Manage volumes for Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP

You can view and manage volumes, clones, and snapshots, and change tiering policies for FSx for ONTAP using BlueXP.

View volume details

After you create a volume, you can view the configuration details.

  1. Open the working environment.

    Note You can hover over the volume name to display the volume type.

  2. Open the volume tab and select Manage Volume to open the Volume Actions menu.

  3. Select View volume details.

Edit volumes

After you create a volume, you can modify it at any time.

Steps

  1. Open the working environment.

  2. Open the volume tab and select Manage Volume to open the Volume Actions menu.

  3. Select Edit volume settings.

    1. For NFS, you can modify the size and tags.

    2. For CIFS, you can modify the share name, users, permissions, and Snapshot policy as needed.

  4. Select Apply.

Clone volumes

After you create a volume, you can create a new read-write volume from a new Snapshot.

Steps

  1. Open the working environment.

  2. Open the volume tab and select Manage Volume to open the Volume Actions menu.

  3. Select Clone the volume.

  4. Enter a name for the cloned volume.

  5. Select Clone.

Manage volume tags

You can add, modify, or delete volume tags. Tags added in BlueXP are reflected in the AWS Console. It can take up to an hour to synchronize tags with the AWS Console.

Steps

  1. Open the working environment.

  2. Open the volume tab and select Manage Volume to open the Volume Actions menu.

  3. Select Manage volume tags.

  4. Select Save to apply your changes.

Manage Snapshot copies

Snapshot copies provide a point-in-time copy of your volume. Create Snapshot copies and restore the data to a new volume.

Steps

  1. Open the working environment.

  2. Open the volume tab and select Manage Volume to open the Protection Actions menu.

  3. Select one of the available options to manage Snapshot copies:

    • Create a Snapshot copy

    • Restore from a Snapshot copy

  4. Follow the prompts to complete the selected action.

Change the tiering policy

Change the tiering policy for the volume.

Steps

  1. Open the working environment.

  2. Open the volume tab and select Manage Volume to open the Advanced Actions menu.

  3. Select Change Tiering policy.

  4. Select a new volume tiering policy and click Change.

Replicate and sync data

You can replicate data between storage environments using BlueXP. To configure FSx for ONTAP replication, see replicating data between systems.

You can create sync relationships using BlueXP copy and sync. To configure sync relationships, see create sync relationships.

Delete volumes

Delete the volumes that you no longer need.

Before you begin

You cannot delete a volume that was previously part of a SnapMirror relationship using BlueXP. SnapMirror volumes must be deleted using the AWS Management Console or CLI.

Steps

  1. Open the working environment.

  2. Open the volume tab and select Manage Volume to open the Volume Actions menu.

  3. Select Delete the volume.

  4. Enter the working environment name and confirm that you want to delete the volume. It can take up to an hour before the volume is completely removed from BlueXP.

Note If you try to delete a cloned volume, you will receive an error.