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Miscellaneous configurations include setting up an administrative account, configuring network connections, and setting the system time for the NearStore VTL appliance.
The NearStore VTL appliance is shipped with a default login name and password (admin/NetApp). You use these default settings initially to log in to the system. Change the login name and password as soon as possible.
Users who need to log in to the NearStore VTL with administrative privileges use the administrator account. Typically these individuals perform tasks such as adding RAID groups.
You do not create an administrator account for each person with administrative privileges. Rather, the administrator account is generic and is used by all individuals with administrative privileges.
Complete the following to create an administrator account for the NearStore VTL appliance.
From the menu, located on the left side of the screen, click the task category.
Click the Administrator Account Setup tab, located in the upper portion of the screen.
Login Id—specify the name that people will use to log in to the system with administrative privileges.
Login Password—specify the password for the administrative account.
Click Apply to change the login information for the administrative account.
The administrative account has been set up. The next time that you log in to the NearStore VTL appliance with administrative privileges, you must use the new login identification and password.
Because there is no way to reset the login identification and password of the NearStore VTL appliance, it is important that you keep a record of them in a secure place.
The NearStore VTL appliance was shipped with a default login name and password for both an administrator role (admin/NetApp) and a tape operator role (tape/NetApp). You use these default settings to initially log in to the system. You should change the login names and passwords as soon as possible.
Users who do need to log in to the NearStore VTL with administrative privileges, use the tape account. Typically these individuals monitor the day to day operation of the VTL appliance.
You do not create an tape account for each person with operator privileges. Rather, the operator account is generic and is used by all individuals with operator privileges.
Complete the following to create a tape operator account for the NearStore VTL appliance.
From the menu, located on the left side of the screen, click the task category.
Click the Tape Operator Account Setup tab, located in the upper portion of the screen.
Login Id—gives the name that people will use to log in to the system with tape operator privileges.
Click Apply to change the login information for the tape operator account:
The tape operator account has been set up. The next time that you log in to the NearStore VTL appliance with tape operator privileges, you must use the new login identification and password.
Because there is no way to reset the login identification and password of the NearStore VTL appliance, it is important that you keep a record of them in a secure place.
After the initial setup of your system, you must complete the configuration of the network connections. This includes setting the netmask and the gateway address for the network.
Follow these steps to complete the network connections:
From the Configuration Tasks menu, located on the left side of the screen, click the Miscellaneous task category.
Click the Network Setup tab, located in the upper portion of the screen.
Complete the following information:
Invalid values can cause the system to be unreachable on the network.
IP Address—specify the IP address for the NearStore VTL appliance. This is a static IP address.
Use care when changing the IP address of the system.
Netmask—specify the network mask for the NearStore VTL appliance. This is typically 255.255.255.0.
Gateway address—specify the IP address of the gateway for the default route.
After you are certain that the values are correct, click Apply.
When you first power on the NearStore VTL, the warning (orange) light on the Status Indicator bar might be on and the Action Required icon might be flashing. Typically, this is because the system clock on the NearStore VTL appliance is not set.
You can set the time from an NTP or browser host. The browser host in this case is defined as the computer that runs the Web browser from which you access the interface of the NearStore VTL appliance. This can be either a laptop or desktop computer.
When you synchronize the system clock of the system to an NTP server, the system acts like an NTP client and ensures that there is minimal time drift between the system clock of the system and the NTP server. When you synchronize the system clock of the system to that of the browser host, the synchronization is performed only once. This means that the two clocks can drift apart.
If the system has a connection to the internet, you can synchronize with an external NTP server. If the system does not have a connection to the internet, you can synchronize with a local domain server that is running NTP service.
If you are using the browser host, ensure that its time is accurate before completing this task.
Complete the following to set the system date and time of the NearStore VTL:
From the Configuration Tasks menu, located on the left side of the screen, click the Miscellaneous task category.
Click the Date Setup tab in the upper portion of the interface.
The Date Setup screen appears and the NearStore VTL displays the following:
Use NTP Server—provides the option to select an NTP server and enter its IP address.
User Browser Host—gives the option to use the browser host.
Browser Host Date—displays the current date and time of the browser host.
Appliance Date—gives the current date and time of the system.
Time adjustment—displays the adjustment that the NearStore VTL will make to synchronize with the browser host.
From the Date Setup screen, select either the Use NTP Server or the Use Browser Host option.
If you selected the Use NTP Server option, the NearStore VTL displays the status of the time synchronization against the NTP server.
If you selected the Use Browser Host option, the NearStore VTL displays the status of the time synchronization against the Web browser host.
The NearStore VTL supports both SNMP versions I and II. This means that you can use the SNMP workstation to monitor the state of the NearStore VTL appliance. The SNMP agent on the NearStore VTL provides traps and managed information base (MIB) information to the management workstation.
Traps are generated when there is an event that requires an action. For example, if a physical tape needs to be loaded into a physical tape drive before an operation can continue, action 1101 is triggered. This action informs the user that a physical tape must be loaded into the specified drive before operations can continue.
