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 <d.whyte@proxmox.com>
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Dylan Whyte 2020-11-06 15:46:26 +01:00 committed by Dietmar Maurer
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@ -116,16 +116,21 @@ The administration menu item also contains a disk management subsection:
Datastore Datastore
^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^
.. image:: images/screenshots/pbs-gui-datastore.png .. image:: images/screenshots/pbs-gui-datastore-summary.png
:width: 250
:align: right :align: right
:alt: Datastore Configuration :alt: Datastore Configuration
The Datastore section provides an interface for creating and managing The Datastore section contains interfaces for creating and managing
datastores. It contains a subsection for each datastore on the system, in datastores. It contains a button to create a new datastore on the server, as
which you can use the top panel to view: 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 * **Content**: Information on the datastore's backup groups and their respective
contents contents
* **Statistics**: Usage statistics for the datastore * **Prune & GC**: Schedule :ref:`pruning <backup-pruning>` and :ref:`garbage
* **Permissions**: View and manage permissions for the datastore collection <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

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@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ is stored in the file ``/etc/proxmox-backup/datastore.cfg``.
Datastore Configuration Datastore Configuration
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.. image:: images/screenshots/pbs-gui-datastore.png .. image:: images/screenshots/pbs-gui-datastore-content.png
:align: right :align: right
:alt: Datastore Overview :alt: Datastore Overview
@ -127,8 +127,9 @@ Creating a Datastore
:align: right :align: right
:alt: Create a datastore :alt: Create a datastore
You can create a new datastore from the web GUI, by navigating to **Datastore** in You can create a new datastore from the web interface, by clicking **Add
the menu tree and clicking **Create**. Here: Datastore** in the side menu, under the **Datastore** section. In the setup
window:
* *Name* refers to the name of the datastore * *Name* refers to the name of the datastore
* *Backing Path* is the path to the directory upon which you want to create the * *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 * *GC Schedule* refers to the time and intervals at which garbage collection
runs runs
* *Prune Schedule* refers to the frequency at which pruning takes place * *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 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` following command creates a new datastore called ``store1`` on :file:`/backup/disk1/store1`