Configuring an SSL certificate for your DR Series system
For additional security, you can replace the self-signed, factory-installed certificate with another SSL certificate, for example, with one that is signed by a third-party CA. Once you have obtained your signed certificate and private key, you can install them by using the QoreStor UI or CLI. Only one certificate can be installed on a QoreStor system at any given point in time.
Installing an SSL certificate
- In the navigation menu, click System Configuration. Click Upload Certificate.
- Click Choose cert file and select the SSL certificate on your system that you want to install.
- Click Choose key file and select your private key.
- Click Apply.
- Click either the page reload icon or the back-arrow on the browser to restore the page.
Restoring the default certificate
- In the navigation menu, click System Configuration. Click Restore Default.
- Click Apply.
Understanding system operation scheduling
By scheduling system operations, you can optimize your system resources and achieve the best possible QoreStor performance. The most important thing to remember when scheduling critical QoreStor operations is that you want to ensure that you perform each of these operations at a time when it will not overlap or interfere with the running of any of the other key system operations.
You should carefully plan and schedule time periods in which to perform the following critical system operations:
- Data ingests (which are dependent upon your usage of your DMA(s))
- Replication
- System cleaner (space reclamation)
NOTE: Performing scheduled disk space reclamation operations are recommended as a method for recovering disk space from system containers in which files were deleted as a result of deduplication.
In QoreStor, the main goal in planning and scheduling operations should be to run the Cleaner and Replication operations at times when they do not overlap or interfere with other important system operations. You want to make sure that by properly scheduling and planning, your system can perform each of these key operations independent of the other.
The best practice is to run these two operations during non-standard business hours, so that they do not conflict with any of your other backup or ingest operations.
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NOTE: By default, QoreStor is configured to run Cleaner operations daily between 1:00 P.M and 6:00 P.M. |
The Cleaner schedule can be viewed on the System Configuration page of the QoreStor GUI, or via the QoreStor command line interface, using the schedule command:
schedule --show --cleaner
The Replication schedule can be viewed via the QoreStor command line interface, using the schedule command:
schedule --show --replication [--name] <name>
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NOTE: For more information on the schedule command, refer to the QoreStor Command Line Reference Guide. |