You can do Archive Server settings from Project > Properties > Servers > Archive Servers .
In this section all the archive devices are listed and configured – storages, tape drives or tape libraries. Storages are usually FC-connected to the MAS computer and thus their units are available for
configuring by the Metus MAM system. Storage units can be presented either by disk sets or by disks (system drives). Disk sets are usually gathered in a RAID configuration so that they can be replaced at
some moment if some of them burns or fails because of any reasons. When a disk replacement is needed, the system can be told which disk is going to be replaced so it “understands” and copies back the
new data to the new disk after the replacement. When the storage units are displayed as disks (system drives) Metus MAM lists them as shown on the screenshot below.
Look at the picture below to see Archive Server Settings.
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Its state must be Connected so that the server is running and carrying on the tasks he has to do. In case the status becomes Disconnected , it means that either the network failed for some
reasons and the connection to the MAS computer is lost or the Windows Metus Archive Server service is not running.
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Active is the drive to which we both read and write (copy) to.
We disable the drives to which do not want to write anything. The best example for this is drive C where usually the Windows installation is done. So, we always avoid using this drive for any
purposes. We do not copy to it; we do not read from it - totally ignore it.
We suspend a drive when we want to temporarily stop copying to it. But we still keep on reading data from it. So, it becomes like a read-only device.
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Disk and disk sets are labeled with priority terms like Primary and Secondary in order to tell Metus MAM if several of disks are active, to which one to copy firstly.
When the Primary disks get full, the system goes on copying to the Secondary-labeled disks. Please, keep in mind that Primary and Secondary are just labels. You can name the disks as per
your wish when adding them to the system. This is done via the Add Disk button (adding) and from the Information Lifecycle Management section (where rules are defined) you set the
name for the disk.
Proxy is choosen to archive Proxy files to a different disk.
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Disk Name - as per set by the system ,
Free Space - (in bytes) available on this drive ,
Total Space - (in bytes) shows the full drive capacity ,
Temp Size - (in percents) shows the space on the disk used for temporal saving purposes. Sometimes, when a client creates an archive request, the file is not copied to the archive folder. The
file is copied to a temp folder. The temp folder is in the same disk. It is generated automatically by the MAS.
Unusable Space - (in percents) on the drive is the space which Metus MAM is not going to use – it is reserved by the system or other applications.
There are cases in which the customer needs to enlarge the storage. He can either add additional disks (as already mentioned) or add one more MAS server.
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storage, as well as the preview and browsing will become quicker.
To add another MAS server press the Add Server button and browse in the network to point the machine which will be the second MAS server. Select it from the opening menu. On each
MAS server machine , the Metus Archive Server service must be running (Metus Archive Server.msi must be installed there)
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from the list and press the Manage button. Enter the IPs here.
Move Up / Move Down : These buttons are used to re-order the MAS servers in the list.Status title 9
Refresh : When the status of a MAS server is disconnected and the probable reasons (mentioned above) are already eliminated, press the Refresh button in order to update the statuses ofStatus colour Green title 10
the machines. Disks space can be refreshed, also, as well as any other characteristic shown here.
Add Remote Storage : Metus Archiving System is able to use network shares, NAS etc. as storage units to archive to. The remote storages behave like local disks. When your local storage isStatus colour Yellow title 11
full you can add additional remote storage to have more free space. Please, keep in mind that each additional space used must be included in the license for the storage capacity to
be supported. When sharing storage, press the Add Remote Storage button and you will see the GUID generated by Metus MAM – use it to name the share like this.
In the Share Path field, in front of the GUID enter the IP of the PC where is the space that will be used as additional storage (the share). Create a user and give him full permissions for working
with this share. Enter his name as Share User and his Password in the next field. From the Diskset menu choose how to label the shared storage – Primary, Secondary, etc.