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Creating and managing data volumes in NAS namespaces

To manage file access in a NAS environment, you must manage data volumes and junction points on your storage virtual machine (SVM). This includes planning your namespace architecture, creating volumes with or without junction points, mounting or unmounting volumes, and displaying information about data volumes and NFS server or CIFS server namespaces.

  • Creating data volumes with specified junction points
    The junction point can be specified when you create a data volume.The resultant volume is automatically mounted at the junction point and is immediately available to configure for NAS access.
  • Creating data volumes without specifying junction points
    A data volume can be created without specifying a junction point. The resultant volume is not automatically mounted, and is not available to configure for NAS access. You must mount the volume before you can configure SMB shares or NFS exports for that volume.
  • Mounting or unmounting existing volumes in the NAS namespace
    A volume must be mounted on the NAS namespace before you can configure NAS client access to data contained in the storage virtual machine (SVM) volumes. You can mount a volume to a junction point if it is not currently mounted. Volumes can also be unmounted.
  • Displaying volume mount and junction point information
    Information can be displayed about mounted volumes for storage virtual machines (SVMs) and the junction points to which the volumes are mounted. This information can be used to determine which volumes are not mounted to a junction point and to understand and manage SVM namespaces.