Administrator Guide

Restore the NAS Volume Configuration
When you restore a NAS volume configuration, it overwrites and replaces the existing configuration. Clients that are connected to the
FluidFS cluster are disconnected. Clients will then automatically reconnect to the FluidFS cluster.
Steps
1. Ensure the .clusterConfig folder has been copied to the root folder of the NAS volume on which the NAS volume configuration
will be restored. One way to access the root folder of a NAS volume is to open Windows Explorer and in the address bar type: \
\<client_VIP_or_name>\C$\<NAS_volume>\.
2. In the Storage view, select a FluidFS cluster
3. Click the File System tab.
4. In the File System tab navigation pane, expand NAS Volumes and select a NAS volume.
5. In the right pane, click Restore Settings. The Restore Settings dialog box appears.
6. Select the settings to restore from backup:
• To restore SMB shares, select the SMB Shares check box.
• To restore NFS exports, select the NFS Exports check box.
• To restore snapshot schedules, select the Snapshot Scheduling check box.
• To restore quota rules, select the Quota Rules check box.
7. Click OK.
Restoring Local Users
Restoring the local users configuration provides an effective way to restore all local users without having to manually reconfigure them.
This is useful in the following circumstances:
• After recovering a system
• When failing over to a replication target NAS volume
Local Users Configuration Backups
Whenever a change in the local users configuration is made, it is automatically saved in a format that allows you to restore it later. The
configuration is stored and encrypted in the .clusterConfig folder, which is located in the NAS volume's root folder. This folder can
be backed up, either individually, or with the NAS volume's user data, and later restored.
A local users configuration backup can be made available to be restored using the following methods:
• The storage administrator can manually copy the .clusterConfig folder to a NAS volume in the system from its backup or from
another system. When using a backup from another system, the restore operation works only if the saved configuration was taken
from a system using the same FluidFS version.
• The storage administrator can copy the .clusterConfig folder to a NAS volume in the system from its backup or from another
system using an NDMP restore. When using a backup from another system, the restore operation works only if the saved
configuration was taken from a system using the same FluidFS version.
• The .clusterConfig folder is automatically copied to target NAS volumes during replication.
Restore Local Users
Local users can be restored by restoring the configuration stored on the most current NAS volume in the FluidFS cluster and restoring it
on the same system or on another system.
About this task
When you restore the local users configuration, it overwrites and replaces the existing configuration. Clients that are currently connected
to the FluidFS cluster are disconnected. Clients will then automatically reconnect.
Steps
1. Ensure the .clusterConfig folder has been copied to the root folder of a NAS volume on the system on which to restore local
users. One way to access the root folder of a NAS volume is to open Windows Explorer and in the address bar type: \
\<client_VIP_or_name>\C$\<NAS_volume>\.
2. In the Storage view, select a FluidFS cluster.
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