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Group Administration Group Manager user interfaces
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b. Navigate to the Windows Programs menu, and click EqualLogic PS Group, then group_name
Group Manager.
When you install the GUI locally, it automatically updates when you upgrade the PS Series firmware. However,
you must log out of the GUI and then log in again after performing a firmware update to make sure the GUI
displays all the features in the updated firmware.
If you change the IP address of a group for which you are running the GUI
locally, or configure a management
network for the group, you must uninstall the GUI application and then install it again.
Uninstalling the GUI application
1. From the Windows Control Panel, click Java.
2. In the
General tab, under Temporary Internet Files, click View.
3. Right-click the GUI application fo
r the group and select Delete. The name uses the format: group_name
Group Manager.
Depending on the Java version, the GUI application for a group might have two components--the applet and
the library; both are prefaced with the
group name and show EqualLogic as the vendor. Make sure you remove
both components.
Navigating the GUI
The first time you log in to the GUI, the Group Summary window shows an overview of the group configuration
and status. Any alarms are shown in the panel at the bottom of the window. See Figure 5-1 on page 5-1.
Note: The PS Series firmware
GUI can also show replication storage objects that originate from other PS Series
groups (replication partners).
The GUI provides a set of view buttons in t
he bottom left of the window:
• Group view (default) - Provides a view of the group, organized as:
– Group information and group configuration
– Storage pools
– Members (physical arrays that are part of this group)
• Volumes - Provides a view of storage objects, organized as:
– Volumes - a hierarchy of storage objects such as standard volumes, template volumes and
thin clones
and
their associated snapshots.
– Volume collections - user-specified related sets of storage objects on which you can p
erform operations
such as creating snapshots.You can also configure a regular schedule to perform operations automatically.
– Custom snapshot collections - user-s
pecified related sets of snapshots (independent of volume collections).
• Replication - Provides a view of the disaster recovery replication
configuration for the group, organized as:
– Replication partners - other PS Series gr
oups that receive replicated data from this group or are authorized
to send replicated data to the login group. (The term login group describes a group that you are currently
logged into.)