SMIT fastpath The SMIT menu fastpath command ...

Page 202: ...of the volume whose snapshot is to be renamed snapshot The name of the snapshot to be renamed rolledback_pathname Specifies the path where the snapshot is to be recovered to SMIT fastpath The SMIT menu fastpath command to roll back a snapshot is smit snapvolr WebSM To roll back a snapshot schedule from the main WebSM panel navigate to NAS Management NAS System Snapshots All Snapshots right click a...

Page 203: ...shot of the original three Use one of the following user interfaces to configure a snapshot schedule CLI command To configure a snapshot schedule use the snapvol Y volume_name c backup_command D duration m month w weekday h hour command Operations flags Y Creates a snapshot schedule for the specified NAS volume c Provides a backup_command to make a backup for an automatically scheduled snapshot D ...

Page 204: ...topped snapshot schedule is smit snapvolA The SMIT menu fastpath command to delete a snapshot schedule is smit snapvolS WebSM To create a snapshot schedule from the main WebSM panel navigate to NAS Management NAS system Snapshots All Snapshots right click the volume Stop Schedule To activate a snapshot schedule from the main WebSM panel navigate to NAS Management NAS system Snapshots All Snapshots...

Page 205: ...mples of the snaplmon command are v snaplmon vol2 l create a link to the latest snapshot on vol2 v snaplmon vol3 create links for vol3 using defaults snaplmoff This command disables snapshot link management for the desired volume All settings to create links for the volume are cleared and the defined symbolic links are deleted No actual snapshot data is affected and snapshots that were exported by...

Page 206: ...creation with mkvol L 3 Create snapshots manually or create and enable a snapshot schedule 4 SnapLM automatically generates the desired links 5 Define NFS exports for snapshot links with mknasnfsexp or smit nfs as the NAS administrator user Attached NFS clients 1 Create mount points for snapshot links 2 Create a script that unmounts and remounts snapshot links 3 Edit the crontab to run the mountin...

Page 207: ...f the Electronic Service Agent for monitoring critical components v Chapter 32 Inventory Scout on page 239 describes the use of Inventory Scout to collect the NAS Gateway 500 s vital product data VPD and transmit this information through the Electronic Service Agent ESA to IBM for matching with a Miscellaneous Equipment Specification MES upgrade v Chapter 33 Uninterruptible power supply on page 24...

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Page 209: ...o reach this service aid enter the diag command using the CLI and then select the Task Selection option from the FUNCTION SELECTION menu Use this service aid to save or restore the Service Processor settings such as Ring Indicate Power On Policy Surveillance Policy Remote Maintenance Policy and Reboot Policy The following options are available v Save Hardware Management Policies This selection wri...

Page 210: ...able resource That selectable resource can be used to reinstall the system on which it was created or it can be cloned to another system Because of its flexibility NIM is the recommended method to back up and reinstall your systems provided a NIM master is already available To use NIM to create a system backup do the following 1 If your systems were installed with NIM go to Step 5 2 On your NIM ma...

Page 211: ...KS to write in a single output leave blank to use system default Use local EXCLUDE file no specify no to include all files in backup OR EXCLUDE_FILES resource leave blank to include all files in backup Backup the System Type or select valules in entry fields PressEnter AFTER making all desired changes Entry fields WARNING Execution of the mksysb command will result in the loss of all material prev...

Page 212: ...gement Also NIM allows for multiple installations at the same time Before you can use NIM to install a system backup make sure that the following conditions are met v Your network environment must be working correctly The NIM master must be configured correctly and the lpp_source SPOT and mksysb resources must be defined v The target systems might not contain the same hardware devices or adapters ...

Page 213: ...alone Clients menu looks similar to the following Install the Base Operating System on Standalone Clients Type or select values in entry fields Press Enter AFTER making all desired changes TOP Entry Fields Installation Target lpar1 Installation TYPE mksysb SPOT 520spot_res LPP_SOURCE MKSYSB 520mksysb BOSINST_DATA to use during installation IMAGE_DATA to use during installation RESOLV_CONF to use f...

Page 214: ... ROM drive and the system backup tape in the tape device by following these steps a Power the system on b Immediately insert the NAS Gateway 500 System Software Recovery disk 1 CD into the CD ROM device Install the Base Operating System on Standalone Clients Type or select values in entry fields Press Enter AFTER making all desired changes TOP Entry Fields Installation Target lpar1 Installation TY...

Page 215: ...m Software Recovery CD ROM This section describes how to use the recovery CD ROMs you received in the NAS Gateway 500 software ship group These CD ROMs contain the preload image of the system software installed during manufacturing and are used to reconfigure the NAS Gateway 500 back to the manufacturing state Attention Installing the recovery image will erase ALL data on the system disks Note Thi...

Page 216: ...p but instead enters SMS there is a problem with the media Check if it is correctly inserted and undamaged Reinsert the media or replace the media and restart at Step 1 5 After the machine boots up follow the instructions that are displayed on the screen 6 Select the terminal that you will be using 7 Select the language 8 Click Start Install Now with default settings 9 Click Continue with Install ...

Page 217: ... Notes 1 Root access is required to enable and configure the Electronic Service Agent 2 For IBM to service a machine or machines each machine must be under a warranty or maintenance agreement MA and must be verified with IBM entitlement checking Only those NAS Gateway 500s on an IBM Warranty or maintenance agreement MA can use Electronic Service Agent to report errors to IBM If the NAS Gateway 500...

Page 218: ...e secure Internet access or modem telephone line connection to IBM v VPD or machine inventory information can be sent to IBM v Software product install and fix information will be sent to IBM 196 NAS Gateway 500 Administrator s Guide ...

Page 219: ...ral information for which it has not been specifically programmed Electronic Service Agent sends some data to IBM to assist with problem resolution In some cases this information can be used by IBM for other purposes This information consists of the problem or error information itself including Extended Error Data EED Vital Product Data VPD and Inventory data hardware or software Configured as ESA...

Page 220: ...tain data If you decide to prevent data from going to IBM you can turn off the VPD gathering feature This prevents transmission of VPD to IBM You can prevent data from going to IBM with a modem see Using a modem or an e mail server see Using an e mail server Using a modem If you are using a modem after enrolling power off the modem and configure the Electronic Service Agent Notification process to...

Page 221: ...server and its central Java database All monitored machines and Electronic Service Agent user interfaces are attached to and use that central database using Java to Java RMI communication over the default interface Figure 47 shows a typical Electronic Service Agent network Understanding modems and TCP IP addressing The Service Agent Connection Manager SACM can communicate with IBM using the Intern...

