Sanbolic MelioFS Users Guide
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1. 4 FS Configuration Cluster Times A ES Eile View Help 01 1 volume _Min Crash Recovery amp Melio FS Configuration Melo V Network Fine Tune Cluster Times Registration Per Process Tweaks Per Volume Tweaks QoS Reload Apply Ready NM 16 Max IO Time This is the maximum time an operation to or from the shared disk can last Heartbeat Period This is the time interval at which the heartbeat check is invoked Max Net Roundtrip This is the maximum time in which a machine expects to receive an answer from the other computers in the cluster to its request over the TCP IP network Max OS Response Delay The interval between the expected start of a system operation in the computer and its real start Unless the computer is under constant 100 load this value should not be changed Min Crash Recovery Delay This is the minimum time it takes for the cluster to determine that a machine is not responding and evict it from the cluster While this process takes place I O operations may be disrupted depending on the file system s read write pattern This is because machines must refrain from changing data on the disk in order to ensure its integrity This delay depends on all the preceding parameters It cannot be directly changed and is calculated based on the other values Clicking on the Reload button rereads the volume values After applying the chang2. INSTALLATION AND USER MANUAL FOR MELIO FILE SYSTEM Melio FS 2010 Sanbolic Inc Sales 1 617 833 4249 Support 1 617 833 4240 Fax 1 617 926 2808 support sanbolic com www sanbolic com MELIO FILE SYSTEM INSTALLATION AND USER S MANUAL eese 3 Copyrichtand Disclamert ini iii 3 End user License Asreement asian Ia 4 INSTALLATION AND SETUP OF MELIO 7 Minimal System Rurali ide 7 SHDDOFed ODOFOIIND SV SICING licia ia 7 KO 7 o oben 7 INSTALLATION out ai 8 Formatting a volume with Mello ES eran 14 Specifics of operation with Windows 2003 2008 dynamic volumes 14 WS ASE aiii E 15 Performing additional Unis ian 15 Specifying TCP IP communications settings sccccsscccsssccssssccsscccssscccsscccsssccssscccsscccscccsssscessccessces 15 Modifyinp cluster wide times anale alta 16 Viewing modifying registration Cetallls csccccsscccssscccsssccsssccssscccsssccsscccsssccsscccsscccessscessccsssccessscess 17 Per Process TWesks sn 17 Per volume wear 18 Quality of Sevilla 19 Supported features in the registered versiOn ecce ee eee e eee ee eee eee eee eee ee ee eee e eee eese eese eee 20 THOUBEESHOO DING sio 21 How to request technical SUDDOLFL iii rinata abe vea esa tot 22 1 Supply information on your hardware and software e 22 Ze Supp
3. 1 point D 1 point Based on the above described point scheme with Process A and Process C running at the same time IO bandwidth will be redistributed between them as follows Process A will have 9 10 90 of the bandwidth reserved while Process C will have only 1 10 1096 of the bandwidth QoS by Filename works in conjunction with the per process scheme described above Points assigned to a file file group folder are added to the ones for the process and then bandwidth reservations are calculated as above If wildcards are used to generalize particular types of files the process accessing them will get points added for all of them as a whole Of course QoS can be set on a file by file basis by assigning weights to individual files not groups It is important to note that every process participating in QoS computation has points assigned either explicitly set or using the default 19 Supported features in the registered version You can obtain a registered version of Melio FS with partial or all features enabled Melio FS offers the following features Number of machines allowed simultaneous access to a volume You may buy licenses which allow up to 5 machines to have simultaneous access to a volume or you may choose to have unlimited number of machines Modify security With this feature enabled you will be able to modify the files and directories security Extend volumes This feature allows you to extend volumes formatt
4. INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE REGARDING THESE MATERIALS AND MAKES SUCH MATERIALS AVALIABLE SOLELY ON AN AS IS BASIS IN NO EVENT SHALL SANBOLIC INC BE LIABLE TO ANYONE FOR SPECIAL COLLATERAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF PURCHASE OR USE OF THESE MATERIALS The End User Software License Agreement which is included with the software program and this manual specifies the permitted and prohibited uses of the software program Please read the terms and conditions of the Agreement before commencing use of the software program Copyright Sanbolic Inc 2003 All rights reserved Printed in the USA Trademarks Sanbolic and Sanbolic logo are registered trademarks of Sanbolic Inc Melio FS and the Melio FS logo are registered trademarks of Sanbolic Inc Third Party Trademarks Microsoft Windows 2003 and Windows 2008 are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation All other brand names product names or registered belong to their respective holders End user License Agreement IMPORTANT NOTICE TO END USER PLEASE READ THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY THIS SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT AGREEMENT IS A LEGAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN END USER AND SANBOLIC INC SANBOLIC FOR USE OF THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING THE ASSOCIATED PRINTED ONLINE OR ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTATION CD ROM MEDIA COPY PROTECTION HARDW
