4.1.0 HP PolyServe Matrix Server administration guide (T5392-96073, October 2010)

DescriptionAction
To provide access to a PSFS filesystem, associate it with a
drive letter or a mount path. See “Drive letters and mount
paths” on page 118.
Assign drive letters or mount
paths to filesystems.
If the snapshot feature is configured on the cluster, review
the procedure to create snapshots. See “Create a snapshot
or snapclone” on page 142.
Review snapshot feature if
configured.
Configure HP PolyServe Software for Microsoft SQL Server (optional):
Install SQL Server 2008 or 2005 instances. See “Install
SQL Server” in the HP PolyServe Software for Microsoft
SQL Server administration guide.
Install SQL Server instances
A Virtual SQL Server provides access to Virtual SQL In-
stances (virtualized SQL Server instances. See “Create Vir-
tual SQL Servers” in the HP PolyServe Software for Microsoft
SQL Server administration guide.
Create Virtual SQL Servers.
Create Virtual SQL Instances and add them to a Virtual SQL
Server. See “Add a Virtual SQL Instances” in the HP PolyS-
erve Software for Microsoft SQL Server administration
guide.
Add Virtual SQL instances.
Configure HP PolyServe Software for Windows File Serving (optional):
Matrix File Shares are Windows CIFS shares associated
with a HP PolyServe Software health monitor. For high
availability, Matrix File Shares can be deployed with DFS.
See “Configure Matrix File Shares” in the HP PolyServe
Software for Windows File Serving administration guide.
Create Matrix File Shares and
set up DFS.
— or —
Virtual CIFS Servers provide CIFS access to Virtual File
Shares (virtual CIFS shares) on PSFS filesystems. See
“Configure Virtual CIFS Servers” in the HP PolyServe Soft-
ware for Windows File Serving administration guide.
Create Virtual CIFS Servers
and Virtual File Shares.
Configure backups:
Prepare to back up Matrix Server, the mxds datastore, and
disk quotas. See “Back up and restore the matrix configur-
ation” on page 49.
Configure backup mechan-
isms.
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