Page 222: ... socket for the duration of the ESS If communication is lost with the ESS then the ODS automatically aborts and tries to establish the connection again Within the ODS the Electronic Service Agent automatically monitors and reports major events to IBM including v General health check v Changes in the VPD hardware and software v Supported valid error events Some of these events are reported to IBM d...

Page 223: ...figure advanced functions and to customize the system as well as to configure it for complex systems and multilevel networks Navigation within the Electronic Service Agent is facilitated by keyboard data entry Usually a single key stroke is all that is required to navigate through the various menus These key functions are defined within the help menus Both advanced and basic user interfaces involv...

Page 224: ...nd capabilities rsh dsh or REXEC and FTP capabilities to all monitored clients other nodes If kerberos is on the Electronic Service Agent gateway server ensure that there is a valid root ticket In some cases you might also need a valid ticket created for svcagent UID 4 Ensure that IBM diagnostics are installed on every monitored machine Error logging and error log analysis must be enabled Note To ...

Page 225: ...d be disabled An asynchronous modem with a minimum communications speed of 9600 baud and error correction in the United States is required Set the highest possible baud rate for your modem Refer to local procedures in your country to see what the modem requirements are for the Electronic Service Agent Complete the setup instructions from Appendix A Modem configurations on page 255 before using the...

Page 226: ...ust have e mail service available either locally or through a network To configure e mail using the Electronic Service Agent configuration interface see Adding an e mail alert on page 224 13 Obtain managed systems information The Electronic Service Agent needs to know the host name machine type model serial number and processor ID should be auto filled in order to monitor managed machines This inf...

Page 227: ... Electronic Service Agent from SMIT 2 Installing Electronic Service Agent from a command line See Installing Electronic Service Agent from a command line on page 206 Note You can install this release of Electronic Service Agent over previous versions On an upgrade you must install svcagent cm last after you have first installed the other modules Your machine list communications files and database ...

Page 228: ...he NAS Gateway 500 as root 2 Type cd ESA to access the Electronic Service Agent directory 3 Enter installp acYXd all case sensitive 4 Check the installation summary message result column to ensure that it indicates SUCCESS If failure is indicated continue with analyzing installp faults For additional information see Analyzing installp faults 5 You have successfully installed Electronic Service Age...

Page 229: ...ic Service Agent installation process until the condition is resolved 5 If the uninstalled function of the installp also failed run the installp cleanup function as follows before reinstalling code again enter installp C ESA svcagent installp svcagent Optionally you can replace svcagent with the individual module name if you are completing a selective manual clean install Module names are v svcage...

Page 230: ...nt code manually The Electronic Service Agent typically installs the Electronic Service Agent client code on the monitored machines during configuration of the Electronic Service Agent gateway server Electronic Service Agent uses FTP or remote commands to push its client code to machines that you want to monitor The client code attempts to use the selected Type of Install when you identify that ma...

Page 231: ...NAS Gateway 500 as root 2 Type cd ESA to access the Electronic Service Agent directory 3 Enter installp acYXd svcagent client all case sensitive 4 Enter installp acYXd svcagent help en_US all case sensitive 5 You have successfully installed Electronic Service Agent client Removing the Electronic Service Agent This section describes how to remove the Electronic Service Agent from the NAS Gateway 50...

Page 232: ...lation the upgrade process does not require this step because Electronic Service Agent is already running Determine what software has been installed and must be configured and started v Full installation of new Electronic Service Agent gateway Complete Step 1 Start Connection Manager on page 211 and Step 2 Start the Electronic Service Agent gateway on page 211 v Install only Electronic Service Age...

Page 233: ...atch This can be done later in the configuration v Press Enter v Select Cancel twice when the action is completed Then return to the Electronic Service Agent Connection Manager menu to complete other required steps v Select Start Connection Manager v Press Enter v The SACM install is completed For full install continue with Step 2 Start the Electronic Service Agent gateway Step 2 Start the Electro...

Page 234: ...Agent There are two interfaces available for configuring the Electronic Service Agent for NAS Gateway 500 You have the following ASCII versions available v Basic Electronic Service Agent configuration Used for initial simple single network client machines that can address the Electronic Service Agent gateway server directly v Advanced Electronic Service Agent configuration Used for complex configu...

Page 235: ... interface The advanced ASCII interface is designed to let you choose options from a main menu These options are available v Network v CallLog v Administration v Alerts v Filter Lists v Manual Tools v Test Tools To move to any option type the option on the command line and then press Enter For example to access Test Tools type 7 on the command line and then press Enter After Electronic Service Age...

Page 236: ...tered P Previous panel Entering P causes the previous panel of information to be displayed Entering P some number jumps the display panel by the number entered Select When this option is active it allows you to make a selection from a menu Modify When this option is active it allows you to modify or update the displayed selection D Delete When this option is active it allows you to delete one of t...

Page 237: ...cept authorized personnel to protect the Electronic Service Agent configuration setup from unauthorized modifications Typing a wrong password causes an error message to be displayed indicating the password entered does not match the one expected You have up to six chances to enter the password correctly On the sixth mismatch the logon quits and the user interface must be selected from SMIT again T...

Page 238: ...s 5198 and model is always 001 The serial number is located on the operator panel front of the machine just below the LCD Do not include dash or spaces that may be shown in the serial number For a description of the parameters see Network property on page 227 Performing the basic Electronic Service Agent configuration Complete the following steps to perform basic Electronic Service Agent configura...

Page 239: ...c Service Agent for pSeries and RS 6000 version R3 1 0 0 Basic Network screen 1 of 1 The Network Category allows you to update the following Customer name IBM may contact IBM customer number Contact s phone number Contact s address H elp E xit Would you like to update Network Data Y N Figure 50 Basic Electronic Service Agent Configuration wizard Updating network data IBM Electronic Service Agent f...

Page 240: ...as left blank If the SACM host is a different host or if listening hostname is unique to a communications adapter then the URL must be updated to reflect the correct hostname If the hostname that the Connection Manager used during Initial Start of the Electronic Agent processes section see Step 1 Start Connection Manager on page 211 was not blank then set this field to match it Also if port was no...

Page 241: ...a city list Select the closest city to your location Additional fields are filled in automatically Edit the primary telephone number to add any prefixes or special sequences required by your location for example 9 to get an outside line d Enter the appropriate number to set the TTY field Enter the appropriate number on the left of the TTY for the serial port into which the modem is plugged for exa...

