Centralized management – Dell PowerVault DL2000 User Manual
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Centralized Management
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October 2008
FEATURES AND BENEFITS OF CASO (CONT.)
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Replicated—All catalog files are replicated from the managed media server to the
CAS. Both the managed media server and the CAS store the catalog produced by
the managed media server. Replicated catalogs provide high availability by keeping
the complete catalog structure in two separate locations.
Flexible catalog location allows the CAS to initiate restore operations from the CAS,
rather than having to manually run restore operations at each managed media server,
and takes into account bandwidth considerations.
Centralized restore
Using CASO, you can run restore operations from the CAS, letting you restore complete
resources or individual files to their original locations. You can also redirect these restore
items to different locations on your network.
After selections are made, restore jobs are created and submitted to the CAS job queue
for job delegation among the managed media servers in the media server pool.
INSIGHT
Centralized reports
Centralized reports are available and can be viewed at the CAS for all locally monitored
and delegated jobs that use the CASO job delegation feature.
Centralized job logs and history details
Job logs and the job history for each job can be automatically copied from the managed
media servers to the CAS, giving you access to the information from either the CAS or
the managed media servers. In prior versions, the amount of data that could be
transferred between a managed media server and CAS has been significantly increased,
and the rate of transfer of job logs to the CAS has been fine-tuned.
Centralized alerts
Using CASO, alerts generated at the managed media server are sent to the CAS, where
they are displayed. Alerts can also be configured to send to an email recipient or an
SNMP management framework.