Administrator Guide

The Storage Prole for each Storage Center appears in the Storage Subsystems area.
Change the Storage Prole for the NAS Cluster or Pool
Change the Storage Center Storage Proles congured for the NAS cluster or pool. A unique Storage Prole can be congured for
each
Storage Center that provides storage for the FluidFS cluster.
1. In the Storage view, select a FluidFS cluster.
2. Click the NAS Pool tab.
3. In the Storage Subsystems panel, click Change Storage Prole.
4. Locate the Storage Center for which you want to change the Storage Prole.
5. From the Storage Prole drop-down list, select a Storage Prole.
6. Click OK.
Conguring NAS Volumes
Congure NAS volumes to manage the volumes and volume alerts.
Optimize NAS Volumes for Use as VMware vSphere Datastores
When you congure 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 dened, 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 les or folders on a NAS volume.
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 Data Protection tab.
6. Enable or disable a user’s access to snapshot contents:
• To enable a user’s access to a NAS volume snapshot, select the Access to Snapshot Contents checkbox.
• To disable a user’s access to a NAS volume snapshot, clear the Access to Snapshot Contents checkbox.
7. Click OK.
FluidFS NAS Volumes, Shares, and Exports
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