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Creating and Configuring an Edge Drive Client

To enable Edge Drive for end users, create and configure an Edge Drive client in the CommCell Console. An Edge Drive client is the CommCell entity used to manage Edge Drive data for a set of CommCell or external user groups.

About This Task

Each Edge Drive client must be associated to a set of CommCell or external user groups, as well as a storage policy. The settings of the storage policy that you associate to an Edge Drive client will determine the storage library used for Edge Drive data and the retention settings of Edge Drive data.

If you require Edge Drive clients with different storage policies or user groups, you can create and configure additional Edge Drive clients.

During Edge Drive client creation, you can assign the following permissions to the associated user group:

  • Browse - to view the files in Edge Drive

  • Upload - to add files to Edge Drive

  • Download - to download or restore files from Edge Drive to your local disk. (optional)

  • Sharing - to share Edge Drive files with other users.

To access Edge Drive from laptops, the user group must have a minimum of Browse and Upload permissions.

After you create an Edge Drive client, a subclient policy for the Edge Drive client is automatically created. You can use the options in the Edge Drive subclient policy to control what types of files can be added to the Edge Drive. See Controlling File Types Allowed in Edge Drive.

Before You Begin

Procedure

  1. From the CommCell Browser, right-click Client Computers, point to New Client > File System, and then click Edge Drive.

  2. In the New Edge Drive Client dialog box, type an Edge Drive client name.

  3. On the Associate Users and Groups tab, add the user or user groups who you want to associate to the new Edge Drive client as follows:

    Goal

    Procedure

    Associate CommCell user

    1. Click Users.

      The Add New Users dialog box is displayed.

    2. Under Select Users, select the user name that you want to associate with the Edge Drive client, and then click Add.

      To search for a specific CommCell user, in the Find box, type the user name.

    3. Assign the appropriate Permissions for the selected user, and then click OK.

    Associate CommCell user groups

    1. Click Internal Groups.

    2. Under Select User Groups, select one or more CommCell user groups that you want to associate with the Edge Drive client, and then click Add.

      To search for a specific CommCell user group, in the Find box, type the user group name.

    3. Assign the appropriate Permissions for the selected user groups, and then click OK.

    Associate external user groups

    1. Click External Groups.

    2. Under Select User Groups, in the Domain box, select the external domain name.

    3. In the user group list, select one or more external user groups, and then click Add.

      To search for a specific external user group, in the Find box, type the user group name.

    4. Assign the appropriate Permissions for the selected user groups, and then click OK.

  4. On the Storage Device tab, from the Storage Policy list, and select a storage policy.

    To maximize storage efficiency, use an existing storage policy configured with client-side deduplication and two disk copies.

    For example, if you have a storage policy defined for your laptop clients, use the same laptop clients storage policy with your Edge Drive clients. See Storage Policy - Getting Started.

  5. Click the Index Server list and then select the Index Server configured for Edge Drive.

  6. Click OK. You can view the client creation progress on the status bar of the CommCell Console.

The users associated to the Edge Drive client will be able to view their Edge Drives from the My Data page in the Web Console. Laptop client users will also be able to view Edge Drive using the CommVault Edge Monitor on their laptop clients. See Accessing Edge Drive.

Result

The Edge Drive client is created. The job priority for the Edge Drive client is automatically set to 3.

What to Do Next

After you have created and configured at least one Edge Drive client, you can tell users how they can start using Edge Drive. See Edge Drive for End Users.

Make sure the users are added as client owners for their laptops. See Owner Security.

Uninstall Edge Drive

If you need to uninstall Edge Drive, deconfigure the Edge Drive client. See Releasing a License (Deconfiguring).

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