5. central storage Specify the type and speed of the connection to the hosts the type of the disk array JBOD or RAID the model of the hard disks Also describe the RAID controller the RAID level type of RAID hardware software what software achieves the RAID functionality Windows or third party Describe the topology of your storage network how many hosts how many disk arrays how many loops etc 2 Supply Melio FS version The version of Melio FS can be obtained by using the Melio configuration tool Launch the tool select from the menu Help gt About and write down the driver information at the bottom of the message box Please make sure that you run the same version of Melio FS on all your machines If for some reason this is not the case please state the version of Melio FS on each of the machines 3 Describe the steps to reproduce the problem Please write down the exact steps that had lead to the particular problem If we can t reproduce a problem we will hardly be able to identify investigate and fix it Due to the distributed nature of Melio FS you will have to include some additional information as well Take notes of the order in which machines were started this directly corresponds to the order they enter the cluster and also affects some other aspects of Melio operation 4 Supply event logs Please send system and application event logs from all your systems forming a cluster Melio FS writes its information in
6. lf you would like to select a different folder click Browse C Program Files sSanbolic Browse At least 14 6 of free disk space is required Sanbolic FS 2070 Select the software components you would like to install Note The option to install Melio FS is grayed out as it must be installed in order to use all other components Setup Melio FS Which components should be installed ic xl Select the components you want to install clear the components you do not want to install Click Mext when you are ready to continue LaScala Volume Manager i Remote management only i Full package SILM AppCluster FilerScaler Current selection requires at least 14 1 MB of disk space Nu Sanbolic Melia FS 2070 Select an IP address network interface for Melio cluster administration traffic Setup Melio FS Melio FS uses TCP IP protocol to to other cluster nodes Usage of a separate network adapter for Melio FS private traffic is recommended Sanbolic Mello FS 2009 SIM d c i If you have Windows Firewall enabled and running the installation automatically asks you to add TCP and UDP port 7777 in the port exceptions of the firewall Setup Melio FS Configure Windows Firewall Sanbolic Melo FS 2010 If you later decide to change the IP port pair socket Melio FS will automatically reconfigure Windows Firewall to accommodate for the new setting
7. the System event log but other software e g MS SQL enters important information in the Application event log The event logs should be in native binary format not as text files To do so perform the following steps 22 e Launch Event viewer Start menu gt Run gt type eventvwr without the quotes e Select System Log from the Action menu select Save Log File as Make sure the type of the file 15 Event Log evt x e Choose Event Log evt x type of the log while saving To further help Sanbolic support get as much information as possible out of log files 1t 1s helpful to state the approximate time the issue occurred 5 Supply the exact error message If an error message 1s displayed in a message box write down the exact text of the message Please translate the text into English if the message is in some other language Also you may perform a screen capture of the error message as follows 1 Make sure that the error message 15 the active window Press Alt PrtScn to place a bitmap copy of the window in the Clipboard 2 Open the built in MS Paint bitmap editor and paste the image 3 Then go to File gt Save as and choose a filename In case a STOP error occurs that leads to a blue screen of death it is important to obtain the kernel memory dump that should be created at SystemDrive Windows Memory dmp If you have made some analysis or suspect it may be Melio FS related please co
8. 10000 100 Click Install to proceed with the installation of AppCluster Setup Sanbolic AppCluster l inl x Ready to Install Setup is now ready to begin installing Sanbolic AppCluster on your computer Click Install to continue with the installation or click Back if you want to review or change any settings Destination location C Program Files Sanbolic AppOluster Start Menu folder Sanbolic 12 The next step is to select Trial or Full mode Setup Melio FS Personal Information How will you use Melia FS Please specify how you would like to use Melio FS then click Next Sanbolie Melia FS 2009 Help Running Melio FS in Full mode requires entering the serial number received when Melio FS was purchased It is important to register all Melio instances using unique license keys 1 e one license key per Melio node to ensure they form a cluster In Trial mode Melio FS has no functional limitations all features are supported However trial mode 15 time limited and expires 14 days after a volume is formatted at which time the volume transitions to a read only state All data remains intact 1 e nothing 15 destroyed but you will not be able to store any new files on the volume Once Melio FS is upgraded to Full mode the write protection is removed and data can once again be written to the volume After the setup is completed th
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11. Melio FS The file system reports information warning and error messages in the System log that can offer ideas regarding how to proceed with troubleshooting 1 e pointing to a connectivity issue disk array problem etc e Check the version of Melio FS being using by checking the information shown via Help About in the Melio FS Configuration tool This will help you determine if you need to download an update for Melio FS e If you experience any anomalies you can compare Melio FS with NTFS by running the same operations on an NTFS volume If both file systems behave the same then this is the intended behavior and is not indicative of a problem How to request technical support The email address to contact technical support is support sanbolic com When you submit a support request please follow these guidelines Supply information on your hardware and software Supply the exact Melio FS version Describe the steps to reproduce the problem Supply event logs from all cluster nodes Supply the exact error message Specify how many times the problem occurred State the actual results Outline the expected results 1O0 tA P UG I2 1 Supply information on your hardware and software Use the All programs gt Accessories gt System tools gt System information or other product that will give details about the software and hardware being run on the system Please describe the configuration of your
