Hitachi Content Platform Storage Node Wizard

Ops Center Protector User Guide

Version
7.9.x
Audience
anonymous
Part Number
MK-99PRT002-10
ft:lastEdition
2024-12-11

This wizard is launched when a new Hitachi Content Platform Node is added to the Nodes Inventory.

Note: Ensure that the Proxy Node defined within the wizard and the Hitachi Content Platform node are time synced. If the time is different by over 5 minutes, then the node creation and future backup may fail. It is recommend that the system time on all nodes should have the correct date/time associated with their particular region and time zone.
Figure. Hitachi Content Platform Wizard - Specify Node Name
Control Description
Node Name Enter a name for the HCP storage node.
Tags Add the tags to be associated with the object being created.
Figure. Hitachi Content Platform Wizard - Allocate node to Access Control Resource Group
Control Description
Resource Groups Select the resource group(s) to which this node will be allocated for the purposes of RBAC. All nodes are automatically allocated to the 'default' resource group.
Figure. Hitachi Content Platform Wizard - Select Node Generation
Control Description
Generation 2 Select this for a generation 2 storage node which is compliant with the new Universal Backup Infrastructure interface. This is the recommended option.
Generation 1 Select this for a generation 2 storage node which required data to be sent via a generation 1 repository. Clicking Next will take you to the Configure Tenant Page.
Figure. Hitachi Content Platform Wizard - Specify Node creation mode
Control Description
Create a new HCP node Select this to setup a new HCP node.
Import an existing HCP node Select this to import an existing HCP node.
Figure. Hitachi Content Platform Wizard - Select Proxy Node
Control Description
Proxy Node Select a Protector node to act as a proxy.
Figure. Hitachi Content Platform Wizard - Specify node Metadata cache directory
Control Description
Metadata Directory Enter a directory on the Proxy node where Protector can place metadata files related to HCP data. Click the Browse button to open the Path Dialog if required.
Figure. Hitachi Content Platform Wizard - Configure HCP Tenant
Control Description
Tenant Host Address Enter the host name for the tenant in the form <tenant>.<hcp_name>.<domain>.
Ignore SSL certificate errors Allows the system to be used without properly configured SSL certificates.
Username Enter a user name for the tenant specified above.
Password Enter the password for the user.
Figure. Hitachi Content Platform Wizard - Configure HCP Namespace defaults
Control Description
Namespace This is automatically generated for a generation 1 HCP node and is therefore greyed out. For a generation 2 HCP node enter the desired namespace
Initial Quota (GB) Change the namespace quota from the default if required. It is important to estimate the quota required. Too small a value will result in tiering being stopped if the quota is exhausted. Too large a value will waste total tenant quota.

This value is not displayed when importing an existing generation 2 HCP node.

Note: Changing the quota for an existing HCP node will only affect newly created namespaces. Existing namespaces created by Protector on that node will not be affected.
Namespace Soft Quota Level This is the percentage of free space at which additional backups are prevented
Figure. Hitachi Content Platform Wizard - Summary
Control Description
Summary Summary of the settings entered.