@@ -1551,7 +1551,7 @@ Click on Create Shared FileSystem, provide the following details and then click
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#. Zone
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#. Format: Filesystem format (XFS, EXT4) which will be installed on the Shared FileSystem.
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#. Network: Guest network to which the Shared FileSystem will be attached.
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- #. Compute offering: Offering using which the Shared FileSystem VM will be deployed.
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+ #. Compute offering: Offering using which the Shared FileSystem Instance will be deployed.
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#. Disk offering: Offering used by the underlying data volume.
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#. Size, MinIops and MaxIos: Displayed only when the disk offering takes custom size and custom iops.
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@@ -1573,56 +1573,55 @@ Supported lifecycle operations are :
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#. Update name and description of the Shared FileSystem
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- #. Stop/Start Shared FileSystem - This will Stop and Start the Shared FileSystem VM
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+ #. Stop/Start Shared FileSystem - This will Stop and Start the Shared FileSystem Instance
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- #. Restart Shared FileSystem - Reboots the Shared FileSystem VM. If Cleanup option is provided then the
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- VM state is cleaned up and restored to the original template. Configurations related to setting up the
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- NFS export will be done again. This will not affect the data on the VM.
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- Shared FileSystem.
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+ #. Restart Shared FileSystem - Reboots the Shared FileSystem Instance. If Cleanup option is provided then the
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+ Instance state is cleaned up and restored to the original template. Configurations related to setting up the
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+ NFS export will be done again. This will not affect the data on the volume attached to the Instance.
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|restart-sharedfs.png|
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#. Change Disk Offering - The disk offering of the underlying volume can be changed. Whether live resize
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is supported or not depends on the hyervisor.
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Please note that the size of the Shared FileSystem can only be increased.
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- #. Change Service Offering - The service offering of the Shared FileSystem VM can be changed as required.
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+ #. Change Service Offering - The service offering of the Shared FileSystem Instance can be changed as required.
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This can only be done when the Shared FileSystem is in Stopped state.
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#. Add/Remove Network - Guest networks can be added to or removed from the Shared FileSystem.
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- NFS share is exported to all networks. So VMs on different networks can mount the
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+ NFS share is exported to all networks. So instances on different networks can mount the
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same share using the respective IP addresses as given on the Access tab.
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APIs serving these operations are addNicToVirtualMachine and removeNicToVirtualMachine
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- called with the Shared FileSystem VM ID.
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+ called with the Shared FileSystem Instance ID.
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Please note that the added networks must not be on overlapping CIDR ranges.
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|add-remove-sharedfs-network.png|
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#. Destroy Shared FileSystem - The Shared FileSystem will be destroyed. It can be recovered before it automatically gets expunged.
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Expunge timeout is given by the global setting ' sharedfs.cleanup.delay' .
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- Shared FileSystem VM
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+ Shared FileSystem Instance
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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- The Shared FileSystem VM is stateless and HA enabled. A new VM is deployed and will start
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+ The Shared FileSystem Instance is stateless and HA enabled. A new instance is deployed and will start
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serving the NFS share if the host or VM goes down.
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The VM is installed with the SystemVM template which is also used by the CPVM and SSVM.
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- The Shared FileSystem VM can be seen in the Instance Tab as well. It' s name is prefixed by the
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- Shared FileSystem name. Actions that might interfere with Shared FileSystem operations are blocked or not shown.
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+ The Shared FileSystem Instance can be seen in the Instances Tab as well. It' s name is prefixed by the string
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+ " sharedfs- " plus the Shared FileSystem name. Actions that might interfere with Shared FileSystem operations are blocked or not shown.
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Basic operaions like Start, Stop and Reboot are allowed for troubleshooting.
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Users can access the VM using the ' View Console' button for troubleshooting although it is not
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required during normal operations.
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Service Offering
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~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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There are two global settings that control what should be the minimum RAM size and minimum
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- CPU count for the Shared FileSystem VM : ' sharedfsvm.min.cpu.count' and ' sharedfsvm.min.ram.size`.
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+ CPU count for the Shared FileSystem Instance : ' sharedfsvm.min.cpu.count' and ' sharedfsvm.min.ram.size`.
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Only those offerings which meet these settings and have HA enabled are shown in the create form.
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Shared FileSystem Data Volume
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The data volume is also visible to the users. It is recommended to use the Shared FileSystem UI/API to
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manage the data but users or admin can perform actions directly on the data volume or the root volume
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- as well if they wish. Attaching and detaching a disk is not allowed on a Shared FileSystem VM .
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+ as well if they wish. Attaching and detaching a disk is not allowed on a Shared FileSystem Instance .
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.. |AttachDiskButton.png| image:: /_static/images/attach-disk-icon.png
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:alt: Attach Disk Button.
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