Dell DR4300 DR Series System Administrator Guide - Page 65

Editing Container Settings, Creating an OST or RDS Connection Type Container

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For iSCSI, you should configure the CHAP password for the system-wide CHAP account. To do so, you can use the CLI or navigate to Storage > Clients, and then click Edit CHAP Password. You can add additional tapes to the library after container creation by editing the container in the GUI or by using the following CLI command: vtl --update_carts --name --add --no_of_tapes NOTE: For more information about using the command line interface, see the Dell DR Series Command Line Reference Guide. Creating an OST or RDS Connection Type Container To create an OST or RDS connection type container, follow these steps: 1. Select Storage → Containers. The Containers page displays all existing containers. 2. Click Create. The Container Wizard - Create New Container dialog box appears. 3. For Container Name, type the name of the container, and then click Next. Container names cannot exceed 32 characters in length, must start with a letter, and can be composed of any combination of the following characters: • A-Z (uppercase letters) • a-z (lowercase letters) • 0-9 (numbers). Do not start a container name with a number. • dash (-) or underscore (_) special characters NOTE: The DR Series system does not support the use of the following special characters in container names: /, #, or @. 4. For Connection Type, select Dell Rapid Data Storage (RDS) or Symantec OpenStorage (OST) as appropriate, and then click Next. 5. For LSU Capacity, select one of the following options allowed per container: • Unlimited - To define the allowed amount of incoming raw data per container (based on the physical capacity of the container). If you selected RDS, by default, Unlimited is selected. • Quota: To define a set limit in Gibibytes (GiB) for incoming raw data allowed per container. 6. Click Next. A Configuration Summary of the options you selected for creating the container appears. 7. Click Create a New Container. A progress dialog box appears and then the Containers page is displayed, with a Successfully Added message. The list of containers in the Containers summary table is now updated with your new container.The Marker Type for the newly created container is displayed as None. The list of containers in the Containers summary table is updated with your new container. Editing Container Settings To modify any of the settings for an existing container, complete the following: 1. Select Storage→ Containers. The Containers page is displayed, and lists all current containers. 2. Click Select to identify the container in the list that you want to modify, and click Edit. The Edit Container dialog is displayed. 65

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For iSCSI, you should configure the CHAP password for the system-wide CHAP account. To do so, you can use the
CLI or navigate to
Storage > Clients
, and then click
Edit CHAP Password
.
You can add additional tapes to the library after container creation by editing the container in the GUI or by using
the following CLI command:
vtl --update_carts –-name <name> --add --no_of_tapes <number>
NOTE:
For more information about using the command line interface, see the
Dell DR Series Command Line
Reference Guide
.
Creating an OST or RDS Connection Type Container
To create an OST or RDS connection type container, follow these steps:
1.
Select
Storage
→
Containers
.
The
Containers
page displays all existing containers.
2.
Click
Create
.
The
Container Wizard — Create New Container
dialog box appears.
3.
For
Container Name
, type the name of the container, and then click
Next
.
Container names cannot exceed 32 characters in length, must start with a letter, and can be composed of any
combination of the following characters:
•
A-Z (uppercase letters)
•
a-z (lowercase letters)
•
0-9 (numbers). Do not start a container name with a number.
•
dash (-) or underscore (_) special characters
NOTE:
The DR Series system does not support the use of the following special characters in container
names: /, #, or @.
4.
For
Connection Type
, select
Dell Rapid Data Storage (RDS)
or
Symantec OpenStorage (OST)
as appropriate, and
then click
Next
.
5.
For
LSU Capacity
, select one of the following options allowed per container:
•
Unlimited
— To define the allowed amount of incoming raw data per container (based on the physical capacity
of the container). If you selected
RDS
, by default,
Unlimited
is selected.
•
Quota
: To define a set limit in Gibibytes (GiB) for incoming raw data allowed per container.
6.
Click
Next
.
A Configuration Summary of the options you selected for creating the container appears.
7.
Click
Create a New Container
.
A progress dialog box appears and then the
Containers
page is displayed, with a
Successfully Added
message. The
list of containers in the Containers summary table is now updated with your new container.The Marker Type for the
newly created container is displayed as None. The list of containers in the Containers summary table is updated
with your new container.
Editing Container Settings
To modify any of the settings for an existing container, complete the following:
1.
Select
Storage
→
Containers
.
The
Containers
page is displayed, and lists all current containers.
2.
Click
Select
to identify the container in the list that you want to modify, and click
Edit
.
The
Edit Container
dialog is displayed.
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