Administrator Guide
3. In the right pane, click the Snapshots & Clones tab. The NAS volume clones are displayed in the Cloned NAS Volume list.
Create a NAS Volume Clone
Cloning a NAS volume creates a writable copy of the NAS volume.
Prerequisites
• The snapshot from which the clone NAS volume will be created must already exist.
• Data reduction must be disabled on the base volume.
• The snapshot space consumption threshold alert must be disabled on the base volume.
Steps
1. Click the Storage view and select a FluidFS cluster.
2. Click the File System tab, expand NAS Volumes and select a NAS volume.
3. In the right pane, click the Snapshots & Clones tab and select a snapshot.
4. Click Create NAS Volume Clone. The Create NAS Volume Clone dialog box appears.
5. In the Name eld, type a name for the NAS volume clone.
6. In the Folder pane, select a parent folder for the NAS volume clone.
7. Click OK.
Delete a NAS Volume Clone
Delete a NAS volume clone if it is no longer used.
1. Click the Storage view and select a FluidFS cluster.
2. Click the File System tab, expand NAS Volumes and select a NAS volume.
3. In the right pane, click the Snapshots & Clones tab and select a clone.
4. Click Delete. The Delete dialog box appears.
5. Click OK.
Managing SMB Shares
Server Message Block (SMB) shares provide an eective way of sharing les across a Windows network with authorized clients.
The FluidFS cluster supports SMB protocol versions 1.0, 2.0, 2.1, and 3.0.
When you rst create an SMB share, access is limited as follows:
• The Administrator account has full access.
• If you are using Active Directory, the AD domain administrator has full access.
To assign other users access to an SMB share, you must log in to the SMB share using one of the these administrator accounts and
set access permissions and ownership of the SMB share.
Share-Level Permissions
The default share-level permissions (SLP) for a new share is full control for authenticated users. This control can be modied either:
• Using the MMC tool
• In the Storage Manager Security tab of the Edit Settings panel
FluidFS NAS Volumes, Shares, and Exports
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