Planning of a file server

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• For VM file server backup plan

  Hello!

  I've recently implemented my virtual world with hosts 3 hp g7 and two p2000 msa storage.

  I'm moving my physical machines to virtual infrastructure (in fact I moved many of them)

  I think it is now time to plan a backup strategy

  I have about 15 servers (desktop, Terminal servers, servers for files, e-mail server, two domain controllers, and...)

  I also have an hp tape autoloader which is not yet operational

  for the storage of backups, I have about 6 hp 600 GB sff sas disks

  and the total size of virtual machines is about 2.5 to

  What backup and network strategy that you suggest?

  Some people say they use VDR and some say go to backupexec

  and one important thing is my file server (two), which hosts over 1 million office and CAD and... files (their size is about 1 to 10 MB)

  and the information is very important

  What do you suggest me in this regard?

  should I back up these files separately from the virtual machines (for example using normal windows backup) or it is better to save the entire vm?

  I have to say that many times we need some specific file backup (some DOC or Excel for example) so the backup should be able to quickly extract to give me these files.

  Thank you very much and sorry if my question is General somehow.

  any suspicion or guide lines can help me a lot

  Thank you very much

  2 options.

  Assuming the following.

  Server A

  OS VM stored on SAN DISKS

  Backup OS VM stored on ESXi host as data store local DISK

  Backup device VM stored in the Local data store

  Backup storage of data 1 of SAN 1 on other materials (iSCSI or NFS)

  All disks should use RAID levels other than RAID 0.  RAID 0 would be a disaster. Any disk could fail and put everything down.

  Best gear RAID 1, 10. More space RAID 5

  Openfiler iscsi or NFS supports and works well as a storage target for backup VM aware applications.

  If you have not used linux so openfiler would be a good start, Web interface and install as an application.

  for the best performance with NFS linux requires more effort.

  Copy of tape using openfiler can be a challenge. I did not use backup to tape over the years.

  Configuration of the network and all the hardware to support Gigabit connections and frames. You can also configure the network connections dedicated backup server openfiler appliance. If multiple NETWORK cards would be useful.

• Windows Server 2003 R2 vs. 2008 R2 vs. 2012 as a file server

  I use Windows Server 2003 R2. We have about 100 PCs that are connected to this server and using the network connection. We are planning to upgrade to the latest version. While I was looking for the comparison between Windows Server 2003 R2, R2 2008 and 2012.

  All items talk about new features like Hyper-V, Hyper v Replica, Active Directory, IIS etc. But I'm not using one of these. I mainly use it as a file server. So, I need to know the comparison of features related to it.

  How are the 3 versions different server?

  I heard that data deduplication is main feture of windows server 2012.Does it only reduce the file size when it is in drive? Or he gets advantage for network traffic when he copied the complete network of another way? Fact that these data are supported in windows XP in network

  Hello

  Support for Windows Server is not provided in these forums. On the other hand, it please repost your question in the relevant Microsoft TechNet forum here:

  http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-us/category/windowsserver .

  Thank you.      :)

• Support of file server data store Provisioning

  I build a Win2012R2 file server.

  Datastore1 = 800 GB

  Datastore2 = 12 to

  Datastore1 is taken. Datastore2 will have about 2 TB of space used for storage of copies of virtual machines. The rest is for file server.

  What provision is recommended to use for a growing file server? Thick or thin?

  Is it OK to grant MORE than Datastore2 space?

  If other data on Datastore2 (other than the file server) begin to develop how the file server will make up the difference?

  Thanks in advance.

  Unless any 3rd third-party tool can do it, you must re - initialize the disk system. In addition to this, you will need to edit the virtual machine boot options and change the firmware of the BIOS to EFI boot. Another option is to shrink the partition from the current system of the customer for example 100 GB and then create a second partition with a GPT partition table.

  Please keep in mind that backup and - most importantly - recover from these large partitions consume considerable time, and it may be useful to plan several smaller if possible partitions.

