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NAS Quickstart Guide

Terminology

NAS Quickstart

NAS CIFS NFS NetApp Filer ONTAP (Data ONTAP) Aggregate WAFL Volume (flexible volume, flexvol) Qtree, security style

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NAS Quickstart

Scenario 1: Create storage space (volume) and share it to MS Windows clients Scenario 2: Share storage space via MMC console Scenario 3: Expand/shrink a volume while clients are connected Scenario 4: Snapshots: creating, scheduling, restoring from snapshots Scenario 5: Working with quotas on the filer

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Scenario 1: Create storage space (volume) and share it to MS Windows clients Scenario 2: Share storage space via MMC console Scenario 3: Expand/shrink a volume while clients are connected

Scenario 4: Snapshots: creating, scheduling, restoring from snapshots

Scenario 5: Working with quotas on the filer

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NAS Quickstart

CIFS Share Storage via Web Interface

Browse to http://filer-IP-address/na_admin Click on FilerView and log on using the root account

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CIFS Share Storage via Web Interface (cont.)

The FilerView web interface is the interface you will most often work with

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CIFS Share Storage via Web Interface (cont.)

Aggregate = collection of physical disks (RAID4/RAID_DP) Volume = basic unit that can be used to store data Click on Volumes, the Manage

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CIFS Share Storage via Web Interface (cont.)

Next, click on Add, a wizard will pop up Click next We will create Flexible volume (is contained in an aggregate)

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CIFS Share Storage via Web Interface (cont.)

Give your volume the name testvolume Select a containing aggregate (typically aggr0) Give your volume a size

Ignore the Space Guarantee (use the default value)

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NAS Scenario 1 (cont.)

CIFS Share Storage via Web Interface (cont.)

Commit your changes and close the wizard

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NAS Scenario 1 (cont.)

CIFS Share Storage via Web Interface (cont.)

Now click on Qtrees and then on Manage Make sure the security style of the volume is set to NTFS If not, select the volume and change the security style

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NAS Scenario 1 (cont.)

CIFS Share Storage via Web Interface (cont.)

The second big step is to share the volume we have just created Click on CIFS, then Shares, then Manage Click on Add Share Create the share testshare The path to the volume is /vol/testvolume

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NAS Scenario 1 (cont.)

CIFS Share Storage via Web Interface (cont.)

Lastly, we can browse to the filer's IP address or name using explorer and a UNC-style path: \\filer-IP-address\ The newly created share should be visible and accessible Map a network drive to the share

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NAS Quickstart

Scenario 1: Create storage space (volume) and share it to MS Windows clients Scenario 2: Share storage space via MMC console Scenario 3: Expand/shrink a volume while clients are connected

Scenario 4: Snapshots: creating, scheduling, restoring from snapshots

Scenario 5: Working with quotas on the filer

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NAS Scenario 2
CIFS Share Storage via the MMC

Use the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) and connect to the IP address or name of the filer Note that you can look at the users/groups on the filer Note that you can see the open files on the filer

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NAS Scenario 2 (cont.)

CIFS Share Storage via the MMC (cont.)

Go to System Tools, Shared Folders, Shares, rightclick and select New Share... Complete the wizard The path to the volume is C:\vol\testvolume

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NAS Scenario 2 (cont.)

CIFS Share Storage via the MMC (cont.)

Feel free to set share level permissions

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NAS Quickstart

Scenario 1: Create storage space (volume) and share it to MS Windows clients Scenario 2: Share storage space via MMC console Scenario 3: Expand/shrink a volume while clients are connected

Scenario 4: Snapshots: creating, scheduling, restoring from snapshots

Scenario 5: Working with quotas on the filer

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NAS Scenario 3
CIFS Shrink/Expand volume while clients are connected

Note the free disk space on the mapped drive

Go to the filer's web interface, FilerView, and Click on Volumes, Manage Next, click on the testvolume volume

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NAS Scenario 3 (cont.)

CIFS Shrink/Expand volume while clients are connected (cont.)

Click on Resize Storage, a new wizard will pop up

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CIFS Shrink/Expand volume while clients are connected (cont.)

After the resize operation, check the free disk space on the mapped drive (refresh with F5 if needed)

Note that it is also possible to shrink the available disk space!

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Scenario 1: Create storage space (volume) and share it to MS Windows clients Scenario 2: Share storage space via MMC console Scenario 3: Expand/shrink a volume while clients are connected

Scenario 4: Snapshots: creating, scheduling, restoring from snapshots

Scenario 5: Working with quotas on the filer

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NAS Scenario 4
Snapshots What ?

A immediate read-only copy of an active filesystem

Takes only fraction of a second to be created

No performance overhead Maximum 255 per volume Can be taken manually or can be scheduled Serves as an instant backup of the volume data Can be used to restore a single file, directory, or complete volume

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Snapshots How ?

Taking a snapshot = makes a copy of file allocation table of WAFL filesystem

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Snapshots As seen from a client

Snapshots can be made visible to Windows and Unix/Linux clients If visible:

Windows: ~snapshot or ~snapsht directory Unix/Linux: .snapshot directory

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Snapshots As seen from a client (cont.)

Users can browse the ~snapshot directory to see the snapshots and previous version of their files

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Snapshots As seen from a client (cont.)

Windows XP and 2003 machines will also show previous versions for documents:

Note: regsvr32 twext.dll + snapshots must be visible on volume

http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/cfd daf10-24fa-4d6d-a34d-cfb84c5223781033.mspx?mfr=true

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Snapshots As seen from a client (cont.)

The snapshots are read-only: you get an error if you try to delete them!

