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  • Understanding Basics
    • Understanding Basics
    • SANsymphony Overview
    • Basics of SAN Infrastructure
      • About Storage Servers
      • About Application Servers
      • About Management Console
      • About Storage Devices
      • About Network Connectivity
    • Basics of SANsymphony Concepts & Components
      • About SANmanager, the Configuration GUI
      • About SANcentral, the Monitoring GUI
      • About Domains
      • About Regions
      • About Network Managed Volumes Pools
      • About Virtual Volumes
      • About Proxied Volumes
      • About AIM
      • About Snapshot
      • About Dual Path
    • Basics of Mirroring and High Availability
      • About Mirroring and High Availability
      • About Alternate Pathing and MPIO
      • About Cluster Path
      • About Tertiary Mirrors
  • Planning a SAN Configuration
    • Planning a SAN Configuration
    • Naming Conventions
    • Protecting Against Power Loss
    • Preparing Physical Disks for Management
      • Preparing Physical Disks for Management
      • Preparing Disks for NMV Pools
      • Preparing Disks to be Proxied Volumes
      • Discovering and Partitioning Physical Disks
      • Storage Capacity License Limits
    • Best Practices
      • Best Practices for Configuring and Using the SAN
      • Best Practices for Mirroring
      • Best Practices for iSCSI High Availability
      • Restoring Configuration from ERD
  • Starting SANsymphony for the First Time
    • Starting SANsymphony for the First Time
    • Starting the Domain Communication Service
    • Changing the Temporary Region Name
    • Starting the DataCore Virtualization Service
  • Getting Started
    • Getting Started
  • Configuration & Control/SANmanager
    • Navigating SANmanager
    • Applying the Configuration
    • Emergency Repair Disk (ERD)
    • SANmanager Tabs
      • SAN Mappings Tab
      • Virtual Volumes Tab
      • AIM Tab
      • Snapshot Tab
      • Channels Tab
      • Gathering Application Server Port Information
      • Adding Application Servers to the SAN
      • Assigning Channels for Application Servers
      • Deleting Application Servers from the SAN
      • Deleting Storage Servers from the Region
      • Storage Server Properties
      • Setting Cache Size
      • Setting Domain Restrictions
      • Adding/Deleting Domains
      • Adding Mappings to a Domain
      • Joining a Region
      • Identifying and Configuring Channels
      • Manually Adding Channels to Application Servers
      • Using Soft WWNs for Fibre Channels
      • Replacing Channels
      • Replacing Channels That Use Soft WWNs
      • Configuring iSCSI
        • Establishing Initiator/Target Connections for iSCSI
        • Automatic Discovery of iSCSI Initiator/Targets using iSNS
        • Add or Remove iSCSI Targets Using iSCSI Manager
      • Pool Types
      • Pool Status
      • Configuration
        • Creating NMV Pools
        • Pool Settings
        • Adding Disks to NMV Pools
        • Creating Mirrors in NMV Pools
        • Creating NMVs from Pools
        • Deleting NMV Pools
        • Configuring Hot Spare Replacements
        • Setting Alert Threshold
        • Purging Offline NMVs
        • Raw Disk Properties
        • Rescan Pools
        • Removing Disks from NMV Pools
    • Volumes
      • Volume Properties
      • Virtual Volume Properties
      • Virtual Volume Properties (Multiple)
      • Creating Virtual Volumes
      • Removing a Volume from a Virtual Volume
      • Replacing a Volume in a Virtual Volume
      • Allow Mixed Static and Dynamic Disks
      • Deleting a Virtual Volume
      • Setting Mirror Recovery Priority
      • Sizing a Mirror
      • Creating Mirrors for Virtual Volumes
      • Creating Mirrors Using Drag and Drop
      • Changing Attributes of a Mirror
      • Specifying the Mirror Path
      • Enabling Path Options on a Mapped Mirror
      • Splitting a Mirror
      • Mirror Discovery and Recovery Behavior
    • Mapping Virtual Volumes
      • Mapping Virtual Volumes to Application Servers
      • Mapping Virtual Volumes to a Storage Server
      • Mapping Properties
      • Unmapping a Virtual Volume
      • LUN Distribution Scenarios
    • Modifying the Configuration
      • Modifying the Configuration
      • Cautionary Notes
    • Replacing Hardware
      • Replacing a Storage Server Adapter
      • Replacing an Application Server Adapter
      • Replacing a Storage Server
      • Replacing Faulty Storage in a Storage Server
  • Monitoring/SANcentral
    • Navigating SANcentral
    • SANcentral Menu Bar
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    • SANcentral Status Tab
      • Status Tab
      • Status Tab Graphics
      • Status Descriptions
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    • SANcentral Inventory Tab
      • Inventory Tab
      • Adding/Configuring Hubs, Switches, Routers
      • Adding Links
      • Changing Bitmaps
    • SANcentral Alarms Tab
      • Alarms Tab
      • Alarm Detail
