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Iomega StorCenter px2-300d User Manual

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Iomega StorCenter px2-300d User Guide
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Table of Contents
Setting up Your Device ................................................................................................... 1
Discovering with Iomega Storage Manager ...................................................................... 2
Discovering the Iomega device without the Internet .......................................................... 2
Connecting the Iomega StorCenter px2-300d to Your Network .............................................. 4
Network Settings ..................................................................................................... 6
Manually Configuring the Network ................................................................................ 7
Bonding NICs .......................................................................................................... 8
VLAN Settings ......................................................................................................... 9
Enabling Active Directory Trusted Domains ................................................................... 11
Sharing Files .............................................................................................................. 17
Interfaces for Sharing ............................................................................................. 17
What are Shares and How Do I Organize Content with Them? ............................................. 18
Adding Shares ....................................................................................................... 19
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Managing Shares .................................................................................................... 20
Deleting Shares ..................................................................................................... 23
What Are Protocols and How Do I Use Them to Share Files? ............................................... 24
AFP File Sharing for Macs ......................................................................................... 25
Bluetooth File Sharing ............................................................................................ 26
FTP File Sharing .................................................................................................... 27
NFS File Sharing .................................................................................................... 28
rsync: Synchronizing Files with Another Storage Device or Other Computers .......................... 29
TFTP .................................................................................................................. 30
Monitoring Your Device with an SNMP Management Tool ................................................... 31
WebDAV: Managing Files Using HTTP or HTTPS ............................................................... 32
Windows DFS: Creating a Distributed Windows File System ................................................ 33
Windows File Sharing .............................................................................................. 34
Sharing Your Content with the World .......................................................................... 35
Adding a Custom Home Page .................................................................................... 36
How to Set Up an Email Distribution Active Folder .......................................................... 37
Copy Jobs Limitations ............................................................................................. 40
Safely removing external storage ............................................................................... 41
Setting QuikTransfer .............................................................................................. 42
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iSCSI: Creating IP-Based Storage Area Networks (SAN) ........................................................... 43
Enabling iSCSI Drives .............................................................................................. 44
Connecting to iSCSI Drives ....................................................................................... 44
Creating iSCSI Drives and Adding Them to Volumes ......................................................... 46
Changing Access Permissions .................................................................................... 46
Storage Pool Management ............................................................................................. 49
Storage Pools ....................................................................................................... 49
Volumes .............................................................................................................. 49
Cache Pools ......................................................................................................... 50
To add a Storage Pool ............................................................................................. 50
Setting Write Caching ............................................................................................. 51
Applying Global Drive Management Settings .................................................................. 51
Setting Write Caching ............................................................................................. 51
Applying Global Drive Management Settings .................................................................. 51
Drive status ......................................................................................................... 52
Shares in Volumes.................................................................................................. 55
To add a new volume: ............................................................................................ 55
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Drive Management ...................................................................................................... 61
Setting Write Caching ............................................................................................. 61
Applying Global Drive Management Settings .................................................................. 61
Setting Write Caching ............................................................................................. 61
Applying Global Drive Management Settings .................................................................. 61
Drive status ......................................................................................................... 62
Backing up and Restoring Your Content ............................................................................. 65
Backup of Data through RAID Protection ...................................................................... 65
Backing up Macs with Time Machine ........................................................................... 66
Copy Jobs Overview ............................................................................................... 67
Copy Jobs ............................................................................................................ 68
Backing up with Mozy Backup.................................................................................... 76
Restoring Files with Mozy Backup ............................................................................... 77
Registering with Avamar for Backup and Restore ............................................................ 78
Backing up with Amazon S3 ...................................................................................... 79
Restoring Files with Amazon S3 ................................................................................. 80
Backing up with Iomega Personal Cloud ....................................................................... 81
Restoring Files with Personal Cloud ............................................................................ 82
Securing Your Device and Contents .................................................................................. 83
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Disabling Security .................................................................................................. 84
Users Overview ..................................................................................................... 86
Adding Users ........................................................................................................ 87
Managing Users ..................................................................................................... 88
Deleting Users ...................................................................................................... 90
Groups Overview ................................................................................................... 91
Adding Groups ...................................................................................................... 92
Managing Groups ................................................................................................... 93
Deleting Groups .................................................................................................... 94
Active Directory Users and Groups Overview ................................................................. 95
Managing Users and Groups with Active Directory ........................................................... 96
Deleting Active Directory Users and Groups .................................................................. 98
Personal Cloud: Accessing Your Device From Anywhere in the World ......................................... 99
Iomega Personal Cloud Key Terms .............................................................................. 99
Router Port Forwarding .......................................................................................... 103
Enabling Internet Access to the px2-300d .................................................................... 105
Changing Personal Cloud Settings .............................................................................. 105
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Disconnecting Trusted Devices ................................................................................. 109
Deleting Trusted Devices ........................................................................................ 109
Sharing Content Using Social Media ................................................................................. 115
Media Management ..................................................................................................... 121
Scanning for media content ..................................................................................... 121
Enabling Internet Access from the Media Server Page ..................................................... 123
Enabling Media Aggregation ..................................................................................... 124
Example: Setting up iTunes ..................................................................................... 126
Example: Setting up Xbox 360 .................................................................................. 126
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Photos Overview .................................................................................................. 127
Streaming Pictures ................................................................................................ 128
Creating a Slideshow on the Device Home Page ............................................................ 129
Automatically Resizing Your Photos ........................................................................... 130
Getting Pictures from Your Camera ........................................................................... 131
Music Overview .................................................................................................... 132
Streaming Music ................................................................................................... 133
Torrent Overview ................................................................................................. 134
Enabling Torrent Downloads .................................................................................... 135
Deleting torrent jobs ............................................................................................. 136
Configuring Your Router for Torrent Downloads ............................................................ 137
Torrent Active Folders ........................................................................................... 138
Video Capabilities Overview .................................................................................... 140
Streaming Movies ................................................................................................. 141
Adding Applications to Your Device ................................................................................. 143
Starting or stopping an application ............................................................................ 144
Adding applications ............................................................................................... 144
Removing applications ........................................................................................... 144
Upgrading Your Device ................................................................................................ 145
Manual update process: installing a device software update ............................................. 145
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Recovering Your Device Configuration .............................................................................. 147
Backing up Device Configuration ............................................................................... 147
Restoring a Configuration Backup .............................................................................. 147
Hardware Management ................................................................................................ 149
Front Panel ......................................................................................................... 149
Drive Bay Access .................................................................................................. 150
Rear Panel .......................................................................................................... 151
Power Down Drives ............................................................................................... 152
Brightness .......................................................................................................... 152
Wake On LAN ...................................................................................................... 152
Creating A Power Schedule ..................................................................................... 152
Additional Support ..................................................................................................... 159
Legal ...................................................................................................................... 161
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FCC (United States) ............................................................................................... 162
Canadian Verification ............................................................................................ 162
CE (European Community) ...................................................................................... 162
Manufacturer/Responsible Party ............................................................................... 162
EU Representative ................................................................................................ 162
Drives and Media .................................................................................................. 165
Coverage ........................................................................................................... 165
Excluded Products and Problems............................................................................... 165
Remedies ........................................................................................................... 165
Obtaining Warranty Service ..................................................................................... 166
Limitations ......................................................................................................... 166
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Setting up Your Device
Setup Overview
Setup with your Iomega StorCenter px2-300d is easy. Remove it from the box, connect it to your network or computer, and power it up. Then, launch a web browser, and enter the setup URL identified in the Quick Install Guide. Iomega Setup launches and displays a message that your px2­300d is online and ready to use.
You then can install client software that includes:
Iomega Storage Manager Twonky Media Server for media aggregation Iomega QuikProtect for backups
Iomega Storage Manager is a management tool that helps you discover your px2-300d on your network to simplify access to content on your px2-300d from your computer. It also allows you to add your computer as a trusted device to an Iomega Personal Cloud. Refer to Iomega Storage Manager online help for additional information. Twonky Media Server consolidates all media files on devices on your network and presents them in a unified view. Iomega QuikProtect offers file backup of your computer to an Iomega storage device.
From Iomega Setup, you can optionally create a Personal Cloud or begin using your px2-300d by clicking Manage My Device.
How do I ...
set up my px2-300d if it's not discovered create an Iomega Personal Cloud set up media aggregation
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Set up My Iomega StorCenter If It's Not Discovered
If, after you enter the setup URL identified in the Quick Install Guide, your Iomega device is not discovered, you have two ways of discovering it.
Discovering with Iomega Storage Manager
You can install Iomega Storage Manager from Iomega Setup, which helps you discover your Iomega device on your network.
Discovering the Iomega device without the Internet
You can access your Iomega device device without internet access as described by these methods for Windows pcs or Macs:
Windows 7 and Vista — Click Start, Computer, Network. Under Other Devices, you should see
your Iomega device listed. For example, if you have an Iomega device, you can double-click the device labeled Iomega device, and you will see the Iomega StorCenter Console for the Iomega device.
Windows XP — If you have not enabled UPnP Discovery, click Start, Help and Support. In the
Help and Support browser, search for UPnP, and follow the steps from “Install the UPnP framework”. After UPnP is enabled, open Windows Explorer and in the Folders view, expand My Network Places. You should see your Iomega device listed. For example, if you have an EZ Media device, you can double-click the device labeled IomegaEZ, and you will see the Iomega StorCenter Console for the Iomega device.
Mac — Browse to your Iomega device through Finder, Shared, All and use Go, Connect to
Server to connect to Shares on your Iomega device.
How do I ...
set up my Iomega device install Iomega Storage Manager
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Setting up Your Device
Setup Page
The Setup page opens when you first access the Iomega StorCenter px2-300d from the Home Page or the Iomega Storage Manager. On this page, you can configure some basic device features by clicking the appropriate link. The current setting of the feature displays above the link. You can also configure all features shown on the Setup page by accessing the specific features directly.
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Network Connection
Connecting the Iomega StorCenter px2-300d to Your Network
First, check the package contents.
Verify that the box contains the following items:
1. px2-300d (models may vary)
2. Power Adapter and Cord
3. Quick Start Guide
4. Ethernet Cable
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Connecting the px2-300d
If you have purchased more than one px2-300d, complete all steps on one device before setting up additional devices.
1. Use the included network cable to connect the px2-300d to your network router, switch or
directly to a computer.
2. Connect the included power adapter to the back of the px2-300d and a power socket or
Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS).
3. Your px2-300d should power on automatically.
4. From a computer on your network, open a web browser and go to www.iomegasetup.com to
set up your px2-300d on your network. For best results, use a computer that is connected to the same subnet or network segment as the px2-300d.
NOTE: You can access the Iomega StorCenter px2-300d Console directly by entering the IP address or model name of your px2-300d in your computer’s web browser. To use the model name on a Mac, add .local after the name in the browser (for example, px2-300d.local).
5. OPTIONAL: if desired, install the Iomega Storage Manager, QuikProtect, and Media Aggregation
software.
If you install Iomega Storage Manager, its icon will appear in the System Tray (Windows) or Menu Bar (Mac). The Iomega Storage Manager will automatically scan your network and connect to available Shares.
If you receive a message from your operating system's firewall alerting you of network activity, be sure to unblock communications.
Mac Users: Shares on the px2-300d will mount and appear on the Mac Desktop.
PC Users: Shares on the px2-300d will automatically be assigned a drive letter and will be available in the Network Drives section under My Computer.