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NAS Scenario 4 (cont.)

Creating and deleting snapshots

It is possible to create/delete a snapshot via the FilerView web interface Click on Volumes, then on Snapshots Next, click on Manage

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NAS Scenario 4 (cont.)

Creating and deleting snapshots (cont.)

It is possible to select the volume testvolume and then click on View to show only those snapshots of the testvolume volume You can delete a snapshot by selecting it and clicking on Delete

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Creating and deleting snapshots (cont.)

To create a snapshot, click on Add Snapshot

Next, select the volume you want to snapshot ...

... and give a name to your snapshot Click on Add

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Scheduling snapshot creation

Generally, you will want the filer to take snapshots at regular intervals automatically. This is achieved by setting a snapshot schedule Click on Volumes, then Snapshots, then Configure Select the volume you want to configure

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NAS Scenario 4 (cont.)

Scheduling snapshot creation (cont.)

Make sure that Scheduled Snapshots is enabled Select the number of snapshots to keep:

The weekly snapshots are taken on the night from saturday to sunday at midnight

The daily snapshots are taken every day at midnight

The hourly snapshots have a special schedule:

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Restoring data from snapshots

Option 1 of 3: Copy/paste the file from somewhere under the the ~snapshot directory (may take a long time over a slow network)

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Restoring data from snapshots (cont.)

Option 2 of 3: Use Windows XP or Windows 2003 to access/restore the previous version of a document

Notes:

options cifs.ms_snapshot_mode W2K: install shadow copy client W2K3/XP: regsvr32 twext.dll if not visible

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Restoring data from snapshots (cont.)

Option 3 of 3: use the command-line on the filer to restore a file, directory, or volume Fastest Only a filer administrator can do this

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Note: making snapshots visible

If you cannot see the ~snapshot directory, two options must be enabled:

Under CIFS, Configure, Options, make sure Show Snapshot is enabled as a general CIFS option

For a specific volume, on the snapshot configuration screen, make sure Snapshot Directory Visible is enabled

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Note: making snapshots visible (cont.)

If you want to set the previous versions tab settings, you can configure this via an option:

cifs.ms_snapshot_mode

off: empty previous versions tab xp: Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows 2008 Server users will see the previous versions of a document pre-xp: Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 2008 users with the Shadow Copy Client installed will be able to see the previous versions

You must also enable snapshot directory visibility at the volume level for all this to work
If you want to see previous versions, but NOT the ~snapshot directory, your only option is to disable the ~snapshot directory globally from CIFS Options

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NAS Scenario 4 (cont.)

Volume space and snapshot reservation

A newly created snapshot does not take up any space

A snapshot only takes up place if the original files change or are deleted
Generally, the older a snapshot, the bigger it gets Some estimates about snapshot growth:

Volumes containing user data, file shares, etc.

1% growth per day (blocks changed) 10-20% growth per day (blocks changed)

Volumes containing LUNs, SAN data

To this extend, by default the filer will reserve some volume space for snapshots

20% by default SNAPSHOTS CAN GET BIGGER THAN THE RESERVATION!

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NAS Scenario 4 (cont.)

Volume space and snapshot reservation Example 1

Volume: 40Mb capacity = 32Mb usable: Create a file with a size less than 8Mb:

Create a snapshot, the snapshot is close to 0 bytes in size

Delete the file, snapshot size has grown, free space back to normal

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NAS Scenario 4 (cont.)

Volume space and snapshot reservation Example 2

Volume: 40Mb capacity = 32Mb usable: Create a file with a size over 8Mb:

Create a snapshot, the snapshot is close to 0 bytes in size

Delete the file, snapshot size has grown, but the snapshot size has eaten into the free disk space of the active filesystem

Table of Contents

NAS Quickstart

Scenario 1: Create storage space (volume) and share it to MS Windows clients Scenario 2: Share storage space via MMC console Scenario 3: Expand/shrink a volume while clients are connected

Scenario 4: Snapshots: creating, scheduling, restoring from snapshots

Scenario 5: Working with quotas on the filer

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Working with quotas on the filer

Quotas:

Limit amount of disk space or number of files that can be used by a quota target Track amount of disk space Warn users when disk space or file usage is high

Targets:

Unix User or Windows User (user quota) Unix group (group quota) Qtree (qtree quota)

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Working with quotas on the filer (cont.)

Navigate to Volume, then Quotas, then Manage Quotas must be turned on for a particular volume

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Working with quotas on the filer (cont.)

Let's add a qtree quota for a volume Click on Edit Rules under Quotas Click on Add Quota Rule. A wizard will appear

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Working with quotas on the filer (cont.)

Once the wizard has complete, you can list the quota rule, and even modify it afterwards After quota rule modification on a volume, you must perform a quota resize operation on that volume for changes to take effect

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NAS Scenario 5 (cont.)

Some Important Quota Consideration

There are:

Default quotas (by using an asterisk *) Explicit quotas Explicit quotas override default quotas

Use default tracking quotas ! Quota Override Rules

More restrictive rules apply the limit that is reached first is the one applied The user administrator is not subject to USER quotas on the filer

Types:

hard quotas = cannot be exceeded soft quotas = can be exceeded, trap sent when exceeded or ok again thresholds = can be exceeded, only triggers trap if exceeded

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NAS Scenario 5 (cont.)

Some Important Quota Consideration (cont.)

QUOTA_TARGET_DOMAIN & QUOTA_PERFORM_USER_MAPPING

See article 3425 - Quota Use Guide For NetApp Storage Systems

quota on versus quota resize

Create default user, group and tree quotas for tracking purposes only