Dell PowerVault LTO4-120HH Dell DR Series System Administrator's Guide - Page 90

Editing Container Settings, Creating an Unassigned Connection Type Container

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- Unlimited: this defines the allowed amount of incoming raw data per container (based on the physical capacity of the container). - Size: this defines a set limit in Gibibytes (GiB) for incoming raw data allowed per container. 7. Click Create a New Container (or click Cancel to display the Containers page). After creating the new container, the Containers page is displayed and includes a Successfully Added dialog. The list of containers in the Containers summary table is updated with your new container (and its new status is reflected as N/A in the Replication column of this table). Creating an Unassigned Connection Type Container To create an unassigned container in the DR Series system without a defined connection type (None), complete the following: NOTE: The DR Series system allows you to create a container without configuring it with a specific connection type. When you are ready to configure an unassigned container at a later date, select it in the Containers summary table, click Edit, and configure it with the desired connection type. 1. Select Storage → Containers. The Containers page is displayed showing all existing containers. 2. Click Create. The Create New Container dialog is displayed. 3. In Container Name, type the name of the container. Container names cannot exceed 32 characters in length, and can be composed of any combination of the following characters: NOTE: The DR Series system does not support the use of the following special characters in container names: /, #, or @. - A-Z (uppercase letters) - a-z (lowercase letters) - 0-9 (numbers) - dash (-) or underscore (_) special characters 4. In Marker Type, select from the following choices: None, Auto, CommVault, Networker, TSM, or ARCserv. If you select the Auto marker type, this will enable all marker types to be detected. As a best practice, if you have only one type of DMA with traffic directed to a container, it is best to select the corresponding marker type (for example, CommVault). Conversely, as a best practice, if you have traffic from a DMA that is not one of the supported marker types, it is best to disable marker detection for the container by selecting the None marker type. 5. To create a container with an unassigned connection type, select None to create a container for configuration at a later time or to disable any specific marker type for the container. 6. Click Create a New Container (or click Cancel to display the Container Summary page). After creating a new container, the Containers page is displayed and displays a Successfully Added dialog. The list of containers in the Containers summary table is updated with your new unassigned 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. 90

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Unlimited
: this defines the allowed amount of incoming raw data per container (based on the physical
capacity of the container).
Size
: this defines a set limit in Gibibytes (GiB) for incoming raw data allowed per container.
7.
Click
Create a New Container
(or click
Cancel
to display the
Containers
page).
After creating the new container, the
Containers
page is displayed and includes a
Successfully Added
dialog. The
list of containers in the Containers summary table is updated with your new container (and its new status is
reflected as N/A in the Replication column of this table).
Creating an Unassigned Connection Type Container
To create an unassigned container in the DR Series system without a defined connection type (
None
), complete the
following:
NOTE:
The DR Series system allows you to create a container without configuring it with a specific connection
type. When you are ready to configure an unassigned container at a later date, select it in the Containers summary
table, click
Edit
, and configure it with the desired connection type.
1.
Select
Storage
Containers
.
The
Containers
page is displayed showing all existing containers.
2.
Click
Create
.
The
Create New Container
dialog is displayed.
3.
In
Container Name
, type the name of the container.
Container names cannot exceed 32 characters in length, and can be composed of any combination of the following
characters:
NOTE:
The DR Series system does not support the use of the following special characters in container
names: /, #, or @.
A-Z (uppercase letters)
a-z (lowercase letters)
0-9 (numbers)
dash (-) or underscore (_) special characters
4.
In
Marker Type
, select from the following choices:
None
,
Auto
,
CommVault
,
Networker
,
TSM
, or
ARCserv
.
If you select the
Auto
marker type, this will enable all marker types to be detected. As a best practice, if you have
only one type of DMA with traffic directed to a container, it is best to select the corresponding marker type (for
example,
CommVault
). Conversely, as a best practice, if you have traffic from a DMA that is not one of the
supported marker types, it is best to disable marker detection for the container by selecting the
None
marker type.
5.
To create a container with an unassigned connection type, select
None
to create a container for configuration at a
later time or to disable any specific marker type for the container.
6.
Click
Create a New Container
(or click
Cancel
to display the
Container Summary
page).
After creating a new container, the
Containers
page is displayed and displays a
Successfully Added
dialog. The list
of containers in the Containers summary table is updated with your new unassigned 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
.
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