The StorNext Home Page

On the home page you will find the following:

Status and Capacity Monitors for file systems, libraries, storage disks, and tape drives
Dropdown Menus: Configuration, Tools, Service, Reports and Help
Current status indicators for the file system and Storage Manager
A link to the tickets page (if tickets exist)
A link to admin alerts (if they exist)
A link to the Library Operator Actions Required page if actions exist
A link to blockpool status if the blockpool is in the process of starting up

From any page you can return to the StorNext home page by clicking the Home (house) icon in the upper right corner of the screen. Beside the Home icon is a question mark icon. Clicking this icon displays a list of StorNext online help topics. Displayed in the upper right corner beneath the home and help icons is the user name or IP address of the StorNext user currently logged in.

StorNext Monitors

The StorNext Home Page displays the following status and capacity monitors which are used to show the current state of the StorNext system:

File Systems Capacity Monitor
Libraries Capacity Monitor
Storage Disks Capacity Monitor
Tape Drive Status
Policy Capacity Monitor

Use these monitors to view current statistics of managed or unmanaged file systems and configured libraries and/or drives, including file system, library, and drive information. Each of the status monitors provides an at-a-glance view of the total number of components (file systems, libraries, storage disks, or tape drives) and the current state of the file system: green for normal, yellow for warning, and red for error.

Note: The capacity indicators on the StorNext home page provide approximations and may not accurately summarize the actual current capacity. If you require accurate, up-to-the-minute capacity information, click the Capacity areas of the home page to view current capacity.

The information shown in the monitors is refreshed periodically. You can specify the refresh rate by choosing the desired interval from the Refresh Rate list:

No Refresh
30 seconds
1 minute
2 minutes
5 minutes
10 minutes

File Systems Capacity Monitor

The File Systems Capacity Monitor provides the following information:

Total space for the file system
A graphical representation of the free and used space amount
The number of active StorNext SAN clients (connected via fibre channel or iSCSI) for which you are licensed

The number of StorNext LAN Clients for which you are licensed. For more information about LAN Clients, see StorNext LAN Clients above.
The number of store candidates, which are files selected for storage to secondary media.

Note: The number is only displayed if a managed file system exists.

Note: Click the tool-tip icon to display the breakdown across multiple managed file systems. The value is only displayed when the count is greater than one.
The number of files that have been stored and meet the criteria to become a truncation candidate.

Note: The number is only displayed if a managed file system exists.

Note: Click the tool-tip icon to display the breakdown across multiple managed file systems. The value is only displayed when the count is greater than one. For performance reasons, the tool-tip displays an Estimated Truncation Candidate count, if there are more than one million candidates. If there are less than one million candidates, the actual value is displayed. You can configure the value of the estimate threshold by setting the SHOWC_TRUNC_ESTIMATE system parameter value. The larger the value, the longer it might take to determine the number of candidates.
Current status: Error, Warning or Normal. "Error" indicates that the file system is down, whereas a Warning status indicates the usage of space in the file system is high.

StorNext Home Page Dropdown Menus

The dropdown menu options located in the bar at the top of every page allow you to access StorNext setup, tools, service, and reporting options. The StorNext home page contains these drop-down menus and menu options:

The Configuration Menu

The Configuration menu contains the following options that allow you to perform both initial and ongoing setup and configuration tasks for your StorNext system.

Option	Description
Configuration > Configuration Wizard	Launch the StorNext Configuration Wizard.
Configuration > Licenses	Enter or view license information for StorNext features.
Configuration > System	Manage the cluster network interfaces between HA nodes, NTP, DNS, hostnames, gateway, domain and set bonding options. Note: This option is only visible on StorNext M660, M440, M330, Pro Foundation, Artico Metadata Appliances, and Xcellis Workflow Director systems.
Configuration > Name Servers	Enter and set order for servers used for StorNext file systems.
File Systems Overview	Add a file system to your environment.
Storage Destinations Overview	Add a library or storage disk, or set up data replication and deduplication. Additionally, you can add Object Storage Destinations, or Q-Cloud Storage Destinations.
Storage Policies Overview	Add a storage policy to a file system.
Configuration > Email Server	Configure the email server to use for notifications.
Configuration > Email Notifications	Configure email notifications for Service Tickets, Admin Alerts, StorNext Backups, and Policy Class Alerts.

The Tools Menu

The Tools menu contains options to control day-to-day operations of StorNext.

