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QoreStor 7.5.2 - User Guide

Introducing QoreStor Accessing QoreStor Configuring QoreStor settings
Licensing QoreStor Configuring SAML Configuring an SSL Certificate for your QoreStor System Configuring Active Directory settings Securing QoreStor server root logins Enabling FIPS 140-2 support Understanding system operation scheduling Configuring Secure Connect Enabling MultiConnect Bandwidth throttling Configuring and using Rapid NFS and Rapid CIFS Configuring and using VTL Configuring and Using Encryption at Rest Configuring and using the Recycle Bin Configuring Cloud Reader Configuring RDA immutability
Managing containers Managing local storage Managing cloud storage Managing replications Managing users Monitoring the QoreStor system Managing QoreStor remotely Support, maintenance, and troubleshooting Security recommendations guide About us

Viewing containers

You can easily view a list of containers in your QoreStor instance on the Storage Containers page, or by using the container command in the QoreStor CLI.

Viewing containers in the GUI

  1. In the navigation menu, click Containers. The Containers page is displayed.
  2. You can view the following columns of information about the containers.
    • Container—The name of the container.
    • Path —The path for the container.
    • Marker —The marker type that supports your Data Management Application (DMA).
    • Connection — The connection type/access protocol for the container:
      • NFS
      • CIFS
      • RDA
      • OST
    • Cloud Tiering Policy— The status of whether the container is connected to a cloud container. If a cloud container link is not configured, Enable Cloud Tiering Policy will be displayed.
    • Archive Tiering Policy— The status of whether the container is connected to a archive tier. If a archive tier link is not configured, Enable Archive Tiering Policy will be displayed.
    • Ellipsis icon — Provides additional options as listed below:
      • Details
      • Enable Cloud Tiering Policy
      • Enable Archive Tiering Policy
      • Edit
      • Delete

Viewing containers via the CLI

To view the list of containers, follow these steps.

  2. Access the QoreStor CLI. Refer to Accessing the CLI commands for more information.
  3. To view the containers on this QoreStor instance, use the command 
    container --show [--name <name>] [--verbose]

    Refer to the QoreStor Command Line Reference Guide for more information.

Viewing container statistics

In the QoreStor GUI, you can view statistics about a selected container. All statistics displayed represent specific information about the backup data, throughput, replication, marker type, and connection type for the selected container. The displayed statistics will vary depending upon the connection type used by the specified container.

To display container statistics for a selected container, complete the following steps.

  1. In the navigation menu, click Containers. The Containers page is displayed.
  2. In the list of containers, find the container for which you want to view statistics, and then click the (ellipsis icon) in the upper-right corner of the container's information pane.
  3. Click Details.
  4. The Container details page contains the following sections:
    • In the Active Files, Active Bytes, and Throughput charts, you can view current statistics for the container.

      The Active Files chart displays the number of active files ingested based on time (in minutes), and the Active Bytes displays the number of active bytes ingested based on time (in minutes).

      The Throughput chart displays the number of read data in Mebibytes/per second (MiB/s) based on time (in minutes), and the number of write data in MiB/s based on time (in minutes).

      NOTE: The values in the Active Files, Active Bytes, and Throughput charts refresh automatically every 15 seconds.

    • In the Connection pane, you can view information about the configured connection type for the selected container. The type of information displayed can be different depending on the connection type. For example, for an RDS container, the following information is displayed:
      • Type
      • Enabled
      • Status
      • Capacity
    • In the Inbound Stats and Outbound Stats panes, you can view detailed information on the inbound throughput, and outbound throughput.
    • The Client Stats pane lists ingest and network information.
    • The Recycle Bin pane shows whether this feature is enabled, the length of its retention period, the number of files it contains, and the number of logical bytes it is using. From here, you can also generate a report or restore the contents of the Recycle Bin.

