Dell DR4300 DR Series System Administrator Guide - Page 66

Deleting Containers, Moving Data Into a Container

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3. Modify the marker type for the selected container as needed. For details, see the topic, Creating Storage Containers. CAUTION: If you are changing the marker type on a DR6000 and you are using Rapid CIFS, you must remount the share on the client after you change the marker type. 4. Modify the connection type options for the selected container as needed. • If you want to modify existing NFS or CIFS connection type container settings, see the topic, Creating an NFS or CIFS Connection Type Container, and make the corresponding changes. • If you want to modify an existing VTL container type settings, see the options available in the topic, Creating a VTL Type Container, and make the corresponding changes. • If you want to modify the existing OST or RDS connection type container settings, see the options available in the topic, Creating an OST or RDS Connection Type Container, and make the corresponding changes. NOTE: If you select Open Access in the Client Access pane, the Add clients (IP or FQDN Hostname) and Clients panes are hidden and you cannot create or modify these options. NOTE: The DR Series system always commits writes to NVRAM first before committing any changes to disk. NOTE: The DR Series system administrator who manages the DR Series system has a different set of privileges than the CIFS administrator user. Only the DR Series system administrator can change the password for the CIFS administrator user. To change the password that allows access for the CIFS administrator user, use the DR Series system CLI authenticate --set --user administrator command. For more information, see the Dell DR Series System Command Line Reference Guide at dell.com/powervaultmanuals. 5. After the container type settings have been modified, click Modify this Container . The Successfully updated container dialog is displayed. The list of containers in the Containers summary table is updated with the newly modified container. Deleting Containers Before deleting a container, Dell recommends that you first carefully consider whether or not you need to preserve the data in the container. To delete an existing container that contains data, complete the following: CAUTION: Before deleting any DR Series container that contains deduplicated data, Dell recommends that you take steps to preserve this data using another means of long-term retention. Once a container is deleted, the deduplicated data cannot be retrieved. The DR Series system allows you to delete any specified container and all of its contents in one operation. 1. Select Storage → Containers. The Containers page is displayed, and lists all current containers. 2. Click Select to identify the container you want to delete, and click Delete. A Delete Confirmation dialog is displayed, which prompts you about the specific container by name that you selected to delete. 3. Click OK in the Delete Confirmation dialog. The Successfully removed container dialog is displayed. The list of containers in the Containers summary table is updated and no longer displays the deleted container. Moving Data Into a Container To move data into an existing DR Series system container, complete the following: 1. Click Start → Windows Explorer → Network. 66

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3.
Modify the marker type for the selected container as needed. For details, see the topic, Creating Storage
Containers.
CAUTION: If you are changing the marker type on a DR6000 and you are using Rapid CIFS, you must remount
the share on the client after you change the marker type.
4.
Modify the connection type options for the selected container as needed.
If you want to modify existing NFS or CIFS connection type container settings, see the topic, Creating an NFS or
CIFS Connection Type Container, and make the corresponding changes.
If you want to modify an existing VTL container type settings, see the options available in the topic, Creating a
VTL Type Container, and make the corresponding changes.
If you want to modify the existing OST or RDS connection type container settings, see the options available in
the topic, Creating an OST or RDS Connection Type Container, and make the corresponding changes.
NOTE:
If you select
Open Access
in the
Client Access
pane, the
Add clients (IP or FQDN Hostname)
and
Clients
panes are hidden and you cannot create or modify these options.
NOTE:
The DR Series system always commits writes to NVRAM first before committing any changes to disk.
NOTE:
The DR Series system administrator who manages the DR Series system has a different set of
privileges than the CIFS administrator user. Only the DR Series system administrator can change the
password for the CIFS administrator user. To change the password that allows access for the CIFS
administrator user, use the DR Series system CLI
authenticate --set --user administrator
command. For more
information, see the
Dell DR Series System Command Line Reference Guide
at
dell.com/powervaultmanuals
.
5.
After the container type settings have been modified, click
Modify this Container
.
The
Successfully updated container
dialog is displayed. The list of containers in the Containers summary table is
updated with the newly modified container.
Deleting Containers
Before deleting a container, Dell recommends that you first carefully consider whether or not you need to preserve the
data in the container. To delete an existing container that contains data, complete the following:
CAUTION: Before deleting any DR Series container that contains deduplicated data, Dell recommends that you
take steps to preserve this data using another means of long-term retention. Once a container is deleted, the
deduplicated data cannot be retrieved. The DR Series system allows you to delete any specified container and all
of its contents in one operation.
1.
Select
Storage
Containers
.
The
Containers
page is displayed, and lists all current containers.
2.
Click
Select
to identify the container you want to delete, and click
Delete
.
A
Delete Confirmation
dialog is displayed, which prompts you about the specific container by name that you
selected to delete.
3.
Click
OK
in the
Delete Confirmation
dialog.
The
Successfully removed container
dialog is displayed. The list of containers in the Containers summary table is
updated and no longer displays the deleted container.
Moving Data Into a Container
To move data into an existing DR Series system container, complete the following:
1.
Click
Start
Windows Explorer
Network
.
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