Installing A Dell Ost Plug-In; Understanding The Dell Ost Plug-In (Linux) - Dell PowerVault Storage Area Network Administrator's Manual

The OST pane is displayed, and this is where you can set the capacity for the OST connection type container.
6. In Capacity, select either the Unlimited or Size options to set the capacity for the OST connection type container.
If you select Size, make sure to define the desired size in Gibibytes (GiB).
7. Click Create a New Container (or click Cancel to display the Containers page).
NOTE: For general information about creating DR Series system containers, see
creating an OST connection type container, see
NOTE: The capacity option in this command example sets the quota on the LSU. This is the maximum number of
bytes (ignoring optimization) that can be written to an LSU and it is listed in the gigabytes (GB). If the capacity
option is not specified (or if 0 is specified for the capacity), then the LSU will not have a quota. If this is the case,
then this means that the amount of data that can be written to the LSU is limited only by the amount of free space
on the disk.

Installing a Dell OST Plug-In

Before you can start the installation process for the Dell OST plug-in, you need to understand its role. The Dell OST plug-
in needs to be installed on to the media server type you choose (this DR Series system release supports Linux and
Windows). The Dell OST plug-in software enables integration between DR Series system data storage operations and
the supported data management applications (DMAs).

Understanding the Dell OST Plug-In (Linux)

The Dell OST plug-in needs to be installed on the designated Linux-based media server running the support Linux server
operating system software in the following directory, /usr/openv/lib/ost-plug-ins. The Dell OST plug-in is installed using a
self-extracting installer that installs the OST plug-in and all its related components. The installer supports the following
modes, with the default being Help (-h):
NOTE: If no option is selected, the Help mode is displayed by default.
• Help (-h)
• Install (-install)
• Upgrade (-upgrade)
• Uninstall (-uninstall)
• Force (-force)
$> ./Dellostplugin-x86_64-38105.bin -help
Dell plug-in installer/uninstaller
usage: Dellostplugin-x86_64-38105.bin [ -h ] [ -install ] [ -uninstall ]
-h : Displays help
-install : Installs the plug-in
-upgrade
-uninstall : Uninstalls the plug-in
-force
You can download the Dell OST Plug-In Installer in two ways:
• Using the Dell website:
– Navigate to support.dell.com/ and locate the Drivers and Downloads location
– Locate the Dell OST plug-in for Linux and download this to your system.
• Using the DR Series system GUI:
– Click Storage → Clients
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Creating An OST Connection Type
: Upgrades the plug-in
: Forces the installation of the plug-in
Creating Containers, and for
Container.