      • Alarms Troubleshooting
    • SANcentral Tools
      • SANcentral Tools
      • Network Viewer
      • Performance
        • SANcentral Performance
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        • Channel Details
        • Channel I/O Rate
        • Scheduler
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        • Storage Pools
      • Pools Performance
      • Port Database
      • Windows Performance Monitor
        • Windows Performance Monitor
        • DataCore Performance Objects
        • Monitoring for Long I/O Metrics
      • Reports
        • Reports
      • Support Bundle
    • Snapshot Utility
    • About DataCore SANsymphony Box
  • SANsymphony Console Tools
    • SANsymphony Console
    • Disk Manager
      • Disk Manager
      • Protect File System Volume
    • Disk Path Manager
      • Disk Path Manager
    • Fibre-Channel Manager
      • Fibre-Channel Manager
    • iSCSI Manager
      • iSCSI Manager
      • iSCSI Properties
        • iSCSI Port Properties
        • iSCSI Port Properties-General Tab
        • iSCSI Port Properties-Basic Tab
        • iSCSI Port Properties-Advanced Tab
        • Logging on to Targets using the iSCSI Manager Tool
        • iSCSI Security and Error Detection
        • Configuring Authentication
        • Entering a CHAP Secret in iSCSI Manager
    • Trace Console
      • Trace Console
      • SCSI Ports
    • Getting Started with Snapshot
    • Supported Snapshot Set Configurations
    • Configuring Snapshot Sets
      • Creating Snapshot Sets
      • Modifying Snapshot Sets
      • Deleting Snapshot Sets
    • Configuring Snapshot Groups
      • Creating Snapshot Groups
      • Removing Snapshot Sets from Groups
    • Configuring a Mapstore
      • Creating a Mapstore
      • Deleting a Mapstore
    • Snapshot Commands
      • Snapshot Commands
      • CLI Command Syntax
        • DisableSnap
        • EnableNewSnap
        • EnableSnap
        • FreeDestNMVBlocks
        • GetExtendedStatus
        • GetLastErrors
        • GetSnapExtendedStatus
        • GetSnapStatus
        • GroupDisable
        • GroupEnable
        • GroupEnableNew
        • GroupFreeDestNMVBlocks
        • GroupGetExtendedStatus
        • GroupGetStatus
        • GroupStartCI
        • GroupStartIU
        • GroupStartSU
        • GroupStopCI
        • GroupStopIU
        • GroupStopSU
        • SetCompleteImageDelay
        • SetSourceUpdateDelay
        • StartCompleteImage
        • StartImageUpdate
        • StartSourceUpdate
        • StopCompleteImage
        • StopImageUpdate
        • StopSourceUpdate
    • Snapshot Utility
      • Snapshot Utility
      • Setting Delays
    • AIM System Requirements
    • AIM System Types
    • Getting Started with AIM
    • AIM Planning and Best Practices
      • AIM Configuration Models
        • AIM Configuration Models
        • Bidirectional Peer-to-Peer
        • Unidirectional Single Source to Single Destination
        • Unidirectional Single Source to Multiple Destination
        • Unidirectional Multiple Source to Single Destination
        • Unidirectional Multiple Source to Multiple Destination
      • AIM Buffers
    • AIM Source Manager
      • AIM Source Manager
      • Viewing AIM Source Manager Status
      • AIM Source Manager Toolbar
      • AIM Status Bar
      • AIM States
    • AIM Destination Manager
      • AIM Destination Manager
      • Viewing AIM Destination Manager Status
      • AIM Destination Set Properties
    • AIM Configuration
      • Creating AIM Set Candidates
      • Creating AIM Groups
      • Setting Up Data Transfer Mode
        • Data Transfer Modes
        • Using FTP Transfer Mode
        • Using SMB Transfer Mode
      • Configuring Destination Servers
      • Creating AIM Sets
      • AIM Set Properties
      • Initialization
        • Initializing AIM Sets
        • AIM Initialization Time Estimates
      • 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
          • Automatically Sending Default Markers
          • Manually Sending User Defined Markers
          • Sending Group User Defined Markers
          • Defining Marker Actions
        • Using Snapshot with AIM
          • Using Snapshot with AIM
          • Automatically Enabling Snapshots
          • Manually Enabling Snapshots
          • Enabling Group Snapshots
        • Using AIM CLI Commands
        • 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
        • Changing Source Buffer Settings
        • Changing Destination Buffer Settings
        • AIM Source Manager Settings
    • Monitoring AIM
      • Viewing Log Files
        • Viewing the Source Log
        • Viewing the Destination Log (AIM Source Manager)
        • Viewing the Destination Log
      • Viewing Transfer Performance and Logged Data Size
      • Viewing Destination Volume Data
      • Testing the Link
    • Restoring When a Data Disk Fails
      • Restoring When a Source Data Disk Fails
    • Changing Read/Write Access on DP Pools
  • Traveller
    • Notes about Traveller
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