  André

• Conversion of a file server to reduce the size of disk - things to consider?

  Hi all

  This weekend I plan to do a conversion, v2v of our file server to reduce one of the discs of 600 GB to 250 GB and also change the disk type of thin thickness.  I expect it to take quite long time so want to make sure I have to work on my first attempt!

  I will warn users that the file server is not available during this period, there is always the danger someone could connect remotely and connect during the conversion process (they have roaming profiles/home folders stored on this server).

  My main concern is that if a user connects and modifies a file, etc. in their home folder during the process, it may fail.

  My boss has proposed to vcentre server and the server I want to convert in one vlan private during the process, so that no one can connect, but I am a little concerned that the servers may need to communicate with controllers of domain/dns during the process?

  Is someone able to provide advice regarding my concerns?  Especially if someone connect/change a file on the server of files during the process.

  Thank you

  Hello

  If you really do a v2v conversion, you must stop the machine before the conversion. So nobody will be able to connect (obviously). You seem to plan a p2v (treats converter powered on virtual machines the same as physical devices). I suggest that you consider making a volume based v2v turned off (if it's a Windows machine because it seems to be)

  If for some reason, this is not possible, can you consider to stop the 'Server' service during the conversion? Thus, all actions will become unavailable.

  Note: You must have a converter agent deployed before that.

  HTH

  Plamen

  Post edited by: Plamen

• ESXi5: File server: 8TB iSCSI LUN

  I'll put up an ESXi5 and plan to host my server files on it. The file server uses storing a Raid6 NAS available on iSCSI (with MPIO).

  The server storage is about 8 TB, which will be shared via a Windows 2008R2 Guest VM.

  Now I need to find the best options to expose the storage for Windows.

  Looks like my options are:

  -Use VMFS on iSCSI and vmdk files ordinary LUN.

  -Use RDM (do not know if it works with iSCSI) and provide a RAW disk to the vm file server.

  -Use of iSCSI directly from the Windows VM (can cause a high CPU utilization), prove less effective.

  The most common and options of would apply we would be the first option, however I would be worried to have my WHOLE being in a single VMDK file file server (or several)? If it gets corrupted, I would I lose its content business? Is this something that happens? Especially since this is managed ethernet (iSCSI)?

  Really this all come down to: vmdk is safe, and is there a way to get it back where the vmdk file is corrupt (in the same case).

  Additional info:

  I didn't need the partition of data to be snapshoted if I snapshot files server.

  Thank you!

  I mounted the iscsi Target inside the bone of the VM. Works very well. I also have a secondary backup iscsi NAS for increased security outside (even RAID 6 is not flawless) and I do weekly backups of my virtual machines to a different data store. Storage of the user in a vmdk files is a bad choice. If all this is corrupt (or just the OS) you will have a hard time to retrieve data from a VMFS partition. There are very few options to read under Windows or Linux. Better safe than sorry

  Concerning

  Tony

• File server data - of RDM Volumes or VMFS?

  People,

  I use vSphere Enterprise Plus 4.1.

  I read on the RDM debate VMFS v. However, it seems that the arguments for VMFS assumes that you plan to run the operating system of the volume. In this case VMFS WINS.

  I put aside for a couple of my operating system already VMFS volume. But one of the virtual machine will be a file server. I intend to add 7 x 500 GB of LUNS to this virtual machine. I don't plan to do snapshots of these volumes.

  It seems that there is not much to skew the argument one way or another for each type of storage. In the absence of any compelling reason, I'm slightly siding with the RDM. It will give me more flexibility in storage 'pivot' if ever I need to upgrade and I won't get the red exclamation mark appearing in vCenter as I would fill my VMFS volume with a virtual disk file.

  Can I ask for some advice on what would be a 'best practices' to add volumes that will be used to store the data?

  Kind regards

  Michael

  From a management perspective I'd go for RDM, especially if she wants to be a file server.

