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Add a storage node to the management server

1. Click Add.
2. In the Add storage node window, specify the machine the storage node is installed on.

Adding a storage node establishes a trusted relationship between the management server and the storage node, in the same way as when you add machines to the server. Once the storage node is added to the management server, you will be able to create managed vaults on the node.

Remove a storage node from the management server

1. Select the storage node you need to remove.
2. Click Remove.

Once the storage node is removed from the management server, the vaults being managed by the storage node disappear from the vault list and become unavailable for performing operations. All the plans and tasks that use these vaults will fail. All the databases and vaults of this storage node remain untouched.

It is possible to add the previously removed storage node to the management server again. As a result, all the vaults managed by the storage node will appear in the vault list and become available once again for all the plans and tasks that used these vaults.

Create a centralized managed vault on the selected storage node

1. Select the storage node that will manage the vault.
2. Click Create vault.

The Create centralized vault page will be opened with the pre-selected storage node. Perform the remaining steps to create the vault.

View details of the storage node

1. Select the storage node.
2. Click View details.

In the Storage node propertiess window (its content is duplicated on the Information panel at the bottom of the Storage nodes view), examine information about the storage node and the vaults managed by this node.

Run, stop or reschedule compacting

In the Storage node properties window, click the Run compacting, Stop, or Compacting schedule links respectively.

Run or stop indexing

In the Storage node properties window, click the Run indexing or Stop links respectively.

Refresh the list of storage nodes

Click Refresh.

The management console will update the list of storage nodes from the management server with the most recent information. The list of storage nodes is refreshed automatically based on events. However, the data may not be retrieved immediately from the management server due to some latency. Manual refresh guarantees that the most recent data is displayed.