Dell Storage Manager 2020 R1 Administrator's Guide

Change the Folder Path for an NFS Export

Change the path to the directory that you want to share for an NFS export.

1. Click the Storage view and select a FluidFS cluster.
2. Click the File System tab.
3. In the File System tab navigation pane, select NFS Exports.
4. In the right pane, select an NFS export and click Edit Settings. The Edit NFS Export Settings dialog box appears.
5. In the Folder Path field, specify the directory that you want to share:
   NOTE:A folder name must be less than 100 characters long and cannot contain the following characters: >, ", \, |, ?, and *

   • To share the root of the NAS volume, set the Folder Path field to /.
   • To use an existing directory to share, type the path to the directory in the Folder Path field.
   • To browse to an existing directory to share:

     Click Select Folder. The Select Folder dialog box appears and displays the top-level folders for the NAS volume. Locate the folder to share, select the folder, and click OK.

     • To drill down to a particular folder and view the subfolders, double-click the folder name.
     • To view the parent folders of a particular folder, click Up.
   • To browse existing directories and create a new directory to share:

     Click Select Folder. The Select Folder dialog box appears and displays the top-level folders for the NAS volume. Navigate to the folder in which to create the new folder and click Create Folder. The Create Folder dialog box appears. In the Folder Name field, type a name for the folder, then click OK to close the Create Folder dialog box. Select the new folder and click OK.

     • To drill down to a particular folder and view the subfolders, double-click the folder name.
     • To view the parent folders of a particular folder, click Up.
6. Click OK.