Data ONTAP 5.3
System Administrator's Guide

Preface
Chapter 1: Introducing Network Appliance Filers
bullet About filers
bullet How you administer a filer
bullet About filer main unit components
bullet About disk shelves
bullet About Data ONTAP
bullet Filer administration with Data ONTAP
Chapter 2: Filer Administration Basics
bullet Overview
bullet Using the administration host
bullet The root volume
bullet Editing configuration files
bullet Obtaining access to the filer shell
bullet About multiple administrative users
bullet Creating administrative users
bullet Deleting administrative users
bullet Listing administrative users
bullet Changing an administrative user password
bullet Halting and rebooting the filer
bullet Understanding the filer default configuration
bullet Default exported and shared directories
bullet The /etc/rc file
bullet Naming conventions for network interfaces
bullet Recovering from configuration errors
bullet Core files
bullet Message logging
bullet Configuring filer options
bullet The options command
bullet The vol options command
bullet Sending automatic email to Network Appliance
bullet Filer system time synchronization
bullet Time synchronization with the rdate command
bullet Time synchronization with SNTP
bullet Synchronizing filer system time
bullet Using options command options to maintain filer security
bullet Software licenses
Chapter 3: Disk and File System Management
bullet Disk concepts
bullet Volume concepts
bullet Procedures for managing disks and volumes
bullet Disk management tasks
bullet Volume management tasks
bullet File statistics for volumes
bullet Getting a file statistics summary
bullet Filestats command options
bullet Volume reversion using SnapRestore
bullet Reverting a volume to a selected snapshot
Chapter 4: Network Administration
bullet About this chapter
bullet Working with large files
bullet Using SNMP
bullet Host name resolution
bullet Routing
bullet Using ifconfig to configure an interface
bullet EtherChannel trunking
bullet Kinds of trunks
bullet Hardware requirements for trunks
bullet Virtual interfaces
bullet Trunking virtual interfaces
bullet Second-level virtual interfaces on a single filer
bullet Second-level virtual interfaces in a cluster
bullet Virtual interface management
bullet Creating a single-mode trunk
bullet Specifying a preferred link in a single-mode trunk
bullet Removing a link from preferred status in a single-mode trunk
bullet Creating a multiple-mode trunk
bullet Creating a second-level virtual interface on a single filer
bullet Creating second-level virtual interfaces in a cluster
bullet Adding physical interfaces to a trunk
bullet Displaying the status of a trunk
bullet Displaying trunk statistics
bullet Destroying a trunk
bullet Database file protection
bullet Enabling and disabling database file protection with nvfail
bullet Using the nvfail_rename file for additional database protection
Chapter 5: ATM LANE and SPANS Administration
bullet Overview
bullet Overview of ATM
bullet ATM LANE
bullet Configuring the ATM adapter for LANE
bullet Getting started with LANE configuration
bullet Configuring the LECS address
bullet Configuring the ATM adapter for an ELAN
bullet Checking and completing the ELAN configuration
bullet FORE/IP over SPANS
Chapter 6: File Sharing between NFS and CIFS Users
bullet About this chapter
bullet File-locking interactions
bullet Managing symbolic links for CIFS access
bullet NFS and CIFS use of the read-only bit
bullet Naming files used by both NFS and CIFS
bullet Languages and character sets
bullet Displaying a list of supported languages
bullet Setting the console encoding
bullet Setting the language of a volume
bullet Creating a volume that uses a specified language
bullet Displaying which volume uses which language
bullet Directory formats
bullet Directory conversion
bullet Forcing Unicode default directory creation
bullet Returning to pre-Data ONTAP 4.0 default directory creation
bullet Converting directories to Unicode format upon any access
bullet Returning to default Unicode format directory conversion
bullet CIFS file name case
bullet Forcing CIFS file names to lowercase
bullet Preserving the case of CIFS file names
bullet Directory conversion time
bullet Speeding up conversion time by renaming NFS directories
bullet How to manage UNIX access to NTFS files
bullet How to manage the WAFL credential cache
bullet Setting how long each WAFL credential cache entry is valid
bullet Adding an entry to the WAFL credential cache
bullet Deleting entries from the WAFL credential cache
bullet Displaying WAFL credential cache statistics
bullet Displaying a mapping result for a UNIX name
bullet Displaying a mapping result for a Windows name
bullet Toggling CIFS login tracing
Chapter 7: NFS Administration
bullet NFS administration covers four areas
bullet Introducing the /etc/exports file
bullet Rules for exporting volumes and directories
bullet Default /etc/exports entries
bullet Restricting access to volumes and directories
bullet The exportfs command
bullet The /etc/netgroup file
bullet Exporting to subnets
bullet About configuring a filer for (PC)NFS
bullet Introducing the (PC)NFS daemon
bullet Enabling the daemon
bullet Setting up (PC)NFS user entries
bullet Setting the default umask
bullet About configuring a filer for WebNFS
bullet Setting up WebNFS
bullet Managing WebNFS
bullet About displaying NFS statistics
Chapter 8: CIFS Administration
bullet CIFS limitations
bullet Limits on CIFS open files, sessions, and shares
bullet Changing or viewing the filer's description
bullet Adding CIFS users to the filer
bullet Adding local groups to the filer
bullet Using CIFS commands with a remote shell program
bullet Enabling guest and generic access
bullet Displaying a filer's shares
bullet Creating and changing a share
bullet Displaying information about shares
bullet Deleting a share
bullet Creating a home share for each user
bullet Assigning and changing access rights
bullet Displaying access rights to an NTFS file
bullet Changing UNIX permissions and DOS attributes from Windows
