Network Appliance Plug-In Notes


Contents

Plug-In Prerequisites

Before You Register This Plug-In

Using the Plug-In Registration Wizard

Registration Wizard Status Messages

Granting the SRM Agent rsh Permissions

Editing Scan Proxy Information

Enabling File System Scans

Unregistering the Plug-In

Uninstalling the Plug-In

 

Plug-In Prerequisites

Refer to your Network Appliance Filer system documentation for information on how to verify or correct settings to meet the following requirements:

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Before You Register This Plug-In

The Plug-In Registration Wizard prompts for the following information; organize it beforehand to save time.

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Using the Plug-In Registration Wizard

For general instructions on using the Plug-In Registration Wizard, see Basic Instructions for Running the Plug-In Registration Wizard.

Specific instructions for registering a Filer include:

  1. When registering a Filer with the Capacity Reporter Server, you must follow these guidelines when entering information in the Required Registration Information dialog box:

  2. This Plug-In Registration Wizard contains two additional dialog boxes not described in the Basic Instructions for Running the Plug-In Registration Wizard. Use the following guidelines when entering information in these dialog boxes:

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Registration Wizard Status Messages

When you finish registering a NAS device using the NAS Registration Wizard, a potentially confusing message appears. Under the label "Setup Permission Result:", you may see a message saying the status is "failed". This does not mean the registration has failed. Check the status under the label "Registration Result:". If the status under this label reads "OK", the registration was successful.

If both status messages read "failed", check the text of the message for insight into the problem, which may include entering an incorrect user name and/or password.

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Granting the Capacity Reporter Agent rsh Permissions

Before the Capacity Reporter Server can successfully scan the Filer system for information, rsh permissions must be granted to the Capacity Reporter Agent computer that you want to serve as the proxy scan agent. You must also grant rsh permissions to the Capacity Reporter Agent Identity to connect from the system with the TCP/IP address or DNS host name of the Capacity Reporter Agent computer.

On each Filer that you want to scan, set the rsh enable feature to on. You can set rsh security through the Security options on the Filer management console. For more information, refer to your Network Appliance Filer documentation.

Note: Depending upon the configuration of your Filer and enterprise TCP/IP network, host-name resolution may not be available. If this is the case, you must enter the TCP/IP address in dotted notation for the Capacity Reporter 5.0.1 (or greater) Agent computer in order for the rsh permission check to succeed.

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Editing Scan Proxy Information

Using Capacity Reporter, you can edit the proxy system settings for a registered Filer. For example, you can change the Capacity Reporter Agent computer you want to use for computer scans, or you can set up a computer to use for CIFS- or NFS-based file system scanning.

To edit scan proxy information:

  1. Launch the software.

  2. Click the Options tab, and then click the Scans notebook.

  3. In the navigation pane, click select proxy. The Select Proxy page is displayed.

  4. Next to the NAS option, click Modify. The Modify Scan Settings for NAS page is displayed.

  5. In the Select a managed object list box, select the NAS system you want to modify, and make the necessary changes.

You can change the following settings:

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Enabling File System Scans

Although devices in this category are registered as managed computers with the Capacity Reporter Server, the file systems that are discovered during a computer scan cannot be scanned until they are enabled for scans explicitly by the user. To enable a file system scan, the Capacity Reporter user with the proper account privileges must perform the following procedure.

To enable file system scans:

  1. Launch the software.

  2. Click the Options tab, and then click the Scans notebook. The Select Scan page displays.

  3. Select the computer group containing the NAS system from the Computer Group drop-down list box. Click Modify.

  4. On the Modify Scan Settings for Computer Group page, click Scan Now.

  5. Click the Resources tab, and then click the Computers notebook. The Managed Computers Report is displayed.

  6. In the Computer Name column, select the NAS system for which you want to enable scanning. The Single Computer Report is displayed.

  7. Scroll down to the File Systems Report, and click Modify to change the scanning enabled status of the file systems displayed in the table. The File System Scan Settings page is displayed.

  8. In the Scanning State column, select Enable CIFS Scans or Enable NFS Scans from the appropriate drop-down list box. Click Submit.

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Unregistering the Plug-In

You must unregister the plug-in on the computer where you registered and installed the plug-in.

To unregister the plug-in:

  1. Click the Start button and go to Programs -> Storage Resource Manager Registration -> Register Network Appliance Filers.

  2. The Introduction dialog box displays. Click Next.

  3. The Registration Function dialog box displays. Select Unregister a Managed Object radio button and click Next.

  4. Enter the SRM display name. This must be the same name entered as when registering the plug-in.

  5. Click Finish. Once the message displays saying the Status is OK, click Finish.

Uninstalling the Plug-In

If you want to remove the plug-in from a computer, use the Add/Remove Programs applet in Windows Control Panel to do so. You must do this on the computer where you installed the plug-in.

To uninstall the plug-in:

  1. Click the Start button, and then click Settings -> Control Panel.

  2. Double-click Add/Remove Programs. The Add/Remove Programs Properties dialog box is displayed.

  3. Select SRM Plug-In for Network Appliance Filers from the list, and click Add/Remove. The Uninstall Wizard launches.

  4. Click Next, and then click Finish. The plug-in files are removed from the computer.

Note: If you uninstall the Capacity Reporter 5.0.1 (or greater) Agent from a computer, it automatically removes all plug-ins installed on that computer.

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