How do I ...
view information about my device components
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Network Settings
The Network page of your px2-300d is where you make changes to set up network connectivity. The Network page displays your current network settings and enables those settings to be modified. On this page, you can identify your DNS servers and WINS servers and how your system's IP address is determined. Most system IP addresses and other network settings can normally be configured automatically.
Manually Configuring Your Network
If you are comfortable with network technology and want to configure the network, refer to
Manually Configuring the Network.
Bonding NICs
If your px2-300d has multiple network interface cards (NICs), you can bond those NICs. Refer to
Bonding NICs.
Enabling Jumbo Frames for Each NIC
You can enable jumbo frames for each NIC in your px2-300d by expanding the Information section for a NIC and selecting a jumbo frame size from the Jumbo Frame drop-down menu. Valid jumbo frame sizes are 4,000 or 9,000 bytes. If you do not want jumbo frame support, select None from the Jumbo Frame drop-down menu. Jumbo frame support is useful for transferring large files, such as multimedia files, over a network. Jumbo frame support increases transfer speed by placing large files in fewer data packets. It also reduces the demand on the device hardware by having the CPU process more data in fewer data packets.
Jumbo frame support should only be enabled if you are sure your network is jumbo-frame compatible and all network devices have been configured to support jumbo frames. It is recommended that you confirm all network interface cards (NICs) are configured to support jumbo frames before enabling this feature.
VLAN Settings
Each NIC in your px2-300d can be added to up to four Virtual LANs (VLAN). For more information on adding a NIC to a VLAN, refer to VLAN Settings.
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Manually Configuring the Network
There are various settings in the network setup that you can manually configure.
1. Click Modify network settings.
2. Uncheck Automatically configure DNS, WINS, and all IP addresses (DHCP).
3. DNS Servers — enter the IP addresses of the DNS (Domain Name System) servers. DNS is used
for translating the domain name to IP addresses.
4. WINS Servers — enter the IP addresses of the WINS server.
5. From the Bonding Mode drop-down menu, choose one of the following: Transmission Load Balance — increases bandwidth by distributing the load across
multiple NICs.
Link Aggregation — increases bandwidth by distributing the load across multiple
ports in a switch.
Failover — provides recovery from a failure, so if one NIC should fail, your system
still has network connectivity with the other NIC.
6. Click Apply to save your settings.
If a DHCP server is unavailable for a network interface card (NIC), the device could auto­assign an IP address, or you can uncheck the Automatically acquire network address (DHCP) checkbox found in the Information section of a NIC.
7. You can change the following settings in the Information section: IP Address — the static IP address of the px2-300d. Use an available IP address in the
range used by the LAN.
Subnet Mask — the subnet that the IP address belongs to. The default value is
255.255.255.0.
Gateway — enter the gateway IP address in this field.
8. Click Apply to save your settings.
VLAN Settings
Each NIC in your px2-300d can be added to up to four Virtual LANs (VLAN). For more information on adding a NIC to a VLAN, refer to VLAN Settings.
Bonding NICs
If your px2-300d has multiple network interface cards (NICs), you can bond those NICs. Refer to
Bonding NICs.
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Bonding NICs
Bonding network interface cards (NICs) is a way to provide redundancy for your px2-300d on the network. If one NIC should fail, your px2-300d will remain accessible on the network if that NIC is bonded to others. You can bond two or more network interface cards (NICs) in your px2-300d by selecting the NICs and clicking Apply.
Use the following procedure to bond NICs.
1. On the Network page, expand the NIC number and then expand the Bond Network Interface
section.
2. Check the checkboxes next to the NICs that you want to bond to the selected NIC. For
example, if you selected NIC 1, and your configuration includes four NICs, you could bond NIC 1 to NIC 2, 3, and/or 4.
3. Click Apply to save your settings.
The section updates and displays the NICs that are bonded to the selected NIC.
Unbonding NICs
1. To unbond a NIC, uncheck the box next to the bonded NIC.
2. Click Apply to save your settings.
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VLAN Settings
A VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network) is a network of devices that are joined into one broadcast domain, even if the devices are not physically connected to each other. VLANs are useful for creating smaller networks within a larger LAN; for example, a legal department in a company might be on its own VLAN because it has sensitive documents that only certain personnel should have access to. The smaller networks that VLANs create do not require any additional physical resources, such as additional cabling. Your Iomega StorCenter px2-300d can be configured to support VLANs.
VLAN is configured for each NIC, but it is not supported on bonded NICs. If a NIC is bonded, you must unbind it first to configure it for a VLAN.
Adding a VLAN
1. To add a VLAN, expand the VLAN Settings section of a NIC.
2. Click Add VLAN.
3. Enter a VLAN ID value between 2 and 4094. You can enter up to 4 VLAN IDs for each NIC. A
VLAN can obtain its network settings from DHCP, or you can uncheck DHCP and enter the IP address, subnet mask, and gateway manually.
4. Refer to Network Settings Overview for information about jumbo frames.
5. Click Apply to save your changes.
Deleting a VLAN
In the VLAN Settings section click Delete to delete the VLAN.
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Naming Your Iomega StorCenter px2-300d
You can provide a meaningful name for your px2-300d using the Device Identification page. This page in the Iomega StorCenter px2-300d Console enables you to change the Storage Device Name, the Storage Device Descriptive Name, and the Workgroup Name.
Change any of these by editing the text fields. Click Apply to save your changes.
Device Name
Enter a name for the Iomega device. Use a name that will help you identify it on your network.
Device Descriptive Name
Enter a descriptive name for the Iomega device device. This name can provide additional detail that identifies the device.
Workgroup Name
Enter a workgroup name for the Iomega device if you need to change the default name. The workgroup name identifies a group of computers that share information with each other. Change the workgroup name only if you explicitly define a workgroup on your network. Most users won't need to change the workgroup name, unless they have explicitly defined a different workgroup on their other computers.
How do I...
enable security
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Configuring Your Iomega StorCenter px2-300d to Use Active Directory
If you have an existing Active Directory user organization, you can incorporate it into the Iomega StorCenter px2-300d Console.
Note: When you configure Active Directory, you enable security on your px2-300d.
1. To configure Active Directory, manually add the px2-300d to your DNS server. Set the px2-
300d DNS setting to point to your DNS server. On the Network page, uncheck Automatically configure all network settings, type the IP address of your DNS Server in the text box, and click Apply to save your settings.
2. Configure the px2-300d to join the Active Directory domain. Active Directory — select
Active Directory mode if you already have an existing user organization, such as Active Directory, that you want to incorporate into the px2-300d.
3. Provide the following connectivity information:
Domain Name — the actual name of your Active Directory domain, for example,
sohoad.com.
Domain Controller — the actual name or IP address of your Active Directory Server, for
example, ad-server.sohoad.com or 10.14.50.12.
Organizational Unit — an optional predefined subset of directory objects within an
Active Directory domain.
Administrator Username — the Active Directory username with domain administrator
privilege.
Administrator Password — the Active Directory password for the specified Active
Directory username.
Users/Groups Refresh Interval — how often the px2-300d should refresh the list of
available users and groups from the Active Directory server.
Enable Trusted Domains — enables your px2-300d to allow access to other domains.
4. Click Apply to save your settings.
Enabling Active Directory Trusted Domains
By enabling Active Directory trusted domains on your px2-300d, you enable the importing of users and groups from other trusted domains to your px2-300d device. Those users and groups from other domains will then have access to features on your px2-300d, including accessing folders and documents in Shares, and joining any Personal Cloud of which the device is a member.
Now that you have enabled access to all trusted domains, you can add users and groups from those trusted domains to your px2-300d. For more information, refer to Manage Users and Groups with
Active Directory.
How do I ...
enable security
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Obtaining Alerts About Your Iomega StorCenter px2-300d
You can configure your px2-300d to send email alerts when problems are detected. This is done through the email notification feature. Email notification provides a destination for emails sent by the px2-300d when problems are detected. To provide a destination email address, enter the following information:
Destination Email Addresses — enter a valid email address or addresses. This email address
provides a destination for messages sent by the px2-300d when problems are detected by the system. You can add multiple email addresses by separating them with commas, spaces or semicolons.
Check Send a test email message to confirm that email notification is working properly. Check Configure custom SMTP settings only if your network blocks SMTP traffic, requiring
additional credentials, such as a corporate firewall. Most users will not need to check this option. If checked, enter the following additional information to identify your SMTP server:
Email Server (SMTP) — enter the address of your SMTP server. Sender Email Address — enter an email address for the px2-300d to use as the From
address when it creates messages.
Email Login — enter the username used to log into the email account you entered
above.
Email Password — enter the password for the email account. Confirm Password — confirm the password for the email account. It must match the
password provided above.
Note: If your email application uses a SPAM blocker, it is recommended that you add a sender email address to your safe list. If you do not define additional credentials, the default sender email is: sohostorage@emc.com
Click Apply to save your changes.
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Using Your Iomega StorCenter px2-300d in Various Time Zones
You can set the date and time used on your px2-300d , so that it can appear to be in one time zone, when it actually may be in a different one. This can help your users have the correct date and time if they live and work in a location different from your px2-300d . You can set the date, time, and time zone through the Date and Time feature.
Note: When an Active Directory Domain is in use, the storage device synchronizes time with the domain controller.
in a different one. This can help your users have the correct date and time if they live and work in a location different from your px2-300d. You can set the date, time, and time zone through the Date and Time feature.
Note: When an Active Directory Domain is in use, the storage device synchronizes time with the domain controller.
1. To change time zones, select a Time Zone from the drop-down menu, and then select how time
will be set for the px2-300d:
Internet Time Server
By default, Automatically synchronize with an internet time server and Use the default time server are selected. To specify a time server, select Specify the time server and type the URL of the internet time server you wish to use in the text box that displays.
Manual
Select Manually set date and time. To set the current date and time, click the appropriate icon for calendar and clock settings.
2. Click Apply to save your changes.
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Setting the Display Language for Your Iomega StorCenter px2-300d
You can set the display language for your px2-300d through the Languages page.
The Languages page allows you to change the language used in email notification messages and on the display screen.
The language used by the Iomega StorCenter px2-300d Console is based on the preferences configured in your browser. You can change the language used in this program by modifying your browser's preferred language settings.
Click Apply to save your changes.
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Printing Documents
Printing documents from your Iomega StorCenter px2-300d is simple after you have attached a compatible printer to the px2-300d. The Printers page displays a table of printers that are attached to the px2-300d. The table contains for each printer the name, model, status, and number of documents waiting.
To attach a printer, simply plug a supported printer's USB cable to a USB port on the px2-300d. Once attached, the printer will appear in the table. When the cable is unplugged, the printer will be removed from the table.
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Setting up Personal Cloud, Security, and File Sharing
After you have configured some basic features of your Iomega StorCenter, you may also want to set up an Iomega Personal Cloud, security, or file sharing.
You can set up a Personal Cloud to allow invited users access to content on your Iomega StorCenter. This content can be in private Shares that are exclusive to the users who join the Personal Cloud, which adds an additional layer of security to your content. In addition, you may want to join other trusted devices to the Personal Cloud so that content on those devices can be made available to Personal Cloud users. For more information about Personal Clouds, refer to the Personal Cloud
overview.
You can enable security so you can secure Shares, create users, and allow selected features to be enabled. When you create users, you limit access to your Iomega StorCenter to those specific people, and when you secure Shares, you limit data access to those specific users. For more information on security, refer to What Is Security and Do I Need It?