You can also send a test trap from the NearStore VTL to the SNMP Management-Station IP address to ensure that the SNMP configuration is operational.
Complete this task to configure SNMP for the system:
From the Configuration Tasks menu, located on the left side of the screen, click the Miscellaneous task category.
Click the SNMP Configuration tab, located in the upper portion of the screen.
Enter the name of the SNMP management workstation into the Management-Station IP Address field.
This is the host that you use to manage the SNMP deployment.
Enter the name of the community to which the system will belong.
An SNMP Community is composed of a number of SNMP agents and managers. All members of the specified community have the same privileges.
Select the type version of SNMP traps that you want to use. The NetApp VTL supports both versions 1 and 2.
You can enable e-mail notifications for a NearStore VTL appliance. When a system event triggers a required action, the NearStore VTL sends an e-mail to the addresses that you specify. This e-mail contains information that is pertinent to the required action, including the action number and a brief description.
From the Configuration Tasks menu, located on the left side of the screen, click the Miscellaneous task category.
Click the E-mail Configuration tab in the upper portion of the interface.
Enter the appropriate information into the following fields:
E-mail Server IP Address—provide the IP address of the SMTP server that you use to send the e-mail notifications.
Admin E-mail Address (from:)—provide the e-mail address of the NearStore VTL administrator. You can specify multiple e-mail addresses by separating them by commas.
Action Notification E-Mail Recipients List (to:)—list of e-mail addresses to which the NearStore VTL sends notifications. You can specify multiple e-mail addresses by separating them by commas.
Action Notification E-Mail Recipients List (cc:)—list of e-mail address to which the NearStore VTL sends a copy of the notifications. You can specify multiple e-mail addresses by separating them by commas.
It is a good idea to save the configuration of a NearStore VTL appliance to your management workstation. In this situation the configuration of the system means all of the virtual libraries, network settings, and advanced options (such as customer accounts and device access) that you have set up for the system. This does not include the virtual tapes (backed up or imported user data) that the NearStore VTL has written to its back-end disks. User data is saved in the disks. The NearStore VTL can import the user data from these disks if needed.
For purposes in addition to disaster recovery, you can load a user-saved configuration from one system to another. For example, if you want to deploy multiple systems that have the same configuration you can configure the first system, save the configuration file to a management workstation, and then load this configuration file to new system.
The new system will have the same configuration as the source system. If the source system has virtual libraries and advanced features (such as device access enabled), you will want to fine-tune the configuration of the new system to fit your needs.
This section provides the following:
You should backup the VTL appliance configuration to the management workstation. This is especially useful if you plan to copy the configuration of one system to another.
Complete this task to save the configuration of a NearStore VTL appliance.
From the Configuration Tasks menu, located on the left side of the screen, click the Miscellaneous task category.
Click the Configuration Management tab located in the upper portion of the screen.
The Configuration Management screen appears, and the NearStore VTL displays the following:
Action—provides a link to either the Save Configuration or Load Configuration screens.
From the Action field, click the Save Configuration link.
Your web browser displays a window from which you can save the file. Follow the steps that are appropriate for your browser.
Select the Save to Disk option and click OK.
The NearStore VTL saves your disk to either your management workstation or your browser host, depending on the way in which your browser host is set up to save files.
When loading a configuration, you can choose between either an auto-saved or user-saved configuration file. The auto-saved file is on a disk that was connected to the system for which the NearStore VTL saved the configuration. This is the type of configuration file that you want to use if you are working in disaster recovery mode. In other words, use an auto-saved file when you are rebuilding or replacing an system after a catastrophic event.
Loading either a default or a saved configuration overwrites the existing one.
If you are deploying multiple systems with the same configuration, use a user-saved configuration file when copying the configuration of one system to another for deployment purposes.
Complete this task to save the configuration of a NearStore VTL appliance.
From the Configuration Tasks menu, located on the left side of the screen, click the Miscellaneous task category.
Click the Configuration Management tab located in the upper portion of the screen.
The Configuration Management screen appears, and the NearStore VTL displays the following:
Action—provides a link to either the Save Configuration or the Load Configuration screen.
From the Action field, click the Load Configuration link.
If you want to load a user-saved configuration, click the link with the Load user-saved configuration (from file) description field.
If you want to load an auto-saved configuration, click the link with the Load auto-saved configuration (from disk) description field.
The next step assumes you clicked on the Load auto-saved configuration (from disk) option.
From the action field, select the configuration that you want to load.
The system begins the process of loading the selected configuration.
When prompted, click Apply to confirm your desire to load the selected configuration.
Loading the selected configuration will overwrite the existing one.
After loading the configuration file that you have selected, the NearStore VTL reboots.
Note: if this is a disaster recovery, you will be able to import the virtual tapes (user data) from the back-end disks into the new system. This requires that you connect the back-end disks to the new system and complete the task for importing the data.
See Importing Physical Disks (Advanced Task for Disaster Recovery) for more information on importing physical disks.
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