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4. If you have an available drive- it will be shown.
5. Select it and save.
How to check the consistency of the file system and fix it.
You can have email notifications setup to email you for early warnings
1. Dashboard will show you a quick status.
2. For a more detailed log of the file system status navigate to Storage> RAID.
3. Click the RAID set you are interested in and press the details button for a detailed log.
How to make a snapshot for the RAID data.
A snapshot volume is a special type of volume that presents all the data that was in the volume at
the time the snapshot was created. This means we can back up that volume without having to worry
about data being changed while the backup is going on, and we don’t have to take the volume
offline while the backup is taking place.
1. Taking a snapshot starts by navigating to the Workspaces.
2. Select a workspace which you want to take a snapshot of.
3. From the Workspaces menu select the Make Snapshot option.
4. You have the option to name the Snapshot’s path and to allow the snapshot to be read/write or
read-only.
5. Press Create and the system will process the request . The newly created snapshot will show up
in the Workspaces list.
How to make a snapshot for the OS drive.
1. Navigate to System>Update Manager
2. Select the Snapshot tab.
3. Press the Take snapshot button
4. A copy of the OS drive will appear in the list of snapshots.
5. NOTE: You can reboot from this snapshot. It is a good idea to take a snapshot before any OS
updates. If you as the admin are not happy with the update, you can use the snapshot taken
prior to the update to reboot the system into its previous state.
How to define a quota for a user.
1. Navigate to Storage>Volumes
2. Select a volume
3. Click the quota button
4. Enable quota then press the save button. Pressing save is required at this step. If you click
anywhere else then the feature will not be enabled.
5. Click Quota information tab