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Страница 1: ...Understanding OneBlox and OneSystem OneBlox 4312 User Guide Version 2 15 5 RESET...

Страница 2: ...OVIDED AS IS EXABLOX INC MAKES NO WARRANTIES OR GUARANTEES WITH RESPECT TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT Revision Control Document Number OB_UG 01 4312 Version 2 15 5 January 2017 How to Reach Us E...

Страница 3: ...n 18 4 2 Storage Management 18 4 2 1 How to Access Information on OneBlox 18 4 2 2 Protecting the Information on OneBlox 18 4 2 3 How to Increase the Storage Capacity 19 4 2 4 Space Savings 19 4 3 Sto...

Страница 4: ...le Compression for a given Share 34 5 10 OneBlox 4312 Hardware Display Information 35 5 10 1 Control Panel Buttons 35 5 10 2 Control Panel LEDs 36 5 10 3 Drive Carrier LEDs 37 5 11 How do I Replace a...

Страница 5: ...are used and what SFP transceivers are supported 90 6 24 How do I Limit which Storage Shares Users have Access to Adding Shares 91 6 25 How do Users access Restricted Shares when Active Directory is n...

Страница 6: ...e OneBlox Ring 112 6 43 How Can I Audit OneSystem Administrator Actions 114 6 44 How do I remotely Shutdown OneBlox 114 6 45 How do I see the Status of Disk Drives used with my OneBlox 115 6 46 If I h...

Страница 7: ...Understanding OneBlox and OneSystem Version 2 15 5 page 7 C H A P T E R 1 Quick Start 4312 Quick Start 8...

Страница 8: ...tutorial information visit www exablox com how to videos Release notes and user guide documentation can be found after logging into OneSystem and selecting help and info in the upper right portion of...

Страница 9: ...Understanding OneBlox and OneSystem Version 2 15 5 page 9 C H A P T E R 2 About This Document Audience 10 Document Contents 10 Attention Boxes 10 Important Terms 11...

Страница 10: ...n page 7 Chapter 2 About This Document on page 9 this chapter Chapter 3 Specifications on page 13 Chapter 4 Concepts on page 17 Chapter 5 OneBlox 4312 on page 23 Chapter 6 Common Tasks on page 43 Chap...

Страница 11: ...uals to make policy actions easier e g group A has access to storage share A on the net work Hard Link In computing a hard link is a directory entry that associates a name with a file on a file system...

Страница 12: ...link is a special type of file that contains a reference to another file or directory in the form of an absolute or relative path and that affects pathname resolution User Individual s with access to...

Страница 13: ...Understanding OneBlox and OneSystem Version 2 15 5 page 13 C H A P T E R 3 Specifications 4312 OneBlox Appliance Specifications 14 4312 OneBlox Appliance Dimensions 15...

Страница 14: ...Operating Temperature and Humidity 10 C to 35 C 50 F to 95 F 8 to 90 relative humidity noncondensing Non operating Temperature and Humidity 40 C to 60 C 40 F to 140 F 5 to 95 relative humidity noncond...

Страница 15: ...CHAPTER 3 Specifications OneBlox 4312 User Guide Understanding OneBlox and OneSystem Version 2 15 5 page 15 3 2 4312 OneBlox Appliance Dimensions...

Страница 16: ...Understanding OneBlox and OneSystem Version 2 15 5 page 16 CHAPTER 3 Specifications OneBlox 4312 User Guide...

Страница 17: ...7 C H A P T E R 4 Concepts Network Information 18 Storage Management 18 Storage Capacity Reporting through OneSystem 19 Storage Capacity Reported to Applications 20 Continuous Data Protection 21 Data...

Страница 18: ...in a number of ways OneBlox protects against data deletion corruption drive removal drive failures OneBlox failures and ring failures OneBlox takes continuous snapshots of information being stored in...

Страница 19: ...ons and users In addition to the information being deduplicated the snapshots are also deduplicated resulting in further increases in usable capacity 4 3 Storage Capacity Reporting through OneSystem 4...

