Configure Miscellaneous

In the Configure Miscellaneous page you can perform the following procedures.

Saving core files:

This procedure sets up the filer to save two core files in the /etc/crash directory when the filer crashes. The files are created only during the first boot after a system boot.

Enable (Yes) is the default setting.

To enable or disable saving the core files, complete the following steps:

  1. In the Save Core Files field, select from the drop-down list either Yes to enable or No to disable core file saves.

  2. Click Apply.

Managing timed daemon:

This procedure enables the timed daemon to run on the filer and synchronize time with a time server. 

The timed daemon is disabled by default.

  1. To enable or disable the timed daemon, complete the following steps:In the Timed Enabled field, select from the drop-down list either Yes to enable or No to disable the timed daemon. 

    If you disable the timed daemon by choosing No, you do not have to complete the rest of the steps.

  2. In the Timed Log Enabled field, choose whether you want to have all time changes initiated by the daemon sent to the console log. Select from the drop-down list either Yes to send time changes to the console log or No to disable this facility.

  3. In the Timed Max Skew field, specify the maximum allowable discrepancy between the filer time and the server time. This value should be in seconds, minutes, or hours followed by one of the following letters:

  4. s - for seconds

  5. m - for minutes

  6. h - for hours

The default for this field is 30m, specifying 30 minutes.

  1. In the Timed Protocol field, select from the drop-down list the specific protocol you want to use on the filer to synchronize the time: either ntp or rdate.

  2. In the Timed Schedule field, enter the time schedule the filer should follow to synchronize the time with a time server. You can use one of the following values:

  3. hourly, to synchronize hourly

  4. multihourly, to synchronize every six hours

  5. daily, to synchronize every day at midnight

  6. a number followed by m to specify an interval of minutes or h to specify an interval of hours 

  1. In the Timed Servers field, enter up to five time server names or IP addresses, separated by commas, in the order of contact priority.

  2. Click Apply.

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