Getting Started with Amazon EFS (Amazon Elastic File System)

To get started, review the following pages:

• https://docs.aws.amazon.com/efs/latest/ug/mounting-fs.html

• https://docs.aws.amazon.com/efs/latest/ug/limits.html

Step 1: Before You Begin

• This page assumes you have already installed CommServe software. If not, refer to the CommCell Quick Start Guide.

• Refer to the System Requirements page for Linux File System Agent.

Step 2: Install the Linux File System Agent

Install the Linux File System Agent on EC2 instance or on an on-premise Linux computer where the Amazon EFS share can be mounted and accessed.

Step 3 (Optional): Mount the Amazon EFS Share

Mount the Amazon EFS share on the linux computer.

Step 4: Prepare for Your First Backup and Restore

1. Open the CommCell Console.

2. Configure a Storage Device.

   You must install the MediaAgent to configure a storage device.

   • To configure a disk library, see Disk Libraries - Getting Started.

   • To configure a tape library, see Tape Libraries - Getting Started.

3. Create a network share client and then create a subclient under the Linux File System Agent of the network share client. Use the following steps to create a network share client:

   1. On the CommCell Browser, right-click Client Computers, and then click New Client.

      The Add New Client dialog box appears.

   2. Under File System, click NAS/Network Share.

   3. Select the Network Share check box, and then select the NFS check box.

   4. In the Client Name box, enter the non-NDMP network share client name.

   5. In the Host Name box, enter the fully qualified non-NDMP network share client name/IP.

   6. Click OK.

      A pseudo network share client is created on the CommCell Console.

   7. Create a subclient using the Linux File System Agent created under the network share client. The subclient content can either be a mounted path or auto-mount format. For mounted path content, enter the same path where you mounted the Amazon EFS share on the linux computer.

      Note

      To add an access node for the network share subclient, select a linux computer or an EC2 instance where you can access the Amazon EFS share. For subclient configuration, see Linux File System Agent - Configuration.

4. You can also create a subclient for the local client computer and make sure that the subclient content is a mounted path. Enter the same path where you mounted the Amazon EFS share on the linux computer. For subclient configuration, see Linux File System Agent - Configuration.

Step 5: Run Your First Backup and Restore

• Perform a backup operation

• Perform a restore operation