bullet Sending a message to all users on a filer
bullet Event auditing
bullet Event log detail displays
bullet Event auditing overview
bullet Enabling CIFS access logging
bullet Disabling CIFS access logging
bullet Specifying the active event log
bullet Setting a system ACL on a file
bullet Viewing events in a security log
bullet Using oplocks
bullet Displaying CIFS statistics
bullet Displaying CIFS session information
bullet Stopping and restarting CIFS sessions
bullet Reconfiguring the filer for CIFS
Chapter 9: HTTP Administration
bullet Chapter contents
bullet Starting HTTP service
bullet Protecting Web pages with passwords
bullet Using the HTTP virtual firewall
bullet Using virtual hosting
bullet Specifying MIME Content-Type values
bullet Translating URLs
bullet Displaying HTTP connection information
bullet Displaying HTTP statistics
Chapter 10: Cluster Administration
bullet Introducing clusters
bullet Understanding cluster concepts
bullet Configuring interfaces for takeover
bullet Configuring dedicated and hot standby interfaces
bullet Configuring interfaces with mirrored interfaces
bullet Understanding takeover
bullet Understanding giveback
bullet Managing a cluster
bullet Managing the cluster in normal mode
bullet Managing takeover
bullet Managing filers in takeover mode
bullet Managing a virtual filer
bullet Performing a giveback
Chapter 11: Snapshots
bullet Understanding snapshots
bullet Snapshot commands and options
bullet Understanding snapshot disk consumption
bullet Managing snapshot disk consumption
bullet Accessing snapshots from clients
Chapter 12: Qtree administration
bullet Using qtrees
bullet Qtree security styles
bullet Qtree file access models
bullet Creating a qtree
bullet Modifying the security style of a qtree
bullet Modifying qtree oplocks settings
bullet Displaying qtree information
Chapter 13: Quotas and Maximum Number of Files
bullet Restricting or tracking disk usage by using disk quotas
bullet Increasing the maximum number of files
bullet The df command
Chapter 14: Data Backup
bullet Introduction to data backup
bullet How the dump command works
bullet Format of the backup data
bullet How the dump command writes and stores data on tape
bullet Determining the amount of backup data
bullet Determining the number of tapes for the backup
bullet Prerequisites for the dump command
bullet Recommendations for performing a backup
bullet The dump command syntax
bullet Using the dump command to back up data to tape
Chapter 15: Data Recovery
bullet Introduction to data recovery
bullet The restore command syntax
bullet Using the restore command
bullet Performing a full restore of a volume containing qtrees
bullet Examples of the restore command
bullet Restarting the restore command
bullet How to use a filer tape drive to restore files to another system
Chapter 16: Tape Device Management
bullet Introduction to tape device management
bullet How the filer displays information about various tape drives
bullet Displaying tape device information
bullet Using the mt command to control tape devices
Chapter 17: Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP)
bullet Introduction to NDMP
bullet Tape devices that can be used by the filer's NDMP server
bullet The ndmpd command
bullet Log messages generated by NDMP
bullet Considerations when using NDMP on the filer
Chapter 18: Volume Copy Using the vol copy Command Set
bullet About this chapter
bullet Introduction to the filer's commands for copying volumes
bullet Requirements and recommendation for copying a volume
bullet Details about copying one volume to another
bullet Management of a volume copy operation when it is in progress
Chapter 19: Data Replication Using SnapMirror
bullet About this chapter
bullet Purposes of SnapMirror
bullet How SnapMirror works
bullet Snapshots created during data replication
bullet How SnapMirror works with quotas
bullet How SnapMirror works with the dump command
bullet The /etc/snapmirror.allow file
bullet The /etc/snapmirror.conf file
bullet Replicating a volume
bullet Disabling data replication for the entire filer
bullet Resuming data replication for the entire filer
bullet Disabling data replication for one volume
bullet Checking data replication status
bullet Converting a mirror to a regular volume
bullet Differences between the vol copy command and SnapMirror
Chapter 20: System Information and Performance
bullet Displaying the Data ONTAP version
bullet Displaying filer configuration information
bullet Displaying volume information
bullet Displaying filer statistics
bullet Displaying network statistics
bullet Displaying interface statistics
bullet Improving filer performance
Chapter 21: Troubleshooting
bullet Getting technical assistance
bullet Booting from system boot diskette
bullet Restarting a shut down filer
bullet NVRAM problems
bullet Volume problems
bullet Failed mounts and stale file handles
bullet Volume name problems
bullet Disk problems
bullet Disk failure without a hot spare disk
bullet Disk failure with a hot spare disk
bullet Disk errors
bullet Inconsistent file system
bullet Disk operations in Maintenance mode
bullet Configuration problems
bullet How to reset the filer password
bullet How to initialize all disks and create a new file system
bullet Network problems
bullet NFS problems
bullet Windows access problems
bullet UNIX cpio problems
bullet UNIX df problems
bullet Cluster messages
bullet Serious error messages
Chapter 22: SecureAdmin management
bullet SecureAdmin overview
bullet SecureAdmin concepts
bullet Setting up and starting SecureAdmin
bullet Reinitializing SecureAdmin
bullet Disabling SecureAdmin
bullet Restarting SecureAdmin
bullet Determining whether SecureAdmin is running
bullet Displaying the version of SecureAdmin
Chapter 23: Detailed Options Information
bullet About options
bullet Autosupport options
bullet CIFS options
bullet DNS options
bullet HTTP options
bullet NFS and (PC)NFS options
bullet NIS options
bullet RAID options
bullet Timed options
bullet Volume options
bullet Miscellaneous options
Glossary
Index
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