Страница 20: ...two meaningful ways OneSystem admins will see the pertinent physical disk storage information the drive capacity that does not take into account the OneBlox filesystem deduplication or data protection...

Страница 21: ...e customized and CDP disabled Continuous Data Protection is an advanced technique to protect files that are written to OneBlox As files are written a space optimized snapshot is taken which is immedia...

Страница 22: ...password required In the user and group permission settings read only or read write access can be assigned to the share For information on how to add shares see How do I Limit which Storage Shares Us...

Страница 23: ...Console 30 What if My Network Does Not Have a DHCP Server 32 What if I don t know the IP address of my OneBlox on the Network 33 What if I have multiple OneBlox on my Network Is there an easy way to v...

Страница 24: ...e floor with the full weight of the rack resting on them In single rack installation stabilizers should be attached to the rack In multiple rack installations the racks should be coupled together Alwa...

Страница 25: ...en mounting or servicing this unit in a rack you must take special precautions to ensure that OneBlox remains stable The following guidelines are provided to ensure your safety This unit should be mou...

Страница 26: ...e the extension toward the front of the OneBlox 3 Secure the OneBlox with 2 screws as illustrated Repeat steps for the other inner rail extension Warning Do not pick up the server with the front handl...

Страница 27: ...l 3 Hang the hooks of the rails onto the rack holes and if desired use screws to secure the front of the outer rail onto the rack 4 Repeat steps 1 3 for the remaining outer rail To install the OneBlox...

Страница 28: ...irflow for the drives For this reason even empty carriers without hard drives installed must remain in OneBlox To remove a Drive Carrier 1 Push the release button located beside the drive s LEDs 2 Swi...

Страница 29: ...irflow Figure 5 5 Mounting a Drive in a Carrier 5 3 How do I pair OneBlox 4312 using the web console To pair OneBlox using the web console 1 Access the virtual OneBlox web console From a Mac laptop wh...

Страница 30: ...king OneBlox web console this will open a new web page with the web console and immediately display the pairing code The web console is also used to configure static IP addresses DNS servers proxy ser...

Страница 31: ...eSystem Version 2 15 5 page 31 2 Click here in the top portion of the page where you see You can do basic configuration network here 3 Enter the default user name admin and default password config 4 Y...

Страница 32: ...hen a OneBlox 4312 is installed on a LAN without a DHCP server it will be assigned an IPv6 link local IP address With OneBlox 2 12 and later the IP address IMPI IP address MAC address and other inform...

Страница 33: ...time there are a few options 1 You may connect a display and keyboard to OneBlox and the networking information will be printed on the screen and then enter the IP address in the URL bar of the brows...

Страница 34: ...ion algortithm Variable and fixed length deduplication are the two main types of data deduplication Fixed length deduplication uses the same segment length and offers good data reduction ratios for in...

Страница 35: ...the total capacity written to the cluster and the amount of storage capacity written to disk after the deduplication and compression reduction This is calculated for the entire cluster 5 10 OneBlox 4...

Страница 36: ...e off when OneBlox is operating normally 5 10 2 2 Information LED This LED will be blue when the UID function has been activated When this LED flashes red it indicates a fan failure When red continuou...

Страница 37: ...when the power is off An illuminated green light indicates that the power supply is operating If either of the two power supply modules fail the other module will take the full load and allow OneBlox...

Страница 38: ...bond mode balance alb and standard MTU packet size With the default network configuration only one switch should be used for connectivity and the switch must support balance alb For advanced network c...

Страница 39: ...ither 2 x 10GbE BASE T or 2 x 10GbE SFP There is no need to connect network cables to the 1GbE ports with the default single port group profile The balance alb algorithm will utilize the 2 10GbE ports...

Страница 40: ...lox Ring as multiple OneBlox are added to the Ring over time 5 12 3 What if I have a 10GbE and 1GbE network With OneBlox 2 13 and later two port groups may be enabled for two different network profile...

Страница 41: ...he data network bond0 will utilize the 10GbE ports and may be connected to two switches with bond mode HA or a single 10GbE switch with bond mode balance alb or LACP Please refer to section 6 4 for de...