12. a cluster that includes nodes using different license types If you have a cluster of licensed Melio nodes a machine running in Trial mode will not be able to join the cluster and vice versa In such situations an appropriate message is written in the System event log Per Process Tweaks There are a number of settings that affect the way a process behaves 4 Melio FS Configuration Per Process Tweaks File View Window Help ej xj 28 Mela configuration Process E Melio FS Configuration Default Tweaks for process vmware vdiskmanager exe ae m_conf exe Tweak Name Tweak value Cluster Times mit Add Disable Access Time Update v Registration Add Disable Cache Back Per Process Tweaks gine Add Block Application Access Per volume Tweaks aise Add Ignore Write Through Bos o Lee Add Ignore No Buffering gt mur d Add Enforce Write Through PEAS Add Enforce No Buffering es ee Add Dirty Page Threshold sens Add Allow open paging file vmware ydiskmanager exe Remove Report fs as NTFS _ Apply _ corcel Ready NUM j A 17 Report fs as NTFS Specifying a value other than zero enables this setting which some applications may require in order to work properly with Melio FS Disable Access Time Update Specifying a value other than zero enables this setting which suppresses the Date accessed prope
13. aviest one will leave the cluster Note Cluster affinity is available with Melio Enterprise and Melio Datacenter editions only and will return an Incorrect function error message with Melio Professional and Melio Virtualization editions vss_client exe This utility is located in the Melio FS installation folder C Program Files Sanbolic Melio FS by default and allows the manipulation of the cluster wide Melio VSS compatible snapshots Below is a list of supported commands Create Shadow create a new volume shadow copy Delete Shadows delete volume shadow copies Delete ShadowSet delete an empty shadow set List Shadows list existing volume shadow copies List Providers list registered volume shadow copy providers List Volumes list volumes eligible for shadow copies 20 Expose Shadow expose the shadow copy as a regular mount point a network share Unexpose Shadow remove an exposed shadow copy The syntax is very similar to the default vssadmin Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command line tool included in all Windows operating systems supporting VSS For example to create a volume shadow copy of a Melio FS volume C Program Files Sanbolic Melio FS gt vss_client exe create shadow for X Melio FS Volume Snapshots management tool Successfully created shadow copy for X Shadow Copy ID ae24550c 446e 4f60 b8e8 634d 1 ff3c56b Shadow Copy Volume Name GLOBALROOT Device V olume ae24550c 446e 4
14. bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement IF END USER IS NOT WILLING TO BE BOUND BY THE ABOVE TERMS THE UNUSED SOFTWARE MAY BE RETURNED FOR REFUND OF THE LICENSE FEES PAID TO SANBOLIC OR THE DISTRIBUTOR OR RESELLER FROM WHICH END USER ACQUIRED IT PROVIDED THAT THE SOFTWARE IS RETURNED FOR REFUND WITHIN THIRTY 30 DAYS AFTER DELIVERY PLEASE CONTACT THE VENDOR FROM WHICH YOU OBTAINED THE SOFTWARE FOR REFUND AND REFUND INSTRUCTIONS Sanbolic Inc 2000 All Rights Reserved Installation and Setup of Melio FS Melio FS is a 64 bit symmetrical cluster file system that provides multiple servers with simultaneous read write access to data stored on the same partition or Logical Unit Number LUN on SAN storage Minimal System Requirements Pentium IV class processor or equivalent 256 MB RAM 11 MB free disk space LAN TCP IP connection SVGA min 800x600 256 colors Shared storage connected via Fiber Channel or iSCSI but other interfaces are possible as well Supported Operating Systems Windows Server 2003 x64 Windows Server 2003 R2 x64 Windows Server 2008 x86 x64 Windows Server 2008 R2 Note Support for Windows Server 2003 x86 and Windows Server 2003 R2 x86 is no longer available Recommendations Melio FS employs a proprietary communications protocol based on TCP and UDP for file system management To ensure that communications between Melio nodes are not affected by intermittent network issues Sanbolic stro
15. can be invoked by industry standard VSS backup software Command line utilities set_cluster_affinity exe This utility is located in the Melio FS installation folder CA Program Files Sanbolic Melio by default and is used for cluster affinity feature administration Weights can be assigned on the same Melio volume from different servers By default all volumes on all nodes have a cluster weight of 1 making them equal The syntax is as follows set_cluster_affinity exe x lt weight gt or set cluster affinity exe VAVolume dab8cf5f eede 1 1d9 935e 001 1d89ce0a0 weight In case of TCP IP network connection loss between some of the nodes the cluster can split into several isolated smaller clusters attempting to access the shared volume Normally this can lead to a split brain situation in which different cluster groups think they own the same volume exclusively which can result in data corruption To prevent this situation from occurring fencing mechanisms are used to dismount the volume on misbehaving nodes When cluster affinity is set weights are summed up and the heaviest cluster highest total weight value becomes the current owner of the volume with all remaining nodes removed For example if you set weight for a particular volume greater than the number of cluster members on one of the machines and then deliberately disrupt the network connection between them i e changing the Melio TCP UDP port number all but the he
