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NAS Quickstart
Guide







Terminology
NAS
CIFS
NFS
NetApp
Filer
ONTAP (Data ONTAP)
Aggregate
WAFL
Volume (flexible volume, flexvol)
Qtree, security style
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Table of Contents
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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Table of Contents
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 1
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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NAS Scenario 1 (cont.)
CIFS Share Storage via Web Interface (cont.)
The FilerView web interface is the interface you will most
often work with
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NAS Scenario 1 (cont.)
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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NAS Scenario 1 (cont.)
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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NAS Scenario 1 (cont.)
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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Table of Contents
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, right-
click 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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Table of Contents
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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NAS Scenario 3 (cont.)
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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Table of Contents
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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NAS Scenario 4 (cont.)
Snapshots How ?
Taking a snapshot = makes a copy of file allocation table
of WAFL filesystem
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Blocks
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Active File
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After
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Active File
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Snapshot
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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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NAS Scenario 4 (cont.)
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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NAS Scenario 4 (cont.)
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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NAS Scenario 4 (cont.)
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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NAS Scenario 4 (cont.)
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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NAS Scenario 4 (cont.)
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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NAS Scenario 4 (cont.)
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)
Volumes containing LUNs, SAN data
10-20% growth per day (blocks changed)
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
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Table of Contents
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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NAS Scenario 5 (cont.)
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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NAS Scenario 5 (cont.)
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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NAS Scenario 5 (cont.)
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
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