It is recommended to set up file sharing so that content can be added to your Iomega StorCenter, and that content can be made available in a wide variety of ways, including users of your Iomega StorCenter and content features such as Active Folders and media sharing. For more information, refer to the Sharing Overview.
How do I ...
create an Iomega Personal Cloud set up security set up file sharing
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Sharing Files
Sharing Overview
Your Iomega StorCenter is set up for storing, retrieving, and accessing files among users, client computers, and applications.
Note: File sharing is accomplished by creating Shares; setting up security, which includes creating users; setting up media services; and configuring Active Folders.
Interfaces for Sharing
Your Iomega device has three separate interfaces for file sharing:
Iomega StorCenter Console
You manage the creation of Shares through the Iomega StorCenter Console.
Iomega Storage Manager
Optionally installed on your local computer, Iomega Storage Manager discovers any Iomega storage devices on your subnet, maps device Shares to computers, and provides local access to your content. It provides access to Shares through your computer's file management program, such as Windows Explorer or Mac Finder, allowing you to drag and drop many files between your computer and the Iomega device. Installing Iomega Storage Manager is optional.
Home Page
Serves as a web-accessible interface to your Iomega device. The Home page content is configured using the Iomega StorCenter Console. The Home Page displays any public Shares. It can also display secured Shares accessible only to users who log in to the Iomega device. You can access the Home page of your Iomega device by entering the device name or IP address directly in your browser. If security is enabled and you are an administrator user, you can access the Iomega StorCenter Console
from the Home page by clicking .
How do I ...
create Shares enable security create users
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Shares
What are Shares and How Do I Organize Content with Them?
Shares are folders that contain all types of content, including documents, pictures, and music files. Shares can be public, meaning anyone accessing your px2-300d can access the content in the Shares. Shares can also be secured, which means access to content in them is limited to a select group of users.
All Shares on an px2-300d are displayed on the Shares page. The Shares page displays a table that contains folders, connected drives, and any cloud storage to which your Iomega StorCenter px2-300d Console is connected. The Properties column displays the features that are enabled for each Share.
Share Information
The Information section displays the Share name, graphically displays the space usage of the Share, and allows you to view the content using the web-based content viewer.
To view the content of a Share, click View Content to open the Content Viewer.
To learn how to modify your Share information, refer to Managing Shares.
Access Permissions
The Access Permissions section contains a list of users who currently have access to that Share. Access Permissions displays when the px2-300d is secured, otherwise the section is not included in the Share. If "Everyone" has access to Shares that means your content can be viewed by anyone with access to your network without that person needing a username or password.
To learn how to modify Access Permissions on a Share, refer to Managing Shares.
Active Folders
Follow the link to the Active Folder options for information on configuring each:
Email Distribution Facebook Flickr Photo Resize Torrents YouTube
How do I...
add a Share manage a Share delete a Share
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Sharing Files
Adding Shares
1. From the Iomega StorCenter Console, click Shares.
2. To add a new Share, click Add a Share. Type a name for the Share. All Shares must have
a name. Names cannot exceed 32 characters. The following are not valid Share names: global, homes, printers.
3. Click Create. To modify an existing Share, click the Share row to expand the Share.
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Managing Shares
You can change Share information, change access permissions, make a Share an Active Folder, use Share volumes, and modify a Share volume.
If available, you can also enable NFS secured access.
Changing Share Information
1. Modify the existing name for the Share.
2. Choose whether to enable media sharing. When Media sharing is enabled, the media server
scans this Share for any media content and makes it available to anyone with access to your network, even if this Share is secured. If you do not want media content made available to
anyone, do not check this option. When Media sharing search is enabled, displays in the Properties for that Share.
3. To view the content of a Share, click the View Content link to open the Content Viewer.
4. Click Apply to save your changes.
Changing Access Permissions
Note: You should enable security on your Iomega StorCenter before changing access permissions.
1. Expand Access Permissions to change user permissions to this Share. A security icon
displays in Properties indicating a secure Share. When a secure Share is first created, Everyone has read and write access to that Share by default, which means that everyone on your network can read, write, and delete files to and from that Share. When user Everyone has Read and Write permissions to a Share, the Share is not secure and is open to all users.
2. Check Allow users to change file level security to allow file and folder permissions to be set
through other programs, such as Windows Explorer, independent of the Iomega device. Setting this option allows users to put additional access restrictions on individual files and folders.
3. To limit access to this Share to a specific set of users, click Add access permissions and
choose one or more users from the pop-up window. If you have created groups, you can also limit access for them in this way.
4. In the Access Permissions section, check Read, Write, or both to set access to this Share for
each user. To remove a user, leave both Read and Write unchecked for that user. If you grant Read and Write permissions to Everyone, the list of users is also cleared since all users (Everyone) has access to this Share. If you have created groups, you can also limit access for them in this way.
5. Click Apply to save your changes.
Enabling NFS Secured Access
1. To enable NFS, first click the switch on from the Protocols page.
2. On the Shares page, select a secure Share and expand the NFS section. You cannot apply a rule
to a public Share.
3. Click Add an NFS rule to add a Host Name for the rule. Rules are added to specify the
hosts that are allowed to access Shares using NFS. Use this table to add NFS rules to specify access for hosts. For example, *.cs.foo.com matches all hosts in the domain cs.foo.com. To export a Share to all hosts on an IP address or local network simultaneously, specify an IP
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address and netmask pair as address/netmask where the netmask can be in dotted-decimal format, or as a contiguous mask length. For example, either /255.255.252.0 or /22 will result in identical local networks.
4. When the rule is added, read access is automatically set to the Share. Select Write to allow
users to write to that Share. Use and to modify the rule priority for NFS access.
5. Click Apply to save your changes.
Making a Share an Active Folder
1. You can optionally enable Active Folders on a Share to allow you to associate this Share with a
specific feature that will happen automatically when files are copied to the Share. For example, you can enable a Share as a social media active folder to upload a file to a social media site. Refer to Sharing Content with Social Media Overview. You can only set one Active Folder option per Share.
2. Expand the Active Folder section and check Enable. Select one of the following Active Folder
options and follow the link for details on configuring each:
Email Distribution Facebook Flickr Photo Resize Torrents YouTube
3. Click Apply to save your changes.
Using Share Volumes
When you create a Share, you can use an existing volume or create a new one for that Share. After that Share is created, you cannot move it to a different volume. You can modify the volume by changing its size. You can also determine if the volume can automatically grow in size.
1. To set the volume for a Share as you are creating it, click Change volume allocation in the
Information section.
2. Choose whether to use an existing volume or to create a new one. For more information on
existing volumes, refer to Volume Management.
3. Select an existing Storage Pool in which to place the volume.
4. If you are selecting from more than one existing volume, select a volume from the Volume
drop-down menu.
5. If you are creating a new volume, enter a name for the volume in the Volume text box.
6. Enter a size for the volume. You cannot reduce this size later.
7. Click OK.
8. In the Information section, click Apply to save your changes.
Modifying a Share Volume
1. Click Change volume allocation in the Information section.
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2. Enter a new size for the volume.
3. Click OK.
4. In the Information section, click Apply to save your changes.
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Deleting Shares
To delete a Share:
1. From the Iomega StorCenter px2-300d Console, click Shares.
2. To delete an existing Share, click to expand the Share.
3. In the Information section, click Delete to delete the Share.
4. In the Delete Share confirmation pop-up window, click Yes.
5. If you do not wish to delete the Share, click Cancel to return to the Shares page.
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Using Protocols to Share Files
What Are Protocols and How Do I Use Them to Share Files?
Your Iomega StorCenter px2-300d uses communication protocols to mount file systems and allow files to be transferred between client computers and the Iomega StorCenter.
The px2-300d includes the following protocols for file sharing:
AFP Bluetooth FTP TFTP NFS rsync SNMP WebDAV Windows DFS Windows File Sharing
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AFP File Sharing for Macs
The Apple Filing Protocol (AFP) enables Apple file sharing, which is the preferred method for Mac users to access Shares. AFP is on by default.
To enable AFP, click the switch on.
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Bluetooth File Sharing
Once a Bluetooth adapter is detected, files can be uploaded to a configurable destination Share on the px2-300d from a Bluetooth device.
Configuring Bluetooth settings
1. To enable Bluetooth, click the switch on.
2. Once Bluetooth Transfer is enabled, check the Enable security checkbox to require Bluetooth
users to supply a unique PIN that they have defined before allowing them to transfer files to the destination Share on the px2-300d. If you have enabled security, you must define a unique PIN number, which will be supplied by devices attempting to upload data using Bluetooth.
3. To set the destination Share, click .
4. Click Apply to save your settings.
Note: To change any Bluetooth settings, click .
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FTP File Sharing
On the Protocols page, click the switch to turn on FTP (File Transfer Protocol) and allow access to your Iomega StorCenter px2-300d.
Click to select either FTP or secure FTP (SFTP) or both. You must enable security to apply SFTP. If you select and enable SFTP, you cannot have the secure Rsync protocol enabled.
When you turn on FTP, you can send files to your px2-300d.
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NFS File Sharing
On the Protocols page, click the switch to turn on NFS (Network File System) to allow remote hosts to mount file systems over a network and interact with them as though they were mounted locally to your Iomega StorCenter px2-300d.
Note: Select an option to choose how users on client computers are mapped to the px2-300d:
To have all users, including root, map as guest, select Treat client users as guest (all_squash).
All files are owned by user guest, and all users accessing the px2-300d have the same access rights. If you have enabled Active Directory on your px2-300d, only this option is available for mapping client computers.
To have all users map as themselves but root maps as guest, select Allow full access for client
users other than root (root_squash).
To have all users map as themselves, including root, select Allow all client users full access.
Once enabled, add NFS access rules for each secure Share from the Managing Shares page. NFS provides another protocol for sharing storage data with Linux hosts. When NFS is enabled, you can configure rules for host-based access to secure Shares.
Rules can be added to secure Shares to specify the hosts that are allowed to access Shares using NFS. For example, *.cs.foo.com matches all hosts in the domain cs.foo.com. To export a Share to all hosts on an IP address or local network simultaneously, specify an IP address and netmask pair as address/netmask where the netmask can be in dotted-decimal format, or as a contiguous mask length. For example, either /255.255.252.0 or /22 will result in identical local networks.
To change any NFS settings, click .
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rsync: Synchronizing Files with Another Storage Device or Other Computers
When you turn on this protocol, you can enable the Iomega StorCenter px2-300d as an rsync server. When the px2-300d is an rsync server, it can be used as a source and/or destination device for rsync Copy Jobs. Because of the fast and efficient nature of rsync, an rsync Copy Job can be faster than a Windows File Sharing Copy Job. For more information on Copy Jobs, refer to Copy Jobs.
If you enable the px2-300d as an rsync server, you can optionally set up a user account on the px2­300d for secure rsync Copy Jobs.
Configuring rsync server settings
1. To enable rsync server, click the switch on.
2. To create a secure user account, check Configure secure rsync credentials.
3. The username is preset as rsync. You can change this to a more meaningful user account name.
Enter a password and confirm it for the rsync user account name. When you create a secure rsync user account on the px2-300d, you allow other devices to securely copy to or from it.
4. By default, rsync uses TCP port 873 for accepting requests. You can change this value to a
different port number, if desired.
5. Click Apply to save your settings.
Note: To change any rsync server settings, click . You cannot enable rsync server if you have already enabled SFTP.