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17. does not support this command or support it effectively usually when the command 15 issued it takes a lot of time to be completed by the underlying storage When checked Melio FS will not issue disk flush commands If unsure leave unchecked Pre allocation Disabled Setting this option is not recommended unless advised by a Sanbolic support engineer 2 Melio FS Configuration Fine Tune File View Window Help 218 x t 1587 x Helio FS Configuration Network TT Preallocation Disabled Fine Tune Cluster Times Registration Per Process Tweaks Per Volume Tweaks DoS _ conce Ready NUM 2 Modifying cluster wide times These times affect the operation of all machines in the cluster The parameters are volume specific and once changed are written to the respective volume and propagated throughout the entire cluster Note Cluster Times values are written directly on the volume which requires that the volume be locked temporarily by one machine This will make the respective volume inaccessible to all other machines in the cluster for a short time while the changes are written Also you must ensure there are no open files and or handles for this volume on the other machines as this will prevent the volume from being locked If there are any open files and or handles for the volume the message Failed to lock volume Access is denied will be displayed Note all times are in milliseconds
18. dows Explorer and all user applications using operating system commands such as copy or dir or via the standard Win32 programming functions such as CreateFile Melio FS 1s tightly integrated with Windows 2003 2008 server operating systems and supports all commands and system API functions transparently Thus an application that works with NTFS will also work with Melio FS Melio FS is a fully journaled file system which means that all metadata changes are recorded in a special area on the disk called a journal aka a log If a machine crashes for example the file system may be left in a non consistent state potentially leading to data corruption To prevent this all interrupted operations are checked and replayed using the journal This is performed upon first volume access by one of the available nodes in the cluster not necessarily the crashed node It is important to note that the process of replaying a journal can take some time and delays can be expected under these circumstances Performing additional tuning There are additional parameters you can configure in the Melio FS Configuration graphical interface Note Default values are designed to work under the majority of configurations As such modifications made to any of the parameters described below should not be made without first conferring with Sanbolic Technical Support Specifying TCP IP communications settings During installation you will be asked for a TCP port and IP add
19. e Melio FS kernel driver will start running Installed components will include the Melio FS Configuration graphical user interface tool several command line utilities and other internally used components Setup Melio FS Completing the Melio FS Setup Wizard Setup has finished installing Melio FS your computer Click Finish to exit Setup Click Finish to close the Setup program Repeat the installation process on all machines that will share access to Melio volumes Once Melio FS 1s installed on all machines proceed to the next section to create your shared storage 13 Formatting a volume with Melio FS To use Melio FS format a new volume with Melio FS Before doing so ensure that the volume has a drive letter assigned and is displayed in Windows Explorer Assigning a drive letter 15 achieved through Windows diskmgmt msc management console Make sure the volume has been assigned to all servers running Melio FS that will need to share access to it To format a partition with Melio FS right click on the appropriate drive letter in Windows Explorer and select Melio Format Please note that formatting via the Windows context sensitive right click menu must be performed from one machine only after which all servers running Melio FS will automatically discover and mount the shared volume Computer Computer File Edit View Tools Help Organize 55 Views v CF AutoPlay 4 Pr
20. ed with Melio FS Note that the volume manager application that you are using must support volume extension Reparse points Enabling this feature will allow a user to make use of the reparse points functionality Sparse files These are files that are mostly empty enabling this feature allows you to use software that requires sparse files Modify cluster affinity Cluster Affinity allows a specific cluster node or group of cluster nodes to keep the connection to a shared volume after it has lost communications with the remaining cluster nodes QoS This is Melio FS quality of service feature that shares bandwidth between applications accessing the same volume QoS can be set on both process and file class of files basis Extended file attributes a file system feature that allows users to associate computer files with metadata not interpreted by the file system This feature enables NTFS compatible extended file attributes on Melio FS Open file by ID File ID is a 64bit reference number for a file This number is assigned by and specific to a particular file system An application can use a file_id to open the corresponding file Windows folder and file sharing This feature allows sharing Melio FS files and directories on the network Volume shadow copy Snapshot The snapshot capability allows fully journaled snapshots to be created from any server in the cluster The snapshot capability supports standard APIs and
