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Page 3 - Table of Contents

Sun Microsystems, Inc. Table of Contents Introduction.....................................................................................................................................................1 Solution Description...............................................................................

Page 5 - Introduction

Introduction The Sun Fire TM X4500 Server is a four-way server with an AMD Opteron TM processor and 12, 24, 36, or 48 1 TB of storage in 4U (7 inches) of rack space. Compared to a traditional server with added disk arrays, the Sun Fire X4500 Server with 48 SATA II drives in a single system delivers ...

Page 6 - Solution Description; Symantec Enterprise Vault

Solution Description Symantec Enterprise Vault Enterprise Vault software is designed to be a long-term, scalable store for unstructured information. Now in its seventh version, the Enterprise Vault software delivers not only a scalable and robust storage system, but also provides a wide choice of im...

Page 7 - Archive Manager and Enterprise Vault; Vault; Archival Storage; Application

Topology of an Enterprise Vault Site Enterprise Vault is a Microsoft Windows application. A site will have a database server and one or more Vault Servers, the servers that run the Enterprise Vault software. Each Vault Server archives data from applications, storing the data as files in Vault Stores...

Page 9 - Features and Best Practices; WORM Storage; Making Copy 2

Features and Best Practices WORM Storage At this time, the WORM features of the SAM file system are not certified for use with the Enterprise Vault software. SAMBA Support Because Storage Archive Manager is based on the Solaris OS for SPARC and x64 platforms, SAMBA 4 software, which is required to m...

Page 10 - Hardware and Software; Performance Tests; Case

Testing the Sun Fire X4500 Server as Network Attached Archival Storage for the Enterprise Vault/SAM Solution Hardware and Software • Solaris 10 (8/07) OS • SAMBA 3.0.25a (included in Solaris 10 8/07 OS) • Sun StorageTek SAM 4.6 • Solaris ZFS • Sun Fire X4500 Server configured with 48 x 500 GB SATA-I...

Page 11 - Test Results; Test Case; Database Server

Test Results Test Cases 1 and 2 had all available disks configured in a single ZFS storage pool. The SAM file system and SAM disk archive were configured from the same pool. Test Case 3 had half of the available disks configured in a pool used by the SAM file system. The second storage pool, with th...

Page 12 - Configuring the Solution; Configuring the Sun Fire X4500 Server

Configuring the Solution The process for setting up the solution follows this general plan: 1. Install the Solaris 10 8/07 OS (Update 4) or later with latest patches. 2. Install Sun StorageTek Storage Archive Manager 4.6 with latest patches and its File System Manager. 3. Download the x4500samconfig...

Page 15 - Configuring Storage Archive Manager

samfspool0 7.1T 39K 129G 1% /samfspool0 diskvsnpool0 7.1T 39K 7.1T 1% /diskvsnpool0 diskvsnpool0/diskvsn0 7.1T 40K 7.1T 1% /diskvsn0 samfs0 7.0T 57M 7.0T 1% /samfs0 Configuring Storage Archive Manager File System Manager ships with SAM and is described in the SAM File System Manager User's Guide lis...

Page 16 - Configuring Enterprise Vault

Configuring Enterprise Vault 1. Create a share by mapping the Sun Fire X4500 Server's network drive to the Vault Server. 2. Navigate to the share and create a new directory to be used as a Vault Store Partition by the Vault Server. 3. Use the Vault Administration Console to configure the partition a...

Page 17 - Managing the Solution; he; SAM; SAMBA

Managing the Solution Sun Fire X4500 Server Use the same tools to manage t he Sun Fire X4500 Server as you use for any other Solaris system. You can also manage the server using its Integrated Lights Out Management (ILOM) to power the server off and on and to connect remotely to the system console u...

Page 19 - Scaling the Solution; Second

Scaling the Solution In some environments, multiple archival storage units are required due to the rate or volume of data to be archived. Symantec Enterprise Vault scales horizontally and the partitions of a Vault Store can be placed on different network shares. Likewise, the Sun Fire X4500 Server N...

Page 20 - Script; Test Mode

Appendix: The x4500samconfig Script Download the x4500samconfig script from the following location: http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/jsp/descFile.jsp?url=descAll/x4500samconfig_tar_ Test Mode The x4500samconfig script has a test mode to simplify development. The test mode gives you the following advantag...

Page 21 - Resetting a Configured Sun Fire X4500 Server

##### TEST MODE - NO CHANGES WERE MADE TO YOUR SYSTEM ##### #### All configuration files placed in /var/tmp/SAMFSTEST #### System Configuration is Complete. The system is ready to use. For information on managing SAM and SAMBA please consult the README file Hit Return to Exit Script. Resetting a Con...

Page 22 - For More Information

For More Information About Sun StorageTek Archive Manager: • Sun StorageTek Archive Manager page: http://www.sun.com/storagetek/management_software/data_management/sam/index.xml • Sun StorageTek Secure Archive page: http://www.sun.com/storagetek/archive/index.jsp • What Does Sun StorageTek Archive M...