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TFTP
On the Protocols page, click the switch to turn on TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol) and allow access to your Iomega StorCenter. When you turn TFTP on, you can send files to your Iomega device using FTP.
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Monitoring Your Device with an SNMP Management Tool
SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) provides information about the state of the Iomega StorCenter px2-300d to various management tools.
SNMP should be disabled unless you are specifically providing information to a management system that requires this information.
Configuring SNMP settings
1. To enable SNMP, click the switch on.
2. Enter a unique username and password to define the community.
3. Confirm your password.
4. Enter the IP address of the host in the Trap Receivers text box. To grant access to multiple
receivers, list all of them in the text box, separating each entry with a space.
5. Click Apply to save your settings.
To change any SNMP settings, click .
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WebDAV: Managing Files Using HTTP or HTTPS
WebDAV (Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning) is a protocol that provides web-based access to Shares on the Iomega StorCenter px2-300d. With WebDAV enabled on the px2-300d, you can view, add, or delete files through your WebDAV client using either HTTP for unencrypted access or HTTPS for encrypted access. HTTP offers faster performance, but is not secured. Access Shares using a URL such as http://devicename/WebDAV/Foldername. Refer to your operating system's documentation to learn how to access files through WebDAV.
Note: If your px2-300d has a remote access password, you must enter that password and the username webdav to access your device. Your px2-300d has a remote access password only if the device is not secured and a Personal Cloud was created on it.
Configuring WebDAV settings
1. To enable WebDAV, click the switch on.
2. To enable WebDAV for HTTP, check Enable WebDAV Over HTTP.
3. To enable WebDAV for HTTPS, check Enable WebDAV Over HTTPS.
4. Click Apply to save your settings.
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Windows DFS: Creating a Distributed Windows File System
Windows DFS (Distributed File System) organizes Shares and files on a network, such that they appear to be all in one directory tree on a single px2-300d, even if the Shares reside on many devices.
Windows DFS terms
There are several terms to understand with Windows DFS.
Namespace
A virtual Share containing other folders that are located on different devices throughout a network.
DFS root
An object that consolidates all the folders in your network and makes them available through a single entry point. An example of a DFS root is \\ DeviceName\DFSRootName.
DFS link
A folder under the DFS root.
Configuring Windows DFS settings
1. To enable Windows DFS, click the switch on.
2. Enter a DFS root name. The DFS root name is the starting point of a DFS namespace.
After entering a DFS root name, you add DFS links, which map to folders on other devices.
3. Click Click to add a DFS link target to begin adding DFS links.
4. Enter the DFS link name, which includes the name of the host and Share to which you are
linking.
5. Click Apply to save your settings, or click Cancel to discard your changes.
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Windows File Sharing
Windows File Sharing allows you to work in Workgroup mode, using Iomega StorCenter px2-300d Console to create users and manage access. To enable Windows File Sharing, click the switch on.
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Sharing Content through the Home Page
Sharing Your Content with the World
When you set up the Home Page of your Iomega StorCenter px2-300d, you are presenting public content to anyone who accesses your px2-300d. That public content includes a slideshow and public Shares.
You can manage the look of the Home Page by using the Home Page Settings page. This page allows you to display the slideshow, display public Shares, name the Home Page, and turn the Home Page on or off.
1. From the Iomega StorCenter px2-300d Console, click Home Page Settings.
2. Click the slider switch to On to enable the Home Page on your px2-300d.
3. Enter a title for the Home Page. This title displays in the top banner of the Home Page when
users access the px2-300d.
4. Check Display Shares to display public Shares. When you select to display Shares, the user sees
all public Shares on the px2-300d.
5. Check Display slideshows to display picture slideshows that are in folders on the px2-300d.
Click Manage slideshows to configure any slideshows you want to display. The slideshow location can be any folder attached to the px2-300d, including a USB drive or DFS location.
6. Click Apply to save your changes, or click Cancel to discard your changes.
Deleting a Slideshow
To delete a slideshow from the list of available slideshows, click . After you delete a slideshow, you can configure a different one.
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Adding a Custom Home Page
You can customize the look of the home page of your Iomega StorCenter px2-300d to include html pages and client-side scripting, such as Javascript. This customized home page replaces the default home page on the px2-300d. In addition, there are applications available on www.lifelineapps.com that can enhance your home page content.
You add your custom html content to a Share on your px2-300d and then specify its location on the Home Page Settings page.
Applying the Customized Home Page
1. Click the Home Page Settings feature from the Iomega StorCenter px2-300d Console.
2. On the Home Page Settings page, select Customized home page settings.
3. In the Home Page Name field, enter the name of the start page of your custom home page. By
default, the name is index.html.
4. Specify the destination Share where the start page and your html content exists on your px2-
300d by clicking and navigating to the Share.
Note: You cannnot access the destination Share through the WebDAV interface. Access through WebDAV is permanently disabled.
5. Select the Share name and click Apply.
6. Click Apply to save your settings.
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Automatically Sending Content to Multiple People at Once
You can send content to multiple people at once using an email distribution active folder. You can configure a Share as an Email Active Folder so that when you add files to that Share, they are automatically sent to the recipients on the email distribution list. To configure a Share as an Email Active Folder, access Shares from the Iomega StorCenter px2-300d Console, select or create a Share, and expand the Active Folders section to enable and configure email distribution.
How to Set Up an Email Distribution Active Folder
Note: Email Distribution lets you email your files to friends and family right from your Iomega
StorCenter px2-300d Console. Use Email Distribution to share files with an email list.
Note: To prevent email distribution list spamming, the px2-300d allows lists of 250 or fewer email recipients and sends a maximum of six emails in a 24-hour period.
Refer to Managing Shares for more information on managing Shares and Active Folders.
Configuring an Email Distribution Active Folder
1. From the Iomega StorCenter px2-300d Console, click Shares.
2. Select a Share to use as an Email Distribution Active Folder, and click to expand the Active
Folder section.
3. Check Enable.
4. Select Email Distribution from the drop-down menu.
5. Include an email address in the Sender Email Address text box. Distribution is sent from this
email address.
6. You can add multiple email addresses in the Email To: text box by separating them with
commas, spaces, or semicolons.
7. Add a subject and email message for your recipients.
8. Check Send the file as an attachment, Send a link to the file, or both.
9. Click Apply to save your changes.
10. Once configured, all files in this Share are sent by email to your recipients. Click View
Transfer History to see the transfer activity from this Share to your account.
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Sharing Content Using Social Media: Overview
If you have an account with social media services such as Facebook, Flickr, or YouTube, you can share content on your Iomega StorCenter px2-300d with your friends and family using one or more of these social media sites. To share your content using social media sites, create Shares called Active
Folders, and connect each Active Folder with a social media account. Refer to the help topic links
below for more information on these procedures. When you add photos and movies to an Active Folder, those files are automatically uploaded to the social media site associated with that Active Folder. If you have photos or movies you want to share with others, this is a great way to make your content available to people who may not have access to your px2-300d.
If you have configured a Personal Cloud on your px2-300d, you can grant Personal Cloud users access to Shares and Active Folders. This is useful if you want to allow users to add files to your social media sites. For example, if your px2-300d has a Flickr Active Folder, you can grant Personal Cloud users access to that Active Folder. In this manner, when photos are added to the Flickr Active Folder, either by you or by Personal Cloud users, those photos are uploaded automatically to your Flickr account.
Note that an Active Folder can only be associated with one social media account. For example, if you want Active Folders for your Facebook and YouTube accounts, create two Active Folders, and assign one Active Folder to Facebook, and one to YouTube. Using this example, any photos you add to your Facebook Active Folder are automatically uploaded to your Facebook page, and any movies you add to your YouTube Active Folder are automatically uploaded to your YouTube page. Not only is this a fast and easy way to share content, but uploading content to your social media sites provides an additional backup of your content, as the content is stored both on your px2-300d and at your social media accounts.
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Managing Your Content
You manage content on your Iomega StorCenter px2-300d using the Content Viewer. The Content Viewer is a graphical file browser that lets you view and manage content in the Shares on your px2­300d.
The Content Viewer is divided into two panes. The left pane lists the Shares on the px2-300d and allows you to delete or add a Share. If you select a Share that contains pictures, you can start a slideshow of the pictures in that Share. The right pane lists the files and folders in a Share and allows you to delete content or upload a file to the Share.
To delete multiple files simultaneously, hold the Ctrl key on your keyboard and select each file, or drag your mouse over the filenames. Share content can be sorted, and you can switch between a list view and a thumbnail view of the files. When you are looking at content in a list view and you hover your mouse over an image, a thumbnail view of the image displays next to your mouse. If all the content cannot fit on one page, there are pagination controls that allow you to continue browsing the content.
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Transferring Content to and from Your Iomega StorCenter px2-300d with Copy Jobs
You can transfer content to and from your px2-300d using the Copy Jobs feature. Copy Jobs copies files from one storage device to another, either by a set schedule or immediately by the user. An example of a Copy Job scenario is if you keep pictures from your digital camera on a separate USB drive, but you also want to maintain a backup of these pictures on your px2-300d. Using Copy Jobs, you can create a task that copies your photos on the USB drive to a Share on your px2-300d, and you can set that task to a schedule so the images automatically copy at a specific time. This ensures that your photos are always safely backed up to your px2-300d in the event your USB device ever fails or is lost.
Note: While a Copy Job copies all data from one NAS device to another, it does not copy permissions or access rights from one NAS device to another.
All saved Copy Jobs display on the Copy Jobs page. From there, you can manually start and stop a Copy Job, view Copy Job information, modify a Copy Job, check its last run status, and, if applicable, view when the Copy Job is next scheduled to run.
When defining a Copy Job, you can copy data from or to any of the following:
Any NAS device automatically discovered on the same subnet as your px2-300d Any NAS device that you manually add to the subnet using the Iomega Storage Manager Any external storage device, such as a USB device, connected to your px2-300d A Windows computer that is automatically discovered on the same subnet as your px2-300d
When selecting what data to copy on the source storage device, you can choose a specific folder or all folders. You can also copy from a folder on an external storage device mounted to your px2-300d.
When selecting the destination device, you can copy files to the top-level folder on the destination device (the default option), or to an existing folder on this device, which adds the copied files into folders.
You can manually start or stop a Copy Job by clicking start or stop buttons on the Copy Jobs page. You can schedule a Copy Job to run automatically at a set day and time.
Copy Jobs Limitations
Copy Jobs does not establish a continuous replication or mirroring relationship between the
source and destination devices. You should not set up Copy Jobs for disaster recovery.
Copy Jobs does not support transferring content from iSCSI drives.
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Getting Content from a USB External Storage Device
You can transfer content to your Iomega StorCenter px2-300d from external USB storage devices. The External Storage page displays a list of externally connected storage devices. You can connect supported external storage to your px2-300d using one of the provided USB ports. When you connect external storage to your px2-300d, that device content is accessible from the Shares page.
Safely removing external storage
Click to safely remove the external storage. A confirmation dialog will display. Click Yes to remove the external storage. When the external storage has been removed from the External Storage table, it is safe to remove, and you may unplug it from the px2-300d. When the external storage is safely removed, its associated Share is removed as well.
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One-touch Transferring of Content from a USB Device
One touch transfer of content is created on the QuikTransfer page. On the QuikTransfer page, you can set the default destination Share for any automatically created QuikTransfer Copy Jobs.
