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Manage FSx for ONTAP file system settings in NetApp Workload Factory

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Manage the settings of an FSx for ONTAP file system in NetApp Workload Factory. You can manage tags for the file system, reset the fsxadmin password when necessary, and update throughput capacity as needed.

Manage FSx for ONTAP file system tags

Tags can help you categorize your resources. You can add, edit, and remove tags for a file system at any time in NetApp Workload Factory.

Steps
  1. Log in using one of the console experiences.

  2. Select the menu The hamburger menu icon is used to navigate to workloads like storage and then select Storage.

  3. From the Storage menu, select FSx for ONTAP.

  4. From FSx for ONTAP, select the actions menu of the file system to update and then select Manage file system tags.

  5. In the Manage file system tags dialog, add, edit, or remove tags as needed.

    The maximum number of tags you can apply to a file system is 50.

  6. Select Apply.

Reset the fsxadmin password of an FSx for ONTAP file system

Reset the fsxadmin password in NetApp Workload Factory when necessary.

If you provided an alternate user during file system creation, you can only reset the fsxadmin password in the AWS console.

Steps
  1. Log in using one of the console experiences.

  2. Select the menu The hamburger menu icon is used to navigate to workloads like storage and then select Storage.

  3. From the Storage menu, select FSx for ONTAP.

  4. From FSx for ONTAP, select the actions menu of the file system to reset the fsxadmin password for and then select Manage.

  5. From the file system overview, select the actions menu.

    A screenshot of the actions menu in the overview tab for a file system.

  6. Select Reset fsxadmin password.

  7. In the Reset fsxadmin password dialog, enter a new fsxadmin password and re-enter it to confirm.

  8. Select Apply.

Update throughput capacity for an FSx for ONTAP file system

Update throughput capacity for an FSx for ONTAP file system in NetApp Workload Factory as needed.

For throughput capacity limits, refer to Quotas in AWS FSx for NetApp ONTAP documentation.

Steps
  1. Log in using one of the console experiences.

  2. Select the menu The hamburger menu icon is used to navigate to workloads like storage and then select Storage.

  3. From the Storage menu, select FSx for ONTAP.

  4. From FSx for ONTAP, select the actions menu of the file system to update throughput capacity for and then select Manage.

  5. Under Information, select the pencil icon next to Throughput capacity. The pencil icon appears next to the drop down arrow when the mouse hovers over the Throughput capacity row.

  6. In the Throughput capacity dialog, select the throughput capacity you need.

  7. Select Apply to save the changes