21. ertain applications 1 e video applications Warning This parameter should only be enabled when instructed by Sanbolic technical support Enabling this parameter on your own accord may present undue risk Enforce No Buffering Specifying a value other than zero enables this setting which enforces the FILE_FLAG_NO_BUFFERING This setting may fix fluctuations in the performance of certain applications 1 e video applications Warning This parameter should only be enabled when instructed by Sanbolic technical support Enabling this parameter on your own accord may present undue risk Dirty Page Threshold Specifying an integer value informs the system of the threshold for dirty pages within the system s cache before they are flushed For example if there are multiple files opened by the specified process this setting will affect the dirty pages of each file The default value is 0 indicating that there is no threshold This setting 15 on a per file basis Warning This parameter should only be enabled when instructed by Sanbolic technical support Enabling this parameter on your own accord may present undue risk The settings that correspond to the Default process are global settings they affect all processes If a process is added its settings will override the global ones You can add a process by right clicking in the Process pane This will allow you to browse for the executable file To add the preferred settings you mus
22. es to a volume press the Reload button to make sure you see the most recent numbers Viewing modifying registration details Using the registration window see screen below you can upgrade Melio FS from Trial to Full mode apply new Melio license or check supported features 7 Melio FS Configuration Registration se File View Help 1m1i 6 Melio FS Configuration x E Melio FS Configuration Name 0 Network Fine Tune company Cluster Times y A Registration ponat Per Process Tweaks Current Status Trial version Per volume Tweaks QoS Supported Features Number of machines allowed simultaneous access to a volume Unlimited Total storage limit combined For all volumes Unlimited Directory level lirnit Unlimited KW Unlimited File types work inside a virtual machine Appcluster Manager Remote management FilerScaler Manager Y Quality of Service QoS sim Extended File attributes Y RAID1 Mirror I Open by file ID viewjmodify security Mount points le File system resize volume expansion KW Modify cluster affinity Windows file sharing KW volume shadow copies Snapshot any cancel Ready Mum LZ Transitioning from Trial to Full mode takes place on the fly Simply enter the user name company name and serial number and click Apply Please note that it is not possible to form
23. ess Tweaks Per Volume Tweaks i DoS Quality of Service To use this feature please enable it as described in Per Volume Tweaks QoS allows a user to assign a specific amount of the total throughput available in a storage controller to one or more processes running on a machine and or one or more VHDs Priorities are managed by a point system starting with the lowest priority 1 and ending with the highest priority 1000 4 Melio FS Configuration QoS Fie View Help 181x CE DRITTE lt pre one Melio FS Configuration DeFault 1 Network salservr exe 10 Fine Tune Cluster Times Registration Per Process Tweaks Per Volume Tweaks QoS Filename accepts wildcards Points iI Hyper_v_machines Zk8R2 2k8R2 vhd 10 nn Acceptable values are in range 1 1000 OK Apply Cancel Save Finished 2 You can add a process by right clicking in Process window pane which will allow you to browse for the executable file To add the preferred settings right click select a process and edit the Points column by entering the desired value The following is an example illustrating the use of QoS There are two processes A and B both of which are bandwidth intensive and two other processes C and D which do not require as much bandwidth Here is a scheme of the processes points A 10 points B 10 points Default 5 points C
24. f60 b8e8 634d 1ff3c56b Then the shadow copy can be deleted exposed as a network share etc Note There is also a GUI application that can manage volume shadow copies provided with the default Melio FS installation Sanbolic VSS GUI tool Melio FS includes an easy to use graphical utility that makes working with Melio VSS Snapshots simple It includes the ability to create delete snapshots and mount dismount expose them as a network share thereby allowing the read only point in time copy of the whole volume to be accessed via the standard Windows file and folder sharing feature Sanbolic Ox E 32 Create snapshot Y Mount snapshot as share Dismount snapshot 0 snapshot JK all snapshots 2 Refresh EI Qe Shadow oop volame 7e70799f 5f35 4651 bed8 919a6aafd142 MAGLOBALRDOT DeviceWolum Y 6 2K8 17 9 2004 04 11 38 be V All Volumes i 41896428 94d4 49bd Beac 37e 64e5baBaj XN MWONGLOBALERODTSDevicesVolum Y B 2K8 17 9 2009 r 04 10 04 d 37035784 305d 4 58 b535 1 a9fd5e201 4e MAGLOBALADOT DeviceWolum Y 5 2K8 17 3 2008 r 04 09 59 Messages a C A 17 3 2008 r 04 11 38 The snapshot 87035784 305d 4 58 b535 1 a9fd5e201 4e has been successfully mounted as 1 12 9 2009 04 10 19 Successfully deleted snapshot ae24550c 446e 4f60 b9e8 634d1 f3c56b 17 3 2008 04 10 12 Successfully created snapshot for volume X 17 9 2009 04 10 05 y Each action has a corresponding even
