Planning to receive an Appliance
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Before you order an Appliance
Learn the preparation tasks to complete before ordering an Appliance
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Consolidating your data
Streamline your data capture experience by consolidating the files you want to capture.
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Reviewing files to transfer
Ensure that your files meet Transfer Appliance criteria.
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Preparing the physical network
Learn about security, performance, and network issues to consider when preparing for data transfer, including firewall ports.
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Preparing to receive an Appliance
Learn about Transfer Appliance models, appliance size specifications, and facilities requirements.
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Choosing a data capture method
Determine which data capture method best suits your needs, and learn data capture best practices.
Preparing and configuring Transfer Appliance
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Investigate network settings
Prerequisites for unpacking and configuring Transfer Appliance.
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Unpacking Transfer Appliance
Unpack Transfer Appliance.
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Connecting Transfer Appliance
Connect Transfer Appliance to power and network.
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Configuring Transfer Appliance
Essential configuration required to prepare for a data transfer.
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Setting an IP address
Configure an IP address, so that Transfer Appliance is reachable on your network.
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Configuring email alerts
Configure optional email alerts for job status and storage usage.
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Configuring link aggregation
Configure link aggregation to increase transfer throughput.
Using NFS to capture data
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Mounting an NFS file system
Configure the Transfer Appliance mount NFS file systems.
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Exporting an NFS share
Configure the Transfer Appliance to export directories via NFS.
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Performing an HDFS capture
Use NFS to transfer data from HDFS to Storage Transfer Service.
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Performing an NFS Capture
Transfer data by connecting directly to an NFS share from Transfer Appliance.
Capturing workstation data
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Performing a Microsoft Windows workstation capture
Transfer data using a capture utility on a Microsoft Windows workstation.
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Performing a Linux workstation capture
Transfer data using a capture utility on a Linux workstation.
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Performing serial captures using multiple appliances
Capture data using multiple appliances.
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Retrying unsuccessful data capture jobs
Retry jobs to capture skipped files or directories.
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Canceling data capture jobs
Cancel a running data capture job.
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Monitoring data capture jobs
Get information about the status of the data capture jobs.
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Monitoring Transfer Appliance storage usage
Check the amount of storage space used and available on Transfer Appliance.
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Monitoring disk status
Determine the health of Transfer Appliance disks during data capture.
Preparing and shipping an appliance
Rehydrating data
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Launching and configuring a rehydrator instance
Use Google Cloud Launcher to launch an instance of the Transfer Appliance Rehydrator, then set it up to access your Cloud Storage buckets.
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Rehydrating data
Create jobs to rehydrate data from the Cloud Storage staging location to the destination bucket.
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Monitoring rehydration jobs
Get information about the status of the rehydration jobs.
Post-hydration cleaning
Changing Appliance Configurations
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Testing network connectivity
Test if Transfer Appliance can connect to your network.
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Displaying network configuration
Display Transfer Appliance information like the network type, network speed, Transfer Appliance IP address, and name servers in use.
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Displaying Appliance status
Display Transfer Appliance information like the appliance name, appliance GUID, software version, and network configuration.
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Resetting the capture user password
Reset the password for accessing Transfer Appliance.