  Let's look at a few arguments. If you go for VMFS, this means that all I/o to the file server would be shared with the rest of the virtual machines residing on the data store (which, depending on your configuration might be ok). RDM also offer the advantage of being able to migrate to physics at some point, if the workload increases beyond the point where it makes sense to have a virtual machine.

  Also, I wouldn't go all way on RDM, just for the volumes of data. So the OS goes on VMFS throughout the rest of the ROW. Do not think to much about performance, like lately the differences between VMFS and RDM are negligible.

• Creating a virtual file server on ESXi. Limit of 2 TB will be a problem?

  Hello

  I'm planning to virtualize a couple of my servers, but some have

  questions about the size limit of 2 TB for volumes on ESXi. I guess that let

  me tell you what I want to do and you would be grateful if you can tell me

  If it's possible or not, and if yes, what is the best way to implement.

  I'm new to VM is so patient with me if I do not use terminology

  correctly.

  I want to virtualize my file server. For now, it is a physical

  Server that connects to an iSCSI SAN (Dell PowerVault MD3000i) network, and the

  LUNS assigned to it is about 5 TBs. To be more precise, the server has a

  F: drive, which is a volume of 5 TB on the SAN. This disc has an action

  This is useful to our main file server.

  I wonder if I create a computer virtual on ESXi server, can I attach this same

  Volume 5 to for this virtual machine in the same way I have such that it is connected to the physical

  box (if the virtual machine will have the same drive F:, which is actually the 5 TB

  LUN on the SAN)? This new virtual machine would replace the old physical box, if

  they would not both connected at the same time, in case that

  questions. I know it of just the 2 TB limit, but is it just for

  data warehouses? Which means, I have no need of virtual on files

  This volume, they will be on local storage, I want just the virtual machine itself

  have this volume mounted as a drive inside the BONE, so it acts as a

  file server (I hope I explained this right). Is this possible, or

  always do in the 2 TB limit in this case?

  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

  Thank you

  Josh

  The 2 TB limit reference itself VMFS partitions.  What you want to do is possible and the road ahead

• Problems with the load on the file server

  I tried to get a vmmark 1.1.1 operational environment.  All the components work except the STAF process on the file server workloads.  I used the VM prebuilt downloaded from the Web site.  The only change in addition to the later configuration has been updated STAF to version 3.3.3 to match the other customers.  I performed the same process on the database server workload and had no problems.  Here is an output of the various log files and configuration files.  Any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated.

  fileserver0: / usr/local/staf # cat /tmp/start-staf.out

  /etc/init.d/start-STAF.sh: line 15: / usr/local/Scott/bin/STAFProc: cannot execute binary file

  fileserver0: / usr/local/staf # ls - the/usr/local/Scott/bin /.

  3151 total

  drwxrwxr-x 2 root root 544 Jun 11 09:27.

  drwxrwxr-x 9 root root 448 Jun 11 09:38...

  r-r - 1 r root - root 2367 Jun 11 09:27 CAList.crt

  -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 49461 Jun 11 09:27 FmtLog

  -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 47954 Jun 11 09:27 PLSTAF.pm

  -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 6991 Jun 11 09:27 PLSTAFService.pm

  -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 84330 Jun 11 09:27 STAF

  -rw-rw-r - 1 root root 1596 Jun 11 09:30 STAF.cfg

  -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 1566 Jun 11 09:27 STAF.pl

  -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 1543 Jun 11 09:27 STAF2.pl

  r-r - 1 r root - root 1070 Jun 11 09:27 STAFDefault.crt

  rrr - 1 root root 887 Jun 11 09:27 STAFDefault.key

  -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 30368 Jun 11 09:27 STAFExecProxy

  -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 5173 Jun 11 09:27 STAFLog.pm

  -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 23115 Jun 11 09:27 STAFLoop

  -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2735 Jun 11 09:27 STAFMon.pm

  -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2884223 Jun 11 09:27 STAFProc

