Configuring NAS and NetWare Servers

Aperi Storage Manager provides two methods for configuring NAS filers for monitoring:

• Manual Entry of NAS filer information
• Automatic discovery of NAS filer information

Manual Entry of NAS Filer Information

Use the Manual NAS Entry window to enter NAS filer information. This procedure is recommended if you want to add only a few filers at a time.

1. Access the Manual NAS Entry window and choose to add a NAS filer.
2. Enter information about the NAS filer and click OK.
3. Assign an agent to each of the filesystems in your NAS filer.

You are not required to perform any licensing or discovery actions during the process.

Automatic Discovery of NAS Filer Information

Run an automatic discovery and perform licensing tasks to add NAS filers for monitoring. This procedure is recommended for adding multiple filers at the same time.

1. Enter configuration information for your NAS filers on the NAS Discovery Parameters window that appears during the installation process. After you complete the installation process, agents perform an initial discovery of the NAS filers in the domain (Windows) or the filers for which they have an import (UNIX).
2. (optional) Set the ID and password for NAS filers that require a different login ID and password than the default one you provided during the installation process. You must manually run a discovery job against those filers.
3. Assign licenses to: the agents that will monitor NAS filers and to the NAS filers themselves.
4. Assign an agent to each of the filesystems in your NAS filers.