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Manage links

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Manage links you've associated with your Workload Factory account.

Learn more about links or create a link.

You can view the links that are currently associated with your account.

Steps

  1. Log in to the Workload Factory console

  2. In Storage, select Go to storage inventory.

  3. From the Account menu, select Links.

    A screenshot showing how to open the links page.

  4. If any links exist, the overview page provides the information.

  5. To view the FSx for ONTAP file systems that are associated with a link, select the View button in the Associated resources section.

    A screenshot that shows the FSx for ONTAP file systems that are using a specific link.

  6. If you need the Amazon Resource Name (ARN) for the link, you can select the copy icon next to the ARN field.

After you create a link, you can associate it with your FSx for ONTAP file systems. Each file system can be associated to only one link in a single NetApp account, but a link can be associated with many file systems.

Steps

  1. Log in to the Workload Factory console

  2. In Storage, select Go to storage inventory.

  3. In the FSx for ONTAP tab, select the three dots menu of the file system to associate a link to and then select Manage.

  4. In the file system overview, select Associate link.

  5. In the Associate link page, select Associate an existing link, select the link, and select Apply.

Result

The link is associated with the FSx for ONTAP file system and you can perform advanced ONTAP operations.

You can't edit a link from the Workload Factory interface. If you need to make a change to a link, you'll need to create a new link and then associate that link to your file system.

Note You can edit the Lambda network configuration (for example VPC, subnets, and security groups) using the AWS console and the changes will be reflected in links management UI; however, these changes can lead to connectivity issues between Lambda and ONTAP, and are not recommended.

You can remove a link that you're no longer using in your environment. Any FSx for ONTAP file systems or other resources that were using the link will be unable to use certain functionality after the link is removed.

Note that the link is only deleted from Workload Factory - it is not deleted from your AWS environment. You must delete the Lambda function from your AWS account after removing the link in Workload Factory.

Steps

  1. Log in to the Workload Factory console

  2. In Storage, select Go to storage inventory.

  3. From the Account menu, select Links.

  4. From the Links page, select the menu button and select Remove.

    A screenshot showing how to remove a link from Workload Factory.

  5. If you are sure, select Remove again.

Refer to the AWS documentation to delete the Lambda function.