Menu Item	Description
Tools > User Accounts	Control user access to StorNext tasks.
Tools > Client Download	Download SNFS client software.
Tools > Firmware Upgrade	Perform a firmware upgrade for your HA system. Note: This option is only visible on StorNext M660, M440, M330, Pro Foundation, Artico Metadata Appliances, and Xcellis Workflow Director systems.
Tools > Dynamic Application Environment	Displays the current status of your virtual machine environments.
Tools > System Control	Stop or start the file system or StorNext Storage Monitor, and specify whether to automatically start StorNext at system startup.
Tools > Object Storage Certificates	View, create, import, convert, download, and delete Object Storage certificates.
Tools > File and Directory Actions	Perform file-related and directory-related tasks on managed file systems such as storing and moving files, recovering and retrieving files and directories, and modifying file attributes.
Tools > Object Storage Buckets	Enables you to scan for, add new, and delete existing Object Storage buckets.
Tools > File Systems > Label Disks	Label disk drives.
Tools > File Systems > Check File System	Run a check on your file system before expanding the file system or migrating a stripe group.
Tools > File Systems > Affinities	Configure affinities for your file system.
Tools > File Systems > Migrate Data	Migrate the file system's stripe group(s).
Tools > File Systems > Stripe Group Actions	Manage the file system's stripe group(s).
Tools > File Systems > Truncation Parameters	Manage the file system's truncation parameters.
Tools > File Systems > Manage Quotas	The quota system provides a means for limiting the amount of disk storage consumed on a per user or per group basis across an entire file system or within a designated directory hierarchy.
Tools > Storage Manager > Storage Components	View current status for libraries, storage disks, and tape drives; place one or more of these components online or offline.
Tools > Storage Manager > Drive Pools	Add, modify, or delete drive pools.
Tools > Storage Manager > Media Actions	Remove media from a library or move media from one library to another.
Tools > Storage Manager > Media Manifests	Perform various actions on the storage media manifests in your library.
Tools > Storage Manager > Storage Exclusions	Specify types of file names to exclude from StorNext Storage Manager.
Tools > Storage Manager > Truncation Exclusions	Specify files or directories to exclude from the truncation process.
Tools > Storage Manager > Tape Consolidation	Enter parameters for automatically consolidating space on tape media.
Tools > Storage Manager > Library Operator Interface	Enter or eject media from the Library Operator Interface.
Tools > Storage Manager > Software Requests	View or cancel pending software requests.
Tools > Storage Manager > Scheduler	Schedule file system events including Clean Info, Clean Versions, Full Backup, Partial Backup, and Rebuild Policy.
Tools > Storage Manager > Alternate Store and Retrieval Location	Alternate Retrieval Location allows you to specify a remote retrieval location to use in situations where files stored on tape or a storage disk cannot be accessed. Alternate Store Location provides an automatic system for copying files from a main instance of StorNext to a remote instance of StorNext at the same time as copies are made to tertiary storage at the main site.
Tools > Storage Manager > Distributed Data Mover	Spread the distribution of data across several machines rather than the primary server.
Tools > Storage Manager > Drive Replacement	Allows you to update the drive serial number mappings.
Tools > Storage Manager > Client-side Encryption	Lists the master keys that can be used for client side encryption.
Tools > Storage Manager > System Parameters	Allows you to set and modify StorNext system parameters.
Tools > Storage Manager > Convert Database	Allows you to split a global datafile into separate files for each table.
Tools > Replication/Deduplication > Administration	View current replication process, or pause, resume, or stop replication.
Tools > Replication/Deduplication > Replication Targets	Add a host or directory for date replication, or edit existing replication targets.
Tools > Replication/Deduplication > Replication Bandwidth	Configure replication bandwidth limits and multi-link.
Tools > High Availability > Convert	Convert to a high availability configuration.
Tools > High Availability > Manage	Manage High Availability system parameters.

The Service Menu

The Service menu contains options to monitor and capture system status information.

Menu Option	Description
Service > Health Check	Perform one or more health checks on StorNext and view recent health check results.
Service > Capture State	Obtain and preserve detailed information about the current StorNext system state.
Service > Capture State and Capture DSET	Obtain and preserve detailed information about the current StorNext system state. Note: The information in this section is applicable for releases up to StorNext 5 release 5.3.x (in other words, prior to StorNext 6). Refer to Service > Capture State for the new information. Note: This option is only visible on StorNext M660, M440, M330, Pro Foundation, Artico Metadata Appliances, and Xcellis Workflow Director systems.
Service > System Backup	Run a backup of StorNext software.
Service > Admin Alerts	View informational messages about system activities.
Service > Tickets	View, edit, or close service tickets generated for the system.
Service > Logging	Enables robust debugging mode for advanced tracing.
Service > Web Services (V2)	Specify your encryption and authentication options.

