From: Dylan Whyte Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2020 14:46:26 +0000 (+0100) Subject: datastore: description of new datastore view X-Git-Tag: v0.9.7~34 X-Git-Url: https://git.proxmox.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f608e74c8bea1a232f4ce3c0375b00c4e0a42973;p=proxmox-backup.git datastore: description of new datastore view - Add screenshots from new datastore view - Add description of comment field in create datastore window - Add description of each tab in the datastore panel - Update instructions to add datastore from GUI Signed-off-by: Dylan Whyte --- diff --git a/docs/gui.rst b/docs/gui.rst index 23aab68a..eef2ec29 100644 --- a/docs/gui.rst +++ b/docs/gui.rst @@ -116,16 +116,21 @@ The administration menu item also contains a disk management subsection: Datastore ^^^^^^^^^ -.. image:: images/screenshots/pbs-gui-datastore.png - :width: 250 +.. image:: images/screenshots/pbs-gui-datastore-summary.png :align: right :alt: Datastore Configuration -The Datastore section provides an interface for creating and managing -datastores. It contains a subsection for each datastore on the system, in -which you can use the top panel to view: +The Datastore section contains interfaces for creating and managing +datastores. It contains a button to create a new datastore on the server, as +well as a subsection for each datastore on the system, in which you can use the +top panel to view: +* **Summary**: Access a range of datastore usage statistics * **Content**: Information on the datastore's backup groups and their respective contents -* **Statistics**: Usage statistics for the datastore -* **Permissions**: View and manage permissions for the datastore +* **Prune & GC**: Schedule :ref:`pruning ` and :ref:`garbage + collection ` operations, and run garbage collection + manually +* **Sync Jobs**: Create, manage and run :ref:`syncjobs` from remote servers +* **Verify Jobs**: Create, manage and run :ref:`verification` jobs on the + datastore diff --git a/docs/images/screenshots/pbs-gui-datastore-content.png b/docs/images/screenshots/pbs-gui-datastore-content.png new file mode 100644 index 00000000..162f9772 Binary files /dev/null and b/docs/images/screenshots/pbs-gui-datastore-content.png differ diff --git a/docs/images/screenshots/pbs-gui-datastore-summary.png b/docs/images/screenshots/pbs-gui-datastore-summary.png new file mode 100644 index 00000000..ea41229f Binary files /dev/null and b/docs/images/screenshots/pbs-gui-datastore-summary.png differ diff --git a/docs/storage.rst b/docs/storage.rst index 8541237b..f191ff99 100644 --- a/docs/storage.rst +++ b/docs/storage.rst @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ is stored in the file ``/etc/proxmox-backup/datastore.cfg``. Datastore Configuration ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -.. image:: images/screenshots/pbs-gui-datastore.png +.. image:: images/screenshots/pbs-gui-datastore-content.png :align: right :alt: Datastore Overview @@ -127,8 +127,9 @@ Creating a Datastore :align: right :alt: Create a datastore -You can create a new datastore from the web GUI, by navigating to **Datastore** in -the menu tree and clicking **Create**. Here: +You can create a new datastore from the web interface, by clicking **Add +Datastore** in the side menu, under the **Datastore** section. In the setup +window: * *Name* refers to the name of the datastore * *Backing Path* is the path to the directory upon which you want to create the @@ -136,7 +137,9 @@ the menu tree and clicking **Create**. Here: * *GC Schedule* refers to the time and intervals at which garbage collection runs * *Prune Schedule* refers to the frequency at which pruning takes place -* *Prune Options* set the amount of backups which you would like to keep (see :ref:`backup-pruning`). +* *Prune Options* set the amount of backups which you would like to keep (see + :ref:`backup-pruning`). +* *Comment* can be used to add some contextual information to the datastore. Alternatively you can create a new datastore from the command line. The following command creates a new datastore called ``store1`` on :file:`/backup/disk1/store1`