QuikTransfer automatically copies all files from any USB external storage device plugged into your Iomega StorCenter px2-300d to the destination Share when the QuikTransfer button is pressed.
Setting QuikTransfer
1. Select a destination folder for the default QuikTransfer Copy Job by clicking and
selecting a folder in the file browser. The file browser provides a way to select a Share and all its folders, or just some of the folders under a Share.
2. Click Apply to save your setting.
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iSCSI Overview
The iSCSI page allows you to create iSCSI drives on your Iomega StorCenter px2-300d and allows the Iomega Storage Manager to communicate with those drives over a network. An iSCSI drive provides a single place for all your storage, which you can divide as needed to support all computers in your enterprise business. iSCSI is useful for transmitting large blocks of data over a network at a high speed.
Only one client computer can connect to an iSCSI drive at a time, so iSCSI drives are not for shared data. If your business is clustering clients, then a cluster can access iSCSI drives.
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Adding iSCSI Drives
To add an iSCSI drive:
1. From the Iomega StorCenter Console , click iSCSI.
2. When the iSCSI page opens, click Add an iSCSI drive.
3. If your Iomega device has multiple Storage Pools, select the desired Storage Pool from the
drop-down menu.
4. Enter a name for the iSCSI drive. How you name your iSCSI drive will depend on your Iomega
StorCenter meeting one of the following conditions:
If the iSCSI/Volume Name field displays by itself, enter a name for both. This field
displays when your Iomega device is new, has no existing volumes, and supports multiple volumes.
If the Name field displays by itself, enter a name for the iSCSI drive. This field displays
when your Iomega device is new or being upgraded and has only one volume.
If the options Create a volume and Use an existing volume display, select:
Create a volume to create a new volume for your iSCSI drive. This option
displays when your Iomega device is new, or if you are upgrading your Iomega device and it has available space in its Storage Pools.
Use an existing volume to use an existing empty or shared volume. This option
displays when you are upgrading your Iomega device, have available space in your Storage Pools, and have already created multiple volumes. To use an existing empty volume, select iSCSI/Volume Name and enter a name for the iSCSI drive and volume. To use an existing shared volume, select Shared Volume, select the existing volume, and enter a name for the iSCSI drive.
5. Enter a size for the iSCSI drive. The size must be smaller than the free space available on your
Iomega device.
6. Click Create to create the iSCSI drive.
Enabling iSCSI Drives
1. Click Settings to begin configuring an iSCSI drive.
2. To set the discovery of the iSCSI drive using iSNS, check Enable discovery with iSNS.
3. Choose one of the following options:
Use local iSNS server — the device acts as an iSNS server for the iSCSI drives. Use external iSNS server — you supply the IP address or host name of the external iSNS
server for the iSCSI drives.
4. To enable the Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP), check Enable two-way
authentication (Mutual CHAP). With Mutual CHAP enabled, the client performs an additional check to confirm that it is using the correct device.
5. Enter a device secret (password) for Device Secret and then enter it again in the confirm box.
6. Click Apply to save your changes.
Connecting to iSCSI Drives
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You can connect iSCSI drives on your Iomega StorCenter to your computer using Iomega Storage Manager or the Microsoft software initiator. If you are using another type of software or hardware initiator, you must use the native tools provided with your initiator to connect your iSCSI drives.
Caution: Attempting to connect two clients (iSCSI initiators) to the same iSCSI drive at the same time may result in data corruption or drive damage. The Iomega StorCenter Console prevents you from connecting two clients (iSCSI initiators) to the same iSCSI drive at the same time, but if you connect to an iSCSI drive using native tools, you may encounter this issue. You can use the Connected Clients section to view a list of client computers connected to your Iomega StorCenter that are running iSCSI initiator software. On the iSCSI page, expand an iSCSI drive, then expand the Connected Clients section. If the iSCSI drive is in use, you will see a list of connected client computers running initiator software.
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Managing iSCSI Drives
The page describes how to:
Assign iSCSI Drives to Volumes Change Access Permissions
Creating iSCSI Drives and Adding Them to Volumes
Every iSCSI drive that you create is added to a volume. In most cases, an iSCSI drive is automatically added to a volume when you create the iSCSI drive. In other cases, you may have to select some options to add your iSCSI drive to the appropriate volume.
On a new system where there are no existing volumes, a volume is created simultaneously when you create an iSCSI drive, and the iSCSI drive is assigned to that volume. On a new system where there are existing volumes, you can choose to assign the iSCSI drive to an existing volume or create a new volume and assign the iSCSI drive to that volume. For more information on existing volumes, refer to
Managing Volumes.
On a system where there is only one Storage Pool and one volume, which can occur when upgrading from a previous version or device, you cannot assign an iSCSI drive to a volume.
If you are upgrading a system and it has only one volume, you cannot assign an iSCSI drive to a different volume. If you are upgrading a system and it has multiple volumes, you can assign an iSCSI drive to a new or existing volume.
Note: Unlike Shares, iSCSI drives cannot grow automatically. You must resize them manually.
Changing Access Permissions
1. Expand Access Permissions to change user permissions on an iSCSI drive. When an iSCSI drive is
first created, the user Everyone has read and write access to that iSCSI drive by default, which means that everyone on your network can read, write, and delete files to and from that iSCSI drive.
2. To limit access to this iSCSI drive to a specific set of users, click the and choose one or
more users from the pop-up window.
3. In the Access Permissions section, check Read, Write, or both to set access to the iSCSI drive
for each user. If you create groups, you can also set access for groups in this way. To remove a user, leave both Read and Write unchecked for that user. If you grant read and write permissions to Everyone, the list of users is automatically cleared because all users (Everyone) have access to this iSCSI drive.
4. Click Apply to save your changes.
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Deleting iSCSI Drives
To delete an iSCSI drive:
1. From the Iomega StorCenter px2-300d Console, click iSCSI.
2. Click the iSCSI name to expand the iSCSI drive.
3. In the iSCSI Information section, click Delete to delete the iSCSI drive.
4. Click Yes in the confirmation pop-up window.
5. If you do not wish to delete the iSCSI drive, click Cancel to return to the iSCSI page.
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Understanding How Your Content Is Stored
Content on your Iomega StorCenter is stored in Shares. To access content in Shares, your client computer uses protocols, such as AFP and Windows File Sharing. Block-level data is stored in iSCSI drives. File systems maintain the physical location of content that resides in Shares. File systems in turn reside on volumes. iSCSI drives reside on volumes. Volumes allow you to partition space in Storage Pools, and you can use that space for file systems. Space in Storage Pools is also available for iSCSI drives. Storage Pools group physical drives together. All the drives in a Storage Pool should be the same size and all have the same protection, such as RAID 5.
Storage Pools
A Storage Pool is a grouping of drives with a certain storage size and an assigned data protection. A Storage Pool has a minimum of one drive. By default, your Iomega device has one Storage Pool.
Storage Pool Data Protection
For each Storage Pool, you can select its type of protection. Protection type determines how data is replicated across a Storage Pool and determines the amount of space used for data protection and storage. The drives in your Iomega device are protected using a built-in, pre-configured technology that redundantly stores data across the drives, so that if a single drive fails, in most cases, you will not lose any data. This technology, known as RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks), enables a series of drives to act together as a single storage system. If you create multiple Storage Pools, you can assign different RAID types to each Storage Pool.
For more information on selecting RAID types, refer to Changing RAID Protection Types.
Volumes
A Volume is a single storage area. A volume can be comprised of one or more hard drives. In a single-volume system, the volume consists of the entire storage space. Shares reside in volumes. iSCSI drives also reside in volumes.
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Adding and Managing Storage Pools
A Storage Pool is a grouping of drives with a certain storage size and an assigned data protection. A Storage Pool has a minimum of one drive. By default, your Iomega StorCenter px2-300d has one Storage Pool.
Cache Pools
When you create a Storage Pool, you can choose to create a cache pool. Cache pools consist of solid­state drives only, and they are intended to increase the performance of read and write operations.
To add a Storage Pool
1. On the Drive Management page, click Add Storage Pool.
2. In the Information section, enter a name for the Storage Pool.
3. To set the RAID protection, choose a value from the drop-down menu:
None (RAID 0)
Uses all of the storage space for data. Does not protect against data loss in the event of drive failure.
Mirror Stripe (RAID 10)
Uses half of the storage space for protection, leaving half for actual data. Protects data in the event of a single drive failure.
Parity (RAID 5)
Uses 1/4 of the storage space for protection, leaving 3/4 for actual data.
Double Parity (RAID 6)
Combines four or more drives in a way that protects data against loss of any two drives.
4. Select the checkbox of the drive or drives you want to add to the Storage Pool. All drives in a
Storage Pool must be the same size.
5. Check Enable periodic consistency check to enable a monthly parity or mirror consistency
check.
6. If commonly used Shares, Backups, Documents, Movies, Music, Pictures, and SharedMedia do
not already exist on the px2-300d, check Create commonly used Shares to create these Shares and add them to the Storage Pool. This option is not available if you are creating a cache pool.
7. Check Use for SSD Cache to allow one or more solid-state drives (SSD) to be used as a cache
pool. You can only designate SSDs as cache pool drives if they have not already been assigned to an existing Storage Pool. This cache pool becomes assigned to the Storage Pool you are creating.
8. Click Create to add the new Storage Pool.
9. Click Cancel to discard any changes.
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Managing Drives
The Drive Management page provides settings for managing storage and lets you apply global settings
The Drive Management page provides settings for managing storage and lets you apply global settings for drives on your Iomega StorCenter px2-300d .
Setting Write Caching
Select a value for disk write caching.
Write caching is a mechanism that attempts to separate the fast processing speed of the px2-300d from the relatively slow mechanics of actually writing data to drive.
With write caching disabled, every write to drive causes the px2-300d to wait while the data is written to drive, which can slow performance. When write caching is enabled and the px2-300d sends a write request to the drive, it writes the data to cache (which is much faster) and sends an immediate acknowledgement to the px2-300d saying the write is complete. The system proceeds without waiting for the data to actually get written to drive, which occurs in the background.
While write caching does improve performance, there are some risks. The system responds that the data is written to drive when in fact it has only been written to cache. Should the px2-300d lose power, any data not completely written to drive is lost forever.
This is because cache memory is volatile. If you lose power, the contents of the cache are lost. Therefore, if there were any pending writes in the cache that were not written to the drive, they will be lost forever. Using a UPS (Uninterrupted Power Supply) can mitigate the risk associated with write caching, which is why it is recommended to only enable this feature when a UPS is connected.
Applying Global Drive Management Settings
Setting Write Caching
Select a value for disk write caching.
Write caching is a mechanism that attempts to separate the fast processing speed of the px2-300d from the relatively slow mechanics of actually writing data to drive.
With write caching disabled, every write to drive causes the px2-300d to wait while the data is written to drive, which can slow performance. When write caching is enabled and the px2-300d sends a write request to the drive, it writes the data to cache (which is much faster) and sends an immediate acknowledgement to the px2-300d saying the write is complete. The system proceeds without waiting for the data to actually get written to drive, which occurs in the background.
While write caching does improve performance, there are some risks. The system responds that the data is written to drive when in fact it has only been written to cache. Should the px2-300d lose power, any data not completely written to drive is lost forever.
This is because cache memory is volatile. If you lose power, the contents of the cache are lost. Therefore, if there were any pending writes in the cache that were not written to the drive, they will be lost forever. Using a UPS (Uninterrupted Power Supply) can mitigate the risk associated with write caching, which is why it is recommended to only enable this feature when a UPS is connected.