Displaying container statistics by using the CLI

An alternate method for viewing container statistics is by using the QoreStor CLI command: stats --container --name <container name>

This command shows the following information:

Container Name			:<name of the container>
Container ID			:<ID associated with container>
Total Inodes			:<total number of data structures in container>
Read Throughput		:<read throughput rate in Mebibytes or MiB/s for container>
Write Throughput		:<write throughput rate in MiB/s for container>
Current Files			:<current number of files in container>
Current Files Stubbed		:<current number of stubbed files in container>
Current Bytes			:<current number of ingested bytes in container>
Cleaner Status			:<current space reclamation process status for selected container>
Current Recycle Bin Files	:<when enabled, current number of files in Recycle Bin>
Current Recycle Bin Logical Bytes :<when enabled, current number of logical bytes in Recycle Bin>
Current Immutable Files	:<current number of files for which immutability is set, RDA containers only>
Current Immutable Logical Bytes:<current number of immutable logical Bytes>

For more information on QoreStor CLI commands, see the QoreStor System Command Line Reference Guide.

Adding a cloud tiering policy

Once a cloud tier is created, you must enable a cloud tiering policy for a container before that container can be replicated to the cloud. Refer to Cloud tiering for more information.

  1. In the navigation menu, click Containers. The Containers page is displayed.
  2. In the list of containers, find the correct container and then click Enable Cloud Tiering Policy.
  3. In the Enable Cloud Tiering Policy page, enter the following information:
    • If you have more than one Cloud Tier, select the required Cloud Tier that you wish to use for this container from the dropdown.
    • Cloud Policy-- allows you to configure the amount of time that files must be idle before being sent to the cloud as well as how long to keep a local copy of the files. The configured times should be less than the backup expiry or retention time configured in the backup application. When the backup is expired by the backup application, the files corresponding to the backup are removed from local storage and cloud storage.
      • Idle time before cloud migration--Specify the number of hours files must be idle before being sent to the cloud.
      • On-Prem Retention Age--Specify the number of hours files will be kept locally after they are sent to the cloud.
    • Enable Cloud Locking - If Cloud locking is enabled for this Cloud Tier, the container can use Cloud Locking. Based on the cloud provider being used there are different options. For AWS and other S3-Comptaible cloud providers, either of the two locking types can be chosen - Compliance mode, Governance mode. For Azure, the lock type is internally set.

    NOTE: Cloud Locking is currently applicable for RDA, EDM and Object container types. For the RDA container, the objects in the cloud are locked for the same immutability period as set on the backup images by the backup application. The locking mode is as per the user choice. For the Object container, the period and mode are both as set on the backup images by the backup application. For EDM container, Veeam sets the immutability period in an extended attribute, which is used to determine the cloud lock time.

    • Click Advanced Options to view the following:

      NOTE: The Advanced Options settings are not supported for object containers.

    • Folder Paths--files can be included or excluded based on their location.
      • Include--only files in the listed directories will be included for replication.
      • Exclude-- all files except those in the listed directories will be replicated.
    • File Extensions/Regular Expressions--files can be included or excluded based on their extension or by regular expressions. Refer to Using regular expressions for more information.
      • Include--only files with the specified extensions will be included for replication.
      • Exclude--all files except those with the specified extensions will be replicated.
      • Include Regular Expression-- includes only files matching the entered regular expression.
      • Exclude Regular Expression-- excludes only files matching the entered regular expression.
    • Stub Exclude Dir/Extensions/Regular Expressions (Optional) lets you exclude stubs based on their directory, extension, or regular expression. Refer to Using regular expressions for more information.
      • Stub Exclude Directory List. Excludes all stubs in the specified directory.
      • Stub Exclude File Extension List. Excludes all stubs with the specified file extension.
      • Stub Exclude File Regular Expression. Excludes only stubs matching the entered regular expression.
  4. Click Enable.

NOTE: To add a cloud tiering policy through the command line, use the command container --cloud_policy

Refer to the QoreStor Command Line Reference Guide for more information.

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