How-to guides

• 1: Connect to Server
• 2: Use Snapshot
• 3: File-level Recovery
• 4: Use Disk Backup
• 5: Use Replication

1 - Connect to Server

When using a volume on the server, a connect or disconnect operation is required.
File Storage Details on the page, after adding a connected server, access the server and perform the connection tasks (Mount, network drive connection). After use, perform the disconnection tasks (Umount, disconnect network drive) and then remove the connected server.

Connect to server (Mount, network drive connection)

To use the volume added to the connected server, you must log into the server and perform the connection tasks (Mount, network drive connection). Follow the steps below.

Linux operating system (NFS)

1. Click the All Services > Storage > File Storage menu. Navigate to the Service Home page of File Storage.

2. On the Service Home page, click the File Storage menu. You will be taken to the File Storage List page.

3. On the File Storage List page, click the resource to be used on the connected server. You will be taken to the File Storage Details page.

4. Check the server in the Connection Server item and then connect.

5. Refer to the procedure below to mount the volume.

   • Switch to root privileges

     $ sudo -i
     

   • Package installation (Redhat family)

     # yum install nfs-utils
     

   • Package installation (Debian-based)

     # apt-get install nfs-common
     

   • Enable and start NFS-related daemon

     # systemctl enable rpcbind.service
     # systemctl start rpcbind.service
     

   • Volume Mount

     # mkdir /data
     
     # mount -t nfs -o vers=3,noresvport 10.10.10.10:/filestorage /data
     
     # vi /etc/fstab
     (추가) 10.10.10.10:/filestorage /data nfs defaults,vers=3,_netdev,noresvport 0 0
     

Windows operating system (CIFS)

1. Click the All Services > Storage > File Storage menu. Go to the Service Home page of File Storage.

2. On the Service Home page, click the File Storage menu. You will be taken to the File Storage list page.

3. On the File Storage List page, click the resource to be used on the connected server. You will be taken to the File Storage Details page.

4. In the Connection Server item, verify the server and then connect.

5. Refer to the steps below to connect the volume (network drive).

   • In File Explorer, right-click This PC and click Connect network drive.
   • Refer to the detailed information of the File Storage volume to be connected, enter the drive and folder, and then click Finish.
   • To set it to reconnect automatically when the server restarts, select Reconnect when logging in.

6. In the network credential input popup, enter the account name (ID) and password, then click Confirm.

   • Check the account name (ID) on the File Storage Details page.
   • The password is the password set during File Storage creation.
   • If you connect two or more volumes with the CIFS protocol enabled, add the storage IP and storage name to the hosts file before connecting.

   * Mount명
   \\10.10.10.10\filestorage1
   \\10.10.10.10\filestorage2
   
   * hosts 파일 내용 추가
   10.10.10.10 filestoragename1 #설명
   10.10.10.10 filestoragename2 #설명
   
   * hosts 파일에 작성된 이름 사용
   filestorage1 연결 시: \\ filestoragename1\filestorage1
   filestorage2 연결 시: \\ filestoragename2\filestorage2
   

Disconnect server (Umount, disconnect network drive)

After connecting to the server and performing the disconnect tasks (Umount, disconnecting the network drive), you must detach the server in the Console. Follow the steps below.

Linux operating system (NFS)

1. Click the All Services > Storage > File Storage menu. Navigate to the Service Home page of File Storage.

2. On the Service Home page, click the File Storage menu. You will be taken to the File Storage List page.

3. On the File Storage List page, click the resource to detach the connected server. Go to the File Storage Details page.

4. In the Connection Server field, verify the server information and then connect to the server.

5. Refer to the commands listed in the table below to carry out the unmount (Umount) operation.

   • Volume Umount

     # umount /data
     
     # vi /etc/fstab
     (삭제) 10.10.10.10:/filestorage /data nfs defaults,vers=3,_netdev,noresvport 0 0
     

Windows operating system (CIFS)

1. Click the All Services > Storage > File Storage menu. Navigate to the Service Home page of File Storage.
2. On the Service Home page, click the File Storage menu. You will be taken to the File Storage list page.
3. On the File Storage List page, click the resource to disconnect the server. Navigate to the File Storage Details page.
4. In the Connection Server field, verify the server information and then connect to the server.
5. Refer to the steps below to disconnect the volume (disconnect the network drive).

   • In File Explorer, right-click the network drive that is already connected.