25. ly MEMO AS VETO e ENE 22 3 Describe the steps to reproduce the problem idad le ias 22 Ad Supply CV CMU NOS Suisses eee taco paa M LE IP Olde E PEE 22 Jouppi y the exact error TII SSdP carrai lalla i 25 6 Specify how times the problem occured ai iaia 23 Je otate the actualresulfS oisinn oe E 23 S Outimeine expected id 23 CONTACTING SANBOLICG aaa dada 23 Melio File System Installation and User s Manual Copyright and Disclaimer The information in this documentation was prepared by Sanbolic Inc with reasonable care and 15 believed to be accurate However Sanbolic Inc shall not assume responsibility for losses or damages resulting from any omissions inaccuracies or errors contained herein Sanbolic Inc may make improvements or changes in this documentation or in the product and programs described in this documentation at any time and without notice and as it sees fit This publication describes the state of this product at the time of its publication and may not reflect the product at all times in the future No part of this documentation may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical by photocopying recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of Sanbolic Inc SANBOLIC INC MAKES NO WARRANTY EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED
26. mpress and upload it via the file manager in your account at http clients sanbolic com Then contact support sanbolic com with a problem description according to the steps in this section we ll analyze the dump and advise according to our findings 6 Specify how many times the problem occurred The best property a problem may have is to be reproducible every time a particular test is run Unfortunately this is not always the case if a something shows up only once chances are it won t be discovered Please specify the frequency with which a particular bug is occurring every time you use the same steps intermittent how many times in how many tests just once 7 State the actual results Describe the exact results achieved during the test using quantitative values when possible For example avoid saying just the machine hangs Instead say something along the lines of Windows Explorer stopped responding hanged we waited for X minutes nothing changed we had to kill the explorer process 8 Outline the expected results Please describe in detail the expected test results Contacting Sanbolic Sanbolic Inc Support contact support sanbolic com Information requests info sanbolic com Sales inquiries sales Osanbolic com Web site www sanbolic com Mailing address Sanbolic Inc 304 Pleasant Street Watertown MA 02472 USA 23
27. nfigure Sanbolic AppCluster Select the folder on the shared storage where the AppCluster configuration files reside The AppCluster configuration folder P AppCluster Select the resources you want managed by AppCluster ap Setup Sanbolic AppCluster zzi x Resources to cluster Configure Sanbolic AppCluster Select which resources will be managed by AppCluster v Microsoft 115 Web Services v Microsoft 15 FTP Services v Microsoft Hyper V Server 11 Depending on the resources selected the user will be prompted to configure the resources managed by AppCluster For example If SQL Server is selected the following window will be displayed Setup Sanbolic AppCluster nm xj Configure SQL Server Instances Configure Sanbolic AppCluster Enter the names of the SQL Server instances you want to manage separated by commas ex SQL SAN1 SQL SAN SOL Server Instances SQLEXPRESS Enter the names of the SQL Server instances you want AppCluster to manage The installer will then ask the user to select the workload level for this server Setup Sanbolic AppCluster Ol x Configure machine load in the cluster Configure Sanbolic AppCluster Select the workload level for this server Note A higher number instructs App Cluster to impose a higher load level on the server The default value of 100 should be well suited for most cluster scenarios Machine weight range 1
28. ngly recommends providing a dedicated network 1 e VLAN or switch for Melio cluster administration traffic This network should be completely isolated from the rest of the LAN Note Melio FS does not support NIC teaming bonding Please ensure that the network interface assigned for Melio cluster administration traffic is not teamed with another network interface To simplify the management of and achieve greater performance from your shared storage Sanbolic strongly recommends using Sanbolic LaScala cluster volume manager to manage Melio shared volumes Designed for shared SAN storage LaScala allows administrators to create basic partitions volume sets and stripe sets and supports dynamic volume expansion Installation Checklist Log on to the system in which Melio FS is going to be installed using an account with administrative privileges Make sure the Windows Management Instrumentation WMI service 15 running Confirm the system has TCP UDP IP connectivity to the LAN Install and connect your storage hardware using the instructions provided by the respective hardware manufacturers Make sure the newly installed hardware is operating correctly Check the event log for error messages and resolve all errors prior to installing Melio FS Use Sanbolic LaScala Windows LDM or another volume manager to create a volume that will be formatted with Melio FS While it is possible to have multiple Melio formatted volumes at the same time you cannot s
29. operties 2 System properties 1 Uninstall or change a program 2 e Name Type Total Size Free Unspecified 15 E ll Floppy Disk Drive A Disk N UL mm IN Explore Open AutoPlay lt lt Local Disk 0 x Local Dist Share Restore previous versions Melio Format A Local Disk R lt lt Local Dist Format c Local Disk U i Local Dist Copy cal Disk w Paste e Local Disk amp gt Local Dist Create Shortcut Drive 2 ar Rename Formats the selected volume with Melio filesystem Properties 2 A confirmation message will be displayed Helio Format Formatting Yolume cE73dd49 G4fa 11de b4b3 S06e6 Ge6963 A with MelioFS WARNING Formatting will erase ALL data on this disk Din you want to continue Click Yes to format the volume with Melio FS Formatting a newly created volume with Melio FS usually takes several minutes to complete If the volume is already formatted with Melio FS and there are other machines accessing the volume the reformat operation will fail and an error message will be displayed To format the volume you need to ensure it is not in use by other servers and there are no open handles referencing it Note Formatting a volume that was previously formatted with a file system other than Melio FS is not recommended as it could lead to volume performance or stability issues In the event that a
