Configuring an NFS Protocol for a vmPRO Appliance

• From the Configure menu, select NFS.

  Figure 1: Configure NFS Dialog Box

  

1. From the Configure menu, select Config Wizard to display the Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard.
2. Click the File Sharing tab to display the File Sharing page.

   Figure 2: File Sharing Page

   

3. Select the Unix File Sharing (NFS) check box, as needed, and click Next to display the NFS General Configuration page.

   Figure 3: NFS General Configuration Page

   

1. On the Configure NFS dialog box or NFS General Configuration page, select the Enable NFS Access check box, as needed.
2. Click Add NFS Export to display the Add NFS Export dialog box or page.

   Figure 4: Add NFS Export Dialog Box

   

3. In the Export drop-down list, select one of the following directories that can be mounted as an NFS share:
   • /export – Only data in the \export directory can be mounted by the host defined in the Host specification field.
   • /recover/images – Only data in the \recover\images directory can be mounted by the host defined in the Host specification field.
4. In the Host specification field, enter the IP address or host name for the host that can mount the specified data in the NFS share.
5. In the Options field, enter actions that users can take with the data in the NFS share, such as ro for read-only access or rw for read-and-write access. Separate each option with a comma.
6. Click Save to add the NFS protocol to the Client Access Control list on the Configure NFS dialog box or NFS General Configuration page.
7. Click OK to save changes and exit the dialog box, or save changes and exit the wizard.

   Caution: Any time you make configuration updates from the Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard, you must exit the wizard using the Summary tab to save your updates. See Initially Configuring a vmPRO Appliance.

Users can mount NFS shares from the NAS as a Linux network drive using <vmPRO-Host:/directory>, where vmPRO-Host is the name of the host on which to mount the directory and /directory is the directory to mount.

Note: We strongly recommend using the NFS protocol for Linux client machines accessing the vmPRO /export network file system. If a Linux client machine uses the CIFS protocol, specify the directio mount option at the mount command. For example: # mount.cifs -o ..,directio <share> <mount point>

In addition to configuring NFS protocols, you can also use the following icons on the Configure NFS dialog box or NFS General Configuration page: