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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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