Editing a Storage Policy
About this task
- Add or remove users and/or groups.
- Change the name of the users and/or groups.
- Change the number of days since the file was last modified for users and/or groups.
u |
Username or user ID, as configured in the OS registry (such as
/etc/passwd file, LDAP, etc.), of a specific
user.Usage:
|
g |
Group name or group ID, as configured in the OS registry (such as
/etc/group file, LDAP, etc.), of a specific
group.Usage:
|
a |
(atime ) Time (in seconds or days) since the
files were last accessed. The number of seconds can be specified by
appending s to value and the number of days can be
specified by appending d to the
value.Usage:
atime rule for offloading data
may not work as intended.This tier rule is matched and files are offloaded, when all of the following conditions are met:
Assume that the |
m |
(mtime ) Time (in seconds or days) since the
files were last modified. The number of seconds can be specified by
appending s to value and the number of days can be
specified by appending d to the
value.Usage:
|
s |
The size of the file in bytes, kilobytes, megabytes, or
gigabytes. The size of the file can be specified by appending one of
the following to the value: b for bytes,
k for kilobytes, m for
megabytes, or g for
gigabytes.Usage
|
p |
(Default) Specifies all files. Specifies that this operation is applicable to all the files without restriction. This cannot be combined with any other operator. |
"" |
Indicates none of the files. Specifies that this operation cannot be performed on any of the files. |
& |
AND operation to combine multiple expressions as the criteria for the rule. |
| |
OR operation to indicate either of the expressions as the criteria for the rule. |
() |
Delimiters for subexpressions. |
You cannot switch from an advanced rule that includes the following to a basic rule because the following are not supported in a basic rule:
p
— All the filess
— The size of the file&
— The AND operation used for specifying multiple users (u
), groups (g
), or criteria|
— The OR operation used withs
orm
""
— None of the files.()
— Subexpressions
m
). It can also
include one or more users or groups separated by the OR operation
(|
).Follow the steps given below to edit a storage policy.
Procedure
- Log on to the Data Fabric UI.
- Select Fabric manager option from the dropdown on the Home page.
- Click Fabric Administration seen on the Home page.
- Select from the fabrics dropdown the fabric for which you wish to edit the storage policy.
-
Scroll down to the Storage policies card.
NOTEAlternatively, you can click Global namespace, click the fabric link in the table view, and navigate to the Storage policies tab for the fabric.
- Click the ellipsis seen under Actions for the storage policy to edit.
- Click Edit.
- Make the required changes.
- Click Save.