Introducing the QoreStor documentation
Introducing QoreStor
QoreStor data storage concepts
Setting up your QoreStor system
Data deduplication and compression
Encryption at rest
Streams and connections
Quotas
Secure connect
Replication
Performance Tiers
Cloud Tiering
Disaster Recovery from the cloud
Supported file system protocols
CIFS
NFS
Rapid NFS and Rapid CIFS benefits
Rapid NFS and Rapid CIFS
RDA with Quest's Netvault Backup and vRanger
RDA with OST for QoreStor
NDMP
iSCSI
QoreStor processes
Networking requirements
Configurations required when using proxy servers
Logging onto the system GUI for the first time
Configuring QoreStor with the Configuration Menu
Configuring QoreStor settings
Initial login and changing your password
Initial network configuration
Using the QoreStor Menu
QoreStor Administration
QoreStor Maintenance
QoreStor Statistics
Using the QoreStor UI
Using the QoreStor command line
Using the QoreStor Web Terminal
Using the QoreStor REST API
Licensing QoreStor
Configuring an SSL Certificate for your QoreStor System
Configuring Active Directory settings
Understanding system operation scheduling
Configuring Secure Connect
Managing containers
Enabling Secure Connect
Managing Secure Connect with plug-in 4.1.0.265 or later
Adding certificates for Secure Connect
Enabling MultiConnect
Configuring and using Rapid NFS and Rapid CIFS
Rapid NFS and Rapid CIFS benefits
Best practices: Rapid NFS
Best practices: Rapid CIFS
Installing the Rapid NFS plug-in
Installing the Rapid CIFS plug-in
Monitoring performance
Uninstalling the Rapid NFS plug-in
Uninstalling the Rapid CIFS plug-in
Configuring and using VTL
Understanding VTL
Terminology
Supported virtual tape library access protocols
VTL and DR Series specifications
Guidelines for configuring VTL
Configuring and Using Encryption at Rest
Understanding Encryption at Rest
Encryption at Rest Terminology
Encryption at rest and QoreStor considerations
Understanding the encryption process
Configuring email notification settings
Viewing containers
Creating a container
Managing storage groups
Creating an OST or RDS connection type container
Adding an NFS or CIFS connection type container
Creating a VTL type container
Adding a Cloud Tiering policy
Deleting a container
Viewing storage group information
Adding a storage group
Adding a Cloud storage group
Managing replications
Adding a cloud tier through the GUI
Performing a recovery from the cloud
Modifying a storage group
Deleting a storage group
Configuring a Performance Tier
Configuring additional storage
Adding a Microsoft Azure cloud tier
Adding an Amazon S3 cloud tier
Adding a Wasabi S3 cloud tier
Adding an S3 Compatible cloud tier
Adding a cloud tier through the command line
Guidelines and prerequisites for replication
Replication seeding
Viewing replication information
Adding replication relationships
Configuring replication schedules
Modifying replication relationships
Deleting replication relationships
Starting and stopping replication
Managing Users
Managing QoreStor Remotely
Getting Started With the Global View Cloud Portal
Registering QoreStor with the portal
Enabling Remote Management
Viewing and using the GlobalView page
Monitoring the QoreStor system
Using the Dashboard page
Viewing QoreStor statistics by using the CLI
Monitoring system alerts
Monitoring clients
Monitoring system events
Support, maintenance, and troubleshooting
Monitoring the QoreStor system
Monitoring the DR Series system
This topic describes how you can monitor the current state of QoreStor operations on the Dashboard page.
Using the Dashboard page
The Dashboard page contains graphics that show key information about the current state of your QoreStor instance. This page automatically refreshes every 30 seconds.
To use the Dashboard page, follow these steps.
- Click Dashboard in the navigation menu of the QoreStor GUI.
- You can view the following graphs:
- Compression—displays a total compression in percentage (combining both deduplication and compression) over a time period (for example, every hour, which is the default).
- Swap memory Usage—displays the amount of swap memory used.
- Physical Capacity—displays total used space, free space, and used and encrypted space in GBs and TBs.
- Network throughput—displays performance information for the configured NICs.
- Throughput—displays the throughput volume (reads and writes) in Mebibytes/second (MiB/s) based on time (for example, every hour, which is the default).
- Storage capacity—displays the amount of used and free storage space.
- System Information—displays information on the QoreStor system, including:
- System State
- Hostname
- System ID
- Dictionary Type
- Number of Storage Groups
- Number of Containers
- Operating System
- At the top of the Dashboard page, you can also view the System Summary section, which lists key information about the current QoreStor system, including:
- Cleaner status—The current cleaner status as one of the following states:
- Pending—displayed when there is any scheduled window set and the current time is outside the scheduled window for the Cleaner operation.
- Running—displayed when the Cleaner operation is running during a scheduled window.
- Idle—displayed only if there is no Cleaner operation running during a scheduled window.
- Current savings
- Number of containers
- Capacity used
- Number of Storage Groups
- Physical Capacity
- Cleaner status—The current cleaner status as one of the following states:
- To change the time display in the graphs, click History within the graph you want to view, and then select the time increment to view.
Viewing QoreStor statistics by using the CLI
An alternate method for viewing the current QoreStor statistics is by using the QoreStor CLI command: stats --system. This command shows the following categories of system statistics:
- Capacity Used (system capacity used in Gibibytes or GiBs)
- Capacity Free (system capacity free in GiBs)
- Read Throughput (read throughput rate in Mebibytes or MiB/s)
- Write Throughput (write throughput rate in MiB/s)
- Current Files (current number of files in system)
- Current Bytes (current number of ingested bytes in system)
- Post Dedupe Bytes (number of bytes after deduplication)
- Post Compression Bytes (number of bytes after compression)
- Post Encryption Bytes
- Post Encryption Bytes in GiB
- Cleaner Status (current space reclamation process status)
- Compression Status (current compression status)
- Total Inodes (total number of data structures)
- Bytes decrypted
- Dedupe Savings (deduplication storage savings by percentage)
- Compression Savings (compression storage savings by percentage)
- Total Savings (total storage savings by percentage)
For more information on QoreStor CLI commands, see the QoreStor Command Line Reference Guide.
Monitoring system alerts
You can easily view current system alerts and events in the QoreStor GUI.
- To view system alerts, click the Alerts icon
in the header pane.
The Alerts drawer displays the active alerts.
NOTE: For a detailed list of possibly occurring alerts, see the topic, “QoreStor system alert and event messages,” in the “Support, maintenance, and troubleshooting” chapter of this guide.
