Nutanix Files Advanced Options

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Nutanix Files Advanced Options


The options are divided into two groups:

Nutanix Files Options for this Job

Advanced Settings

Nutanix Files Storage Information-Advanced Options

Nutanix Files Options for this Job

The following configuration options are available for Nutanix Files devices:

Option

Description

Filter open/close events from these users

Enter a comma-separated list of user names to exclude from access event detection.  For example, if "USER1" is excluded, any access event activity generated by USER1 will be ignored, e.g., file is opened and closed.

Filter all events from these users

Enter a comma-separated list of user names to exclude from all event detection.  For example, if "USER1" is excluded, any activity generated by USER1 will be ignored, e.g., file is open and modified.

Filter events from these IP Addresses

Enter a comma-separated list of IP addresses to exclude from all event detection.  For example, if "192.168.0.100" is excluded, any activity generated by 192.168.0.100 will be ignored, e.g., file is open and modified.

Access Event Suppression Time

Enter a value that represents the number of seconds that an open event will be delayed before being processed.  Used to help reduce the amount of chatter generated by Windows clients when mousing over files in Windows Explorer.  The default value is -1, which will be adjusted based on the selected NAS platform.  A value of 0 will allow for dynamic changes to the amount of time that an open event will be delayed based on the load of the system.

Advanced Settings

The following advanced settings are available for Nutanix Files devices:

Option

Description

Peer Agent IP

Enter the IP address of the server hosting the Agent that manages the Nutanix Files cluster.  The Files cluster must be able to route traffic to the specified IP address.  If the desired IP address does not appear, manually enter the address.  The IP address should not point to the Files cluster itself.

Username

Enter the user name for the account managing the Nutanix Files cluster via its management APIs.

Password

Enter the password for the account managing the Nutanix Files cluster via its management APIs.