Administrator Guide

Restore the NAS Volume Conguration
When you restore a NAS volume conguration, it overwrites and replaces the existing conguration. Clients that are connected to
the
FluidFS cluster are disconnected. Clients will then automatically reconnect to the FluidFS cluster.
1. Ensure the .clusterConfig folder has been copied to the root folder of the NAS volume on which the NAS volume
conguration 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. Click the Storage view and 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 Volume Cong. The Restore Volume Cong 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 conguration provides an eective way to restore all local users without having to manually recongure
them. This is useful in the following circumstances:
• After recovering a system
• When failing over to a replication target NAS volume
Local Users Conguration Backups
Whenever a change in the local users conguration is made, it is automatically saved in a format that allows you to restore it later.
The conguration 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 conguration 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 conguration
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 conguration 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 conguration 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 conguration, it overwrites and replaces the existing conguration. 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. Click the Storage view and select a FluidFS cluster.
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