Страница 42: ...Understanding OneBlox and OneSystem Version 2 15 5 page 42 CHAPTER 5 OneBlox 4312 OneBlox 4312 User Guide...

Страница 43: ...ation on OneBlox Adding Removing or Editing Users Access to Storage 74 How to give Groups of Users access to OneBlox Adding Editing Groups Users 78 How do I create a Hidden Share 79 How do I create an...

Страница 44: ...in a Mesh Configuration 107 How Can I stop or resume Remote Replication for a Given Share 108 How do I Know What the Recovery Point of a Given Share is 109 How do I Change or Reset my OneSystem Passwo...

Страница 45: ...OneBlox Creating a OneSystem Account and Login Once you create register a OneSystem account you will then be able to login to OneSystem and manage the OneBlox rings in your environment To create a On...

Страница 46: ...rom OneSystem to you The email will come from onesystem exablox com If you do not see the email in your inbox after five minutes check your spam folder filter Adding onesystem exablox com to your addr...

Страница 47: ...ng the virtual IP address ensure that each OneBlox in the Ring has either a static IP address see How do I change the Network Configuration of the OneBlox on page 55 or a reserved DHCP address 1 In On...

Страница 48: ...erent network configurations including jumbo frames multiple switches and LACP In doing so all network ports are still seen as bond0 but the network bond mode may be changed Important Although the two...

Страница 49: ...fore the configuration is applied use show data to view the current and pending configuration This will be remedied in an upcoming release With OneBlox 2 13 and later network configuration may be done...

Страница 50: ...as above but use the LACP bond mode oneblox40001 config network management bond LACP 6 4 How do I Configure OneBlox with Multiple Network Profiles and Port Groups With the release of OneBlox 2 14 cus...

Страница 51: ...ere are a number options now available for advanced configuration IP version IPv4 Netmask Configurable Gateway Configurable VLAN Tagging Configurable DNS Configurable NTP Configurable Webproxy Configu...

Страница 52: ...gement network and may be configured through OneSystem see section 6 2 of the user guide The virtual IP address is advantageous on the data port group in virtual server environments as NFS datastores...

Страница 53: ...mented commands oneblox40001 config network help Documented commands type help topic apply cluster data help management portgroup reset show virtual Undocumented commands end logout oneblox40001 confi...

Страница 54: ...up enter management vlan tag and similarly data vlan tag Important The pending network changes must be applied in order for the network configurations to become effective oneblox40001 config network p...

Страница 55: ...a future release To configure VLAN tagging connect a monitor and keyboard to the OneBlox The default user name and password is admin and config all lower case In some cases the default password may be...

Страница 56: ...ration management auto inet6 See Also apply portgroup data cluster virtual oneblox40001 config network management vlan 55 oneblox40001 config network show management Management and Data Network Curren...

Страница 57: ...logout oneblox40001 config network oneblox40001 config network reset oneblox40001 config network logout 6 7 Setting Up Active Directory and Authenticating OneBlox 6 7 1 Overview Active Directory provi...

Страница 58: ...ers The default and strongly recommend option is to use an If there is a complex environment this can be problematic and specifying the name or IP address of your domain controllers can sometimes reso...

Страница 59: ...OneSystem Version 2 15 5 page 59 6 7 2 Having a OneBlox Ring join AD To have a OneBlox Ring join AD 1 Navigate to the desired Ring and then select Settings on the left hand navigation 2 Select the Ed...

Страница 60: ...y KDC for realm FQDN while getting initial credentials kinit Client not found in Kerberos database while getting initial credentials Some possible causes for the error are Cannot find a domain control...

Страница 61: ...TER 6 Common Tasks OneBlox 4312 User Guide Understanding OneBlox and OneSystem Version 2 15 5 page 61 Active Directory Users and Computers 1 Select Domain Properties 2 Pre Windows 2000 NetBIOS Domain...

Страница 62: ...Share will look like 5 Enter a Share Name and description if desired 6 Restricted to Active Directory Users will be the access policy applied to all SMB shares within the OneBlox cluster This will cre...

