When you first create the file share, the default UID/GID for the pre-existing objects in S3 bucket would be 65534:65534 which is nfsnobody:nfsnobody. You may want to change the ownership and assign specific UID/GID for these existing files through file gateway NFS file share. When doing chown to change default UID/GID, you can get operation …
Before mapping the NFS share, you would need to add NFS client for Windows feature. You can install Client for NFS on Windows either through Server Manager or PowerShell command. Using Server Manager:1) Go to Server Manager and select Add roles and features 2) Select Next in below Before You Begin: 3 . Select Next …
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After you deploy the VM or the EC2 instance for the storage gateway, you would need to complete the Storage Gateway activation. During the activation process, gateway fetches an activation key and associates that with your AWS account. Previously you would provide the IP address, connect to the gateway and activate the gateway through the …
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While creating a storage gateway cached iSCSI volume, you would want setup CHAP authentication on the volumes. To configure CHAP authentication, you would need to provide Initiator Name, Initiator Secret and Target Secret. You can get the Initiator name from the client Windows ISCSI initiator configuration as shown below. Next, provide any Initiator secret and …
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I have shown in my other post how to create a File Gateway and map a file share using SMB protocol. If you are looking for block level access and want to take backup of your data to EBS snapshots, you can use volume gateway. Volume gateway offers two types: stored and cached volume gateway. …
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In my previous post, we went through the process of creating and activating a file gateway. Then, created a SMB share enabling guest authentication. Mapped that SMB share and uploaded files to mapped drive which are transferred to S3 bucket. But, what if I upload files directly to S3 bucket, will they be available on …
If you are looking to transfer your data from on-premise NAS shares to S3, and want to use native NFS/SMB protocols for the data transfer to S3, you can use AWS File Gateway. You can also mount the NFS/SMB shares as path/drives on your backup applications (like Veeam etc) to take backup of on-premise data …
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