  -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 40992 Jun 11 09:27 STAFReg

  lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 Jun 11 09:27 fmtlog->/usr/local/Scott/bin/FmtLog

  lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 Jun 11 09:27 staf->/usr/local/Scott/bin/STAF

  fileserver0: / usr/local/staf # cat /etc/init.d/start-staf.sh

  #! / bin/sh

  # Environment variables STAF for 3.1.2

  PATH = / usr/local/Scott/bin: / usr/local/bin: $PATH

  LD_LIBRARY_PATH = / usr/local/Scott/lib: $LD_LIBRARY_PATH

  CLASSPATH=/usr/local/STAF/lib/JSTAF.jar:/usr/local/STAF/samples/demo/STAFDemo.jar:$classpath

  STAFCONVDIR = / usr/local/Scott/codepage

  If [$# = 0]

  then

  STAF_INSTANCE_NAME = STAF

  on the other

  STAF_INSTANCE_NAME = $1

  FI

  export PATH LD_LIBRARY_PATH CLASSPATH STAFCONVDIR STAF_INSTANCE_NAME

  / usr/local/SCOTT/bin/STAFProc > /tmp/start-staf.out 2 > & 1 &

  fileserver0: / usr/local/staf # cat /usr/local/staf/bin/STAF.cfg

  # Sample VMMARK STAF.cfg for VMS Linux

  # (workloads: Web server, database or file server)

  #

  # Copyright (c) 2006 VMware, Inc.. All rights reserved.

  # Activate the monitoring of the internal errors and deprecated options

  trace enable track points "obsolete errors."

  # Enable TCP/IP connections

  tcp STAFTCP interface library

  # Trust local default Configuration

  machine local://local level 5 of trust

  # Add the trust to allow remote commands and copy files.

  # Trust the commands below replace the "www.votresociete.com".

  # with the correct name for your network.

  #

  # Define primeclient (usually client0) trust

  machine client0.yourcompany.com level 5 of trust

  # Set the confidence for the customer of this tile.

  # Replace the correct Index of the tile for the "N".

  machine client0.iaslab.com level 5 of trust

  # You can also, if on a network, you can

  # define the confidence level for the network instead of the parameter

  # level of trust from each individual computer. For example,.

  # Trust all hosts in the 192.168.100 network:

  the trust tcp://10.10.101 machine. * level 5

  # Default Service loader service

  serviceloader library STAFDSLS

  #Uncomment and change to match ipalias for the system

  MACHINENICKNAME fileserver0

  # Windows OS only

  # DEFAULTSTOPUSING SET WM_CLOSE

  # The services that need customers preferred to run STAX and STAXMonitor

  #

  # Comment on other clients or VMs

  Library of stax #service JSTAF run.

  # /usr/local/staf/services/stax/STAX.jar------.

  parms # "numthreads 100."

  run of the event #service JSTAF library.

  # /usr/local/staf/services/stax/STAFEvent.jar

  SET THE MAXQUEUESIZE 10000

  fileserver0: / usr/local/staf # cat/etc/hosts

  # Example of hosts file

  #

  # Update to reflect your test lab network naming and IP addresses

  # and extend the number of tiles that you plan to run.

  # Use Update: C:\WINDOWS\system32\etc\hosts on Windows and VMs clients

  # Use Update: / etc/hosts on Linux virtual machines

  #

  Short name of #IP long name address

  #==============================================================================

  Tile # 0

  10.10.101.10 mailserver0.iaslab.com mailserver0 #W2K3 field cont.

  10.10.101.11 javaserver0.iaslab.com javaserver0 #W2K3

  10.10.101.12 standby0.iaslab.com standby0 #W2K3

  10.10.101.13 webserver0.iaslab.com webserver0 #Linux

  10.10.101.14 database0.iaslab.com database0 #Linux

  10.10.101.15 fileserver0.iaslab.com fileserver0 #Linux

  10.10.101.16 client0.mailserver0.iaslab.com #W2K3 client0

  Tile # 1

  10.10.101.20 mailserver1.iaslab.com #W2K3 domain cont mailserver1.

