Introducing NetVault SmartDisk
NetVault SmartDisk: at a glance
Key benefits
Feature list
Target audience
Recommended additional reading
Integrating NetVault SmartDisk with your backup product
Integration: an overview
Verifying that the client ports are open
Adding devices to your software product
Using the command-line interface (CLI)
NetVault SmartDisk CLI: an overview
Accessing command help
Using CLI commands
Processing basic shell commands
Configuring NetVault SmartDisk
NetVault SmartDisk Configuration: an overview
Using the config command options
Configuring Garbage Collection
Extending NetVault SmartDisk Storage Pools
Updating port configuration for communication with your software
Enabling or updating authentication for WebDAV access
Changing a user name or password (Windows only)
Reviewing the existing configuration
Monitoring performance
Performance monitoring: an overview
Viewing statistics
Troubleshooting
Viewing statistics in a terminal session or command prompt
Viewing statistics in a browser
Reviewing the list of statistics
Calculating the Deduplication Ratio
Calculating the reduction in the storage footprint
Monitoring activity on configured volumes
Managing trace files
Using resource management
Installation on Windows succeeds but the Percolator fails to connect
Backup stalls while writing to NetVault Backup-related media
NetVault SmartDisk compatibility with McAfee VirusScan
CSD stops responding and backups fail on Windows 32-bit systems
Backups fail with "Stream has gone down" Message on Windows systems
Garbage Collection fails repeatedly or conflicts with other operations
Specifying which modules to manage
Configuring the Trace-Delete option in specific modules
Disabling trace deletion
Managing circular tracing
Restarting services
To stop and start the services automatically, perform the following steps.
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Viewing log files
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NetVault SmartDisk displays the NetVault SmartDisk Logs and all relevant information. When you run logs without any options, it displays all NetVault SmartDisk log entries.
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‑‑file <pathToFile> |
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Displays a list of the available options and an explanation of how to use them. | |
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‑‑last-hours <x> |
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‑‑time-interval <yyyy-mm-dd-hhmmss yyyy-mm-dd-hhmmss> |
You can also view logs through the applicable OS-based location.
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To view the logs in Windows, use the Event Viewer. |
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To view the logs on Linux, UNIX, or Mac OS X, look for messages in the /var/log directory. |
Dumping NetVault SmartDisk-related information to a compressed file
Use the dump command to place a copy of all relevant files in a compressed file, which you can then forward to Quest for evaluation of a case. Include release information, .cfg files, and log information in the compressed file. On Linux, UNIX, and Mac OS X, use a Root-Level or Administrator User to run this process; on Windows, use a user with administrative privileges to increase the amount of information collected.
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NOTE: On Windows platforms, running the dump command includes any installation-related logs created by the same user; therefore, if installation-related logs are required for collection, the user that runs the dump command must be the same user that completed the installation. |
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…/foundation/bin/smartdisk dump <PathAndFileName>.tar.gz