Create File System - File System Options
Use this wizard panel to create a new file system.
Select one of the following file systems type to create a new file system. The file system type may vary according to the platform of the host.
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vxfs: available on Unix / Linux if VRTSvxfs package is installed
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ufs: available on SunOS
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ext2: available on Linux
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ext3: available on Linux
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ext4: available on Linux
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Table: File System Options for vxfs, ext2, ext3, ext4 and ufs
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Disk Group | Displays disk group name on which selected volume resides. |
| Volume | Displays the name of the volume used. |
| File System Type | Select a file system type from the drop-down list. |
| Block size | Select the block size from the following options\: |
| - Default | |
| - 1024 | |
| - 2048 | |
| - 4096 | |
| - 8192 | |
| All units are specified in bytes. | |
| Size | Enter the file system size. |
| Corruption protection | Select Corruption protection check box option. |
| Corruption protection preserves data by creating periodic volume level snapshots. | |
| Ransomware protection | Select Ransomware protection check box option. |
| Ransomware protection preserves data for an extended period of time and prevent it against accidental deletion, modification, and ransomware attack. | |
| Block size | Select the block size from the following options\: |
| - Default | |
| - 1024 | |
| - 2048 | |
| - 4096 | |
| - 8192 Note: For ext file systems, block size 8192 is not allowed. | |
| All units are specified in bytes. | |
| Allocation unit size | Select the allocation unit from the following options\: |
| - Default | |
| - 1024 | |
| - 2048 | |
| - 4096 | |
| - 8192 Note: For ext file systems, allocation unit size 8192 is not allowed. | |
| All units are specified in bytes. |
File System options for vxfs File System options for ext2, ext3, ext4 and ufs
Use the Mount Options wizard panel to set options when mounting a file system.
If the file system has an entry in the file system table, check Mount using options in file system table to use the stored mount options. You cannot use this wizard panel to change the options. To change options, you must remount the file system.
Table: Mount Options
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Mount point | Enter the mount point for the file system. The mount point must be specified, and must be an absolute pathname, that is, it must begin with /. |
| Read only | Select this option to mount the file system in read-only mode. |
| Honor setuid | Select this option to allow setuid requests. |
| Select Caching Mode | For a VxFS cache area, the caching mode determines what kind of caching is |
| performed for the specified mount point. The mode can be avoid cache, read, or writeback. The default | |
| mode is read. | |
| A VxVM cache area only supports read mode. | |
| The panel displays available cache areas, based on the mode you select. | |
| Add to file system table | Select this option to automatically update the file system table when the file system is mounted. |
| Mount at boot | This option is available only if you selected Add to file system table . Select this option to mount the file system at boot time. |
| fsck pass | This option is available only if you selected Add to file system table . Specify the fsck pass when the file system is mounted at boot time. |
| Mount Type | Select one of the following mount types which are available for selection only if the disk group is shared\: |
| - Local | |
| - Cluster | |
| Select nodes where file system should be mounted | Select one or more nodes where you want to mount the file system. This option is enabled only when the Mount Type selected is Cluster . |
| Advanced | Select to specify the advanced options for mounting the file system. |
Secure file system options
Use this wizard panel to specify the secure file system options. The Corruption Protection and Ransomware Protection are the two options available. You can choose either anyone of the protection or both options. The options available depend on the type of protection that you have selected for the file system.
Check the following table for the Corruption Protection option's field description:
Table: Corruption Protection options
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Interval | Specifies how often you want to take snapshots. You can select one of three options: daily, weekly, or monthly. |
| Total snapshots | Specifies the total number of snapshots that you want to retain. |
Check the following table for the Ransomeware Protection option's field description:
Table: Ransomeware Protection options
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| Interval | Specifies how often the checkpoint frequency that you want to set. You can select one of three options: daily, weekly, or monthly. |
| Total checkpoints | Specifies the total number of checkpoints that you want to set. |
| Retention time | Specifies retention span. Time for which the checkpoint should be retained. |
| Checkpoints | Specifies whether the checkpoints are Removable or Non-removable. By default, checkpoint will be removable. |
| Mode | Specifies the mode of the file system. While configuring SecureFS on an existing file system, the mode cannot be switched to compliance mode (Compliance mode refers to softworm) if the file system has WORM enabled. |
| On the other hand, if the WORM (WORM refers to Enterprise mode) is not enabled, the configuration process automatically converts the file system to enterprise mode. | |
| Compliance mode is a default mode however, you can change the mode later if required. | |
| Audit log | Specifies the logging of certain event to persistent storage. You can choose to enable or disable it. By default, it will be enabled. Once enabled it cannot be disabled. |
| Create Policy | Specifies WORM policy creation. You can configure policy to mark files as WORM while creating SecureFS. |
| Interval | Specifies the Interval for the policy. |
| Rule Name | Specifies the name of the rule that you are going to create. |
| Pattern | Specifies the pattern of the file name, which can be an exact file name or a pattern that includes a single wildcard character. |
| Directory | Specifies a full path name relative to the file system mount point where the file system is mounted. You can select recursive or non-recursive. |
| Users | Specifies username of the file's owner. The user number cannot be specified in place of the name. |
| User groups | Specifies group name of the file's owner. The group number cannot be specified in place of the group name. |
| Retention | Specifies the retention unit in days, months, and years. |
| Access age | This criterion is met when files are inactive for a designated period or during a designated period relative to the time at which the policy enforced. |
| Modification age | This criterion is met when files are unmodified for a designated period or during a designated period relative to the time at which the policy enforced. |
| Size | This criterion is met when files exceed or drop below a designated size or fall within a designated size range. |
| IO temperature | This criterion is met when files exceed or drop below a designated I/O temperature or fall within a designated I/O temperature range. |
| Access temperature | This criterion is met when files exceed or drop below a specified average access temperature or fall within a specified access temperature range. A file's access temperature is similar to its I/O temperature, except that access temperature is computed using the number of I/O requests to the file, rather than the number of bytes transferred. |
Policy creation wizard options Create rule wizard options When : Specifies that files should be relocated if and only if they meet any or of the following relocation criteria.
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