SANmelody Snap-ins Overview

The DataCore SANmelody storage server tools are an integrated set of snap-ins that are part of the Windows Computer Management interface, under the Storage component. You will use these DataCore-specific snap-ins to manage storage. Following are brief descriptions of the snap-ins used with SANmelody software.

To open the Help for any SANmelody snap-ins, select the snap-in in the console tree and click the Help button () on the toolbar or right-click the snap-in in the console tree and choose Help from the shortcut menu. Refer to Toolbar, Icons, and Status Bar for more information.  

To start and stop the storage server software:

Start the storage software by selecting the Start icon on the toolbar. No actions are available until you do this. Start/Stop status appears in the status bar.

Stop the storage software by highlighting a storage server in the right pane and selecting Stop from the right-click menu.

SANmelody Snap-ins

CAUTION:  Only one instance of Computer Management should be open at the same time.

For information concerning the buttons under the Menu bar, see Toolbar.

At the bottom of the SANmelody interface is the Status bar, see Status Bar.

For descriptions of icons used in SANmelody software, see Icons.

The Help for the SANmelody snap-ins are available by selecting the snap-in in the console tree and clicking the Help button on the toolbar.

Click on the Help menu above the toolbar and select About DataCore SANmelody to display the SANmelody software version information.

Please click on the links provided for additional information about SANmelody snap-ins.

SANmelody Snap-ins Overview