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12 managing data retention and validation, 14 creating block snapshots – HP StoreAll Storage User Manual

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Starting a run-once directory replication task.......................................................................109
Stopping a remote replication task.....................................................................................109
Pausing a remote replication task.......................................................................................109
Resuming a remote replication task....................................................................................109
Querying remote replication tasks......................................................................................110

Replicating WORM/retained files...........................................................................................110
Configuring remote failover/failback.......................................................................................110
Troubleshooting remote replication..........................................................................................111

12 Managing data retention and validation..................................................112

Overview............................................................................................................................112

Data retention ................................................................................................................112
Data validation scans.......................................................................................................113

Enabling file systems for data retention and validation...............................................................113

Viewing the retention profile for a file system.......................................................................117
Changing the retention profile for a file system.....................................................................118

Managing WORM and retained files......................................................................................118

Creating WORM and WORM-retained files........................................................................118
Viewing the retention information for a file..........................................................................119
File administration............................................................................................................119

Running data validation scans................................................................................................121

Scheduling a validation scan.............................................................................................121
Starting an on-demand validation scan...............................................................................122
Viewing, stopping, or pausing a scan.................................................................................123
Viewing validation scan results..........................................................................................123
Viewing and comparing hash sums for a file.......................................................................123
Handling validation scan errors.........................................................................................124

Using hard links with WORM files..........................................................................................124
Using remote replication........................................................................................................124
Backup support for data retention...........................................................................................125
Troubleshooting data retention................................................................................................125

13 Creating X9000 software snapshots........................................................126

File system limits for snap trees and snapshots..........................................................................126
Configuring snapshot directory trees and schedules...................................................................126

Modifying a snapshot schedule.........................................................................................128

Managing software snapshots................................................................................................128

Taking an on-demand snapshot.........................................................................................128
Determining space used by snapshots................................................................................129
Accessing snapshot directories...........................................................................................129
Restoring files from snapshots............................................................................................130
Deleting snapshots...........................................................................................................131
Reclaiming file system space previously used for snapshots....................................................131

Moving files between snap trees.............................................................................................133
Removing snapshot authorization for a snap tree.......................................................................133
Backing up snapshots............................................................................................................134

14 Creating block snapshots.......................................................................135

Setting up snapshots.............................................................................................................135

Preparing the snapshot partition........................................................................................135
Registering for snapshots..................................................................................................136
Discovering LUNs in the array............................................................................................136
Reviewing snapshot storage allocation................................................................................136

Automated block snapshots....................................................................................................136

Creating automated snapshots using the GUI......................................................................137
Creating an automated snapshot scheme from the CLI..........................................................141

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