Before configuring the Centera Cluster as a disk library, the Centera
Cluster information must be added using the Library and Drive Configuration window.
Once the Centera cluster information is added and successfully detected, the
MediaAgents in the CommCell can use this information to add a Centera disk
library.
The following procedure describes the steps involved in adding a Centera
Cluster.
Before You Begin
If you wish to use a PEA file, use the following steps to setup the environment variable for the Centera PEA file
location.
From your computer Desktop, right-click My Computer
and click Properties.
From the Advanced tab, click EnvironmentVariables.
In the Environment Variables dialog box, under System
Variables, select New.
In the Variable name field, enter
CENTERA_PEA_LOCATION.
In the Variable value field, add the full path to the PEA
file including the file itself. For example, C:\PEA\Centera.pea. It is
recommended that there are no spaces in either the folder location or
the file name.
Click OK, and then OK again. Reboot the computer to
commit the variable.
From the Library and Drive Configuration window, click the Start menu,
select Centera, and then select Cluster.
3.
From the Centera Cluster List dialog box, click on New Cluster.
4.
From the Centera Cluster dialog box, click on
Add.
5.
From the Add Access Node dialog box, enter either the DNS name or
IP address of the Centera cluster. Add a port number in the Centera
cluster which can be used by the system to access it and then click
OK.
6.
From the Centera Cluster dialog box, detect the Centera cluster using the
following steps:
Highlight the DNS name or IP address you just added from the
Access Node list.
Select the MediaAgent from which you wish to detect the Center
cluster from the Detect Information From MediaAgent list
Click on Detect.
The ClusterName, ClusterID, Capacity and
Version information of the
Centera cluster are displayed.
If you encounter an error, verify and ensure that you have provided
accurate information in the Add Access Node dialog box.
7.
Click
OK. The Centera cluster is added.
View the Space and Access Path Information for a Centera
Disk Library
To
view the space and Access Path Information for a Centera disk library:
From the CommCell Console click on the Centera disk library for which
you wish to view the information.
The mount path is displayed on the right panel of the CommCell Console.
Right-click the mount path associated with the library and then
click Properties.
From the CommCell Browser, right-click the mount path for which you wish to
delete the contents,
and then click Delete Contents.
Click Yes in the Warning prompt to continue.
Click No to abort the operation.
In the Enter Confirmation text dialog box, type
erase and reuse media and then click OK.
Click Cancel to abort the operation.
NOTES
This operation deletes the data from the CommServe database. Note that
this operation does not free-up the disk space in the mount path. A
Data Aging
operation must be run subsequently to free-up the disk space.
Make sure that your disk library meets the appropriate criteria. For more
information, see
Migrate Magnetic Libraries.
To perform
a disk library migration from one MediaAgent to another MediaAgent:
Right-click the disk library that you want to migrate to another MediaAgent
and click Migrate Disk Library.
A message is displayed indicating that this operation migrates the disk
library to another MediaAgent. Click OK.
The
Select
MediaAgent dialog box is displayed. This dialog box displays the current
MediaAgent that the disk library is associated with and allows you to select
a MediaAgent to migrate to. From the drop-down list, select the MediaAgent you
want to migrate to and click OK.
The disk library will now be associated with the selected MediaAgent.
To view the disk library properties to verify successful migration, right
click on the disk library where you want to view the properties, and click
Properties.
The MediaAgent is displayed on the General tab.
Make sure that the mount path associated with the disk library, points
to valid path. (See
Add or Modify Mount
Paths for step-by-step instructions.)
From the Library and Drive Configuration window, click the Start
menu, select Centera and then select Cluster.
From the Centera Cluster List
dialog box, highlight the Centera cluster you wish to remove and then click on
Remove Cluster.
A Confirm prompt asks you to confirm the deletion of the Centera
cluster.
Click Yes. The Centera cluster is removed.
Deconfigure a Disk Library
Data associated with a library
will be lost, when it is deconfigured.
Before you Begin
Be certain that the library that you want to remove is not in use. Use the Job
Controller to find and kill any jobs that use the library.
Make sure that every storage policy copy associated with the library has been deleted.
Determine the storage policies accessing the library as described in
View
the Storage Policies Accessing a Library.
Right-click the library that you want to deconfigure, and then click Deconfigure.
A prompt appears, reminding you that the library's storage policy copies must be deleted
in order for the library to be deconfigured. If no storage policy copies are associated
with the library and you want to deconfigure, click Yes.
The
disk library is removed from the
Library and Drive
Configuration window.
To
view the space and Access Path Information for a Centera disk library: