4.0 Setting Up Shared Storage

IMPORTANT:Filr 3.4 is available as an online update to Filr 3.0, MySQL 3.0, and Filr Search 3.0 appliances or later.

  • To Install a New Filr 3.4 Appliance: You must install and configure Filr 3.0, and then apply the 3.4 updates. To apply the Filr 3.4 updates, see Section 11.0, Updating to Filr 3.4.

  • See Worksheet 25—Storage Planning Summary

Figure 4-1 is the first in a series of illustrations that visually track deployment order.

Figure 4-1 Export an NFS Directory or Create a CIFS share for the /vashare mount point

Complete the instructions in the section below that applies to the plans you have made on Worksheet 25:

Exporting an NFS Directory for the /vashare Mount Point

IMPORTANT:Filr does not support remote NFS from a Novell Storage Services (NSS) volume.

If you plan to use a CIFS share for Filr shared storage (/vashare) in Worksheet 25, skip to Creating a CIFS Share for the /vashare Mount Point. Otherwise, export an NFS directory on a Linux server by doing the following:

Table 4-1 Task 1: Exporting an NFS Directory for /vashare

Page, Dialog, or Option

Do This

 

1 - Verify that the server has adequate disk space.

  1. Make sure that the Linux server that you are targeting has the available disk space you identified in Recording Your Plan in the Filr 3.4 Planning Your Filr Deployment—Best Practices guide and recorded on Worksheet 25.

    If necessary, add disk space to the Linux server.

 

  1. On the Linux server, launch YaST2.

YaST Control Center

  1. In the Network Services section, click NFS Server.

    The NFS Server Configuration dialog box displays.

NFS Server Configuration

  1. Make sure that the NFS Server is set to Start, that Open Port in Firewall is selected (running firewall required for option), and that Enable NFSv4 is not selected - i.e. NFS v4 is disabled.

  2. Click Next.

Directories to Export

  1. Click Add Directory.

YaST2

  1. Click Browse and choose the directory or share path identified on Worksheet 25 that has the required disk space.

    You can add a directory name, such as /shared to the path if desired.

    IMPORTANT:The directory path must not be located in the /var directory structure on the NFS server, as explained in NFS Mount Point Must Not Point to /var on Target Server in the Filr 3 Release Notes.

  2. Click OK.

    As your first Filr appliance is deployed, a directory named filr will be created within the directory path you have specified.

  3. If you added to the directory path, click Yes to confirm directory creation.

  4. Leave the asterisk (*) in the Host Wild Card field.

  5. Click the Options field to edit it and change the following options:

    • ro to rw (read-only to read-write)

    • root_squash to no_root_squash.

  6. Click OK.

Directories to Export

  1. Click Finish.

  2. Skip to Section 5.0, Downloading and Preparing the Filr Software.

Creating a CIFS Share for the /vashare Mount Point

Table 4-2 Task 1: Creating a CIFS Share for /vashare

Page, Dialog, or Option

Do This

 

1 - Verify that the Windows server has adequate disk space.

  1. Make sure that the Windows server that you are targeting has the available disk space you identified in Recording Your Plan in the Filr 3.4 Planning Your Filr Deployment—Best Practices guide and recorded on Worksheet 25.

    If necessary, add disk space to the server.

  2. Open Windows Explorer

Windows Explorer

  1. In Windows Explorer, navigate to the folder that you identified on Planning Worksheet 25.

    This folder will be the shared storage location (/vashare) for Filr.

  2. Right-click the folder, then click Properties.

folder Properties

  1. Click the Sharing tab.

  2. Click Share.

Filr Sharing

  1. Add a user (new or existing) to the list and assign the Read/Write permission to the user.

    IMPORTANT:You will need the username and password when you select the CIFS share while deploying the Filr appliances.

  2. Click Share > Done > Close.

Directories to Export

  1. Continue with Section 5.0, Downloading and Preparing the Filr Software.