Applying Global Drive Management Settings
1. Click Settings.
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2. Check Add drives to storage system to add a newly installed drive. You see this option only if
there is at least one unused drive on the px2-300d.
3. To change the protection, choose a value from the drop-down menu:
Mirror (RAID 10)
Uses half of the storage space for protection, leaving half for actual data.
Striped (RAID 0)
Distributes data across several drives in a way that gives improved speed at any given instant.
None
Turns off data protection and leaves your data vulnerable to data loss.
4. Select a value for disk write caching.
5. Check Enable periodic consistency check to enable a monthly parity or mirror consistency
check. The check helps to prevent a single drive failure from becoming a two-drive failure, resulting in data loss. The check runs for several hours and can affect performance of the px2-300d . If you do not want to run the check, uncheck this option.
6. Check Use available drives as hot spares to allow unused drives to become part of a RAID-
protected storage pool. If a drive in a Storage Pool fails, all the data on that drive can be mirrored to the hot spare drive.
7. Click Apply to save your changes.
The Drive Management page displays a table that provides the following information about existing Storage Pools.
Name — The name of the Storage Pool. Protection — The type of protection assigned to the Storage Pool. Capacity — The total amount of storage in the Storage Pool. Used/Available — Used is the space allocated to Shares. It is also space allocated to iSCSI
drives. Available is the difference between capacity and used.
Drive status
An image on the Drive Management page provides information on the drive status of your px2-300d. The image displays the physical layout of drives and the drive slot numbers. If a drive has a circled letter, it is a member of a Storage Pool. If you hover your mouse over a drive in the image, the ToolTip displays the drive model, size, and status, including if the drive is failing. If you hover your mouse on either a Storage Pool name in the table or on a drive in the Storage Pool image, all drives in the Storage Pool are highlighted.
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Modifying a Storage Pool
1. On the Drive Management page, expand the Information section of the Storage Pool you want
to modify.
2. Enter a new name for the Storage Pool.
3. To change the protection, choose a value from the drop-down menu. You can change the
protection of the following types of Storage Pools without having to recreate the Storage Pool and risk loss of data:
A 2-drive RAID 10 Storage Pool can change to a RAID 5 Storage Pool with three or more
drives.
A RAID 5 Storage Pool can change to a RAID 6 Storage Pool, provided there are six or
more drives in the existing RAID 5 pool. You can add drives to a RAID 5 or RAID 6 Storage Pool without recreating it.
You cannot add drives to a linear or Raid 10 storage pool without recreating it.
4. Check Enable periodic consistency check to enable a monthly parity or mirror consistency
check.
5. Select the checkbox of the drive you want to add to the pool. All drives in a pool must be the
same size. You cannot remove any drives from the pool.
6. Click Apply to save changes to the Storage Pool.
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Adding and Managing Volumes
A volume is a single accessible storage area with an allocated size. You can create volumes after creating Storage Pools.
Shares in Volumes
All Shares on the Iomega StorCenter px2-300d are added to volumes, and the size of the Share is limited by the free space of the volume. When you create a Share, you can add it to a volume at the same time. This is the simplest method for adding a Share to a volume. For more information on adding Shares to volumes, refer to Managing Shares. All iSCSI drives on the px2-300d are added to volumes, and the size of the iSCSI drive is limited by the free space of the volume. When you create an iSCSI drive, you can add it to a volume at the same time. This is the simplest method for creating iSCSI drives. For more information on adding iSCSI drives, refer to Managing iSCSI Drives.
To add a new volume:
1. On the Drive Management page, expand a Storage Pool, expand the Volumes section, and click
Add a Volume.
2. In the Information section, enter a name for the volume in the Volume field.
3. In the Size (GB) field, enter a size in gigabytes (GB) for the volume. Note that both the
allocated and available space for the volume displays. When you create a new volume, you can optionally enable encryption to protect your data if your px2-300d is lost or stolen. You can only enable encryption when you create a volume. Enabling encryption can reduce performance since information transferred to and from the drives must be processed using the 256-bit Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) protocol. To apply encryption to a volume, click the Enable encryption checkbox. There are two options for encryption: allowing the system to generate a passphrase, or creating one yourself. The passphrase is not a 256-bit encryption key.
Generate and save passphrase on the system — Select this option to allow the system
to store a passphrase for the volume. This type of encryption works only when the px2­300d is powered down. If any drives are removed while your system is powered down, data on the encrypted volume will not be accessible. When the px2-300d is rebooted, the system-generated passphrase is automatically applied to the encrypted volume, unlocking it and enabling data access.
Enter a passphrase — This is a more secure type of encryption and is the recommended
option. Click the Enter a passphrase option; then enter and verify a passphrase for the volume. You can change the passphrase at any time. After restarting the px2-300d , an encrypted volume is unavailable until you re-enter the passphrase. Note that the passphrase must consist of eight or more characters.
After you create a passphrase, a new section for the volume appears called Volume
Encryption. When you want to unlock a volume, enter the passphrase in this section.
Note: It is recommended that you save a backup of the master key file in a secure location,
separate from your px2-300d . You should not save the backup master key to a drive that is connected to your px2-300d . If a system failure occurs, the passphrase stored on your px2­300d may be lost, and your backup master key file is required to recover and access your data. Also, if you forget your passphrase, you can reset it using the backed-up master key. Click Back up master key to back up the master key file. To reset the passphrase, click Reset passphrase with master key, then enter a new passphrase and verify it.
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4. To allow the volume to increase in size as needed, check Grow automatically when needed
and enter a maximum size in the Maximum Size text box.
5. Click Create to save your changes.
6. Click Cancel to discard any changes.
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Deleting a Storage Pool
1. On the Drive Management page, expand the Information section of the Storage Pool you
want to delete.
2. Click Delete.
The Delete Storage Pool window displays.
3. Select Check this box if you want to delete the Storage Pools.
4. Click Yes to delete the Storage Pool.
5. Click No to cancel the operation and retain the Storage Pool.
Note: Deleting a Storage Pool deletes all Shares and data contained within the Storage Pool.
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Changing RAID Protection Types
You can change the RAID protection of existing Storage Pools. Before you can change RAID data protection of a Storage Pool, you must delete all data on the Storage Pool. If you are unfamiliar with RAID protection, it is recommended that you do not change this setting. You can also set the RAID protection type when you add drives to your Iomega StorCenter and create new Storage Pools.
To change the RAID type, expand the Information section of a Storage Pool on the Drive Management page, and choose a value from the Protection drop-down menu:
Mirror Stripe (RAID 10) Parity (RAID 5)
For additional explanation on these RAID types, refer to Adding a Storage Pool.
Note that the displayed available capacity changes as you select different RAID types from the Protection drop-down menu. RAID array capacity is based on drive use, which differs for some RAID types.
Click Apply to change the RAID protection.
Click Cancel to retain your previous RAID configuration.
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Adding New Drives to Your Iomega StorCenter px2-300d
Note: You can add only one drive at a time on a px2-300d. One drive is required for booting up. If
you are using an Iomega StorCenter ix2-dl, you can replace both drives.
To install new hard drives in your px2-300d:
1. Before installing a new hard drive in your px2-300d, check the hard drive compatibility list
online at www.iomega.com/support for approved and supported hard drive brands and models.
2. Mount the drive carrier containing the new drive in an available slot.
3. A confirmation dialog box displays as soon as the px2-300d detects the new hard drive. Click
Yes to proceed.
Note: All data on the drive is deleted.
4. You are re-directed to the Iomega StorCenter px2-300d Console.
5. Access the Drive Management page.
Your px2-300d displays the new hard drives in the bays they are mounted in.
6. To create a RAID Array, you must install a minimum of two hard drives. The same
confirmation dialog box displays. Click Yes to proceed.
Note: You can create a Storage Pool using one hard drive if desired. You will not have any RAID protection options and can only select None from the RAID dropdown list while configuring your Storage Pool.
7. When all new drives are detected, click Add a Storage Pool.
8. Complete the Storage Pool configuration options and select the desired drives on which to
build the Storage Pool by checking the boxes next to them. All drives in a Storage Pool must be the same model, manufacturer, and capacity.
9. Allow a few minutes for the RAID array and Storage Pool to build. When complete, the
Storage Pool status displays on the Drive Management page.
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Managing Drives
The Drive Management page provides settings for managing storage and lets you apply global settings
The Drive Management page provides settings for managing storage and lets you apply global settings for drives on your Iomega StorCenter px2-300d .
Setting Write Caching
Select a value for disk write caching.
Write caching is a mechanism that attempts to separate the fast processing speed of the px2-300d from the relatively slow mechanics of actually writing data to drive.
With write caching disabled, every write to drive causes the px2-300d to wait while the data is written to drive, which can slow performance. When write caching is enabled and the px2-300d sends a write request to the drive, it writes the data to cache (which is much faster) and sends an immediate acknowledgement to the px2-300d saying the write is complete. The system proceeds without waiting for the data to actually get written to drive, which occurs in the background.
While write caching does improve performance, there are some risks. The system responds that the data is written to drive when in fact it has only been written to cache. Should the px2-300d lose power, any data not completely written to drive is lost forever.
This is because cache memory is volatile. If you lose power, the contents of the cache are lost. Therefore, if there were any pending writes in the cache that were not written to the drive, they will be lost forever. Using a UPS (Uninterrupted Power Supply) can mitigate the risk associated with write caching, which is why it is recommended to only enable this feature when a UPS is connected.
Applying Global Drive Management Settings
Setting Write Caching
Select a value for disk write caching.
Write caching is a mechanism that attempts to separate the fast processing speed of the px2-300d from the relatively slow mechanics of actually writing data to drive.
With write caching disabled, every write to drive causes the px2-300d to wait while the data is written to drive, which can slow performance. When write caching is enabled and the px2-300d sends a write request to the drive, it writes the data to cache (which is much faster) and sends an immediate acknowledgement to the px2-300d saying the write is complete. The system proceeds without waiting for the data to actually get written to drive, which occurs in the background.
While write caching does improve performance, there are some risks. The system responds that the data is written to drive when in fact it has only been written to cache. Should the px2-300d lose power, any data not completely written to drive is lost forever.
This is because cache memory is volatile. If you lose power, the contents of the cache are lost. Therefore, if there were any pending writes in the cache that were not written to the drive, they will be lost forever. Using a UPS (Uninterrupted Power Supply) can mitigate the risk associated with write caching, which is why it is recommended to only enable this feature when a UPS is connected.
Applying Global Drive Management Settings
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1. Click Settings.
2. Check Add drives to storage system to add a newly installed drive. You see this option only if
there is at least one unused drive on the px2-300d.
3. To change the protection, choose a value from the drop-down menu:
Mirror (RAID 10)
Uses half of the storage space for protection, leaving half for actual data.
Striped (RAID 0)
Distributes data across several drives in a way that gives improved speed at any given instant.
None
Turns off data protection and leaves your data vulnerable to data loss.
4. Select a value for disk write caching.
5. Check Enable periodic consistency check to enable a monthly parity or mirror consistency
check. The check helps to prevent a single drive failure from becoming a two-drive failure, resulting in data loss. The check runs for several hours and can affect performance of the px2-300d . If you do not want to run the check, uncheck this option.
6. Check Use available drives as hot spares to allow unused drives to become part of a RAID-
protected storage pool. If a drive in a Storage Pool fails, all the data on that drive can be mirrored to the hot spare drive.
