After you create a file share outside of the user interface, you can add it on the File Share page.

There are two types of file shares, as described in the following table. You can only have one of each type of file share in your environment at any given time.

Prerequisites

To add a file share on the File Share page, you must first create it outside of the user interface. See Create a File Share.

Note: When you add a file share, the contents of the file share (agent files or VMs) are imported into the system. If you put new content into the file share later, you can import that content using the Import function.

Procedure

  1. Select Settings > File Share.
  2. Click New.
  3. Provide the required information in the New File Share dialog box.
    Option Description
    Name Name of the file share.
    Domain Domain of the file share. Select from the drop-down list.
    Username Admin user name for the file share.
    Password Admin password for the file share.
    Note: The password cannot contain either a double quotation mark (") or a comma (,).
    Type Type of file share. Select Agents or VMs, depending on what the file share contains.
    • Agents file shares are used only to import agent software updates.
    • VMs file shares are used to import VMs and to store downloaded VM logs.
    Note:
    • If you want to use the agent update feature and have multiple tenants, you must create an Agents file share on each of the tenants.
    • If you want to import VMs or store logs and have multiple tenants, you must create a VMs file share on each of the tenants.
    • You can only have one of each type of file share (that is, one Agents file share and one VMs file share) on a tenant at any given time.
    Source Path Network path to file share.
    Destination Pod [VMs Type only] This text box only displays if you have multiple pods on the tenant. Select the pod from the drop-down menu.
  4. Click Save.