  10.10.101.21 javaserver1.iaslab.com javaserver1 #W2K3

  10.10.101.22 standby1.iaslab.com #W2K3 standby1

  10.10.101.23 webserver1.iaslab.com webserver1 #Linux

  10.10.101.24 database1.iaslab.com #Linux database1

  10.10.101.25 fileserver1.iaslab.com Serveur_Fichiers1 #Linux

  10.10.101.26 client1.mailserver1.iaslab.com #W2K3 client1

  Tile # 2

  10.10.101.30 mailserver2.iaslab.com mailserver2 #W2K3 field cont.

  10.10.101.31 javaserver2.iaslab.com javaserver2 #W2K3

  10.10.101.32 standby2.iaslab.com standby2 #W2K3

  10.10.101.33 webserver2.iaslab.com #Linux webserver2

  10.10.101.34 database2.iaslab.com #Linux base2

  10.10.101.35 fileserver2.iaslab.com #Linux fileserver2

  10.10.101.36 client2.mailserver2.iaslab.com #W2K3 client2

  Tile # 3

  10.10.101.30 mailserver2.iaslab.com mailserver2 #W2K3 field cont.

  10.10.101.31 javaserver2.iaslab.com javaserver2 #W2K3

  10.10.101.32 standby2.iaslab.com standby2 #W2K3

  10.10.101.33 webserver2.iaslab.com #Linux webserver2

  10.10.101.34 database2.iaslab.com #Linux base2

  10.10.101.35 fileserver2.iaslab.com #Linux fileserver2

  10.10.101.36 client2.mailserver2.iaslab.com #W2K3 client2

  It seems that you have installed the STAF of 64 bits on the file server. You must install the 32-bit version on the file server.

  64-bit STAFProc v3.3.3 bytes 2884223 32 - bit STAFProc v3.3.3 is 3083208 bytes

• The Windows VM file server storage configuration options

  Hi all

  I have a Setup home of ESXi 3.5 running on an Adaptec 5805 with 3 x Western Digital 1 TB of drives in raid 5.  I plan on a number of virtual machines running on VMFS using virtual disks ranging from 10 to 20 GB.  Most of the storage is for the volume of a windows VM file server storage, somewhere around 1.5 to the mark.  Additional physical disks added to the Adaptec 5805 will be added for file server storage.  At least that's what I want to achieve

  My question is, what is the best option to add the windows VM storage file server because the VMs and storage are all on the same table?

  1. a large VMFS volume, add a virtual as extra storage space 1.5 TB drive to the VM file server and use scopes when you add additional physical disks in the array

  2. a single 300 GB partition on the table in the VMFS datastore for virtual machines, a score of 1.5 TB on the table in the VMFS datastore for storage file server disk.  Use scopes on the 1.5 TB data store when adding additional physical disks

  3. a single 300 GB partition on the table in the data store additional VMFS for VMs. the rest of the dashboard accessible from Raw Device Mapping for the 'normal' when you add storage of file server and extented with methods of expansion array physical disks

  4. something else non of the above makes no sense or it is technically impossible.

  Thank you very much for your time.

  Jon

  Hi Jon "Best" depends on what you want to accomplish, all 3 of your options 'will work '...

  1 & 2 gives you the flexibility to create files VMDK as space and allocation to different virtual machines, if you need to. So for your 1.5 to sample, you can decide you want 500 GB to go to VM1, VM2 250, etc. etc. Option #3 devoted himself primarily to the 1.5 TB on a virtual computer, whatever we have mapped ROW (the ROW will include the entire disk and outside the cluster configurations is only usable by a virtual machine).

  When you create a VMFS partition, you can choose the size of the block that fits your needs. For a 1.5 to drive you choose 8 MB so that you could create a VMDK file as large as the disc if you wanted (8 MB would give you an upper limit of 2 TB).

  Extensions will allow you to spend a single data store by adding disks, however another approach when adding drives is to create additional data store, and then create the VMDK files and link them in virtual machines as necessary (find yourself with "multiple" readers in the virtual machine).