   • Please select Disconnect network drive

2 - Use Snapshot

You can create, delete, or restore snapshots of a created File Storage. You can perform these actions on the File Storage Details page and the Snapshot List page.

Create Snapshot

You can create a snapshot of the current point in time immediately. To create a snapshot, follow the steps below.

1. Click the All Services > Storage > File Storage menu. Navigate to the Service Home page of File Storage.
2. On the Service Home page, click the File Storage menu. You will be taken to the File Storage List page.
3. File Storage List page, click the resource to create a snapshot. You will be taken to the File Storage Details page.
4. Click the Snapshot Creation button. A popup indicating snapshot creation will open.
5. Click the Confirm button. Creating a snapshot.
6. Click the Snapshot List button. You will be taken to the File Storage Snapshot List page.
7. Check the generated snapshot.

Recover Snapshot

You can restore a File Storage volume to the latest snapshot in the Available state. To restore a snapshot, follow the steps below.

1. Click the All Services > Storage > File Storage menu. Navigate to the Service Home page of File Storage.
2. On the Service Home page, click the File Storage menu. You will be taken to the File Storage List page.
3. On the File Storage List page, click the resource to restore from a snapshot. You will be taken to the File Storage Details page.
4. Click the Snapshot List button. You will be taken to the File Storage Snapshot List page.
5. Check the latest snapshot in the Available state. The volume will be restored using that snapshot.
6. Click the snapshot recovery button. A popup indicating snapshot recovery will open.
7. After checking the snapshot name and creation timestamp, click the Confirm button.
   • When recovery starts, it becomes Reverting, and when completed, it becomes Available.

Create a snapshot recovery volume

You can create a volume using a snapshot. To create a snapshot recovery volume, follow these steps.

1. Click the All Services > Storage > File Storage menu. Navigate to the Service Home page of File Storage.
2. On the Service Home page, click the File Storage menu. You will be taken to the File Storage List page.
3. On the File Storage List page, click the resource to restore from a snapshot. You will be taken to the File Storage Details page.
4. Click the Snapshot List button. You will be taken to the File Storage Snapshot List page.
5. After checking the Snapshot Name and Creation Time, click the More button of the snapshot you want to restore.
6. Click Create Recovery Volume. A popup window indicating the creation of a snapshot recovery volume opens.
7. Click the Confirm button. Go to the File Storage creation page.
8. On the File Storage creation page, enter the information required to create the service, and select detailed options.
   • Please enter the volume name and password.
   • The disk type and protocol are set to match the original and cannot be modified.

     Category	Required or not	Detailed description
     Volume name	Required	Volume name must start with a lowercase English letter and be 3 to 21 characters using lowercase letters, numbers, and special characters (_) is generated as ‘user input value + {6-character UUID composed of lowercase English letters and numbers}’ cannot be modified after the service is created
     Disk type	Required	Select disk type HDD: Standard volume SSD: High‑performance standard volume Cannot be modified after service creation When creating a service via snapshot recovery volume, it is set identical to the original and cannot be modified
     Protocol	Required	Protocols for sharing volumes over the network from a server NFS: primarily used on Linux operating systems CIFS: primarily used on Windows operating systems When creating a service, the snapshot recovery volume is set identical to the original and cannot be modified
     Protocol > Password	Required	Set the account password for volume access when using the CIFS protocol Enter 6~20 characters, including English letters, numbers, and special characters($ % { } [ ] " \ excluded)
     Protocol > Password Confirmation	Required	Confirm account password Re-enter the same password
     Recovery snapshot name	Select	Name of the recovery snapshot used when creating the volume Provide the recovery snapshot name when creating a service via snapshot recovery volume creation

     Table. File Storage Service Information Input Items
9. Check the detailed information and estimated billing amount generated in the Summary panel, and click the Create button.
   • When creation is complete, check the created resource on the File Storage List page.

Delete snapshot

You can select a snapshot to delete. To delete a snapshot, follow these steps.

1. Click the All Services > Storage > File Storage menu. Navigate to the Service Home page of File Storage.
2. On the Service Home page, click the File Storage menu. You will be taken to the File Storage list page.
3. On the File Storage List page, click the resource to delete the snapshot. Go to the File Storage Details page.
4. Click the Snapshot List button. You will be taken to the File Storage Snapshot List page.
5. After checking the snapshot name and creation timestamp, click the More button of the snapshot you want to delete.
6. Click the Delete button. The snapshot will be removed from the Snapshot List page.

