Using the gateway local console, a static hostname can be set manually or can be acquired dynamically using DHCP or rDNS. In this article, I will show the steps to configure a static hostname for the file gateway from the gateway local console, creating an A record in the DNS to resolve to this static …
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You can mount both NFS and SMB file shares on macOS client. In this post, let’s look into the steps to mount NFS and SMB shares from file gateway on macOS client. Mounting NFS file share through GUI : Open Finder from the macOS client Dock, select Go and select Connect to Server. Then, enter …
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When you create a NFS or SMB file share using AWS file gateway, sometimes the file share may go into Unavailable status. To use the file share, you would need the file share in Available status. In this post, I will describe some scenarios and troubleshooting steps to resolve when file share is in Unavailable …
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You can use SMB file shares with Amazon S3 using AWS File Gateway. You can use Guest authentication or Active Directory authentication. Using Active Directory authentication, you can control access to files/directories on the SMB shares using Windows Access Control List (ACL). In this post, let’s look into using Windows ACLs to manage the permissions. …
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You can use S3 bucket from a different AWS account than the AWS account where your file gateway is deployed. For example, your file gateway and file share can be in Account A and you can use S3 bucket and KMS key in AWS Account B. In this post, let’s look into the steps to …
In my other post, I discussed the differences between AWS file gateway and volume gateway. In this post, I will discuss the differences between the two gateway modes that volume gateway offers; cached and stored. Both modes provides iSCSI interface access to Amazon S3 storage using AWS Storage Gateway. However, the following are some differences …
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AWS Storage Gateway is a hybrid cloud storage that enables low latency access to on-premises clients and applications using industry standard storage protocols like NFS, SMB and iSCSI. AWS Storage Gateway offers three types of Gateways – File Gateway, Volume Gateway and Tape Gateway. In this post, I will provide the differences between File Gateway …
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When you are activating storage gateway, you may run into errors as such site cannot be reached and others. In this post, I will discuss the common errors and troubleshooting them. Network Issues: During the new gateway activation, one of the errors you see after providing the IP address in the activation wizard is site …
In my previous posts, I shown the process of setting up the Storage Gateway on VMware and EC2. In this walkthrough, I will show steps to deploy Storage Gateway VM on Microsoft Hyper-V. First, you would need to download the Hyper-V image from the AWS Storage Gateway management console, under Platform options as shown in …
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You can activate a AWS storage gateway to three endpoint types 1) Public 2) VPC 3) FIPS In this post, we will go through the below steps and activate to VPC endpoint using AWS CLI. Interface VPC endpoint provides PrivateLink and enables private access to Storage Gateway and S3 services. In this post, we will …