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HP IBRIX X9000 Network Storage System
File System User Guide

Abstract

This guide describes how to configure and manage X9000 Software file systems and how to use NFS, CIFS, FTP, and HTTP
to access file system data. The guide also describes the following file system features: quotas, remote replication, snapshots,
data retention and validation, data tiering, and file allocation. The guide is intended for system administrators managing X9300
Network Storage Gateway systems, X9320 Network Storage Systems, X9720 Network Storage Systems, and X9730 Network
Storage Systems. For the latest X9000 guides, browse to

http://www.hp.com/support/manuals

. In the storage section, select

NAS Systems and then select HP X9000 Network Storage Systems from the IBRIX Storage Systems section.

HP Part Number: TA768-96061
Published: June 2012
Edition: 8

Table of contents

Document Outline

HP IBRIX X9000 Network Storage System File System User Guide
Contents
1 Using X9000 Software file systems
- File system operations
- File system building blocks
- Configuring file systems
- Accessing file systems
2 Creating and mounting file systems
- Creating a file system
- File limit for directories
- Managing mountpoints and mount/unmount operations
- Limiting file system access for X9000 clients
- Using Export Control
3 Setting up quotas
- How quotas work
- Enabling quotas on a file system and setting grace periods
- Setting user and group quotas
- Setting directory tree quotas
- Using a quotas file
- Using online quota check
- Configuring email notifications for quota events
- Deleting quotas
- Troubleshooting quotas
4 Maintaining file systems
- Best practices for file system performance
- Viewing information about file systems and components
- Extending a file system
- Rebalancing segments in a file system
- Disabling 32-bit mode on a file system
- Deleting file systems and file system components
- Checking and repairing file systems
  - Analyzing the integrity of a file system on all segments
  - Clearing the INFSCK flag on a file system
- Troubleshooting file systems
5 Using NFS
- Exporting a file system
  - Unexporting a file system
- Using case-insensitive file systems
6 Configuring authentication for CIFS, FTP, and HTTP
- Using Active Directory with LDAP ID mapping
- Using LDAP as the primary authentication method
  - Requirements for LDAP users and groups
  - Configuring LDAP for X9000 software
- Configuring authentication from the GUI
- Viewing or changing authentication settings
- Configuring authentication from the CLI
7 Using CIFS
- Configuring file serving nodes for CIFS
- Starting or stopping the CIFS service and viewing CIFS statistics
- Monitoring CIFS services
- CIFS shares
- Linux static user mapping with Active Directory
  - Configuring Active Directory
  - Assigning attributes
- Consolidating SMB servers with common share names
- CIFS clients
- Permissions in a cross-protocol CIFS environment
- Troubleshooting CIFS
8 Using FTP
- Best practices for configuring FTP
- Managing FTP from the GUI
  - Configuring FTP
  - Managing the FTP configuration
- Managing FTP from the CLI
  - Configuring FTP
  - Managing the FTP configuration
- The vsftpd service
- Starting or stopping the FTP service manually
- Accessing shares
9 Using HTTP
- Best practices for configuring HTTP
- Managing HTTP from the GUI
  - Configuring HTTP
  - Managing the HTTP configuration
- Tuning the socket read block size and file write block size
- Managing HTTP from the CLI
  - Configuring HTTP
  - Managing the HTTP configuration
- Starting or stopping the HTTP service manually
- Accessing shares
- Configuring Windows clients to access HTTP WebDAV shares
- Troubleshooting HTTP
10 Managing SSL certificates
- Creating an SSL certificate
- Adding a certificate to the cluster
- Exporting a certificate
- Deleting a certificate
11 Using remote replication
- Overview
- Configuring the target export for replication to a remote cluster
  - GUI procedure
  - CLI procedure
- Configuring and managing replication tasks on the GUI
- Configuring and managing replication tasks from the CLI
- Replicating WORM/retained files
- Configuring remote failover/failback
- Troubleshooting remote replication
12 Managing data retention and validation
- Overview
- Enabling file systems for data retention and validation
  - Viewing the retention profile for a file system
  - Changing the retention profile for a file system
- Managing WORM and retained files
- Running data validation scans
- Creating data retention reports
  - Generating and managing reports
  - Generating reports from the CLI
- Using hard links with WORM files
- Using remote replication
- Backup support for data retention
- Troubleshooting data retention
13 Configuring Antivirus support
- Adding or removing external virus scan engines
- Enabling or disabling Antivirus on X9000 file systems
- Updating Antivirus definitions
- Configuring Antivirus settings
- Viewing Antivirus statistics
- Antivirus quarantines and software snapshots
14 Creating X9000 software snapshots
- File system limits for snap trees and snapshots
- Configuring snapshot directory trees and schedules
  - Modifying a snapshot schedule
- Managing software snapshots
- Moving files between snap trees
- Backing up snapshots
15 Creating block snapshots
- Setting up snapshots
- Automated block snapshots
- Managing block snapshots
- Accessing snapshot file systems
- Troubleshooting block snapshots
16 Using data tiering
- Configuring data tiers
  - Assigning segments to tiers
  - Defining the primary tier
- Creating a tiering policy for a file system
- Running a migration task
- Changing the tiering configuration with the GUI
- Configuring tiers and migrating data using the CLI
- Changing the tiering configuration with the CLI
- Writing tiering rules
17 Using file allocation
- Overview
- Setting file and directory allocation policies
  - Setting file and directory allocation policies from the CLI
- Setting segment preferences
  - Creating a pool of preferred segments from the CLI
  - Restoring the default segment preference
- Tuning allocation policy settings
- Listing allocation policies
18 Support and other resources
- Contacting HP
- Related information
- HP websites
- Subscription service
19 Documentation feedback
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