3 - File-level Recovery

You can restore data file by file using the generated snapshot. You can perform the operation on the File Storage Details page.

Using file-level recovery

You can enable the file-level recovery feature for use. After enabling the feature, connect to the server to select and recover data. To perform file-level recovery, follow these steps.

1. Click the All Services > Storage > File Storage menu. Navigate to the Service Home page of File Storage.

2. On the Service Home page, click the File Storage menu. You will be taken to the File Storage list page.

3. On the File Storage List page, click the resource to restore the file. You will be taken to the File Storage Details page.

4. Click the More button at the top right, then click the File-level Recovery button. The Enable File-level Recovery popup window opens.

5. Click the Confirm button. Activates the file-level recovery feature.

   • When File-level recovery is enabled, the File-level recovery button is displayed as Disable file-level recovery.

6. In the Connection Server field, verify the server information and then connect to the server.

7. Refer to the procedure below to recover the data.

   • Connect to the server and verify the mount name of the File Storage.

   • Move to the snapshot location under the mount name.

   # cd /Mount명/.snapshot/snapshot명
   

   • Check the files to be restored at the snapshot location and restore them to the required path.

Disable file-level recovery

You can disable the file-level recovery feature after using it. To disable file-level recovery, follow these steps.

1. Click the All Services > Storage > File Storage menu. Navigate to the Service Home page of File Storage.
2. On the Service Home page, click the File Storage menu. You will be taken to the File Storage list page.
3. On the File Storage List page, click the resource to disable file-level recovery. You will be taken to the File Storage Details page.
4. Click the More button at the top right, then click the Disable File-Level Recovery button. The Disable File-Level Recovery popup will open.
5. Click the Confirm button. Disable the file-level recovery function.

4 - Use Disk Backup

After creating a backup of File Storage on a backup-dedicated HDD Storage, you can periodically store snapshots. You can perform the tasks on the File Storage Details page and the Disk Backup page.

Create Disk Backup

You can create a backup volume on a backup-dedicated HDD storage at the original location or elsewhere.

To create a backup volume, follow these steps.

1. Click the All Services > Storage > File Storage menu. Navigate to the Service Home page of File Storage.
2. On the Service Home page, click the File Storage menu. Go to the File Storage list page.
3. On the File Storage List page, click the resource to create a backup. Go to the File Storage Details page.
4. Click the Create Disk Backup button. The Create Disk Backup popup window opens.
5. After entering the backup information, click the Create button. It creates a backup of the HDD disk type.
   • Backup Location: Select the location where the backup will be created.
   • Backup Frequency: Choose from 1 hour, daily, weekly, or monthly. Replication will be performed at the selected interval.
     • Daily: every day 23:59:00
     • Weekly: Every Sunday 23:59:00
     • Monthly: 1st day of each month 23:59:00
6. Click the Disk Backup page. Navigate to the Disk Backup page.
7. disk backup information, please check.
   • When selecting the volume name of the original or backup, you are taken to the File Storage Details page of that volume.

Modify Disk Backup Policy

You can change the backup status by modifying the backup policy. To modify the backup policy, follow the steps below.

1. Click the All Services > Storage > File Storage menu. Navigate to the Service Home page of File Storage.
2. On the Service Home page, click the File Storage menu. Go to the File Storage list page.
3. On the File Storage List page, click the resource to edit the backup policy. You will be taken to the File Storage Details page.
4. Click the Disk Backup tab.
5. Click the Edit button of the Backup Policy. The Disk Backup Policy Edit popup window opens.
   • Enabled: Performs backup. If Paused, you can change it to Enabled.
   • Pause: Temporarily stops the backup. If Enabled, you can modify to Pause.
   • Delete: Deletes the backup. If it is Paused, it can be changed to Delete, and after deletion the backup cannot be used again.
6. Check the updated backup policy on the Disk Backup page of File Storage.

Modify Disk Backup Schedule

You can change the synchronization interval between the original and the backup by modifying the backup schedule. To modify the backup schedule, follow these steps.

