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 requests FS Series appliances to generate a full copy of the corresponding machine.
2 The creation of virtual machine linked clones is ooaded to FS series appliances.
After the VAAI plugin is installed, you can right-click on a VM and clone it.
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_v6.0.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, 6.0, and 6.5.
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_v7.0.zip
5 Reboot the ESXi host.
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