Страница 63: ...rstanding OneBlox and OneSystem Version 2 15 5 page 63 6 7 4 Mapping a Network Drive in Windows To map a Network Drive in Windows 1 Select Drive 2 Enter Folder UNC Path 3 Connect using different crede...

Страница 64: ...Understanding OneBlox and OneSystem Version 2 15 5 page 64 CHAPTER 6 Common Tasks OneBlox 4312 User Guide 6 After successfully connecting to the new Share ADSHARE 7 Right click and choose Properties...

Страница 65: ...CHAPTER 6 Common Tasks OneBlox 4312 User Guide Understanding OneBlox and OneSystem Version 2 15 5 page 65 8 Choose the Security tab 9 Choose Edit 10 Choose Add...

Страница 66: ...TER 6 Common Tasks OneBlox 4312 User Guide 11 If requested enter the Domain Admin credentials 12 Enter Domain Administrator or Domain Users 13 Click Check Names to confirm followed by OK 14 Domain Adm...

Страница 67: ...ommon Tasks OneBlox 4312 User Guide Understanding OneBlox and OneSystem Version 2 15 5 page 67 16 Click Yes 17 Domain Admin Users have full control 18 Create a test file or folder to confirm write fun...

Страница 68: ...ddress in a web browser and log in with the following credentials Note the credentials are cASe sensitive IPMI account Admin password EXAB70x 2134 6 9 How do I enable two factor Verification for addit...

Страница 69: ...page 69 when this additional security measure is enabled it is required for all OneSystem admin and delegated admins 4 Click Edit and then select Enable Service from the pull down and select the appro...

Страница 70: ...OneSystem Version 2 15 5 page 70 CHAPTER 6 Common Tasks OneBlox 4312 User Guide 6 Click on configure 7 Enter OneSystem admin s password 8 Select the method to receive one time passwords either use a m...

Страница 71: ...5 page 71 9 Google Authenticator is the free application if using the mobile app It can be downloaded for free through Google Play After the application is installed on the iOS Android or Windows mobi...

Страница 72: ...Guide 11 Alternatively OneSystem admins may receive sms for the one time password Note Standard text sms rates apply Consider your mobile plan accordingly To receive sms select use text messages 12 En...

Страница 73: ...on Variable and fixed length deduplication are the two main types of data deduplication Fixed length deduplication uses the same segment length and offers good data reduction ratios for information th...

Страница 74: ...o all shares that have variable length dedupe enabled will be treated as a single dedupe pool Similarly all information written to shares and exports that have fixed length deduplication enabled will...

Страница 75: ...ole a The user role will only have access to the shares that are configured for them A user has no administrative rights on OneSystem b The admin role allows the user to administrate OneBlox create mo...

Страница 76: ...8 Click Save The user will get a confirmation email from OneSystem The user will need to click on the confirmation link in the email to activate the account In so doing the user will be directed to ht...

Страница 77: ...ers on the left hand panel then cick on the pencil next to the user s name 2 Make the necessary changes to the name group membership and or the share access 3 Click Save to save the changes To change...

Страница 78: ...ight contain registered users who are executives in the organization Groups may be configured to have share access thus giving all members of the group the same access to the share From the previous e...

Страница 79: ...6 You may create a new share as part of the adding group workflow 7 Click Save To edit a Group 1 Select the group to edit from the list of groups on the left hand panel 2 Click on the pencil next to t...

Страница 80: ...nd of the share name 3 Select the SMB access protocol 4 Select the desired share access 5 Select the desired storage policy 6 Click Save 6 16 How do I create an NFS Export To create an NFS Export To c...

Страница 81: ...ome examples of how to mount an NFS export OneBlox supports the use of hard links for mounting NFS exports To mount an NFS Export This section describes command for listing and mounting exports on NFS...

Страница 82: ...splay mounted export The following commands can be used to display mounted exports mount df nfsstat m Mount options Options can be added with o rsize data size that will be transferred from server to...

Страница 83: ...System Version 2 15 5 page 83 1TB of information that is deduplicated and compressed to 500GB the application has reached 100 of its quota Additionally access to an NFS export can have one or client a...

Страница 84: ...tire network is correctly configured Important Care should be taken if using jumbo frames to ensure the entire network is correctly configured Tip Because OneBlox is a scale out storage solution all e...

Страница 85: ...ation tab then Storage in the Hardware section on the left hand navigation 6 Click on Add Storage in the upper right and click Next 7 Select Network File System and click Next see following figure VMw...

Страница 86: ...ore s may now be added to your virtual machines Tip Within ESXi shell to see the status of NFS mounts use esxcfg nas l NOTE VMs are provisioned as Thick provision eager zeroed Datastore changes with v...

Страница 87: ...Windows 2012 R2 and Hyper V is supported IT Admins may create SMB shares though OneSystem and utilize them as VHDX files Important SMB shares for Hyper V should be created with 1 variable length redu...

Страница 88: ...ox 4312 User Guide 2 Select Dynamically expanding 3 Specify the name and location for the file It s a best practice to use the virtual IP address of OneBlox Ring This will dynamically route any Hyper...

Страница 89: ...I set SMB Share Level Quotas OneBlox now supports share level quotas configured through Windows permissions After authenticating the OneBlox Ring with Active directory creating the SMB share through...

Страница 90: ...pplication level capacity consumed for a given share The capacity reported through OneSystem is the application capacity and does not take into account the additional capacity needed for drive failure...

Страница 91: ...ct attach cable Please consult with your specific switch manufacturer to ensure the transceiver and cables type is supported befor use with OneBlox 6 24 How do I Limit which Storage Shares Users have...

Страница 92: ...re done b If it is All Registered no further actions are needed Click Save and you are done c If it is Restricted follow these steps Select or type a user s from the dropdown list and or Select or typ...

Страница 93: ...ng names cannot contain spaces and may have up to 15 characters NOTE If the OneBlox Ring has already been authenticated with Active Directory and the Ring name is changed the administrator will need t...

Страница 94: ...n Tasks OneBlox 4312 User Guide 2 Once in the Settings view auto enrollment may be enabled or disabled 6 28 Viewing Snapshots 1 Snapshots may be viewed in a few ways including through Windows previous...

Страница 95: ...he Public share and any other shares that have been created through OneSystem 4 Open the desired share folder then open the Snapshots folder 5 Navigate the Snapshot folder that is sorted by date and t...

Страница 96: ...ing shares or exports when snapshots are turned off any existing snapshots for that share will be deleted This operation cannot be undone Snapshots may be turned on again but the recovery point will b...

Страница 97: ...authenticated with Active Directory This is an alternative to using in the share name to hide shares from users When a sign is used users may still navigate to the share if they know the exact path T...

Страница 98: ...elect Deny for Type and This folders subfolders and files for Applies to 6 Click on Show advanced permissions 7 Select 1 Read attributes 2 Write attributes 3 Write Extended attributes 8 Click OK then...

Страница 99: ...different recovery points will be available and the default retention period is for 1 year Below is a table of the default snapshot frequency and retention period NOTE Snapshots are deduplicated with...

Страница 100: ...he retention period for existing shares may be increased from their current period e g increasing from 6 months to 9 months For shares that are not being updated with new or modified files customers w...

Страница 101: ...3 up to 21 daily snapshots week 4 1 month up to 28 daily snapshots month 3 up to 3 monthly snapshots and 12 weekly snapshots month 6 up to 6 monthly snapshots and 24 weekly snapshots month 9 up to 9 m...

Страница 102: ...me of the IP addresses we use for OneSystem and OneBlox We do not expect these to change going forward yet we may add additional IP addresses over time The following URLs and IP Addresses are used for...

Страница 103: ...for easier navigation 3 Select the appropriate share s that will be replicated to another OneBlox Ring URL IP Address es Port Purpose onesystem exablox com 54 64 131 73 52 68 229 251 443 Used for clou...

Страница 104: ...OneBlox and OneSystem Version 2 15 5 page 104 CHAPTER 6 Common Tasks OneBlox 4312 User Guide 4 On the right hand navigation select Actions and then Replicate 5 Select the Target Ring from the pull do...

