Manage File Service

Create a File Service

To create a File Service Premium instance, click on Catalog in the Swisscom Portal.

1. Click on the service File Service Premium.
   

2. Choose the Business Group and click on Request.
   

3. Fill in or choose from the drop-down list:

   • Friendly Name: A name for this File Service. With this name, the instance can be identified on the bill.
   • Uplink Topology: Choose the network (uplink topology or service group) to which the File Service networks will be interconnected.
   • Aggregate: Choose the network aggregate from which you want to select the network ranges used by this file service, see Network 1 & 2 below. If no aggregate exists, you can create one with the Create Service Network request.
   • Network 1: Defines the IP-network for datacenter #1 which will be used for this file service.
   • Network 2: Defines the IP-network for datacenter #2 which will be used for this file service.
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     IP Ranges

     The IP ranges will be reserved for this specific file service. The IP ranges must be reachable via routing and must be /27 or bigger in CIDR-Notation. Example: 192.168.100.0/27

     Optional and only required for NFSv4:

     DNS Resolvers: Define the nameservers which are used to resolve hostnames. Multiple servers can be separated by a colon. e.g: "192.168.1.1,192.168.10.1,192.168.100.50" (Note: no whitespaces are allowed)
     DNS Domain Name: Defines the default domain to be used for DNS resolution. e.g "storage.local"
     NFSv4 Domain Name: Sets the NFSv4 domain name to be used. In many cases, this is equal to the DNS domain. Only if this field is filled out, NFS Version 4 will be enabled (if left empty, only NFS Version 3 will be enabled).

4. Click on Request

5. As soon as the File Service Premium instance is created successfully, it will be shown under My Items.
   

Delete Items

To delete any items such as a share, LUN, container or a file service, click on the desired item in the Swisscom Portal.

1. Select the desired Item and click on Actions
2. Click on Delete ... to delete the desired item

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Note

In order to delete a container, the backup policy needs to be set to none. This means that first the backups need to be manually deleted.

In general, all children objects must be deleted before the actual object can be deleted.