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31. pecify parts of a volume be used by Melio FS as the formatting process will erase all existing data on the entire volume If Melio FS is already installed please refer to the Upgrading Melio FS guide located under Tech notes on the following page http www sanbolic com support htm Installation After double clicking on the Melio 2010 setup file a Welcome screen will be displayed amp Setup Melo F5 Welcome to the Melio FS Setup Wizard This will install Melo FS on your computer It iz recommended that you close all other applications before Continuing Click Next to continue or Cancel to exit Setup Cancel Accept the license agreement Setup Melio FS Please read the following important information before continuing Please read the following License Agreement You must accept the terms of this End user License Agreement IMPORTANT NOTICE TO END USER PLEASE READ THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY THIS SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT AGREEMENT IS A LEGAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN END USER AND SANBOLIC INC SANBOLIC FOR USE OF THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING THE ASSOCIATED PRINTED ONLINE OR do not accept the agreement Sanbolic Melo Fs 2070 Select an installation folder for Melio Setup Helio FS Select Destination Location Where should Melio FS be installed Setup will install Melio FS into the following folder To continue click Next
32. previously formatted volume must be used it is imperative that all other machines accessing the volume be disconnected from the storage or shut down The reason is that NTFS is not SAN aware and since other machines have no way of knowing that this particular NTFS volume has disappeared Windows may still attempt to write data to the volume which could lead to data corruption Thus it is strongly advised that only new raw volumes be formatted with Melio FS Specifics of operation with Windows 2003 2008 dynamic volumes The only way to create a new software RAID volume in Windows Server 2003 2008 is to utilize dynamic disks that are managed by Windows Logical Disk Management LDM Although Melio FS supports volume sets and all Windows software RAID levels since LDM is not SAN aware which could lead to complications Sanbolic recommends managing Melio FS shared volumes with Sanbolic s LaScala cluster volume manager Using LaScala users can obtain the advanced functionality afforded by dynamic disks using basic disks 14 If LDM 1s going to be used it is important to follow the procedure described below when using dynamic volumes on multiple machines connected to shared storage Turn off all servers except one From this machine create the appropriate dynamic disks and storage volumes RAID 0 1 5 volume sets Now you can safely format them with Melio FS Turn on a second machine and enter Disk Management The dynamic disks will be di
33. ress used for communication between Melio instances on different machines An IP address must be selected if a computer has more than one valid IP address Otherwise you can leave the value at the Default IP setting See diagram on following page Note Sanbolic strongly recommends the use of a standalone network in the form of a VLAN or hardware switch for Melio FS cluster administration traffic Using a network that is separate from the rest of your LAN will minimize the potential for network issues such as congestion to adversely affect Melio communications ensuring optimal performance at all times Note Melio FS does not support NIC teaming bonding Please ensure that the network interface assigned for Melio cluster administration traffic is not teamed with another network interface 15 Helio FS Configuration Network File View Window Help l x Be Melio FS Configuration x E Melio FS Configuration IP Default IP Default IP Network L Fine Tune Port 0 10 10 0 224 Cluster Times Timeout 2 101011124 3 i Registration Per Process Tweaks Per Vol T k t gt es A Open port in Windows Firewall windows Firewall For Local Subnet only For specific subnet _ a _ cone Fine Tuning Melio FS Disk Flush Disabled Setting this option may help in situations where hardware issues exist Certain disk storage
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35. rty of files With this parameter enabled a significant increase in performance may be observed when working with files and or directories 1 e viewing directory contents reading files opening multiple files etc Disable Cache Back Specifying a value other than zero enables this setting which may result in increased performance for some applications Warning This parameter should only be enabled when instructed by Sanbolic technical support Enabling this parameter on your own accord may present undue risk Block application access Specifying a value other than zero enables this setting preventing the specified application from accessing the file system Ignore Write Through Specifying a value other than zero enables this setting causing the file system to ignore the FILE_FLAG_WRITE_THROUGH Warning This parameter should only be enabled when instructed by Sanbolic technical support Enabling this parameter on your own accord may present undue risk Ignore No Buffering Specifying a value other than zero enables this setting causing the file system to ignore the FILE_FLAG_NO_BUFFERING Warning This parameter should only be enabled when instructed by Sanbolic technical support Enabling this parameter on your own accord may present undue risk Enforce Write Through Specifying a value other than zero enables this setting which enforces the FILE_FLAG_WRITE_THROUGH This setting may fix fluctuations in the performance of c