7. Click Apply to save your changes.
The Drive Management page displays a table that provides the following information about existing Storage Pools.
Name — The name of the Storage Pool. Protection — The type of protection assigned to the Storage Pool. Capacity — The total amount of storage in the Storage Pool. Used/Available — Used is the space allocated to Shares. It is also space allocated to iSCSI
drives. Available is the difference between capacity and used.
Drive status
An image on the Drive Management page provides information on the drive status of your px2-300d. The image displays the physical layout of drives and the drive slot numbers. If a drive has a circled letter, it is a member of a Storage Pool. If you hover your mouse over a drive in the image, the ToolTip displays the drive model, size, and status, including if the drive is failing. If you hover your mouse on either a Storage Pool name in the table or on a drive in the Storage Pool image, all drives in the Storage Pool are highlighted.
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Backup and Restore Overview
Your Iomega StorCenter provides many ways to back up and restore content.
To back up content to and from your Iomega device, such as:
Time Machine QuikProtect Copy Jobs
To back up and restore your Iomega device, there are:
Copy Jobs Mozy Backup Avamar Amazon S3 Iomega Personal Cloud features
Backup of Data through RAID Protection
The drives in your Iomega device are protected using a built-in, pre-configured technology that redundantly stores data across the drives. This technology, known as RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks), enables a series of drives to act together as a single storage system. For more information, refer to Understanding How Your Content Is Stored.
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Backing up to and Restoring from Your Device
Backing up Macs with Time Machine
You can back up your Iomega StorCenter px2-300d to Time Machine.
To set up Time Machine backups on an Iomega StorCenter px2-300d, run the Time Machine setup from the Mac you want to back up and follow these instructions:
1. Connect your Mac to your px2-300d using Apple File Protocol. You can do this using Iomega
Storage Manager for Mac or Bonjour.
2. Mount the Backup Share from the Iomega network device.
Note: If you want to create a new Share for Time Machine backups, you can do so using the Iomega StorCenter px2-300d Console.
3. Select System Preferences... from the Apple Menu.
4. Select Time Machine (listed under System).
5. Click ON to enable Time Machine.
6. From the list of available drives, choose the desired Share on your px2-300d, then click Use
for Backup.
Note: Time Machine uses a single destination drive for backups. If you have previously set up another drive for Time Machine backups and want to change to use the Iomega network device, click Select Disk, then choose the desired Share on your px2-300d.
Note: Older Iomega Storage devices include a Time Machine feature. In more recent devices, the Time Machine feature is not included because it is no longer necessary to pre-configure a sparse bundle on the device. The sparsebundle image is created automatically when you complete Time Machine setup following the instructions above.
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Copy Jobs Overview
You can back up content to and from your Iomega StorCenter using the Copy Jobs feature. Copy Jobs copies files from one storage device to another, either by a set schedule or immediately by the user. An example of a Copy Job scenario is if you keep pictures from your digital camera on a separate USB drive, but you also want to maintain a backup of these pictures on your Iomega device. Using Copy Jobs, you can create a task that copies your photos on the USB drive to a Share on your Iomega device, and you can set that task to a schedule so the images automatically copy at a specific time. This ensures that your photos are always safely backed up to your Iomega device in the event your USB device ever fails or is lost.
For more information, refer to Transferring Content to and from Your Iomega device.
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Backing up Your Device
Copy Jobs
Transferring Content to and from Your Iomega StorCenter px2-300d with Copy Jobs
You can transfer content to and from your px2-300d using the Copy Jobs feature. Copy Jobs copies files from one storage device to another, either by a set schedule or immediately by the user. An example of a Copy Job scenario is if you keep pictures from your digital camera on a separate USB drive, but you also want to maintain a backup of these pictures on your px2-300d. Using Copy Jobs, you can create a task that copies your photos on the USB drive to a Share on your px2-300d, and you can set that task to a schedule so the images automatically copy at a specific time. This ensures that your photos are always safely backed up to your px2-300d in the event your USB device ever fails or is lost.
Note: While a Copy Job copies all data from one NAS device to another, it does not copy permissions or access rights from one NAS device to another.
All saved Copy Jobs display on the Copy Jobs page. From there, you can manually start and stop a Copy Job, view Copy Job information, modify a Copy Job, check its last run status, and, if applicable, view when the Copy Job is next scheduled to run.
When defining a Copy Job, you can copy data from or to any of the following:
Any NAS device automatically discovered on the same subnet as your px2-300d Any NAS device that you manually add to the subnet using the Iomega Storage Manager Any external storage device, such as a USB device, connected to your px2-300d A Windows computer that is automatically discovered on the same subnet as your px2-300d
When selecting what data to copy on the source storage device, you can choose a specific folder or all folders. You can also copy from a folder on an external storage device mounted to your px2-300d.
When selecting the destination device, you can copy files to the top-level folder on the destination device (the default option), or to an existing folder on this device, which adds the copied files into folders.
You can manually start or stop a Copy Job by clicking start or stop buttons on the Copy Jobs page. You can schedule a Copy Job to run automatically at a set day and time.
Copy Jobs Limitations
Copy Jobs does not establish a continuous replication or mirroring relationship between the
source and destination devices. You should not set up Copy Jobs for disaster recovery.
Copy Jobs does not support transferring content from iSCSI drives.
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Adding Copy Jobs
The page describes how to:
Add Copy Jobs Set From Information Set To Information Set a Schedule
Adding Copy Jobs
1. On the Copy Jobs page, click . A Copy Job is added to the top of the list and the
Information section displays.
2. Enter a name for the Copy Job.
3. The Overwrite Setting determines what happens to files in the destination location if they
have the same name as those in the source location. Select one of the following values from the Overwrite Setting drop-down menu:
Overwrite and don't delete — Files in the destination location are overwritten with
files from the source location. Any files in the destination location that are not in the source location are preserved.
Overwrite and delete — Files in the destination location are overwritten with files
from the source location. Any files in the destination location that are not in the source location are deleted. The destination location becomes an exact copy of the source location.
Don't overwrite — Only files in the source location that are not in the destination
location are copied. No files are overwritten in the destination location.
From: Settings
1. In the From: section, click to select a source location. This is the location of the files you
want to copy. In the dialog, enter the Device Name or IP address in the text box, or select a device from the list. If a connected device is not listed, click the Refresh button.
2. Click OK to save your selection or click Cancel.
3. The Protocol drop-down menu displays if the source device is different from the device you are
currently accessing; for example, it could be a separate NAS device on your network. From the Protocol drop-down menu, choose one of the following:
Windows File Sharing — The default value in the menu is Windows File Sharing and
in most cases you should accept the default value. For more information, refer to
Windows File Sharing.
rsync — The rsync protocol can provide faster copying, but may not be available on
all devices. If you are able to select the rsync protocol, and you want the rsync Copy Job to be secure, select the Use secure rsync (SSH) option. Enter the rsync username and password for the rsync server to or from which you are copying. The rsync username and password is set up on a different device than the device on which you are creating the Copy Job. For more information on creating an rsync user, refer to rsync Server Settings.
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4. Enter a valid username and password, if applicable, for the device to provide access to its
folders.
5. To select a specific folder, click to select a source location for the What to copy: section.
In the Copy dialog box, select all Shares or a folder, and select one of the following options for the Copy Job from the drop-down menu:
The selected folder and its contents — copies the selected folder and its contents.
If the destination is a folder, a new folder will be created for each source folder. If the destination is Top Level, a new top-level folder is created on the destination device for each source folder.
Only the contents of the selected folder — copies the contents of the selected
folder; not the folder itself. If the destination is a folder, the files and folders in the selected folder are copied directly to it (the source folder name is not copied). If the destination is Top Level, a new top-level folder is created on the destination device for each folder in the source folder.
6. By selecting Shares, you choose to copy All Shares, in which all files on the px2-300d are
copied. Any files not contained in a folder are not copied. If the destination is a folder, a new folder will be created for each source folder. If the destination is Top Level, a new top-level folder is created on the destination device for each source folder.
7. Click OK to save your selection or click Cancel.
8. Click Apply to save your changes.
To: Settings
1. In the To: section, click to select a destination location. This is the location where you
want your files copied. In the dialog, enter the Device Name or IP address in the text box. Or, from the drop-down menu, select a device in the list. If a connected device is not listed, click the Refresh button.
2. Click OK to save your selection or click Cancel.
3. The Protocol drop-down menu displays if the source device is different from the device you are
currently accessing; for example, it could be a separate NAS device on your network. From the Protocol drop-down menu, choose one of the following:
Windows File Sharing — The default value in the menu is Windows File Sharing and
in most cases you should accept the default value. For more information, refer to
Windows File Sharing.
rsync — The rsync protocol can provide faster copying but, may not be available on
all devices. If you are able to select the rsync protocol, and you want the rsync Copy Job to be secure, select the Use secure rsync (SSH) option. Enter the rsync username and password for the rsync server you are copying from or to. The rsync username and password is set up on a different device than the device on which you are creating the Copy Job. For more information on creating an rsync user, refer to
rsync Server Settings.
4. Enter a valid username and password, if applicable, for the device to provide access to its
folders.
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5. To select a specific folder, click to select a destination location for the Copy to here:
section. In the Copy to here dialog, select a Share or a folder from a Share to copy your files.
6. Click OK to save your selection or click Cancel.
7. Click Apply to save your changes.
Setting a Schedule
1. To set a schedule, expand the Schedule section.
2. In the Schedule section, select Enable Schedule for Copy Job.
3. Select the days you want the Copy Job to run, or select All Days to run the Copy Job every day.
4. Click to select a start time. Click Done to save your time selection.
5. Click Apply to save your changes. The new Copy Job displays on the Copy Jobs page.
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Managing Copy Jobs
From the Copy Jobs page, you can add, start, stop, delete, or monitor Copy Jobs.
After you have added Copy Jobs, the Copy Jobs page displays a list of Copy Jobs. The information section includes the name of each Copy Job, date and time it last ran, and its next scheduled time.
From the Copy Jobs list, you can perform the following actions:
1 Click to start a Copy Job.
2 Click to stop a Copy Job.
3 Click to delete a Copy Job.
4 Expand the Copy Job Information section to modify the Copy Job settings.
5 Click the Schedule section to view the Copy Jobs schedule.
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Modifying Copy Jobs
1. In the list on the Copy Jobs page, find the Copy Job you want to modify, and click it to expand
the Information section.
2. Refer to Adding a Copy Job for information about revising the Copy Job fields.
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Deleting Copy Jobs
1. In the list on the Copy Jobs page, find the Copy Job you want to delete.
2. Click from the Actions column of the table to delete the Copy Job.
The Delete Copy Job pop-up window opens.
3. If you are sure that you want to delete the Copy Job, click Yes.
Note: If you do not wish to delete the Copy Job, click Cancel to return to the Copy Jobs page.
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Restoring Files with Copy Jobs
To restore files with Copy Jobs, create a new Copy Job that reverses the back-up Copy Job. Modify the From and To settings to copy files from the backup location to the original source location, specify what to restore, set overwrite settings, and choose the protocol for the Copy Job.
Refer to Add A Copy Job for detailed information on Copy Job settings.
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Backing up with Mozy Backup
The Mozy online backup service allows you to create a Mozy account, connect your Iomega StorCenter px2-300d to the account, and back up Shares and folders to the Mozy cloud service.