1. Click the All Services > Storage > File Storage menu. Navigate to the Service Home page of File Storage.
2. On the Service Home page, click the File Storage menu. Navigate to the File Storage list page.
3. File Storage List page, click the resource whose backup schedule you want to edit. You will be taken to the File Storage Details page.
4. Click the Disk Backup page.
5. Click the Edit button of Backup schedule. Backup schedule edit popup window opens.
6. Select Backup frequency from 1 hour, daily, weekly, or monthly. Snapshots will be created at the selected interval. * Daily: 23:59:00 * Weekly: Every Sunday 23:59:00 * Monthly: 1st day of each month 23:59:00
7. Check the updated backup schedule on the Disk Backup page of File Storage.

Modify the number of retained disk backups

You can set the number of snapshots retained in the backup. To modify the backup retention count, follow these steps.

1. Click the All Services > Storage > File Storage menu. Navigate to the Service Home page of File Storage.
2. On the Service Home page, click the File Storage menu. You will be taken to the File Storage List page.
3. On the File Storage List page, click the resource to modify the backup schedule. You will be taken to the File Storage Details page.
4. Click the Disk Backup page.
5. Click the Edit button of Backup retention count. The Edit disk backup retention count popup opens.
6. Backup retention count Please enter. * The retention count can be set from 1 to 128.
7. Check the modified backup schedule on the Disk Backup tab of the File Storage Details page.

5 - Use Replication

You can create a replica of the File Storage at another location and synchronize it periodically. You can perform the tasks on the File Storage Details page and the Replication page.

Create Clone

You can create a replica volume at a different location. To create a replica volume, follow the steps below.

1. Click the All Services > Storage > File Storage menu. Navigate to the Service Home page of File Storage.
2. On the Service Home page, click the File Storage menu. Go to the File Storage List page.
3. On the File Storage List page, click the resource for which you want to create a replica. You will be taken to the File Storage Details page.
4. Click the Create Clone button. The Create Clone popup window opens.
5. Enter the replication location, replication volume name, password, and replication interval, then click the Create button. It creates a replica with the same disk type.
   • Replication location: Choose a location different from the original File Storage volume.
   • Replication Volume Name: Begin with a lowercase English letter and use lowercase letters, numbers, and special characters (_) to enter 3–21 characters.
   • Password: This is the account password for accessing a CIFS volume. Enter 6 to 20 characters, including letters, numbers, and special characters ($%{}[]"\ excluded).
   • Replication interval: Select from 5 minutes, 1 hour, daily, weekly, monthly. Replication will be performed using the interval below.
     • Daily: every day 23:59:00
     • Weekly: Every Sunday 23:59:00
     • Monthly: 1st day of each month 23:59:00
6. Click the Clone page. You will be taken to the Clone page.
7. Check the replication information.
   • When selecting the volume name of the original or replica, you are taken to the volume’s File Storage Details page.

Edit replication policy

You can change the replication status by modifying the replication policy. To modify the replication policy, follow these steps.

1. Click the All Services > Storage > File Storage menu. Navigate to the Service Home page of File Storage.
2. On the Service Home page, click the File Storage menu. Navigate to the File Storage list page.
3. On the File Storage List page, click the resource to edit the replication policy. You will be taken to the File Storage Details page.
4. Click the Replication page. Navigate to the File Storage Replication page.
5. Click the Edit button of the Replication Policy. The Edit Replication Policy popup window opens.
   • Use: performs replication. If it is Paused, you can change it to Use.
   • Pause: Temporarily pauses replication. If enabled, you can modify it to Pause.
   • Delete: Delete the replica. If it is Paused, you can modify it to Delete, and after deletion you cannot use replication again.
6. Check the updated Replication Policy on the File Storage Replication page.

Edit replication cycle

You can change the synchronization interval between the original and the replica by modifying the replication interval. To modify the replication interval, follow these steps.

1. Click the All Services > Storage > File Storage menu. Navigate to the Service Home page of File Storage.
2. On the Service Home page, click the File Storage menu. Navigate to the File Storage list page.
3. On the File Storage List page, click the resource to edit the replication schedule. You will be taken to the File Storage Details page.
4. Click the Replication page. Go to the File Storage Replication page.
5. Click the Edit button of Replication Cycle. The Edit Replication Cycle popup opens.
   • Replication interval: Select from 5 minutes, 1 hour, daily, weekly, or monthly. Replication will be performed at the selected interval.
     • Daily: every day 23:59:00
     • Weekly: Every Sunday 23:59:00
     • Monthly: 1st day of each month 23:59:00
6. On the File Storage Replication page, check the modified replication schedule.