36. s If you are using a third party firewall you ll need to configure it manually or the servers will be unable to communicate with one other which will lead to their inability to form a functional cluster Select the user account that LaScala volume manager will use to manage Melio FS shared volumes Setup Melio FS Enter LaScala Machine User Account to identify this computer caria rc Mela Fa 011 Select the user account that SILM will use to perform data mover operations Setup Melio FS Select SILM Service User Account Enter Service User Account to be used by the SILM service Melo ES 010 Click Install to install the selected components Setup Melio FS Ready to Install Setup is now ready to begin installing Melio FS on your computer saria Meios 201 Wl 10 Select the user account that AppCluster will use to manage application clusters Setup Sanbolic AppCluster EN a xj Enter Service User Account to be used by the Sanbolic AppCluster service Service User Account Name must be in the form myserver wsemame for a local computer account mydomain usemame for a domain account This must be an existing account and a member of the Domain Admins group Service account name Domain 1 Administrator Password mE Select the location to store the AppCluster configuration files are Setup Sanbolic AppCluster Path to configuration files Co
37. splayed as foreign When you import them they will be automatically recognized by LDM and Melio FS 5 Turn on the other machines one by one and repeat the import via Disk Management med Please note that you must not launch Disk Management after the above steps are completed or LDM will mark the dynamic disks as offline disrupting normal Melio operations You should only start Disk Management on the last machine connected to the shared storage Using Sanbolic LaScala cluster volume manager in conjunction with Melio FS dynamic disks are not required Since both applications are designed for shared SAN storage all functions including more advanced functions such as dynamic volume expansion can be performed using basic disks This means there is no need to convert disks to dynamic disks to achieve advanced functionality when LaScala is used to manage shared volumes formatted with Melio FS Usage Melio FS is a shared file system that supports all standard file system operations such as creating copying moving renaming and deleting files and directories reading from and writing to files changing file and directory attributes locking whole files or particular sections only etc Since Melio FS is a shared file system all of the above operations can be safely performed on a volume by multiple machines simultaneously There is no user interface at the core of Melio FS Its functionality is accessed indirectly through Win
38. t in the Messages section in the bottom right window pane of the interface showing the operation status returned success or a particular error message code Troubleshooting This section includes several steps that can be performed if issues arise when using Melio FS shared storage e First make sure that your storage hardware is working properly Check the system and application event log for error messages If there are timeouts controller or device errors or something else fix them according to your storage manufacturer s guidelines e Confirm that all machines participating in a cluster are running in the same mode trial or full If the machines are running in full mode ensure that each machine is using a unique license key for the same edition of Melio FS Virtualization Professional Enterprise or Datacenter Mixing different editions in the same cluster is not supported To check which mode and edition of Melio FS is running go to Start gt Melio Configuration gt Help gt About 21 e Ensure there is network connectivity between all the Melio nodes in the cluster This is especially important on multi homed systems systems with several IP addresses Make sure Melio uses the correct IP addresses on the machines so Melio instances can communicate across the network Also ensure that all Melio nodes are set to the same port number this applies to both TCP and UDP e Check the Event log for messages generated by
39. t select the desired process first and then right click in the Tweaks for process window pane You will notice that the relevant process is displayed after Tweaks for process Note It is not recommended to change global settings since this may lead to unexpected behavior of the file system Instead changes should be made on a per process basis Per Volume tweaks These tweaks manage the behavior on a per volume basis These can be set globally for all Melio volumes by using them on the Default placeholder or individually for each volume available There are two per volume tweaks e The first one commands the Quality of Service QoS To use the QoS tweak first select the appropriate volume then right click in the Tweak Name column and choose Add Enable QoS This will add a value of 1 enabled to the tweak A default Melio installation doesn t have QoS enabled e The second tweak commands the Level 1 batch oplocks If you enable this tweak by specifying a value other than zero Level 1 batch oplocks will be disabled per the volume specified or as a default 18 4 Melio FS Configuration Per Volume Tweaks File View Help 81 x JO 1883 x J volumes S Melio FS Configuration Default i Network Melio Fine Tune Cluster Times i Registration Tweaks for volume Melio 12 4 Tweak Value Add Enable QoS Add Disable BATCH FILTER L1 Oplocks Tweak Name i Per Proc
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