SANmelody

SANmelody > Initialization

• SANmelody Disk Server Software
  • Copyright
  • Using the Help
  • Technical Support
  • System Requirements
  • Software Options for the Application Server
  • Understanding Basics
    • Overview
    • Basics of SAN Infrastructure
    • Basics of SANmelody Concepts and Components
      • About Network Managed Volumes Pools
      • About Virtual Volumes
      • About AIM
      • About Snapshot
      • About Proxied Volumes
    • Basics of Mirroring and High Availability
      • About Mirroring and High Availability
      • About Alternate Pathing and MPIO
      • About Cluster Path
  • Planning a SAN Configuration
    • Planning a SAN Configuration
    • Preparing Physical Disks for Management
    • Best Practices for Configuring and Using the SAN
    • Best Practices for iSCSI High Availability
    • Best Practices for Mirroring
    • Protecting Against Power Loss
    • Naming Conventions
    • Restoring Configuration from ERD
    • Planning for AIM
      • Planning for AIM
      • AIM Buffers
      • AIM Initialization Time Estimates
      • Unidirectional Single Source to Single Destination
  • Licensing
    • Licensing Information
    • Activating a Permanent License
    • Upgrading a License
    • Exceeding License Storage Limit
  • Installation
    • Pre-Installation Steps
    • Windows Security Settings Disclosure
    • Installing SANmelody Software
  • Updating/Repairing Installation
    • Installing SANmelody Updates and PSPs
    • Repairing the Installation
  • Administrative Concepts
    • Administrative Concepts
    • Making and Applying Configuration Changes
    • Creating an Emergency Repair Disk (ERD)
  • Getting Started
    • Getting Started
  • SANmelody Snap-ins
    • SANmelody Snap-ins Overview
    • Toolbar
    • Icons
    • Status Bar
    • Storage Server Snap-in
      • Storage Server Snap-in
      • Starting SANmelody
      • Volume Status
    • Application Servers Snap-in
      • Application Servers Snap-in
    • Virtual Volumes Snap-in
      • Virtual Volumes Snap-in
      • Virtual Volume Status
    • Disk Manager
      • Disk Manager
      • Rescan Disks
      • Physical Disks
        • Physical Disks-Disk Manager
        • Physical Disk Properties
      • NMV Pools
        • NMV Pools-Disk Manager
        • Pool Properties
        • Raw Disk Properties
        • Pools Performance
      • Protected Volumes
        • Protected Volumes
        • Protecting File System Volumes
    • AIM Source Manager
      • AIM Source Manager
      • AIM Source Manager Toolbar and Icons
      • Viewing AIM Source Manager Status
      • AIM Status Bar
      • AIM States
    • AIM Destination Manager
      • AIM Destination Manager
      • Viewing AIM Destination Manager Status
      • AIM Destination Set Properties
    • Snapshot Manager
      • Snapshot Manager
    • Disk Path Manager
      • Disk Path Manager
      • Enabling/Disabling LUN Distribution
      • LUN Distribution Scenarios
    • Fibre-Channel Manager
      • Fibre Channel Manager
      • Fibre Channel Properties
      • Fibre Channel Port Properties
    • iSCSI Manager
      • iSCSI Manager
      • iSCSI Properties
        • iSCSI Manager Properties
        • iSCSI Manager General Tab
        • iSCSI Manager Basic Tab
        • iSCSI Manager Advanced Tab
        • iSCSI Manager Authentication Tab
        • iSCSI Manager iSNS Tab
        • iSCSI Initiator Properties in iSCSI Manager
    • Trace Console
      • Trace Console
      • Trace Logs
      • SCSI Ports in Trace Console
      • Configure Filters in Trace Console
  • Configuration and Operations
    • Storage Server Configuration
      • View Storage Server Properties
        • General Tab-Storage Server Properties
        • Channel Tab-Storage Server Properties
        • CPUs Tab-Storage Server Properties
        • Disks Tab-Storage Server Properties
        • Partner Tab-Storage Server Properties
      • Partner Operations
        • Configuring for High Availability
        • Assign a Logon/Password for the DataCore Storage Domain Server Service
        • Establish an HA Partnership
        • Add Partner
        • Allow Incoming Partnership Request
        • Unreachable Partner Operations
          • Force Partner Removal
          • Set Partner Offline
          • Set This Storage Server Online
          • Set Partner Online
          • Retry Partner
        • Discovering and Partitioning Physical Disks
        • Preparing Disks for NMV Pools
        • Placing Partitioned Disks Under SANmelody Control
        • Making Protected Partition-based Disks Available for NMV Pools
        • Changing Existing Disk Partitions
        • Connecting to Partner Takes a Long Time
    • Application Server Configuration
      • Application Server Properties
      • Mapping Properties
      • Applying the Configuration
      • Adding Application Servers to the SAN