Page 242: ...delete the client b Enter the appropriate number to set the new machine name machine type serial number and model This information represents the client machine that this Electronic Service Agent gateway server monitors You can use either the IP address or the hostname if you are using a name server of the client as the machine name c Enter S at the User Input prompt to save the changes before pus...

Page 243: ...t see the IBM TotalStorage NAS Gateway 500 Advanced Configuration and Problem Determination Guide Configuration tasks This section contains information on common tasks such as v Adding a machine on page 222 v Installing the Electronic Service Agent code on a monitored machine only on page 222 v Specifying a machine s physical location on page 223 v Specifying cluster details on page 223 v Defining...

Page 244: ... a monitored machine only To install the Electronic Service Agent code on a monitored machine only 1 Select Administration 2 Select Un Uninstall 3 Select Install and the appropriate client number Note First select the host scroll the range hold the shift key and select ending host 4 Enter I Install and the appropriate NAS Gateway 500 number If you use the FTP protocol the Enter the User ID and Pas...

Page 245: ...anual process and this must be done for every individual system In the case of an SP system if the Cluster details are added to a CWS before the Add 9076 Nodes function is called the function automatically adds the cluster details to every individual node If the cluster details are defined after the SP Nodes are added it has to be done for every individual node if they are part of the cluster Clus...

Page 246: ...entering I Information 10 Select Thresholds 11 Scroll until you locate the error that you just added Removing a machine 1 Select Network 2 Enter D Delete and then enter the appropriate number of the machine you want to remove 3 Enter Y to complete the removal Note This uninstalls the code on the machine and removes the machine from the Electronic Service Agent configuration Adding an e mail alert ...

Page 247: ...send manual VPD 4 Send Manual VPD sends VPD to IBM at the next regularly scheduled time Send Manual VPD Immediately commences to send VPD as soon as the option is clicked Setting up the Service Agent Connection Manager SACM to use the Internet 1 Select Network 2 Select the Gateway host 3 Select Connection Manager 4 Select Connect to SDR using Dialer 5 Select false and press Enter 6 Enter S to save...

Page 248: ...t machines Follow the steps below to stop the Electronic Service Agent program and remove inittab entry on the monitored or client machines 1 Enter smit case sensitive from the command line of the client machine If you are already in SMIT go to the next step 2 Select Problem Determination 3 Select Service Agent 4 Select Manage Service Agent Client 5 Select Stop Service Agent process ODS 6 The clie...

Page 249: ...Start Service Agent processes ODS You have now created a new inittab entry for the ODS daemon that restarts the client machine s Electronic Service Agent processes Restarting the Electronic Service Agent Connection Manager Follow the steps below to restart just the Electronic Service Agent Connection Manager program and add an inittab entry 1 Enter smit case sensitive from the command line If you ...

Page 250: ...rk is installed Optional State or Province State or Province where Electronic Service Agent Network is installed Optional Postal code ZIP or postal code where Electronic Service Agent Network is installed Optional Customer Number Customer Number IBM customer number Optional Standard Template Settings Parameter Default Template settings use across all monitored systems Due to processing and system ...

Page 251: ...re retrieved automatically along with the Electronic Gateway server s IP address The type serial number and model are required input and must be accurate If error is made in one of the locked fields after typing S then Electronic Service Agent must be removed and reinstalled to correct the mistake The auto discovery or Get System Info should aid in getting this data correctly but still must be val...

Page 252: ...y server or forwarding system to which the client is connecting DSH The DSH protocol allows the gateway to create nodes using the Distributed Shell system Primary server locked Used for internal functions within the Electronic Service Agent for the gateway server and subhost communication Indicates primary host that subhosts report to This field is locked on the gateway host and should not be modi...

Page 253: ... connection attempt the Connection Manager to the IBM SDR Retry Timer in Minutes This value determines how many minutes to wait before making the next connection attempt If the Max Attempts is set to 3 and the Retry Timer is set to 5 then the CallController sleeps between each attempt for 300 seconds until the Max Attempts value is reached Connection Idle Timeout in Minutes This value determines h...

Page 254: ...he socket time out on a gateway Read Timeout for Gateway in secs This is the maximum wait time for a read operation to be started Default is two minutes The length of time the gateway connection can be alive in mins This is the maximum time of Electronic Service Agent gateways can maintain any one connection So every five hours the connection must be released The URL for SDR The complete secure UR...

Page 255: ...ult is true Use Backup ConnectionManager URL Set to true to utilize the backup or secondary SACM URL The default is false Dialer property The Dialer property allows you to define the modem parameters and account values for communication to the IBM SDR In this entry required fields are marked by the character as in other screens within Electronic Service Agent However there is no verification of re...

Page 256: ...name or IP address route for the SDR to use in the event the primary route fails Add DNS entries to etc resolv conf This set to true adds the primary and secondary nameservers to the etc resolv conf file when initiating a dial and removes them at the completion of the call Setting to false prevents use of resolv conf file Primary DNS The primary DNS IP used to access IBM SDR during dialing Seconda...

Page 257: ...ter by typing R typing the appropriate number followed by a comma then typing the next number and so on Connect property The Connect property provides for immediate connection to the IBM Electronic Service Agent Server without waiting for any outstanding timer processes or the cancellation of the currently active connection Upon connection all entries in the queue for transmission to IBM are sent ...

Page 258: ...ications gathered are combined into one e mail notification and sent to the e mail address Enabled Set the following Enabled and Urgent flags True False accordingly Cautions An Error Event occurred that is considered a caution or informational entry Failed A Electronic Service Agent Error Event transmission failed to open a PMR on the IBM Server Agent Server Held An Electronic Service Agent Error ...

Page 259: ...ine failed a heart beat Performance If an error is detected during PM AIX data collection or transmission Test E mails This contact should receive any test e mail s sent Extended Error Data If fault occurs while collecting or transmitting extended error data Chapter 31 Call home 237 ...

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Page 261: ...ters System Software To run Inventory Scout from the command line 1 Log in with root authority 2 To run a microcode survey and create a text data file that can be read enter invscout on the command line The resulting data file is created as var adm invscout invs mrp When you run the invscout v command it generates a Vital Product Data VPD data file that can be viewed You can use this VPD data file...

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Page 263: ...et signalling a If you are using serial port 3 non clustered systems only 1 Connect the NAS Gateway 500 to the UPS communication port using the communication cable that came with your UPS 2 Turn on the UPS 3 Install the necessary power management software for example LanSafe for LanSafe III on the NAS Gateway 500 4 Configure the power management software on the NAS Gateway 500 b If you are using E...

