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Chapter 19. NAS administrator common tasks
The following are some common tasks that you can perform in managing the NAS
Gateway 500.
Creating users
When you create a new user who can access the files being served by the NAS
Gateway 500, consider the following:
v You can add the user as a local file access user for NFS and FTP access (see
v You can add the user for access from Windows machines using CIFS (see
v You can add a password for the local file access user to allow access using
Creating NAS volumes
When you want to create a NAS volume for storage on which to share files from the
NAS Gateway 500, consider the following:
v Have you configured your physical storage? If you have not already done so, you
v Have you made configuration changes in your external disk storage subsystem?
v Is this a clustered system configured for remote mirroring? If so, then you must
v Do you want to define a NAS volume using one or more physical disks available
v Do you want to configure a schedule for periodic snapshots of the contents of the
v Do you want to plan a backup strategy for the NAS volume using the preinstalled
Note: If you are not creating a new NAS volume, and you want to mirror, see
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"Adding a local file access user" on page 101), or you can add the user to a
directory (see "Directory Services" on page 104).
"Creating a CIFS user" on page 145).
Note: When you create a local file access user, you can also specify that the
local file access user be added as a CIFS user as well (see "Adding a
local file access user" on page 101).
HTTP (see "Managing HTTP users" on page 127).
must first configure the physical storage in your external disk storage subsystem.
This will be done from another host machine in your environment using the
management application provided with your storage subsystem. Refer to the
documentation that was provided with your storage subsystem for more
information on configuring the physical storage that will serve as physical disks to
the NAS Gateway 500 system.
For example, to make storage disks available to the NAS Gateway 500 system,
you must configure the NAS Gateway 500 to recognize these disks and make
them ready for use as a NAS volume (see "Configuring devices" on page 119).
stop the cluster before creating new volumes. See "Disabling the cluster" on
page 110.
to the NAS Gateway 500 system and, as an option, remotely mirror the NAS
volume (see "Creating a NAS volume" on page 166)?
NAS volume as part of your data protection strategy (see "Configuring a
snapshot schedule" on page 181)?
Tivoli Storage Manager application (see "Using Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM)" on
page 93)?
"Creating a remotely mirrored NAS volume" on page 173.
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