The purpose of this topic is to help you better use this guide by providing a few of installation scenarios. These scenarios will help you navigate to the procedures that are appropriate to your environment.
Metadata Controller Installations
If you attempt to perform a full backup operation (for example, by using the command snbackup) immediately after upgrading, the backup operation will fail.
Note: The backup operation fails due to the metadata archive build process, and will not succeed until the metadata archive build is complete. The amount of time required for the metadata archive build to complete depends on the size of the file system (for example, the number of files and directories); however, other file system actions are allowed (for example, adding new files, modifying files, and so on).
Run the following command to check the status of the metadata archive build process:
When the status returns complete, you can perform a full backup operation.
Install a RedHat Linux MDC with Windows and Clients
- StorNext Linux MDC Installation and Configuration provides system requirements, pre-installation information, and instructions for installing and configuring StorNext File System and Storage Manger on a Linux server, called the Metadata Controller (MDC).
- StorNext Client Installation and Configuration provides system requirements, pre-installation information, and instructions for installing the StorNext client software on Linux and Windows machines.
Install a SNFS-only Windows MDC
- Windows SNFS-Only MDC Installation and Configuration provides system requirements, pre-installation information, and instructions for installing and configuring StorNext File System on Windows servers.
Install a SNFS-only Linux MDC
- Linux SNFS-Only MDC Installation and Configuration provides system requirements, pre-installation information, and instructions for installing and configuring RPM-only installations on Linux servers.
Caution: As the File System Manager (FSM) supports over 1000 clients (with more than 1000 file requests per client), the resource limits of your MDC may be exhausted with additional load from other processes. Exceeding the file descriptor limit will cause errors to your system. Quantum recommends you not run additional applications on the MDC.
Additional Resources
- Configure LAN Clients and Gateway Servers describes how to configure a distributed LAN client or server for both single-server and high-availability (HA) systems.
- Uninstall StorNext describes how to remove StorNext software from a server or client system.
- Configuration Tasks describes how to perform file system tasks that do not apply to a typical StorNext setup, including Connecting Xsan Clients to StorNext MDCs.
- StorNext Files describes the files used and modified to configure a file system, the cluster-wide control feature, and the file used to configure the cluster-wide security controls.
- Quality of Service describes how to configure and use the StorNext File System (SNFS) Quality of Service (QOS) feature.
DVD Directories
Files on the StorNext installation DVD are located in the following locations, depending on whether a media kit DVD or a user-created DVD from an .iso image for a web-release download is used:
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Directory Location |
Directory |
Contents |
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Media Kit DVD |
/fs_only |
This contains the installation binaries for supported platforms for StorNext file system-only and file system-only clients and clients plus Distributed Data Mover (DDM), which are designated with a _plus_mover file name. This also contains the StorNext client installation binaries for supported platforms. |
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/stornext_full |
This contains the installation binaries for supported platforms for full installation of StorNext, including both the File System and Storage Manager. |
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/stornext_full/clients |
This contains the StorNext client installation binaries for supported platforms. |
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/offlinenotification |
This contains the installation binaries for supported platforms for StorNext offline notification installations. |
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Web Release DVD |
/fs_only |
This contains the installation binaries for supported platforms for StorNext Filesystem-only and Filesystem-only clients and clients plus Distributed Data Mover (DDM),which are designated with a _plus_mover file name. This also contains the StorNext client installation binaries for supported platforms. |
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/stornext_full |
This contains the installation binaries for supported platforms for full installation of StorNext, including both the File System and Storage Manager. |
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/stornext_full/clients |
This contains the StorNext client installation binaries for supported platforms. |
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/offlinenotification |
This contains the installation binaries for supported platforms for StorNext offline notification installations. |