Page 264: ...3 After the NAS Gateway 500 is powered off and OK is displayed on the operator panel You can restore the main power to the UPS and power on the NAS Gateway 500 242 NAS Gateway 500 Administrator s Guide ...

Page 265: ...resses Fibre Channel HBA Configure SAN storage first then no additional configuration required OS Mirroring Configured during installation of FC 1001 Refer to the IBM TotalStorage NAS Gateway 500 Hardware Installation Guide Clustering Configuration required Remote Mirroring Configuration required Adding a network adapter If an Ethernet network adapter is added the network administrator must be not...

Page 266: ...o the default IP address of 192 168 244 1 2 Review the NAS Gateway 500 Planning Guide for information on planning for clustering Fill out the cluster planning worksheet with the required or applicable information 3 Verify if Tivoli applications such as Tivoli Storage Manager Client TSM Storage Agent Tivoli Storage Resource Manager Agent and Tivoli Storage Area Network Manager Agent have been confi...

Page 267: ...t your purchased features from the Feature management screen v Clustering feature a single site dual node cluster is configured if this feature is selected without Remote Mirroring v Remote Mirroring a dual site Geographic Cluster is configured if this feature is selected v CIFS feature a CIFS server is configured if this feature is selected d Fill in the rest of the screens as appropriate Any NAS...

Page 268: ...e Updates and Firmware Updates Details for supported updates and fixes for the NAS Gateway 500 will be posted regularly on the NAS Gateway 500 support Web site Downloading the software updates and update instructions from the Web is preferred Always check the NAS Gateway 500 Support Web site for the latest updates and instructions The Web address is http www ibm com servers storage support downloa...

Page 269: ...AS system software preload in the field and Manufacturing with the latest fixes The Update will contain the latest software updates since the latest NAS software preload build or software update Updates are nondestructive however based on the software component affected by the fileset s updated a reboot of the system may be required Firmware Updates Firmware initializes or sets up the hardware con...

Page 270: ...rmware gets updated in the event that the firmware becomes corrupted and must be reloaded Determining the level of firmware on the system The firmware level can be checked using the CLI or in the service processor main menu To check the firmware level enter the lscfg vp grep p Platform command This command will produce a system configuration report similar to the following Platform Firmware ROM Le...

Page 271: ...operator panel on the server says OK press Enter to bring up the service processor menu 3 Select Service Processor Setup Menu Press Enter 4 Select Reprogram Flash EPROM Menu Press Enter 5 Enter y to continue Press Enter 6 Follow the on screen update steps as they are presented 7 The Rebooting Service Processor message appears on the screen The NAS Gateway 500 will reboot This can take up to thirty...

Page 272: ...oceed with the firmware update and the required reboot If you confirm the NAS Gateway 500 automatically performs the update and reboots The checkpoints 99FF and 99FD alternately appear while the update is in progress This can take up to thirty minutes depending on the configuration of the system Because the update occurs during this shutdown reboot sequence it is important to protect the NAS Gatew...

Page 273: ...gle node gateway configuration to SNMP version 3 Note SNMP version 3 is not a supported feature on any clustered configuration Use these commands to modify the version of SNMP To change to the snmpdv1 agent enter usr sbin snmpv3_ssw_1 This the default To change to the encrypted version of the snmpv3 agent enter usr sbin snmpv3_ssw e To change to the non encrypted version of the snmpv3 agent enter ...

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Page 277: ...ommended modems are v 7852 Model 400 v 7857 017 or 7858 336 Note You can use a non recommended modem The Electronic Service Agent configuration has an extensive selection of modems from which you can choose Use the following steps to select a configuration file 1 Is your modem an IBM 7852 400 If so see Configuring the 7852 400 Modem on page 256 to set the dual in line package DIP switches on the m...

Page 278: ... the modem and the transformer to the building power 5 Power on the modem switch in rear Configuring the 7857 017 or 7858 336 Modem The 7857 is one of the recommended modem choices for the Electronic Service Agent The 7858 336 is the replacement modem for the 7857 These procedures aid in the proper configuration of the 7857 017 or 7858 336 or set a known configuration state To set up and initializ...

Page 279: ...ave current configuration into User 0 CONFIGURATIONS D12 15 Press Enter to return to main display panel IBM 7857 AT CMD aa_ td_ rd_ dsr_ ec ll_ Shows LCD as on The above setup places the 7857 or 7858 modem into the proper configuration for use with the Dialer that is used for the Electronic Service Agent and the service processor Note The modem initialization strings provided are on an AS IS basis...

Page 280: ...ack test enabled 10 Up Dial up line enabled 11 Up AT responses enabled extended responses disabled 12 Down Asynchronous operation 13 Up 28 8 KB line speed 14 Up 15 Up CD and DSR normal functions 16 Up 2 wire leased line enabled Only switches 11 and 12 are changed from the factory default settings 258 NAS Gateway 500 Administrator s Guide ...

Page 281: ...e 275 HTTP command SMIT fastpaths and WebSM access on page 275 NFS command SMIT fastpaths and WebSM access on page 276 CIFS command SMIT fastpaths and WebSM access on page 279 v Managing the network on page 281 v Managing security on page 284 v Managing the system on page 285 Backup and recovery SMIT fastpaths and WebSM access on page 285 Boot and shutdown SMIT fastpaths and WebSM access on page 2...

Page 282: ...ed on lsuser SMIT fastpath smit lsnasadm WebSM NAS Management NAS System Administrators All NAS Administrators lsnasadm f Show characteristics of an administrator SMIT fastpath smit lsnasadmf WebSM NAS Management NAS System Administrators All Administrators select an administrator Properties pwdadm Change administrator password SMIT fastpath smit passwdadm WebSM NAS Management NAS System Administr...

Page 283: ...RM Configure TSRM Agent specify settings OK tsrmasetstate Start or stop TSRM Agent SMIT fastpath smit tsrmasetstate WebSM NAS Management NAS System Node Server IP Address Applications TSRM Start or Stop TSRM Agent specify settings OK tsrmasetboot Change or show boot state of TSRM Agent SMIT fastpath smit tsrmasetboot WebSM NAS Management NAS System Node Server IP Address Applications TSRM TSRM Age...

Page 284: ...etstate WebSM NAS Management NAS System Node Server IP Address Applications TSANM Start or Stop TSANM Agent specify settings OK tsanmasetpass Set password for Tivoli SAN Manager Agent SMIT fastpath smit tsanmasetpass WebSM NAS Management NAS System Node Server IP Address Applications TSANM Configure TSANM Agent Password specify settings OK tsanmasetboot Set password for Tivoli SAN Manager Agent SM...

