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Manage the NFS export policy for a volume in NetApp Workload Factory

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Manage the NFS export policy for a volume that uses NFSv3 or NFSv4.1 protocol types in NetApp Workload Factory.

About this task

Managing a volume's export policy involves adding export policy rules that detail client specifications, access control, super user access, and NFS version. You can add more than one export policy and prioritize them.

Before you begin

Determine the client specifications for the export policy rules. Valid values for the client specification are as follows:

  • IP addresses

  • IP addresses with subnet masks

  • IP addresses with a network mask

  • A netgroup name preceded by the “@” character

  • A domain name preceded by a period “.”

  • Host names

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 Volumes explorer.

  4. Select the actions menu for the volume to change the NFS export policy for.

  5. Select Advanced actions, then Edit NFS export policy.

  6. On the Edit NFS export policy page, provide the following:

    1. Access control: Select Custom export policy or Existing export policy.

      Alternatively, you can select No access to the volume.

    2. Export policy name: Optionally, enter a name for the export policy.

    3. Add export policy rule: Provide the following details and rank the policies starting with #1 as the priority rule:

      1. Client specification: Separate multiple values with commas.

      2. Access control: Select Read/Write, Read only, or No access from the dropdown menu.

      3. Super user access: Select Yes or No.

      4. NFS version: Select All, NFSv3, or NFSv4.

  7. Select Apply.