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DR Series Software 4.0.3.1 - Administration Guide

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Managing storage groups

To organize your data, you can easily create storage groups and create containers within those storage groups on your DR Series system. A storage group allows you to create separate storage policies for different data groups and the different capacities utilized on a single DR Series system. You can also create and organize storage groups for the different organizations in your enterprise, such as Engineering, Sales, Finance, and so on.

After initialization, the DR Series system contains a single default storage group, named DefaultGroup.

Refer to these important notes about storage groups.

To view the Storage Groups page, on the left navigation menu, click System Configuration > Storage Groups.

Viewing storage group information

In the DR Series system GUI you can easily view all of your storage groups on the Storage Groups page.

To view storage groups, complete the following steps.

1.
In the left navigation menu, click System Configuration → Storage Groups.
The Storage Groups page is displayed.
Name—Displays the name of the Storage Group.
Compression—Displays the compression type as either Fast or Best.
Encryption—Displays whether Encryption is turned On or Off.
Containers—Displays the number of containers in this storage group. You can click this number, which links to the Containers page for the storage group.
Replications—Displays the number of replications defined in this storage group. You can click this number, which links to the Replications page for the storage group.
Encryption—Displays the following Encryption details:

Adding a storage group

In the DR Series system GUI you can easily add storage groups on the Storage Groups page. During the process of storage group creation, you can define data storage features such as Storage Optimization/Compression Level and Encryption at Rest.

To add a storage group, complete the following steps.

1.
In the left navigation menu, click System Configuration → Storage Groups.
The Storage Groups page is displayed.
2.
On the Action menu in the upper right corner of the page, click Add a Storage Group. The Add a Storage Group pane is displayed.
3.
In the Group Name field, enter a name for the storage group.
4.
Click Next.
Fast — Results in shorter backup time, but with less space savings.
Best — Provides the highest space savings, but with a longer backup time.
6.
Click Next.
Passphrase—Enter the passphrase to be used to encrypt content encryption keys. (The passphrase string can take up to 255 characters. And, alphanumeric and special characters can be entered as part of the passphrase string.)
Confirm Passphrase—Re-enter the encryption passphrase.
Encryption—Next to Encryption, click On.
Encryption Mode—Select the mode of key lifecycle management from one of the following options:

If you selected Internal as the mode of key management, select the number of days for key rotation when a new key is to be generated.

8.
Click Next.

Modifying a storage group

In the DR Series system GUI you can easily modify certain settings for existing storage groups on the Storage Groups page.

To modify a storage group, complete the following steps.

1.
In the left navigation menu, click System Configuration → Storage Groups.
The Storage Groups page is displayed.
3.
In the Group Name field, edit the name for the storage group as needed.
Fast — Results in shorter backup time, but with less space savings.
Best — Provides the highest space savings, but with a longer backup time.
5.
Click Next.
Passphrase—Enter the passphrase to be used to encrypt content encryption keys. (The passphrase string can take up to 255 characters. And, alphanumeric and special characters can be entered as part of the passphrase string.)
Confirm Passphrase—Re-enter the encryption passphrase.
Encryption—Next to Encryption, click On or Off as needed.
Encryption Mode—Select the mode of key lifecycle management from one of the following options:

If you selected Internal as the mode of key management, select the number of days for key rotation when a new key is to be generated.

7.
Click Next.
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