Page 285: ...System Node Server IP Address Applications TSM Recover Using TSM Client specify settings OK tsmcrestore l TSM Restore File SMIT fastpath smit tsmcrestoref WebSM NAS Management NAS System Node Server IP Address Applications TSM Recover Using TSM Client specify settings OK tsmsasetconfig Configure communication parameters for TSM storage agent SMIT fastpath smit tsmsasetconfig WebSM NAS Management N...

Page 286: ...etwork Management Protocol SNMP agent SMIT fastpath smit snmpinfo_set WebSM NAS Management NAS System Node Server IP Address Applications SNMP Set SNMP Information snmpinfo Dump SNMP information SMIT fastpath smit snmpinfo_dump WebSM NAS Management NAS System Node Server IP Address Applications SNMP Dump SNMP Information snmpinfo Start SNMP SMIT fastpath smit stsnmpd WebSM NAS Management NAS Syste...

Page 287: ...a file access user s password SMIT fastpath smit passwduser WebSM NAS Management NAS System Client Access All Users select the user Change Password rmuser Remove a user Based on rmuser SMIT fastpath smit rmnasuser WebSM NAS Management NAS System Client Access Overview and Tasks Manage users Delete mkgroup Add a group SMIT fastpath smit mkgroup WebSM NAS Management NAS System Client Access Overview...

Page 288: ...ths and WebSM access continued Command Description rmgroup Remove a group SMIT fastpath smit rmgroup WebSM NAS Management NAS System Client Access Overview and Tasks All Groups right click a group 266 NAS Gateway 500 Administrator s Guide ...

Page 289: ...nt SMIT fastpath smit chclient WebSM NAS Management NAS System Directory Services NIS NIS Client right click the client Select Open from the Selected menu chypdom Change current domain name of the system SMIT fastpath smit chypdom WebSM NAS Management NAS System Directory Services NIS NIS Client right click the client Select Open from the Selected menu ypbind Configure binding of client to server ...

Page 290: ...astpath smit ypwhichs WebSM N A Identify master NIS server SMIT fastpath smit ypwhichm WebSM N A rmyp Remove NIS client configuration from host SMIT fastpath smit rmyp WebSM NAS Management NAS System Directory Services NIS NIS Client right click the client Select Stop Configured NIS Daemons from the Selected menu yppasswd Change or install network password in NIS SMIT fastpath smit yppasswd WebSM ...

Page 291: ... nisaddcred NIS credential administration SMIT fastpath smit nisp_creds WebSM NAS Management NAS System Directory Services NIS NIS Client right click the client Select Open from the Selected menu mk_nisd Start NIS daemon SMIT fastpath smit nisp_nisd_start WebSM NAS Management NAS System Directory Services NIS NIS Client right click the client Select Start NIS Daemons from the Selected menu rm_nisd...

Page 292: ...ismatch Show values in NIS tables SMIT fastpath smit nismatch WebSM N A nisgrep Search NIS tables SMIT fastpath smit nisgrep WebSM N A LDAP SMIT fastpaths and WebSM access Table 22 LDAP SMIT fastpaths and WebSM access Command Description mksecldap Configure LDAP client SMIT fastpath smit mksecldap WebSM N A mksecldap c U Unconfigure an LDAP client SMIT fastpath smit mksecldapu WebSM N A 270 NAS Ga...

Page 293: ...ync Synchronize cluster SMIT fastpath smit clnassync WebSM NAS Management NAS System Cluster Management Synchronize cluster clnasshowvol Show volumes being served SMIT fastpath smit clnasshowvol WebSM NAS Management NAS System Cluster Management Show volumes being served clnasrelocate Relocate volumes SMIT fastpath smit clnasrelocate WebSM NAS Management NAS System Cluster Management Relocate volu...

Page 294: ...anagement NAS System Cluster Management Disable resource group clnasmvservice Move service to another adapter SMIT fastpath smit clnasmvservice WebSM NAS Management NAS System Cluster Management Move service clnasdelcluster Delete cluster SMIT fastpath smit clnasdelcluster WebSM NAS Management NAS System Cluster Management Delete cluster clnasviewlog View cluster log SMIT fastpath smit clnasviewlo...

Page 295: ...ices Disks lspvol specific Show configured disks specific SMIT fastpath smit lspvoldisk WebSM NAS Management NAS System Node Devices Disks right click a disk Attributes rmdev Unconfigure devices SMIT fastpath smit rmdev WebSM NAS Management NAS System Node Devices Disks right click a disk Take Offline Make Defined or Delete chpvol Clear NAS volume information from the disk SMIT fastpath smit chpvo...

Page 296: ... WebSM NAS Management NAS System Node Devices Communication Link Aggregation right click a link aggregation Change rmlinkagg Remove a link aggregation device SMIT fastpath smit rmlinkagg WebSM NAS Management NAS System Node Devices Communication Link Aggregation right click a link aggregation Delete lslinkagg List attributes of a link aggregation device SMIT fastpath smit lslinkagg WebSM NAS Manag...

Page 297: ...kanonftp user WebSM NAS Management NAS System File Serving FTP Create Enable FTP User Login HTTP command SMIT fastpaths and WebSM access Table 26 HTTP command SMIT fastpaths and WebSM access Command Description htpasswd Authenticate users SMIT fastpath htpasswd WebSM NAS Management NAS System File Serving HTTP Authenticate Users adhtaccess Configure HTTP access SMIT fastpath adhtaccess WebSM N A N...

Page 298: ...mit adminctl_stop WebSM NAS Management NAS System File Serving HTTP Stop HTTP Administration service lshttp View HTTP configuration SMIT fastpath smit lshttp WebSM NAS Management NAS System File Serving HTTP View HTTP Configuration lshttplogs View HTTP logs SMIT fastpath smit lshttplogs WebSM NAS Management NAS System File Serving HTTP View HTTP logs NFS command SMIT fastpaths and WebSM access Tab...

Page 299: ...S Management NAS System File Serving Exported Directories right click a directory Remove Export chnasnfsexp Show or change attributes of exported directory SMIT fastpath smit chnasnfsexp WebSM NAS Management NAS System File Serving Exported Directories right click a directory Properties exportnasfs Display currently exported volumes SMIT fastpath smit exportnasfs WebSM NAS Management NAS System Fi...