• Library of photos on a NAS file server?

  Hi guys,.

  We are about to move to OS 10.11 and therefore immune from iPhoto in Photos.

  A NAS file server currently holds all of our image files; on our different Macs iPhoto libraries have albums and lists that refer to these images, but the original files are only on the server. We have more than 300 GB of images. iCloud is therefore out of the question for the storage of files.

  We want to continue to keep our files image centralized on the file server, accessed by our different Macs. Is this possible with pictures? We are confused by the fact that almost all the discussions of Photos mentions iCloud at one time or another. ICloud is mandatory for the Photos and if so why?

  Thanks in advance

  John / Bauatelier

  iCloud is not mandatory.  It is an option to synchronize photos between several devices that are connected to the same iCloud account.

  Although technically Photos can function as a reference library with some source files on a NAS server is not a stable configuration.  It is not nearly as robust that Aperture was referencing Server source files.  Most of the users end up with a library damaged at some point.

  If you want a reliable library then consolidate your library of Photos into a managed library and put it on your boot drive or on an external HD which is being shaped as shown in this screenshot and directly connected to the Mac by USB cable, Firewire, or Thunderbolt.

  

  If you want to use the iCloud photo library to sync with all your devices, you will need to purchase enough storage iCloud to house the library and should read these Apple before committing to the iCPL:

  iCloud Photo library FAQ - Apple Support

  http://www.Apple.com/support/icloud/photos/

  If the library is for a family, these can be interesting:

  https://www.Apple.com/icloud/family-sharing/

  Implement the family sharing - Apple Support

  

• Cannot change files to a file server

  Hello

  I use a MacBook Air, OSX El Capitan & also Yosemite

  I tried to open and edit files on a file server. Whenever I open a file or create one in any directory given, programs are screaming that they can't save the file and asking me to choose another directory to save a copy of the file.

  I tried different programs, basic readers that come with the OSX LibreOffice, OpenOffice, Office 2016 and note Office 2011.

  I noticed that this problem only occurs when the file is opened with the Finder. After searching for a bit more I noticed that Windows has a similar problem with file preview feature (similar to this: 9807.aspx https://answers.acrobatusers.com/Can-save-edits-Acrobat-10-File-read-user-open-q)

  I disabled "Icon preview" in the Finder and voila, the problem got solved.

• iCloud library is not available if the system library is located on a network file server

  I moved my library on an external hard drive, that drive is directly connected to my router via the USB port.

  I can make pictures to my library of photos and pictures of charge very well. I've set the library to serve the library system:

  

  But, by selecting the option of using iCloud library gives me this error message "iCloud library is not available if the system library is located on a network file server.":

  

  I have the ability to connect this external hard drive to an iMac which is used as a server, I just prefer not, but if it's the only option I want.

  So in short, can I use this configuration? If so, why the error message and how to cope.

  Thanks in advance to all.

  That's right - the library needs (for iCLoud, use of the library and for the safe operation) to be on a local wired connection - may not be on a network connection

  LN

• Error in the SMTP Configurations for File Server Resource Manager

  Hello

  Please help me how to configure SMTP for file server resource manager, when I have set up SMTP for gmail and godady e-mail I got the error.

  This issue is beyond the scope of this site (for consumers) and to be sure, you get the best (and fastest) reply, we have to ask either on Technet (for IT Pro) or MSDN (for developers)

  *

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• Windows Server 2003 in a Windows 2008 file server environment

  Dear all,

  I would like to install windows 2003 server as a file server in Windows 2008 R2 domain.

  I have windows 2012 standard R2 in the additional DC form.

  Please advice me good measures implement the file server in our network.

  Tony

  E-mail address is removed from the privacy *.

  Hello

  Post your question in the TechNet Server Forums, as your question kindly is beyond the scope of these Forums.

  http://social.technet.Microsoft.com/forums/WindowsServer/en-us/home?category=WindowsServer

  See you soon.