vStor 4.12 Documentation
  • Welcome to vStor!
  • Introduction
  • Installation
    • Deploying Catalogic vStor on Physical Appliances
    • Deploying Catalogic vStor Virtual Appliance for VMware
    • Deploying Catalogic vStor Virtual Appliance for Microsoft Hyper-V
    • Required Ports for Catalogic vStor
    • Updating Catalogic vStor
  • Quick Start
    • Catalogic vStor for VMware
    • Catalogic vStor for Hyper-V
  • Basic Configuration
    • Initializing vStor
    • Adding Catalogic vStor Node to Catalogic DPX
      • Using vStor API Keys with Catalogic DPX
    • Configuring vStor System Settings
      • Basic System Configuration
      • Security and Network
      • Data Management and Optimization
      • System Monitoring and Maintenance
    • Configuring Network Settings of Catalogic vStor
    • Backing up Configuration Settings of Catalogic vStor
    • Restoring Configuration Settings of Catalogic vStor
  • Storage Management
    • Adding Disks
    • Managing Storage Pools
    • Managing Volumes
      • Migrating Volumes
      • Creating Volume Snapshots
      • Using vStor Autosnapshot
    • ZFS Compression and Deduplication
    • Managing Shares
    • Managing Hosts for LUN Volumes
    • Using vStor Snapshot Explorer
  • Data Protection
    • Catalogic vStor Backup and Recovery
    • vStor Partnerships
      • Creating Replication Groups
      • Establishing Cross-Version Partnerships
    • Enabling Volume Encryption
    • Immutability in vStor
    • Using GuardMode Scan
    • Using Remote Keystore
  • Advanced Configuration
    • Using Multipath Storage
    • Managing Certificates
    • Adding Encryption URLs
    • Managing MinIO Buckets
    • Assigning an E-mail to a vStor Account
    • Managing vStor User Accounts
    • Using Multifactor Authentication (MFA)
  • vStor Command Line Interface
    • Catalogic vStor Server CLI Overview
  • Best Practices
    • Hardware Configurations: Best Practices
    • Data Backup: Best Practices
    • Data Archiving: Best Practices
    • Backup Storage: Best Practices
    • Frequently Asked Questions: Best Practices
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  • General
  • Async snapshot creation timeout
  • Configuration retention time
  • Dashboard refresh time
  • Mount file systems limit
  • Mounted file system volume retention timeout
  • NFS server threads
  • Schedule timezone
  • Snapshot creation timeout
  • Volume creation timeout
  • Host
  • Hostname
  • Domain Name
  • Time
  • NTP Servers
  • NTP Time
  • NTP Timezone
  • Changing NTP server using vStor CLI
  1. Basic Configuration
  2. Configuring vStor System Settings

Basic System Configuration

PreviousConfiguring vStor System SettingsNextSecurity and Network

Last updated 15 days ago

This chapter covers the fundamental settings that define your vStor system’s identity and basic operational parameters. These settings are crucial for the overall functioning of your vStor environment.

General

Async snapshot creation timeout

Sets the maximum time (in seconds) vStor will wait for an asynchronous snapshot creation operation to complete before marking it as failed.

Configuration retention time

Specifies how long (in days) vStor will retain configuration backups.

Dashboard refresh time

Sets the interval (in seconds) for automatically updating the vStor dashboard.

Mount file systems limit

Sets the maximum number of file systems simultaneously mountable during agentless file restores.

Mounted file system volume retention timeout

Controls the default time (in minutes) a mounted volume from an agentless file restore will remain accessible.

NFS server threads

Controls the number of threads dedicated to the NFS server for improved performance.

Schedule timezone

Sets the timezone used for replication and AutoSnapshot schedules.

Snapshot creation timeout

Sets the maximum time (in seconds) vStor will wait for a snapshot creation operation to complete before marking it as failed.

Volume creation timeout

Sets the maximum time (in seconds) vStor will wait for a volume creation operation to complete before marking it as failed.

To edit the general settings, click the Edit button in the General pane.

Click Save to confirm changes. The Reset button will restore default settings.

Host

This section allows you to configure the hostname and domain name of your vStor system.

Hostname

The primary name assigned to your vStor system. This name should be unique within your network and adhere to hostname naming conventions.

Domain Name

The domain name that your vStor system belongs to.

To edit the host settings, click the Edit button in the Host pane.

Time

By default, vStor uses your machine’s locale to determine the current time.

NTP Servers

Provide the address of your preferred NTP server.

NTP Time

Allows you to manually set the system time. Enter the desired time in ISO 8601 format, which includes the date, time, and timezone offset.

Format: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.SSSSSS+HH:MM

Example: 2024-09-18T05:16:33.135311-04:00

This represents:

  • Date: 2024-09-18 (September 18, 2024)

  • Time: 05:16:33.135311 (5:16 AM, 33 seconds, and microseconds)

  • Timezone offset: -04:00 (4 hours behind UTC)

NTP Timezone

Choose a new timezone from the dropdown list.

To edit the time settings, click the Edit button in the Time pane.

Changing NTP server using vStor CLI

Use the following command to configure NTP settings:

vstor system pref set --name NTPServers --value <server_address>