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    Installing CTERA Portal Instances
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    Creating a Portal Instance

    Note

    For the primary database server and secondary, replication, server, the portal instance is created with a fixed size data pool. If you require a larger data pool, which should be approximately 1% of the expected global file system size.

    To create a CTERA Portal Server in Hyper-V:

    1. Open the Hyper-V Manager.
    2. Right-click the hypervisor and click Import Virtual Machine....
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      The Import Virtual Machine wizard opens, displaying the Locate Folder window.
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    3. Click Browse and browse to the CTERA Portal image folder.
    4. Click Next.
      The Select Virtual Machine window is displayed.
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    5. Click Next.
      The Choose Import Type window is displayed.
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    6. Select the Copy the virtual machine (create a new unique ID) option and click Next.
      The Choose Folders for Virtual Machine Files window is displayed.
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    7. Specify where to store the CTERA Portal virtual machine.
    8. Click Next.
      The Choose Folders to Store Virtual Hard Disks window is displayed.
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    9. Specify where to store the CTERA Portal data pool disk and click Next.
      The Completing Import Wizard window is displayed.
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    10. Click Finish.
    11. For the primary CTERA Portal database server and the secondary, replication, server, right-click the virtual machine and click Settings.
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      1. Click the IDE Controller and click Add for a new hard drive.
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      2. Click Add.
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      3. Click New.
        The New Virtual Hard Disk Wizard is displayed.
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      4. Click Next and make sure the VHDX disk format is selected.
      5. Click Next and make sure the Dynamically expanding disk type is selected.
      6. Click Next and specify the size for the new disk.
      7. Enter a size for the new hard disk.
        Note

        The minimum archive pool should be 200GB but it should be sized around 2% of the expected global file system size.

      8. Click Apply and the OK.
    12. Right-click the virtual machine and click Start.
    13. For the primary database server and the secondary, replication, servers, continue with Logging in to the Server to Create the Archive Pool.

    Logging in to the Server to Create the Archive Pool

    You need to create an archive pool on the primary database server, and when PostgreSQL streaming replication is required, also on the secondary, replication, server.

    To log in to the CTERA Portal server:

    • Right-click the virtual machine and click Connect to open the machine console.
      The default password is ctera321

    You are prompted to change the password on your first login.

    To create the archive pool:

    1. Connect to the virtual machine.
    2. Run fdisk -l to identify the disk to use for the archive pool.
    3. Run the following command to create the archive pool: portal-storage-util.sh create_db_archive_pool Device
      where Device is the Device name of the disk to use for the archive pool.
      For example: portal-storage-util.sh create_db_archive_pool sdc
      This command creates both a logical volume and an LVM volume group using the specified device. Therefore, multiple devices can be specified if desired. For example: `portal-storage-util.sh create_db_archive_pool sdc sdd sde'
    4. Start CTERA Portal services, by running the following command: portal-manage.sh start
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