All the operations described here, are performed by clicking the corresponding buttons on the toolbar. The operations can be also accessed from the Storage nodes bar (on the Actions and tools pane) and from the Storage nodes item of the main menu.
To perform an operation with a storage node added to the management server, first select the storage node.
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Add a storage node to the management server
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Click  Add.
In the Add storage node window, specify the machine the storage node is installed on.
Adding a storage node establishes a trusted relationship between the management server and the storage node, in the same way as when you add machines to the server. Once the storage node is added to the management server, you will be able to create managed vaults on the node.
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Remove a storage node from the management server
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Click  Remove.
Once the storage node is removed from the management server, the vaults being managed by the storage node disappear from the vault list and become unavailable for performing operations. All the plans and tasks that use these vaults will fail. All the databases and vaults of this storage node remain untouched.
It is possible to add the previously removed storage node to the management server again. As a result, all the vaults managed by the storage node will appear in the vault list and become available once again for all the plans and tasks that used these vaults.
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Create a centralized managed vault on the selected storage node
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Click  Create vault.
The Create managed vault page will be opened with the pre-selected storage node. Perform the remaining steps to create the vault.
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Change the compacting task schedule
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After deleting backups from deduplicating vaults, either manually or during cleanup, unreferenced data may appear in the deduplicating vaults and their databases. The compacting procedure deletes such data in order to free up more storage space. Only one compacting task is available per storage node.
Click  Reschedule compacting.
In the Schedule window, set up the schedule for the compacting procedure. Only the time events (daily, weekly, and monthly schedules) are available for setting up.
The preset is: Start the task every 1 week on Sunday at 03:00:00 AM. Repeat once.
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View details of the storage node
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Click  View details.
In the Storage node details window (the content of which is duplicated on the Information panel), examine information about the storage node and the vaults managed by this node. You can also manage the compacting task: manually start and stop the task.
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Refresh the list of storage nodes
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Click  Refresh.
The management console will update the list of storage nodes from the management server with the most recent information. Though the list of storage nodes is refreshed automatically based on events , the data may not be retrieved immediately from the management server due to some latency. Manual refresh guarantees that the most recent data is displayed.
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