Page 300: ...ription showmount Display a list of all clients with remotely mounted filesystems SMIT fastpath smit showmount WebSM N A mkpcnfs Start PC NFS SMIT fastpath smit mkpcnfs WebSM N A rmpcnfs Stop PC NFS SMIT fastpath smit rmpcnfs WebSM N A 278 NAS Gateway 500 Administrator s Guide ...

Page 301: ...tatus SMIT fastpath smit smbadminstatu WebSM NAS Management NAS System File Serving CIFS CIFS Server Server statistics SMIT fastpath smit smbadminstats WebSM NAS Management NAS System File Serving CIFS CIFS Server right click a server Show Server Statistics Basic setup SMIT fastpath smit smbcfghatt WebSM NAS Management NAS System File Serving CIFS Overview and Tasks CIFS Wizard Authentication SMIT...

Page 302: ...IT fastpath smit smbcfgflags1 WebSM N A Work with CIFS file shares SMIT fastpath smit smbsrvres WebSM NAS Management NAS System File Serving CIFS CIFS Server right click a server New File System Share List all CIFS users SMIT fastpath smit smbcfgusr WebSM NAS Management NAS System File Serving CIFS Overview and Tasks User Administration 280 NAS Gateway 500 Administrator s Guide ...

Page 303: ...TCP IP configuration ifconfig Configure or display network interface parameters for a network using TCP IP SMIT fastpath smit inet WebSM NAS Management NAS System Node Server IP Address Network TCP IP IPv4 and IPv6 Network Interfaces ipfilter Extract different operation headers from an ipreport output file and display them in a table SMIT fastpath N A WebSM N A ipreport Generate a packet trace rep...

Page 304: ...main name server entries for local resolver routines in the system configuration database SMIT fastpath smit namerslv WebSM N A nfso Manage Network File System NFS tuning parameters SMIT fastpath N A WebSM N A no Manage network tuning parameters SMIT fastpath N A WebSM N A refresh Request a refresh of a subsystem or group of subsystems SMIT fastpath N A WebSM N A startsrc Start a subsystem a group...

Page 305: ...oute SMIT fastpath smit mkroute WebSM NAS Management NAS System Node IP Network Overview and Tasks Static route wizard rmroute Delete a static route on the local node its peer node or both SMIT fastpath smit rmroute WebSM N A lsroute List the static routes on the local node its peer node or both SMIT fastpath smit lsroute WebSM N A Appendix B Command shortcuts using SMIT fastpath and WebSM 283 ...

Page 306: ...astpath smit newkey WebSM NAS Management NAS System File Serving Network File Systems From the Menu Bar right click FileSystem and select Configure Secure NFS keylogin Decrypts and stores user key SMIT fastpath smit keylogin WebSM NAS Management NAS System File Serving Network File Systems From the Menu Bar right click FileSystem and select Configure Secure NFS keylogout Deletes user key SMIT fast...

Page 307: ...fastpaths and WebSM access Command Description shutdown Shutdown SMIT fastpath smit shutdown WebSM NAS Management NAS System Node System Environment Overview and Tasks Shutdown chreboot Change reboot options SMIT fastpath smit chreboot WebSM N A Date and time SMIT fastpaths and WebSM access Table 33 Date and time SMIT fastpaths and WebSM access Command Description chtz Change time zone using syste...

Page 308: ... snap Collect debugging data SMIT fastpath smit snap WebSM N A sysdumpdev Always allow system dump SMIT fastpath smit sysdumpdev_allow WebSM N A System dump compression SMIT fastpath smit sysdumpdev_comp WebSM N A diag Hardware problem determination SMIT fastpath smit diag WebSM N A trace Tracing Start a trace SMIT fastpath smit trcstart WebSM N A trcstop Stop a trace SMIT fastpath smit trcstop We...

Page 309: ...stics ps Show current state of processes SMIT fastpath smit ps WebSM NAS Management NAS System Node System Environment System Information System Tuning CPU All Processes sar System activity SMIT fastpath smit sar WebSM NAS Management NAS System Node System Environment System Information Performance Monitoring Report system activity svmon Capture snapshot of virtual memory SMIT fastpath N A WebSM N...

Page 310: ...th smit vmstat WebSM NAS Management NAS System Node System Environment System Information Performance Monitoring Show virtual memory statistics nfsstat NFS statistics SMIT fastpath smit nfsstat WebSM NAS Management NAS System Node System Environment System Information Performance Monitoring Display statistical information about the Network File System oslevel Determine latest installed maintenance...

Page 311: ...a NAS volume SMIT fastpath smit defragvol WebSM NAS Management NAS System Volumes All Volumes right click a volume name Defragment expvol Export a NAS volume SMIT fastpath smit expvol WebSM NAS Management NAS System Volumes All Volumes right click a volume name Export impvol Import a NAS volume SMIT fastpath smit impvol WebSM NAS Management NAS System Volumes Overview and Tasks Import a NAS Volume...

Page 312: ...tem Volumes All Volumes right click a volume name Mount unmountvol Unmount a NAS volume SMIT fastpath smit unmountvol WebSM NAS Management NAS System Volumes All Volumes right click a volume name Unmount mirvol Mirror a NAS volume SMIT fastpath smit mirvol WebSM NAS Management NAS System Volumes All Volumes right click a volume name Mirror lsvol List attributes of a NAS volume SMIT fastpath smit l...

Page 313: ...AS System Volumes All Remote Mirror Volumes right click a volume name Delete extendgeovol Extending the size of a remotely mirrored volume SMIT fastpath smit extendgeovol WebSM NAS Management NAS System Volumes All Remote Mirror Volumes right click a volume name Extend replacegeovol Replacing a disk within a remotely mirrored volume SMIT fastpath smit replacegeovol WebSM NAS Management NAS System ...

Page 314: ...tart all mirrors stopmirror Stop all mirrors SMIT fastpath smit stopall WebSM NAS Management NAS System Remote Mirroring Overview and Tasks Stop all mirrors geo_snapshot t Takes a snapshot of the mirror or mirrors SMIT fastpath smit geotake WebSM NAS Management NAS System Remote Mirroring Overview and Tasks Create a snapshot of all remote mirroring devices geo_snapshot a Applies a snapshot of the ...

Page 315: ...pshots Overview Tasks Create snapshot snapvol Y Configure a snapshot schedule SMIT fastpath smit snapvolY WebSM NAS Management NAS System Snapshots Overview Tasks Configure a snapshot schedule snapvol L List snapshots SMIT fastpath smit snapvolL WebSM NAS Management NAS System Snapshots All Snapshots snapvol N Rename a snapshot SMIT fastpath smit snapvolN WebSM NAS Management NAS System Snapshots ...

