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Create a storage VM for an FSx for ONTAP file system

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Create a storage VM (SVM) for an FSx for ONTAP file system to access storage and data services virtually for your workloads in Workload Factory.

About this task

Storage VMs are isolated file servers that you can use to access the data from each workload in Workload Factory Storage. Each SVM has its own administrative credentials and endpoints for administering and accessing data.

With SVMs, when you access data in FSx for ONTAP, your clients and workstations mount a volume, CIFS/SMB share, or iSCSI LUN hosted by an SVM using the SVM's endpoint (IP address).

Before you begin

Verify the supported number of storage VMs per file system. Refer to Managing FSx for ONTAP storage virtual machines in AWS documentation for the maximum number of SVMs per file system.

Create a storage VM

You can create a storage VM from the Workload Factory console. You can also use the following tools available in the Codebox: REST API, CloudFormation, and Terraform. Learn how to use Codebox for automation.

Note When using Terraform from Codebox, the code you copy or download hides fsxadmin and vsadmin passwords. You'll need to re-enter the passwords when you run the code.
Steps

  1. Log in to the Workload Factory console

  2. In Storage, select Go to storage inventory.

  3. In the FSx for ONTAP tab, click the three dots menu of the file system to create a storage VM for and select Manage.

  4. From the file system overview, select Create a storage VM.

  5. On the Storage VM page, under Storage VM configuration, provide the following:

    1. Name: Enter a name for the storage VM.

    2. Storage VM credentials: Provide a password for this storage VM's vsadmin user or use the file system's fsxadmin user credentials.

    3. Root volume security style: Select the root volume security style depending on the type of clients that access your data - UNIX (Linux clients), NTFS (Windows clients), or Mixed.

    4. Tags: Optionally, you can add up to 50 tags.

  6. Click Create.