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NetVault SmartDisk 11.4.5 - Administration Guide

Table of Contents

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

Using the wget command Using a web browser

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

Determining the status of services Starting services Stopping services Restarting services Viewing log files Dumping NetVault SmartDisk-related information to a compressed file

Configuring NetVault SmartDisk

NetVault SmartDisk Configuration: an overview Using the config command options Configuring Garbage Collection Extending NetVault SmartDisk Storage Pools

Adding a volume Adding a CIFS share

Updating port configuration for communication with your software

Modifying the messaging port Modifying the data port

Enabling or updating authentication for WebDAV access

Disabling WebDAV authentication

Changing a user name or password (Windows only) Reviewing the existing configuration

Monitoring performance

Performance monitoring: an overview Viewing statistics

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

Troubleshooting

Managing trace files

Using resource management

Specifying which modules to manage Configuring the Trace-Delete option in specific modules Disabling trace deletion

Managing circular tracing

Modifying values for circular tracing Disabling Circular Tracing

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

Target audience

This guide is intended for backup administrators and other technical personnel who are responsible for designing and implementing a backup strategy for the organization. A good understanding of the operating system (OS) on which NetVault SmartDisk is running is assumed.

Recommended additional reading

The following documentation is also available:

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Quest NetVault SmartDisk Installation/Upgrade Guide: This guide describes how to install NetVault SmartDisk.

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Quest NetVault Backup Compatibility Guide: This guide lists the operating systems and versions supported by NetVault SmartDisk.

You can download these guides from https://support.quest.com/technical-documents.

Integrating NetVault SmartDisk with your backup product

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Integration: an overview

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Verifying that the client ports are open

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Adding devices to your software product

Integration: an overview

NetVault SmartDisk integrates with most products by adding a NetVault SmartDisk Instance to your product as a backup device — a NetVault SmartDisk Device — that you can target for backups and restores.

NetVault SmartDisk uses the transmission control protocol (TCP) to communicate with your product.

Related Documents

NetVault SmartDisk - 11.4.5
Administration Guide
Installation Guide
Release Notes

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