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TOPICS
Aggregate Volume – Thin/Thick Snapshot Qtree LUN creation Share creation Creating a new NFS export Adding a server to existing export Health check commands Important files
DEFINITIONS VOLUME
• Files and directories
• qtree ◦ a special subdirectory of the root directory of a volume. qtrees can be used to subdivide a volume in order to group LUN's
LUN
◦ A LUN is logical representation of a physical unit of storage. It is a
collection of, or part of, physical or virtual disks configured as a single disk.
iGROUP
– A group of one or more initiators
• Storage Administrators often need to perform the following tasks while managing igroups on a storage system: – Map and unmap LUNs and igroups – Define port sets for an igroup
SNAPSHOT
Snapshot is a wonderful feature of NetApp which is used for data protection.
Snapshot is a read-only, frozen copy of an active file system(AFS). An instant zero space copy of current state of files. Snapshot is the first source of backup on local disk. A max of 255 snapshots can be taken for a volume. Snapshot size increases as you make changes to the AFS
AGGREGATE
Aggregate = collection of disks,
protected by RAID-4 or RAID-DP, can grow but cannot shrink. Make aggregates as big as possible, with these limits: - max 16 Tb - don't mix disks of different types - don't mix disks of different sizes Create multiple aggregates if needed
VOLUME To set up a SAN:
1. License the appropriate SAN protocol on the storage system.
2. Create a volume or qtree where the LUN will reside. 3. Verify that the SAN protocol service is on. 4. Configure the host initiator. 5. Create the LUN and igroup, and then associate the igroup to the LUN.
IGROUP CREATION
1. Optionally, verify initiators connectivity:
– fcp show initiators – iscsi initiators show 2. Create the igroup and place the initiators into the igroup: – igroup create {-i|-f} -t ostype igroup_name[node, node…] i = iSCSI igroup f = FC igroup ostype= solaris, windows, hpux, aix, linux, netware, vmware, hyper_v, xen node – iSCSI type has worldwide node (WWNN - IQN or eui) – FC type has worldwide port name (WWPN - may be aliased) 3. Verify the igroup: – igroup show
Creation of LUN using lun create command
1. Create a LUN lun create -s size -t ostype lun_path size = in bytes by default use m for megabytes use g for gigabytes NOTE: LUN sizing is discussed in detail in Module 5
ostype = solaris, windows, hpux, aix, linux, netware, and vmware, windows_gpt, windows_2008 lun_path LUN path begins with /vol/{VolumeName}/[qtreeName] Last portion of path is the LUN Name Example: /vol/vol1/qtree1/lun1
Verify the LUN
lun show
Map a LUN to an igroup
1. Map a LUN to an igroup
– lun map lun_path igroup_name [lun_id] • lun_path = path name of a LUN • igroup_name = name of an initiator group • lun_id = unique identification number that the initiator uses when the LUN is mapped to it – if not entered, automatically assigned • Example: lun map /vol/vol1/qtree1/luna My_IP_igroup 1
Verify the LUN mapping
– lun show –m
Verify the new LUN:
system> lun show –m LUN path Mapped to LUN ID ------------------------------------------------ /vol/winvol/tree1/lun0 salesigroup 0 Decommission of Servers and storage
LUN Unmap & Destroy
Volume offline & Destroy
CIFS Administration
CIFS is a Microsoft® network file-sharing protocol that is
used to access and manipulate files and folders (directories) on remote servers. In a CIFS environment, the storage system authenticates users in one of the ways: ◦ Active Directory® authentication ◦ Microsoft Windows NT® 4.0 domain authentication ◦ Windows workgroup authentication
