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  2. NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide
  3. Configuring and managing universal shares
  4. Managing universal shares
  5. View or edit a universal share
NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide

View or edit a universal share

You can view the details of a universal share or edit certain attributes of the universal share.

View details of a universal share

To view the details of a universal share

  1. On the left, select Storage > Disk storage. Then select the Universal shares tab.
  2. Locate the universal share and click on its name.

    Use the Filters to display specific universal shares. For example, universal shares with the SMB protocol or universal shares whose state is Exported.

    The ID is the UUID of the universal share.

    The Export path is the path is used in a universal share backup policy.

    The Mount path is the path that is used to connect from the client.

Edit a universal share

You can edit the quota for the share and the hosts that can mount the share.

To edit a universal share

  1. On the left, select Storage > Disk storage. Then select the Universal shares tab.
  2. Locate the universal share and click on its name.
  3. You can edit the following details for the universal share.

    Quota

    Select Edit to change the quota for the share.

    Exported storage servers

    Select Edit to change the NFS or the SMB export servers of the universal share.

    Hosts

    Select Edit to add or delete the hosts that can mount the share.

    Kerberos

    Select Edit to change the Kerberos security method if the selected protocol is NFS and the Kerberos service is supported on the selected storage server.

    See Kerberos-based authentication.

    Note:

    When the Kerberos security method is updated, it affects the ability to connect NFS server from the clients that are configured in the current universal share. Use the Kerberos security method you have updated as a mount command parameter to mount the NFS server again.

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