Страница 105: ...mation If port forwarding isn t necessary leave the information blank and click Finish 7 A replication icon in the upper right corner of the share s thumbnail will now be displayed 8 To replicate the...

Страница 106: ...security network These connections include communication from the Wide Area Network Internet to hosts on a private LAN Intranet inside the Demilitarized Zone DMZ as well as connections between DMZ zo...

Страница 107: ...P Port on the higher security network to be redirected to a specific address or range of address and a specific port or range of ports on the lower security network Outside IP Address Outside IP Port...

Страница 108: ...rification is enabled Click Verify 8 The read only Secondary Shares will now become read write as of the last recovery point It s important to note that all other instances of the replicated shares on...

Страница 109: ...source target share is stopped and then started again the data transfer begins from the last recovery point prior to the stop replication action Additionally replication for a target share must be st...

Страница 110: ...set my OneSystem Password 6 40 1 Password Policy Passwords must be at least 8 characters long and contain both upper and lower case letters They must contain at least one number and one special charac...

Страница 111: ...2 Enter a valid email address for password reset instructions 3 Click Reset Password 4 Click on the link in the email to create a new password 6 41 What if I want to Erase all of the Information on my...

Страница 112: ...after rebooting OneBlox will appear on the network as it did when it was initially installed with a default Ring name OneBlox R and will not be seen in OneSystem OneBlox may now be paired with a OneSy...

Страница 113: ...Charts click on the triangle and select Deduplication 3 Mouse over any point in the chart to see the deduplication details for the day 4 To select a specific date range simply click and highlight the...

Страница 114: ...ox Through OneSystem admins can remotely shut down OneBlox This operation can be found in the OneBlox view under Actions OneSystem now provides a workflow to remotely shut down OneBlox 4312 running ve...

Страница 115: ...eBlox If you believe you have a OneBlox failure please contact support If the OneBlox failed support will issue an RMA and send a replacement 1 Setup the new OneBlox with power and networking but do n...

Страница 116: ...4312 User Guide 6 48 How do I disable Encryption in Flight To disable Encryption in flight 1 Select the desired OneBlox Rings and then on the left hand navigation select Settings 2 Click Edit in the...

Страница 117: ...Understanding OneBlox and OneSystem Version 2 15 5 page 117 C H A P T E R 7 Open Source Software Open Source Compliance 118...

Страница 118: ...tain the complete corresponding open source code for the applicable software from us at this location for a period of three years after our last shipment of this product Furthermore you may also obtai...

Страница 119: ...Mware NFS Datastore 84 To create an NFS Export 80 To disable Encryption in flight 116 To edit a Group 79 To edit a Share 92 To edit a User 77 To have a OneBlox Ring join AD 59 To hide the Snapshot Dir...

Страница 120: ...X OneBlox 4312 User Guide To remove a Drive Carrier 28 To remove the Power Supply 37 To reset my Password 111 To set SMB share level quotas 89 To set up Microsoft Hyper V 87 To stop or resume remote r...

Страница 121: ...etwork Profiles and Port Groups 50 Configure OneBlox with different Network Set tings 48 Continuous Data Duplication 21 Continuous Data Protection 21 retention policy 98 Continuous Data Protection CDP...

Страница 122: ...ox 4312 24 IPMI network access lights out management 68 L Lights Out Management 68 M mapping network drive 63 Mechanical Loading 25 member adding to group 79 Microsoft Active Directory 11 Microsoft Hy...

Страница 123: ...onal OneBlox in different Rings 93 SFP transceivers supported 90 Share 11 Share Level Capacity Reporting 90 Shares 22 Shutdown OneBlox remote 114 SMB 11 Snapshot 100 snapshot directory hiding 96 97 Sn...

Страница 124: ...Understanding OneBlox and OneSystem Version 2 15 5 page 124 INDEX OneBlox 4312 User Guide VLAN Tagging 55 VMware NFS Datastore 84 W Web Console pair OneBlox using 29...

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