Administrator Guide

View the Storage Profile for the NAS Cluster or Pool
View the Storage Center Storage Profiles configured for the NAS cluster or pool. A unique Storage Profile can be configured for each
Storage Center that provides storage for the FluidFS cluster.
Steps
In the Storage view, select a FluidFS cluster.
The Storage Profile for each Storage Center appears in the Storage Subsystems area.
Change the Storage Profile for the NAS Cluster or Pool
Change the Storage Center Storage Profiles configured for the NAS cluster or pool. A unique Storage Profile can be configured for each
Storage Center that provides storage for the FluidFS cluster.
Steps
1. In the Storage view, select a FluidFS cluster.
2. Click the NAS Pool tab.
3. In the Storage Subsystems panel, click Change Storage Profile.
4. Locate the Storage Center for which you want to change the Storage Profile.
5. From the Storage Profile drop-down list, select a Storage Profile.
6. Click OK.
Configuring NAS Volumes
Configure NAS volumes to manage the volumes and volume alerts.
Optimize NAS Volumes for Use as VMware vSphere Datastores
When you configure a NAS volume to use VM- (virtual machine) consistent snapshots, each snapshot creation (scheduled, manual,
replication, NDMP and so on) automatically creates an additional snapshot on the VMware server.
About this task
When enabled, if the VMware servers are defined, the NAS volume is aware that it is being used as a repository for a VM datastore. The
NAS volume creation is synchronized with relevant VM snapshot creation in order to keep VMware data stored on the NAS volume in a
consistent state.
NOTE: VM application awareness cannot be used on NAS volumes that use the global namespace feature.
Steps
1. In the Storage view, select a FluidFS cluster.
2. Click the File System tab.
3. In the File System view, expand NAS Volumes and then select a NAS volume.
4. In the NAS Volumes panel, click Edit Settings.
The Edit NAS Volume Settings dialog box opens.
5. Click the Advanced tab.
6. Enable or disable VM-consistent snapshots:
• To enable VM-consistent snapshots, select the Optimize NAS Volume for use as VMware vSphere Datastore checkbox.
• To disable VM-consistent snapshots, clear the Optimize NAS Volume for use as VMware vSphere Datastore checkbox.
7. Click OK.
Restrict Snapshot Access
You can restrict a user’s ability to access snapshot files or folders on a NAS volume.
Steps
1. In the Storage view, select a FluidFS cluster.
2. Click the File System tab.
3. In the File System view, expand NAS Volumes and then select a NAS volume.
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