      • Rename Application Server
      • Deleting an Application Server
      • Adding a New Channel Manually
      • Establishing Initiator/Target Connections for iSCSI
      • Automatic Discovery of iSCSI Initiators/Targets using iSNS
      • Add or Remove iSCSI Targets Using iSCSI Manager
      • Logon/Logoff Targets using iSCSI Manager
      • Creating NMV Pools and Adding Disks
      • Creating Mirrors in NMV Pools
      • Creating NMVs from Pools
      • Deleting NMV Pools
      • Deleting NMVs
      • Removing Disks from NMV Pools
      • Creating Linear Virtual Volumes
      • Creating Virtual Volume Mirrors
      • Enable Multipathing on Standard Mirrors
      • Setting Mirror Recovery Priority
      • Replacing a Volume in a Virtual Volume
      • Sizing a Mirror
      • Splitting a Mirror
      • Revert to Standard Mirror
      • Specifying the Mirror Path
      • Deleting Virtual Volumes
      • Unmap Virtual Volume
      • Changing Mappings/LUNs for Virtual Volumes
      • LUN Numbering Consistency
      • AIM Configuration
        • Setting Up Data Transfer Mode
          • Data Transfer Modes
          • Using FTP Transfer Mode
          • Using SMB Transfer Mode
        • Configuring Destination Servers
        • AIM Set Candidates
        • Creating an AIM Set
        • Creating an AIM Group
        • AIM Set Properties
        • Creating AIM Destination Volumes
        • Initialization
        • Setting Up Services and Commands
          • Setting Up Services and Commands
          • Scheduling Transfer Delays
          • Flushing Source Data
            • Flushing Source Data
            • Automatically Flushing Source Data
            • Manually Flushing Source Data
            • Group Flushing Source Data
          • Sending Markers
            • Sending Markers
            • Defining Marker Actions
            • Automatically Sending Default Markers
            • Manually Sending User-Defined Markers
            • Sending Group User-Defined Markers
          • Using Snapshot with AIM
            • Using Snapshot with AIM
            • Automatically Enabling Snapshots
            • Enabling Group Snapshots
            • Manually Enabling Snapshots
          • Using AIM CLI Commands
          • AIM Configuration Settings
          • Enabling/Disabling Passthrough
          • Using a Boot Drive Destination Volume
          • Assigning a Logon and Password for AIM Services
        • Modifying the Configuration
          • Setting Buffer Destage Mode
          • Deleting AIM Set Associations
          • Removing AIM Set Candidates
          • Deleting Destination Servers
          • Deleting an AIM Group
        • Viewing Log Files
          • Viewing the Source Log File
          • Viewing the Destination Log File
          • Viewing the Destination Log File (AIM Source Manager)
        • Viewing Transfer Performance and Logged Data Size
        • Viewing Destination Volume Data
        • Manually Testing the Link
      • Restoring When a Data Disk Fails
        • Restoring When a Source Data Disk Fails
        • Using Snapshot to Restore When a Source Data Disk Fails
      • Maintaining User Accounts
        • Administrator Privilege
    • Snapshot
      • Snapshot Overview
      • Creating/Modifying a MapStore
      • Configuring Snapshot Sets
        • Supported Snapshot Set Configurations
        • Creating a Snapshot Set
        • Modifying a Snapshot Set
        • Disabling a Snapshot Set
        • Deleting a Snapshot Set
        • Snapshot Set Properties
        • Snapshot Inaccessible Status
      • Configuring Snapshot Groups
        • Creating a Snapshot Group
        • Renaming a Snapshot Group
        • Removing Snapshot Sets from Groups
        • Deleting a Snapshot Group
      • Snapshot Commands
        • Snapshot Commands
        • Taking a Snapshot of a Source Virtual Volume
        • Starting a Snapshot Complete Image
        • Starting a Snapshot Source Update
        • CLI Command Syntax
          • EnableSnap
          • EnableNewSnap
          • DisableSnap
          • FreeDestNMVBlocks
          • GetLastErrors
          • GetSnapExtendedStatus
          • GetSnapStatus
          • SetCompleteImageDelay
          • SetSourceUpdateDelay
          • StartCompleteImage
          • StopCompleteImage
          • StartImageUpdate
          • StopImageUpdate
          • StartSourceUpdate
          • StopSourceUpdate
          • Group Commands
            • GroupEnable
            • GroupStartCI
            • GroupDisable
            • GroupFreeDestNMVBlocks
            • GroupGetExtendedStatus
      • Enabling/Disabling Proxy Mode
      • Identifying and Creating Proxied Volumes
      • Deleting Proxied Volumes
  • Performance Monitoring
    • Performance Monitoring
    • Monitoring for Long I/O Metrics
  • Utilities
    • DataCore Remote Command Service