5 file server management – HP X1000 Network Storage Systems User Manual
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Physical storage elements .................................................................................................... 48
Arrays ........................................................................................................................ 49
Fault tolerance ............................................................................................................. 50
Online spares ............................................................................................................. 50
Logical storage elements ..................................................................................................... 50
Logical drives (LUNs) .................................................................................................... 50
Partitions .................................................................................................................... 51
Volumes ..................................................................................................................... 51
File system elements ............................................................................................................ 52
File sharing elements .......................................................................................................... 52
Volume Shadow Copy Service overview ................................................................................ 52
Using storage elements ....................................................................................................... 53
Clustered server elements .................................................................................................... 53
Network adapter teaming .......................................................................................................... 53
Management tools .................................................................................................................... 53
HP Systems Insight Manager ................................................................................................ 53
Management Agents .......................................................................................................... 54
5 File server management .................................................................... 55
File services features in Windows Storage Server 2008 ................................................................. 55
Storage Manager for SANs ................................................................................................. 55
Single Instance Storage ....................................................................................................... 55
File Server Resource Manager .............................................................................................. 55
Windows SharePoint Services .............................................................................................. 55
File services management .......................................................................................................... 56
Configuring data storage .................................................................................................... 56
Storage management utilities ............................................................................................... 56
Array management utilities ............................................................................................ 57
Array Configuration Utility ............................................................................................ 57
Disk Management utility ............................................................................................... 58
Guidelines for managing disks and volumes .......................................................................... 58
Scheduling defragmentation ................................................................................................ 59
Disk quotas ....................................................................................................................... 59
Adding storage .................................................................................................................. 60
Expanding storage ...................................................................................................... 60
Extending storage using Windows Storage Utilities .......................................................... 61
Expanding storage for EVA arrays using Command View EVA ........................................... 61
Expanding storage using the Array Configuration Utility ................................................... 61
Volume shadow copies .............................................................................................................. 62
Shadow copy planning ....................................................................................................... 62
Identifying the volume .................................................................................................. 63
Allocating disk space ................................................................................................... 63
Identifying the storage area .......................................................................................... 64
Determining creation frequency ..................................................................................... 64
Shadow copies and drive defragmentation ............................................................................ 65
Mounted drives .................................................................................................................. 65
Managing shadow copies ................................................................................................... 65
The shadow copy cache file .......................................................................................... 66
Enabling and creating shadow copies ............................................................................ 67
Viewing a list of shadow copies ..................................................................................... 68
Set schedules .............................................................................................................. 68
Viewing shadow copy properties ................................................................................... 68
Redirecting shadow copies to an alternate volume ........................................................... 69
Disabling shadow copies .............................................................................................. 69
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