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Importing a lun from an image file – QNAP TVS-472XT 4-Bay NAS Enclosure User Manual

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Option

Description

Required Information

Linux Share (NFS)

NFS share on an external server

• IP address or host name

• NFS folder or path

Windows Share (CIFS/SMB)

CIFS/SMB share on an external server

• IP address or host name

• Username

• Password

• CIFS/SMB folder or path

Local Host

Local NAS shared folder or connected

external storage device

• NAS shared folder or external

device

• Sub-folder

8. Click Next.

9. Optional: Specify a LUN image name.

• The name must consist of 1 to 64 characters from any of the following groups:

• Letters: A to Z, a to z

• Numbers: 0 to 9

• Special characters: Underscore (_), hyphen (-), space ( )

• The name cannot begin or end with a space.

10. Optional: Select Use Compression to compress the image file.

When enabled, the image file will be smaller but exporting will take longer and will use more processor

resources.

11. Select when the job will run.

Option

Description

Now

Run the job immediately after the job has been

created. After this first run, the job will only run

when manually started.

• Hourly

• Daily

• Weekly

• Monthly

Run the job periodically according to the specified

schedule.

12. Click Next.

13. Click Apply.

QTS creates the job. The job then starts running if Now was selected as the scheduling option.

Importing a LUN from an Image File

1. Go to iSCSI & Fibre Channel > LUN Import/Export .

QTS 4.4.x User Guide

iSCSI & Fibre Channel

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