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DR Series Software 4.0.0.3 - Administration Guide

Introducing the DR Series system documentation Introducing the DR Series system Setting up the DR Series system Configuring the DR Series system settings Managing containers Managing replications Monitoring the DR Series system Using GlobalView Configuring and using Rapid NFS and Rapid CIFS Configuring and using Rapid Data Access with NetVault Backup and with vRanger Configuring and using RDA with OST
Understanding RDA with OST Guidelines Terminology Supported RDA with OST software and components Best Practices: RDA with OST and the DR Series System Setting client-side optimization Configuring an LSU Installing the RDA with OST plug-in Configuring DR Series system information using NetBackup Backing Up Data From a DR Series System (NetBackup) Using Backup Exec with a DR Series system (Windows) Understanding the OST CLI commands Understanding RDA with OST Plug-In Diagnostic Logs Collecting Diagnostics Using a Linux Utility Guidelines for Gathering Media Server Information
Configuring and using VTL Configuring and Using Encryption at Rest Support, maintenance, and troubleshooting Supported Ports in a DR Series System

Viewing DR Series system statistics by using the CLI

Viewing DR Series system statistics by using the CLI

An alternate method for viewing the current DR Series system statistics is by using the DR Series system CLI command: stats --system. This command shows the following categories of system statistics:

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Capacity Used (system capacity used in Gibibytes or GiBs)
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Capacity Free (system capacity free in GiBs)
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Read Throughput (read throughput rate in Mebibytes or MiB/s)
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Write Throughput (write throughput rate in MiB/s)
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Current Files (current number of files in system)
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Current Bytes (current number of ingested bytes in system)
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Post Dedupe Bytes (number of bytes after deduplication)
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Post Compression Bytes (number of bytes after compression)
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Post Encryption Bytes
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Post Encryption Bytes in GiB
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Compression Status (current compression status)
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Cleaner Status (current space reclamation process status)
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Encryption Status
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Total Inodes (total number of data structures)
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Bytes decrypted
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Dedupe Savings (deduplication storage savings by percentage)
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Compression Savings (compression storage savings by percentage)
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Total Savings (total storage savings by percentage)

For more information on DR Series system CLI commands, see the DR Series System Command Line Reference Guide.

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Monitoring system alerts

Monitoring system alerts

You can easily view current system alerts in the DR Series system GUI.

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To monitor DR Series system alerts, on the left navigation menu, click Dashboard > Alerts.

The Alerts page displays a summary table of alerts listed by index number, timestamp of the system alert, and a brief message describing the alert.

 
NOTE: For a detailed list of possibly occurring alerts, see the topic, “DR Series system alert and event messages,” in the “Support, maintenance, and troubleshooting” chapter of this guide.
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Monitoring clients

Monitoring clients

You can easily view the current clients that are connection to the DR Series system. The Clients page displays a list of the clients that are connected to the DR Series system, which can include NFS, CIFS, RDA, OST, NDMP, iSCSI, and FC clients.

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To view client information for the DR Series system, on the left navigation menu, click Dashboard > Clients.

The total number of currently active clients for a particular type is displayed next to the client name in the individual client panes.

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To view NFS client information, click the NFS pane to expand it to view the following details:
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Name—the name of the NFS client.
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Idle Time—the amount of idle time (non-activity) for the client.
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Connection Time—the connection time for the client.
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To view CIFS client information, click the CIFS pane to expand it to view the following details:
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Name—the name of the CIFS client.
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Idle Time—the amount of idle time (non-activity) for the client.
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Connection Time—the connection time for the client.
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To view RDS or OST client information, click the RDA pane to expand it to view the following details:
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Name — the name of the RDS or OST client.
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IP Address—the IP address of the client.
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Type—the type of RDA client.
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Plug-in—the plug-in type installed on the client.
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Backup Software—the backup software running on the client.
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OS—the operating system of the client.
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Idle Time—the amount of idle time (non-activity) for the client.
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Connection—the number of connections for the client.
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Mode—the current mode type that is set for the client, such as:
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Auto: The DR Series system sets the deduplication as either Dedupe or Passthrough, based on the client’s number of cores and whether it is 32– or 64–bit.
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Passthrough: The client passes all data to the DR Series system for deduplication processing (appliance-side deduplication).
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Dedupe: The client processes hashing on data, so that deduplication processing occurs on the server side (client-side deduplication).
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To view NDMP client information, click the NDMP pane to expand it to view the following details:
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ID — the

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Duration — The duration of the current active session.
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State — The current status, for example, Active.
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Source — IP address of the source filer.
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Target — The target tape drive being used for the current NDMP session.
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Throughput — The current and average throughput.
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Transfer size — The total size of data transferred in this backup session.
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DMA — The IP address of the Data Management Application initiating the backup.

The NDMP Completed Sessions Statistics section shows the above information for any completed NDMP sessions.

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To view iSCSI client information, click the iSCSI pane to expand it to view the following details:
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Container Name—The container name for the iSCSI VTL container.
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Container IQN—the iSCSI Qualified Name for the iSCSI VTL container.
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Initiators Connected—the initiators connected to the iSCSI VTL container.
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To view iSCSI client information, click the iSCSI pane to expand it to view the following details:
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Container Name—The container name for the iSCSI VTL container.
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Container IQN—the iSCSI Qualified Name for the iSCSI VTL container.
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Initiators Connected—the initiators connected to the iSCSI VTL container.
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To view Fibre Channel client information, click the FC pane to expand it to view the following details:
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Container Name—The container name of the FC VTL container.
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Monitoring system events

Monitoring system events

You can easily view and filter current system events in the DR Series system GUI. To monitor DR Series system events, follow these steps:

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On the left navigation menu, click Dashboard > Events.

The Events page displays a summary table of events listed by index number, severity (Informational, Warning, or Critical), timestamp of the event, and brief message describing the event.

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To filter the list of events, expand the Filter pane, and do any of the following:
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In the Message Contains field, enter a word or string of words for which to search in Event messages. (The system is not case-sensitive)
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Click the Event Severity menu and select the severity level for which to search as All, Info, Warning, or Critical.
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For Timestamp From and Timestamp To, select the date and time for which to search.
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Click Filter. Search results appear in the Events summary table.
 
NOTE: For a detailed list of possibly occurring events, see the topic, “DR Series system alert and event messages,” in the “Support, maintenance, and troubleshooting” chapter of this guide.
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