User manual QUANTUM STORNEXT QUANTUM PARTIAL FILE RETRIEVAL

[. . . ] User 's Guide User 's Guide User 's Guide User 's Guide Quantum Partial File Retrieval StorNext 6-66957-01 Rev A Document Title, 6-66957-01 Rev A, June 2010, Product of USA. Quantum Corporation provides this publication "as is" without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Quantum Corporation may revise this publication from time to time without notice. Making copies or adaptations without prior written authorization of Quantum Corporation is prohibited by law and constitutes a punishable violation of the law. [. . . ] The "normal" installation will be completely performed by selecting "Full Install". Note: During the installation process you will be asked for a PFR User Name and password: once for the PFR Server installation and once for the PFR Engine installation. Enter the User Account information that was created during the prerequisites stage. During the PFR Server installation the installer copies, registers and starts the "VM w/ SNAPI and PFR Linux Component". Since this Virtual Machine image is very large, this can take quite a long time to complete. This is completely normal. StorNext Timecode-Based Partial File Retrieval User's Guide 13 Chapter 3: Installation Installation 14 StorNext Timecode-Based Partial File Retrieval User's Guide Configuration Chapter 4 Most of the Quantum Partial File Retrieval configuration is handled via a single configuration tool (the Primary Configuration). However, an initial manual configuration step is required before this is run. In addition, since the PFR Indexer can be installed on a separate machine, this element is also configured separately (although it can be called from the main configuration application if both are installed on the same machine). SNAPI / PFR Linux Component Configuration The connection between the PFR Server and the StorNext API (SNAPI) is accomplished via a small Linux application that resides in a Virtual Machine, hosted on the same machine that runs the PFR Server. This requires configuration before it can be used for the first time. Ensuring that the VM is running The Virtual Machine will be installed and launched by the PFR Server installer. To launch the Virtual Machine Manager and to ensure that the VM is running, launch the VMWare Server Home Page. There should be a shortcut to this on the desktop (created when VMWare Server was installed). Alternatively, point your web browser at the following URL: 15 StorNext Timecode-Based Partial File Retrieval User's Guide Chapter 4: Configuration SNAPI / PFR Linux Component Configuration https://localhost:8333 This will request the following login screen from within your web browser. Note: You may be warned by your web browser that this site does not have a valid certificate. You should ignore this warning and continue to the site. Figure 5 VMWare Login Type the username and password for an account on the current machine which has Administrative privileges. It is necessary to manually configure VMWare Server to automatically start/stop the virtual machines when the Windows host OS starts/shuts down. To do this: 1 Click the computer name in the Inventory tab (not the name of the virtual machine), and select the Summary tab. 2 Click Edit Virtual Machine Startup/Shutdown Settings (on the far right near the bottom). 16 StorNext Timecode-Based Partial File Retrieval User's Guide Chapter 4: Configuration SNAPI / PFR Linux Component Configuration Figure 6 Virtual Machine Settings 3 Check the box beside Allow virtual machines to start and stop automatically with the system, and in the Default Shutdown Delay box, select Suspend. 4 Highlight the virtual machine in the Startup Order list and click Move Up to put it in "Any Order". In the Inventory that appears on the left, there should be an item called "Linux_SNAPI". This is the name of the Virtual Machine that runs the "VM w/ SNAPI and PFR Linux Component". It will appear as follows: StorNext Timecode-Based Partial File Retrieval User's Guide 17 Chapter 4: Configuration SNAPI / PFR Linux Component Configuration Figure 7 Virtual Machine Inventory Select the Linux_SNAPI item and ensure that it is running. If it is not, start it using the green Play button at the top of the screen. Showing the VM and its GUI 1 Continuing from above, select the Console Tab for the Linux_SNAPI: Figure 8 Console Tab 2 Click in the black area of the screen to launch the console. [. . . ] Once complete (or if skipped), press Next to continue. Summary This page provides a final check before saving and committing the current configuration. Caution: Saving the configuration restarts all Partial File Restore services and will therefore terminate any in-progress retrievals. StorNext Timecode-Based Partial File Retrieval User's Guide 29 Chapter 4: Configuration Primary Configuration Figure 20 Summary Screen Press Next to continue and save the current configuration. Complete The final page indicates whether the configuration has been saved (or else provides details of any problems). 30 StorNext Timecode-Based Partial File Retrieval User's Guide Chapter 4: Configuration Indexer Configuration and Monitoring Figure 21 Complete Screen Indexer Configuration and Monitoring The Indexer is implemented as a Windows Service. The configuration and monitoring of the service are combined into this application. Note: The Indexer service continues to run in the background, even when this application is not running. [. . . ]