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Storage Provision NFS

Provision a new NFS dataset.

Component

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Dataset Name

Specifies the name of the dataset.

Example: “mydataset-01”

Storage Size in MB

Specifies the size of storage to create in megabytes.

Example: “5000”

Storage Description

(Optional) Specifies a text description for the dataset.

Example: “This is my dataset.”

Storage Owner

(Optional) Specifies the owner of the dataset.

Example: “OwnerName”

Storage Provisioning Policy

Specifies the NetApp Policy to use during creation of the dataset.

Example: “NAS_policy”

Storage Resource Pool

Specifies the resource pool to use for the dataset.

Example: “lodnetapp10z”

Storage Resource ID

(Optional) Specifies the resource pool ID.

Example: “1234”

Storage Group

(Optional) Specifies a name used to group the provisioned storage.

Example: “group01”

Storage Container

(Optional) Specifies the name of the storage container to which to add the dataset.

Example: “stor_container01”

vFiler Name

(Optional) Specifies the name of the vFiler.

Example: “lodnetapp40”

vFiler IP Address

(Optional) Specifies the IP address of the vFiler.

Example: “123.456.7.89”

vFiler Network Mask

(Optional) Specifies the network mask of the vFiler.

Example: “23”

Hostname

Specifies the host to grant NFS permissions.

Example: “somehost”

Host Privilege

Specifies the permission granted to the host on the NFS export path. Available values are:

0 – Read-only

1 – Write

2 – Root

Example: “2”

Host Exception

Indicates whether the host specified in the NFS host information is the exception to the host privilege specified. Available values are “true” or “false”.

Example: “true”

Disable Set UID

Indicates whether to ignore attempts to enable the SETUID.

Default: “false”

User

Specifies the user for root access. If the client accessing the export is not present in the root access list for the export, the effective root user is the specified value. Default value is 65534 which maps to user "nobody". Valid values are user names not more than 255 characters or an integer ranging 0-65534.

Example: “someuser”

NFS Export Path Security

Specifies the security type supported on exports. Available values are:

0 – None

1 – Unix Style (SYS)

2 – Kerberos v5

3 – KRB5I - Kerberos v5

4 – KRB5P - Kerberos v5

Default: “0”

Max Data Size

Specifies the maximum storage space in megabytes.

Example: “4000”

Read Only

Indicates whether all hosts get read-only permissions on NFS exports. Available values are “true” and “ false”.

Default: “false”

Dry Run Mode

Specifies whether to perform a test of provisioning. Available values are:

0 – None (performs the provision without performing Dry Run)

1 – Dry Run Only (pseudo provisioning (failure prediction) that verifies the specified parameters)

2 – Provision with Dry Run (performs pseudo provisioning and provisioning)

Default: “0”

Time Zone

(Optional) Specifies a time zone for the dataset.

Example: “GMT-5”

Contact

(Optional) Specifies email addresses for contact information. Separate multiple email addresses with commas.

Example: user1@company.com, user2@company.com

NetApp Server Name

(Optional) Specifies the name of the NetApp DataFabric Manager.

Example: “host01.domain.com”

NetApp Server Username

(Optional) Specifies the name of the user authorized to connect to the NetApp DataFabric Manager.

Example: “user01”

NetApp Server User Password

(Optional) Specifies the password for the user authorized to connect to the NetApp DataFabric Manager.

Example: “password01”

NetApp Server Port

(Optional) Specifies the port number the NetApp DataFabric Manager uses.

Example: “8088”

NetApp Server Protocol

(Optional) Specifies the protocol used to access the NetApp DataFabric Manager. Available values are:

0 – HTTP

1 – HTTPS

Default: “0”

Storage Platform Type

Specifies the storage platform type. The only possible value is “1” (NetApp).

Default: “1”