Page 316: ...pshot schedule SMIT fastpath smit snapvolS WebSM NAS Management NAS System Snapshots Overview Tasks right click a snapshot Stop Schedule snapvol X Delete a snapshot schedule SMIT fastpath smit snapvolX WebSM NAS Management NAS System Snapshots Overview Tasks right click a snapshot Delete Schedule snaplm Creates and updates links for the desired volume SMIT fastpath N A WebSM N A snaplmoff Disables...

Page 317: ... the recovering site until the data synchronization is complete If the cluster is started before data resynchronization is complete that site s resources are unavailable until the resynchronization completes If the GeoNetwork between the local and remote sites spans multiple subnets IP address takeover will not allow client access to the file serving IP addresses This occurs because those addresse...

Page 318: ...ready been synchronized once rejoin at a faster rate They do not have to wait for the synchronization process across the geography 3 When nodes at a failed site reintegrate the GeoMirror devices at both sites check the state map values for corresponding data regions to see if data needs to be transferred to the reintegrating device The synchronization of the remote GeoMirror devices is a time cons...

Page 319: ...ored to allow for controlled recovery in case these disk errors occur Data divergence Attention Follow all instructions in this section with extreme care If you do not follow instructions exactly loss of data is very likely When the state maps for a GeoMirror device have cells that are marked stale in both sites the GMDs cannot be started because the clustering manager cannot determine which data ...

Page 320: ... possible to save a GeoMirror device state map in a map file You can then view and manipulate the map file instead of the actual state map Note These operations are available only on exceptional occasions SMIT or WebSM windows are not available for these operations Operations allowed on a map file include v Dumping a state map to a map file v Showing a map file v Changing a map file setting region...

Page 321: ... the entry fields as follows Value Enter stale The other choice is consistent Starting Data Region Enter 0 to begin at the first region Ending Data Region Enter 1 to cover all regions Device name In this example enter gmd0 Node name The default is the local node If you are not doing the operation from the affected node enter the node name of the affected node 7 Press Enter 8 Press F3 to return to ...

Page 322: ...shows what the unified state map should look like For the example case the preview of the unified state map is the following State Map Cell Value 0 0x3 0x3 0x3 0xf 0xf 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0xf 0xf 0xf 0xf 16 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 See Previewing a unified state map for additional information 4 From a local node at the available site you can unify the...

Page 323: ... 7956 00 Site recovery after catastrophic failure Remote Mirroring is intended to provide timely access to mission critical data in the event of a disaster that destroys or disables an entire site location Problems can range from an electrical failure involving the entire site to the entire site being permanently disabled by fire flood or an earthquake Remote Mirroring enables the restoration of c...

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Page 325: ...age 304 v Configuring a custom snapshot method on page 305 Adding a cluster snapshot Adding a cluster snapshot will store the necessary information to configure the cluster on a node Cluster snapshot management is part of HACMP To add a cluster snapshot you must use the smit hacmp fastpath 1 Enter the smit hacmp fastpath 2 Select Extended Configuration and press Enter 3 Select Snapshot Configurati...

Page 326: ...s occurring The Command field shows OK when the command finishes execution 10 Press Esc 0 to exit SMIT when the process finishes execution Removing a cluster snapshot If you have a snapshot that you no longer want to keep that snapshot can be removed Note Removing the snapshot does not remove the current cluster configuration However removing the snapshot does remove the snapshot on all nodes in t...

Page 327: ...hot to be applied if verification fails select Force apply if verify fails press Esc 4 and then select Yes or No Verification is performed to check to new configuration If verification fails synchronization is aborted This will normally stop the new snapshot from being applied Selecting Yes for this field applies the new snapshot even if verification fails 7 Press Enter after making your selection...

Page 328: ...Configuration and press Enter 4 Select Configure Custom Snapshot Method 5 To change or show a custom snapshot method select Change Show a Custom Snapshot Method and press Enter A list of available custom methods is displayed Select the method you want to change 6 The custom snapshot information is displayed If you only want to show the custom method information press Esc 0 to exit SMIT 7 You can c...

Page 329: ...7 The custom method is removed Press Esc 0 to exit SMIT Appendix D Cluster snapshot configuration 307 ...

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Page 331: ...rovided through IP as well as modem by the Electronic Service Agent software v Appendix B in the IBM TotalStorage NAS Gateway 500 Service Guide is replaced by Appendix A in this guide Stopping the system Note This information replaces that described in the IBM TotalStorage NAS Gateway 500 Service Guide and the IBM TotalStorage NAS Gateway 500 Hardware Installation Guide Attention When shutting dow...

Page 332: ...erator panel power button to power off the system can cause unpredictable results and the next IPL will take longer to complete It will also cause the attention LED to light the next time 8 After you shut down the operating system operator panel displays the OK prompt set the power switches of any attached devices to Off 9 If necessary disconnect the power sources to both the NAS Gateway 500 power...

Page 333: ...ter pair to resume file serving using the hostname and group name or names recorded prior to shutdown a Log in to the system as root b At the command line rejoin the cluster by entering opt nas bin clnasennode n this hostname c Poll status until the node has finished stabilizing opt nas bin clnasnodestate n this hostname d Once the status changes to stable the volumes should be relocated back to t...

Page 334: ...d the first available local hdisk after rootvg This hdisk is used at a later time in this procedure At the command line enter smit extendvg 8 Enter the following code for each empty section a When asked Force the creation of volume group use the Tab key to select YES b In the volume group name section enter rootvg c In the physical volume name section enter the name of the hdisk from step 7 and pr...

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Page 337: ...g the participating National Bodies of SC1 v IBM Glossary of Computing Terms New York McGraw Hill 1994 This glossary uses the following cross reference convention See Refers you to a a term that is the expanded form of an abbreviation or acronym or b a synonym or more preferred term See also Refers you to a related term Numerics 10BASE T The IEEE 802 3 Ethernet standard that supports a transmissio...

Page 338: ...ives and the keyboard BIOS See Basic Input Output System bits per second bps The rate at which bits are transmitted per second Contrast with baud boot IP address The IP address on which an Ethernet adapter boots prior to being assigned a service IP address bps See bits per second buffer See buffer storage buffer storage 1 A special purpose storage or storage area allowing through temporary storage...

Page 339: ...how computers are to exchange information connect In a LAN to physically join a cable from a station to an access unit or network connection point Contrast with attach control unit A processor electronics assembly in a storage controller that exposes logical unit numbers LUNs to the storage network and connects internally to the storage controller s disk drives A storage controller can have 1 to n...

Page 340: ...on EIA An organization of electronics manufacturers that advances the technological growth of the industry represents the views of its members and develops industry standards Electronic Industries Association EIA unit A unit of measure equal to 4 45 cm 1 75 in electrostatic discharge ESD An undesirable discharge of static electricity that can damage equipment and degrade electrical circuitry EMC S...

Page 341: ... Also called failback Process of a joining or reintegrating node acquiring resources previously owned by another node Fast Etherchannel FEC A proprietary technology developed by Cisco that creates a team of two to four 10 100 Ethernet adapters or ports to increase transmission and reception throughput Adapter fault tolerance is also supported by this technology Fast Ethernet An Ethernet standard t...

Page 342: ... include up to 32 nodes HACMP XD see high availability cluster multiprocessing extended distance high availability cluster multiprocessing extended distance HACMP XD An AIX Licensed Program Product LPP that provides the capability for mirroring data across TCP IP point to point networks over an unlimited distance from one geographic site to another heartbeat Also called Keepalive State of health m...

Page 343: ...d normal instruction execution temporarily and to start executing an interrupt handler routine IP See Internet Protocol IRQ See interrupt request iSCSI client logical unit number iLUN A unique number that is assigned to each virtual logical unit number VLUN The iLUN for a single client starts at zero and increments sequentially J JBOD Just a bunch of disks JBON Just a bunch of nodes jumper A conne...

Page 344: ...es a group of interfaces and permits all of the systems that are in that group to receive the same packet of information multimode optical fiber 1 A graded index or step index optical fiber that allows more than one bound mode to propagate E Contrast with single mode optical fiber 2 In FDDI an optical fiber waveguide usually characterized by a core diameter of 50 100 microns that will allow a larg...

Page 345: ... coexists in the PC with the industry standard architecture ISA or extended industry standard architecture EISA bus ISA and EISA boards plug into an ISA or EISA slot while high speed PCI controllers plug into a PCI slot port See socket port number 1 In Internet communications the identification of an application entity to the transport service 2 In the Internet suite of protocols the identifier fo...

Page 346: ...ored to a specific environment combining servers storage products networking products software and services socket In TCP IP the Internet address of the host computer on which the application runs and the port number it uses A TCP IP application is identified by its socket storage client network A classic interconnected fibre channel fabric with a single fibre channel fabric name storage controlle...

Page 347: ...ream of computer instructions that is in control of a process A multithread process begins with one stream of instructions one thread and may later create other instruction streams to perform tasks timeout A time interval that is allotted for certain operations to occur such as a response to polling or addressing before system operation is interrupted and must be restarted Tivoli Storage Manager T...

Page 348: ...le to the NAS Gateway 500 over a storage network A volume is a member of a single storage network of 1 n fabrics It can have 1 n path groups of 1 n equivalent paths W Windows Internet Naming Service WINS A Microsoft program that provides a distributed database for registering and querying dynamic NetBIOS names to IP address mapping in a routed network environment WINS See Windows Internet Naming S...

Page 349: ...and stopping the TSM storage agent 95 starting and stopping Tivoli SAN Manager agent 97 starting and stopping TSRM agent 98 starting SNMP 100 stopping SNMP 100 applications managing continued using SNMP 99 using TSANM 96 using TSRM 98 ASCII user interfaces basic and advanced 201 authentication CIFS server 141 authentication CIFS 138 B backing up a NetBIOS Name table NetBIOS 148 backing up configur...

Page 350: ...a volume 114 enabling 110 enabling a volume 114 enabling on single node 112 log viewing 115 managing 109 modifying 116 moving service to another adapter 113 optional feature 4 relocating volumes 113 showing node state 111 cluster continued showing volumes served 113 synchronizing 111 tasks 109 verifying 110 wizard 43 command line installation 206 command shortcuts 259 commands CLI copy volume 170 ...

Page 351: ...decrypting and storing key 154 definitions user 5 defragmenting volumes 168 deleting cluster 111 snapshot 179 stored key 154 volumes 167 deleting a NetBIOS name NetBIOS 147 deleting a NetBIOS name and IP address NetBIOS 147 devices changing EtherChannel IEEE 802 2ad link aggregation 124 configuring 119 creating link aggregation device 123 displaying disk size 121 displaying disks and attributes 12...

Page 352: ...ng users 127 I importing volumes 169 initial configuration wizard 21 installation and packaging updates 246 installation failure 206 installing client code manually 208 Electronic Service Agent 205 Electronic Service Agent from SMIT 205 Web based System Manager Remote Client 15 installing a system backup using a tape device 192 INSTALLP faults analyzing 206 installp message flow 207 interface acce...

Page 353: ...ting 168 deleting 167 exporting 168 extending 169 importing 169 NAS volumes continued listing 172 managing 165 mirroring 171 mounting 170 replacing 170 synchronizing 171 unmirroring 171 unmounting 170 viewing statistics 172 NetBIOS adding a NetBIOS name 147 backing up a NetBIOS Name table 148 deleting a NetBIOS name 147 deleting a NetBIOS name and IP address 147 listing names in the NetBIOS Name T...

Page 354: ...13 R Recovery and Supplementary CD ROMs using 187 recovery back to manufacturing state 193 relocating volumes 113 Remote Client starting WebSM Linux 19 Windows 19 Remote Mirroring adding 244 remove machine 224 removing CIFS shares 144 CIFS user 146 LDAP client configuration 108 NIS client configuration 106 NIS client configuration 107 volume information 122 123 renaming a snapshot 179 replacing vo...

Page 355: ...1 single node 251 software system upgrades 246 software update practices 247 starting CIFS server 139 keyserv daemon 153 NFS 131 SNMP 100 Tivoli SAN Manager agent 97 TSM storage agent 95 TSRM agent 98 WebSM Remote Client Linux 19 Windows 19 stopping CIFS server 139 keyserv daemon 154 NFS 131 SNMP 100 Tivoli SAN Manager agent 97 TSM storage agent 95 TSRM agent 98 synchronize command 172 synchronizi...

Page 356: ...ying 169 creating 166 defragmenting 168 deleting 167 exporting 168 extending 169 importing 169 listing 172 management 165 mirroring 171 mounting NAS 170 relocating 113 replacing 170 synchronizing 171 unmounting command 170 viewing statistics 172 W Web sites xxii firmware updates 248 microcode updates 248 Web based System Manager Remote Client installing 15 Linux 15 requirements 15 Windows 15 Web b...

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