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Chapter 3 Installing Lab Manager
To add an NFS media server
1Intheleftpane,clickStorage.
2IntheMediatab,clicktheAddMediaStoragebutton.
aEnteranameforthenewserver.
Thenamecanonlycontainalphanumericcharacters(a–z,A–Z,0–9),hyphens,
underscores,orperiods.Themaximumlengthis128characters.
b (Optional)Ifyoudonotwantthestorageserver
immediatelyavailableforuse,
deselecttheEnabledcheckbox.
cEnteravalueforDiskSpaceThresholdYellow.
Whenavailablediskspacefallsbelowthislevel,Lab Managersendsanemail
warningmessagetotherecipientsspecifiedinLab Manager’sEmailAlert
settings.
dEnteravalueforDiskSpaceThresholdRed.
Whenavailabledisk
spacefallsbelowthislevel,Lab Managersendsanemail
alert(moreseverethantheDiskSpaceThresholdYellowmessage)tothe
recipientsspecifiedinLab Manager’sEmailAlertsettings.
e SelectNFSStorage,andentertheNFSexportpath(forexample,<host name
or IP address:>/export).
fClickOK.
To synchronize the Lab Manager Server system with NFS media storage
1Intheleftpane,clickMedia.
2ClickSynchronize
tomakeLab ManagerrecognizethecontentsoftheNFSserver.
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OTELab ManagerdoesnotprovideawaytopopulatethecontentsoftheNFSserver
contentsas itdoesforSMBshares.UseyourownmethodofpopulatingtheNFSserver.
Ifyouaddnewitems,usetheSynchronizebuttontoensureLab Managerrecognizes
theadditionalitems.