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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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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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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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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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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