The Reports Menu

The Reports menu contains options to view StorNext reports.

Menu Option	Description
Reports > Logs	Access logs of StorNext operations.
Reports > Jobs	View a list of pending and completed jobs on the system.
Reports > Files	View information about specific files, such as the owner, group, policy class, permissions, and copy information.
Reports > Drives	View information about the drives in your libraries, including the serial number and current state and status.
Reports > Media	View information pertaining to the media in selected libraries or all libraries, including the media ID, type and class, as well as the number of files and the last access date and time.
Reports > Q-Cloud Object Storage Media Usage	View the usage report for Q-Cloud object store media.
Reports > Relations	View the names of the policy classes which correspond to the managed directories in your system.
Reports > File Systems	View file system statistics including active clients, space, size, disks, and stripe groups.
Reports > SAN Devices	View information about devices currently attached to your SAN, including disks/LUNs, libraries, and tape drives.
Reports > Tape Consolidation	View statistics on the tape consolidation (defragmenting) process.
Reports > SAN and LAN Clients	View statistics for StorNext clients, including the number of connected clients and LAN Clients, and client performance.
Reports > LAN Client Performance	View information about LAN Clients and servers, including read and write speed.
Reports > Replication/Deduplication > Policy Activity	View replication and deduplication performance statistics.
Reports > Replication/Deduplication > Policy Summary	View replication and deduplication information for each policy.
Reports > Hardware Status	View up-to-date information about the system board and network ports for both nodes in your HA system, plus storage arrays. Note: This option is only visible on StorNext M660, M440, M330, Pro Foundation, Artico Metadata Appliances, and Xcellis Workflow Director systems.
Reports > Data Movement	View activity related to the Distributed Data Mover feature.
Reports > Gateway Metrics	View information and activity related to your gateways, clients, and file systems.
Reports > StorNext Metrics	View information and activity related to StorNext Metrics. The StorNext Metrics reports provide performance data logging and visual reporting and graphing features for StorNext systems. The StorNext Metrics reports are a visual reporting tool that combines comprehensive performance data logging with powerful visual reporting and analysis tools to help you identify potential problems and optimize system operations.

The Help Menu

The Help menu contains the following options to access StorNext documentation, find Quantum contact information, or detailed information about this version of StorNext.

Support

On the Help menu, click Support. The StorNext Support page appears. The StorNext Support page includes the following information:

Label	Description
Company	Displays a hyperlink to the Quantum Corporation company web site. Click Quantum Corporation to open the company web site.
Technical Assistance	Displays telephone numbers for technical support around the world. Click Quantum Technical Assistance Center to open the Quantum Technical Support web site.

About

The Help > About page displays various tabs, which display information about StorNext components. Depending on your configuration, the Help > About page displays the following tabs:

Software
Gateways
Firmware

Software

The Software tab displays the following information about StorNext:

Component	Description
StorNext	The StorNext version and build number.
User Interface	The graphical user interface version and build numbers.
Database	The database version number.
Perl	The Perl programming language version and build number.
Tomcat	The Apache Tomcat version and build number.
File System Server	The version and build number of the file system server you are running.
File System Client	The version and build number of the file system client you are running.
Library Manager	The Library Manager version and build numbers.
Policy Manager	The Storage Policy Manager version and build numbers.
Serial Number	The StorNext serial number.
Operating System	The operating system.
Patents	Display Quantum Corporation patents.

Gateways

The Gateways tab displays information of each gateway connected to the metadata controller (MDC).

Component	Description
Server	The Gateway IP address.
System Serial Number	If known, the gateway system serial number.
StorNext Serial Number	The StorNext software serial number running on the gateway, if specified in the license strings (optional).
File System Server Version	The StorNext software file system version running on the gateway.
Gateway License	Displays whether the gateway license is installed on gateway. Yes: Signifies the gateway is running in unlimited LAN client connections mode available on certain gateways. No: Signifies the gateway client connections are limited to the number of licensed LAN client connections on the Gateway.