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Managing Storage with STM
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One way to think of a group is as a bucket. You place all the objects that logically
belong together into a single bucket and STM will sort them into categories and
determine permissions. The default categories that STM sorts these objects into
are:
• Backup Servers
• Backup Clients
• Database Servers
• Email Servers
• Devices (all OS and NAS Devices)
• SAN devices (all supported Storage Arrays, Generic SAN Arrays, and
Fibre Channel Devices)
• Storage Groups (File Systems and Shares)
• Fibre Channel Ports
• LUNs & Qtrees
• VMware VMs & ESX
If a category does not have any objects, then that group will not be represented
in the tree menu.
For backup clients, STM also allows subgroups. This function allows a user to
group backup clients into logical groups and subgroups, even if those clients are
backed up by different servers. Backup clients may be monitored or unmonitored
devices.
You may also assign an accounting code to each group. This function will allow
you to see the accounting code in some management reports.
Important Notes:
• Devices may belong to multiple groups. For example, all NT servers to
be assigned to the group, "All NT Servers" and, at the same time, some
of those NT servers could also be grouped as "Finance" while others are
grouped as "Sales."
• When you put a device into a group, it does not automatically add the file
systems to the group. You must assign each file system individually. File
systems can only be assigned to one group.
• Subgroups are used for backup clients only.