Administrator Guide

FS Series VAAI Plugin

The VAAI plugin allows ESXi hosts to ooad some specic storage-related tasks to the underlying FluidFS appliances. The plugin

supports the following VAAI NAS Primitives:

• Full File Clone– Ooad the creation of a virtual disk full clone

• Fast File Clone (Native Snapshot) – Ooad the creation of a virtual disk linked clone

• Extended Statistics – Query for space usage on FS series datastores

Installing the plugin enables VAAI NAS primitives for all datastores residing on FS Series v4 or later systems, adding the following

functionalities:

1. Virtual machine cloning from vCenter will request FS Series appliances to generate a full copy of the corresponding machine.

2. The creation of virtual machine linked clones will be ooaded to FS series appliances.

The plugin is provided in a zip le that can be downloaded from the FTP server ftp://<FluidFS_Cluster_public IP>:44421/vaai_plugin:

• A depot – FluidFSNASVAAI_For_Esx_v5.5.zip le

Enable or Disable the FS Series VAAI Plugin

Allows the NAS administrator to enable or disable the VAAI plugin accessibility for security enhancements. VAAI plugin is enabled by

default.

1. In the Storage view, select a FluidFS cluster.

2. Click the File System tab.

3. In the File System tab navigation pane, select Cluster Connectivity.

a. Choose the External Servers tab.

4. In the VAAI area, click Edit Settings in the VAAI area.

5. The Modify VAAI Settings dialog box appears.

6. To enable VAAI, select the VAAI Enabled checkbox.

7. To disable VAAI, clear the VAAI Enabled checkbox.

8. Click OK.

Installation Instructions

The FS Series VAAI plugin supports ESXi versions 5.5, 5.5U1, 5.5U2, and 6.0.

Prerequisite

NOTE: The FS Series VAAI plugin should be installed on each relevant ESXi host and requires a reboot.

Steps

1. Connect to FS Series via FTP on port 44421 using administrative credentials.

2. Download the VAAI plugin zip le located inside the /vaai_plugin folder.

3. Transfer the le to the /tmp/ folder of the ESXi host.

4. Install the plugin:

~ # esxcli software vib install -d /tmp/FluidFSNASVAAI_For_Esx_v6.0.zip

5. Reboot the ESXi host.

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