Establish a filestore

A filestore is an off-appliance (remote) storage location for storing appliance-related files, including backup, log, and configuration files.

Establishing a filestore is essential because any file that you want to save or load, must be done with a filestore. Only system backup and log files are kept on the appliance.

A filestore definition includes:
  • A unique name, known as the filestore alias.
  • The IP address of the filestore host and the port on which to connect.
  • The directory location (path) on the host.
  • The protocol to use to connect and move files to and from the filestore. Supported protocols include ftp, tftp, and samba.
  • Optionally, the name of a user (account) with permissions on the filestore.

To define a filestore:
set filestore --alias <name> --type <ftp|tftp|samba>
--host <ip_address> --path <share_directory>
[--user <user_name>] [--port <port>]
Example:
set filestore --alias fstore --type samba
--host 10.123.48.70 --path myfiles/myfolder --user jdoe