Enabling Mozy Account Information
1. On the Mozy Backup page, click the switch on.
Note: If you do not have a Mozy account, click the link to open an account.
2. Enter a valid email address, password, license key, and country for your Mozy account.
3. To upgrade your Mozy account, click the link.
4. Click Apply to save your changes.
Selecting Folders to Back Up
1. Expand the Backup section and select the Shares and folders to back up in the tree. The tree
provides a way to select a Share and all its folders, or just some of the folders under a Share.
2. Click Apply to save your changes.
3. To create a scheduled backup, click Backup schedule settings.
4. In the Mozy Backup Settings dialog box, select one of the following: Automatic Backup — to generate an automatic backup anytime you add a new file or
change an existing file to your selected Shares or folders.
Scheduled Backup — to set up a scheduled backup.
5. If you are creating a scheduled backup, select the days you want the backup to run.
6. Enter the start or stop times for the backup, or click to select the times.
7. To prevent performance degradation on your px2-300d, select a speed limit for the backup.
8. To schedule the time that the backup will run at the selected speed, enter start and stop
times.
9. Click Apply to save your changes.
10. Click Apply to save the selected Shares and folders to back up.
After a backup has completed, click View log to see which files have been successfully backed up by Mozy.
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Restoring Files with Mozy Backup
To restore folders and files with Mozy Backup:
1. Click the link to restore any files and folders you back up to your Mozy account.
2. Select the desired backup from the Backup Date: drop-down menu, either the latest backup or
a previous one.
The file browser provides a way to select a Share and all its folders, or just some of the folders under a Share.
3. Click Apply to save your changes.
The Restore section displays a table with the status of a restore, either one in progress or
one that has failed. To delete the restore task, click and confirm the deletion. When the restore finishes, the table status clears.
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Registering with Avamar for Backup and Restore
Avamar is backup and recovery server software that uses deduplication to eliminate redundant copies of data, reducing the required storage space. For example, your Iomega StorCenter px2-300d might have 100 email messages with the same 1 MB attachment. If all those emails are backed up, that same attachment is backed up 100 times, requiring 100 MB of storage space. With Avamar and data deduplication, only one copy of the attachment is actually stored, so 100 MB of storage is effectively reduced to 1 MB.
Note: When you enable Avamar on your px2-300d, you are registering with an Avamar server. You cannot back up and restore from your px2-300d. Backup and restore operations are executed from the Avamar server.
Registering Your px2-300d with the Avamar Server
1. On the Avamar page, click the switch on.
The Avamar Settings pop-up window opens.
2. In the Avamar Settings pop-up window, enter the following information and click Apply to save
your settings:
Server Address — the Avamar server IP address or hostname. Client Domain — the registered domain name from the Avamar server.
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Backing up with Amazon S3
The Amazon S3 online storage service allows you to back up your Iomega StorCenter px2-300d to the cloud.
Enabling the Amazon S3 Feature
1. On the Amazon S3 page, click the switch on.
Note: If you do not have an Amazon S3 account, click the link to create an account.
2. Enter a valid access key, secret key, and bucket name from your Amazon S3 account
information. You can create a bucket at account setup, or you can enter a new bucket for your px2-300d. Your content lives in this bucket on your Amazon S3 account.
3. Select an existing Share on your px2-300d in which to copy files that are then backed up to
Amazon S3.
4. Click Apply to save your changes.
Backing up Files to the Amazon S3 Cloud
After you copy files to the selected Share on your px2-300d, the files are automatically backed up to the Amazon S3 cloud service. File uploads are limited to 5 GB in size. If you delete files from the selected Share on your px2-300d, they are not automatically deleted from the cloud service. You can manually delete those files from the cloud service by clicking a command on the Amazon S3 page.
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Restoring Files with Amazon S3
When you want to restore files from the Amazon S3 cloud service to your Iomega StorCenter px2­300d, you can choose to restore all files or select individual files to restore.
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Backing up with Iomega Personal Cloud
You can back up content on your Iomega StorCenter by creating a Copy Job from the Iomega Personal Cloud on it to another Iomega device that is a member of the cloud.
Refer to Iomega Personal Cloud help for additional information.
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Restoring Files with Personal Cloud
You can restore content on your Iomega device by creating a Copy Job from the Iomega Personal Cloud on it to another Iomega device that is a member of the Personal Cloud.
Refer to Iomega Personal Cloud help for additional information.
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What Is Security and Do I Need It?
Security is an optional feature you can enable on your Iomega StorCenter px2-300d to secure Shares, create users, and allow some features to be enabled. When you create users, you limit access to your px2-300d to specific people, and when you secure Shares, you limit data access to specific users. Security adds an extra layer of protection to your px2-300d beyond whatever form of security you have on your local network. Without security, all data on your px2-300d can be accessed by anyone on your local network.
To secure your px2-300d:
First enable security and create an administrator user. Create users. Create groups. Secure any existing or new Shares. Secure any existing or new iSCSI drives.
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Enabling Security and Creating an Administrator User
With security turned on, only administrator users can view or change settings on the px2-300d, including creating or deleting users and Shares. When you create users, you limit access to your px2­300d to specific people, and when you secure Shares, you limit data access to specific users.
1. On the Security page, click the switch on.
2. When you turn security on, you will be asked to create an administrator user. Provide a
username and password, and then confirm your password.
3. Encryption is always available when you access your px2-300d using https. By setting local
encryption, you enforce encryption on your local network. By setting remote encryption, you enforce encryption outside your local network, such as through the internet. Choices for both encryption types are Not required, Passwords only (passwords are encrypted through https), and Always (encryption is always enforced). Always encrypting communication is safest, but can impact performance.
Note: When security is turned on, browser communications with the px2-300d are encrypted. Therefore, each computer that attempts to access the px2-300d may encounter a security warning, which can be safely ignored. In addition, you may be asked to accept a signed certificate for the px2-300d, which you should accept. If you change the device name at a later date, these warnings may appear again.
px2-300d administrators do not have access to all Shares by default. Access rights to Shares must be granted explicitly to administrators, as with other users.
4. If you have your own security certificate, you can load it by selecting Use an imported
certificate and browsing to the certificate to load it.
5. Click Apply to save your changes.
6. Click here to learn how to create users.
7. Click here to learn how to secure any existing or new Shares.
Disabling Security
Disabling security will cause all defined users to be deleted.
Note: If you are using other features on your px2-300d that require security, you cannot disable security until those features are also disabled.
1. On the Security page, click the switch off.
2. Disabling security will cause all defined users and groups to be deleted. Check the box to
disable security.
3. Click Apply to save your changes.
Security is disabled.
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Limiting Access to Your Content by Creating Users
When you create users, you are selecting the specific people that have access to your Iomega StorCenter. You can secure Shares and specify which users can read and write to the secured Shares. You can also create additional administrator users who can manage the Iomega device through the Iomega StorCenter Console. Administrator users can change various settings on the Iomega device, including adding and deleting Shares. If you create groups, you can also limit access to your Iomega device by group so you don’t have to specify access for each individual user.
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Users
Users Overview
When security is enabled, the Users page displays all users on the Iomega StorCenter px2-300d and enables administrators to add and modify users.
Non-administrator users can be added to limit access to Share content. Additional administrator users can be added allow specific users to configure the px2-300d. The table displays the Usernames and Descriptive Name of each user. Click in a row of the table to view or modify details about a user.
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Adding Users
To add a user:
1. Navigate to the Users page.
2. Before you can create or modify users, you must have security enabled on your Iomega
StorCenter Iomega device. If security is already enabled, you are ready to add users. If not, a pop-up window appears for enabling security and create an administrator user to manage your secured Iomega device.
3. To add a new user, click Add a user.
4. Enter the following information: Username — enter the username of the user to be created. This is the username for
logging into the Iomega device. There is a maximum of 32 characters, and spaces are not allowed. The following are not valid usernames: root, daemon, bin, sys, sync, mail, proxy, www-data, backup, operator, sshd, postfix, nobody, unuser, guest, and rsync.
Descriptive Name — add a descriptive name to identify the user. For example, if you
created a user with a Username of jsmith, you may want to add the Descriptive Name Joe Smith.
Password — create a password for the user. The password should be between 8 and 12
characters, and spaces are not allowed.
Confirm Password — confirm the password. If the text in this field does not match the
text in the Password field, an error will be returned.
Quota Size — set a quota size by entering a value in gigabytes. This limits the amount
of storage space this user can have. To have no quota, leave this field blank.
Administrator — check this box to allow this user to manage the Iomega device.
Note: An administrator does not have default access to all Shares. Access to Shares
must be granted explicitly to all users, including administrators.
Add a secured Share for this user — check this box to create a secured Share for this
user. This Share will have the new user's name, and allows access only to that user.
Send a Personal Cloud invitation — click this link to invite a user to join your Personal
Cloud on the Iomega device. This opens the Send a Personal Cloud Invitation dialog box where you create an invitation by entering a user's email address along with any additional comments. A user then receives the invitation, which contains the Personal Cloud name and username and password. A user enters that information from Iomega Storage Manager. For more information on this, refer to the online help with Iomega Storage Manager. You see this option only if a Personal Cloud has been created on the Iomega device.
Allow this user to add trusted devices to my Personal Cloud — check this box to allow
a user to join a trusted device to a Personal Cloud. A trusted device is a machine, either a computer or another Iomega device, that belongs to an added user. Only trusted devices that belong to users that have been added to the Iomega device can join the Iomega Personal Cloud. This option displays only if a Personal Cloud has been
created on the Iomega device.
5. Click Create.
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Managing Users
The page describes how to:
Change User Information Change Access Permissions Set Quotas
Changing User Information
1. Modify the following information: Username — enter the username of the user to be created. This will be the username
provided when logging into the Iomega StorCenter px2-300d. There is a maximum of 32 characters, and spaces are not allowed. The following are not valid usernames: root, daemon, bin, sys, sync, mail, proxy, www-data, backup, operator, sshd, postfix, nobody, unuser, guest, and rsync.
Descriptive Name — add a descriptive name to identify the user. For example, if you
created a user with a Username of jsmith, you may want to add the Descriptive Name Joe Smith.
Password — create a password for the user. The password should be between 8 and 12
characters, and spaces are not allowed.
Confirm Password — confirm the password. If the text in this field does not match the
text in the Password field, an error will be returned.
Send a Personal Cloud invitation — click this link to invite a user to join your Personal
Cloud on the px2-300d. This opens the Send a Personal Cloud Invitation dialog box where you create an invitation by entering a user's email address along with any additional comments. A user then receives the invitation, which contains the Personal Cloud name and username and password. A user enters that information from Iomega Storage Manager. For more information on this, refer to the online help with Iomega Storage Manager. You see this option only if a Personal Cloud has been created on the px2-300d.
Allow this user to add trusted devices to my Personal Cloud — check this box to allow
a user to join a trusted device to a Personal Cloud. A trusted device is a machine, either a computer or another px2-300d, that belongs to an added user. Only trusted devices that belong to users that have been added to the px2-300d can join the Iomega Personal Cloud. You see this option only if a Personal Cloud has been created on the px2-300d.
Quota Size — set a quota size by entering a value in gigabytes. To have no quota, leave
this field blank.
Administrator — check this box if you would like to allow this user to manage the px2-
300d.
Note: An administrator does not inherently have access to all Shares. Access to
Shares must be granted explicitly to administrators, as with other users.
2. Click Apply.
Changing Access Permissions
1. Expand Access Permissions to change Share access permissions for the selected user.
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