Help to configure files systems on Celerra NS-G8

are all 10 file systems going to be managed by the same person/team ? Also do you have any plans for replication ?

I would suggest to start by reading the VDM and CIFS manuals.

There are two main features of using VDMs:

- The VDM contains the config info for the CIFS servers so that it can be replicated and failed over to another system

- A VDM defines which file systems can be accessed (both through regular shares and the C$ admin share) – without a VDM a CIFS server Admin could see ALL file systems that are mounted on a physical data mover

So in terms of how many VDMs you want / need:

- How many CIFS servers do you need ?

- Is is permissible or wanted that one CIFS servers admin see’s the other CIFS servers file systems?

- Do you need to be able to failover CIFS servers (and their data) individually ?

Regards

Rainer

@ rainer:

-           We need to have 10 File System but I don't know how to dispatch them on the VDMs (or CIFS servers, I don't know exactly what to do)

-          Is is permissible or wanted that one CIFS servers admin see’s the other CIFS servers file systems?

->        yes the admin should see all CIFS servers.

-          Do you need to be able to failover CIFS servers (and their data) individually ?

->        All I need is to keep all running in case of Data Mover failure

@ dynamox  --->

yes the all 10 file systems are going to be managed by the same person/team

we have a second site for replication

Then just create ONE VDM and as many CIFS servers inside the VDM as you need

Thks,

Just one question...

i have 4 physical data movers (3 actives and 1 stand by), i'll also perform V2 replication...

One VDM is sufficient for best performance??

I have also Anti virus and ndmp...