About this task

This task disables an export of a filesystem or of a filesystem snapshot. When an export is disabled, the host cannot use it to access the filesystem or snapshot.

• The export path is not deleted, and can be re-enabled.
• When the export is disabled, applications lose access to the data.

Prerequisites

• An export of a filesystem or of a filesystem snapshot

Instructions

1. In the GUI, click the Datasets icon on the left toolbar, and select the Datasets tab.
2. Do one of the following:
   • For a filesystem: Select the filesystem name, and click the Exports tab.
   • For a filesystem snapshot: Expand the filesystem tree, select the filesystem snapshot name, and click the Exports tab.
3. Right-click the export, or open the action menu in the settings column of the export to be modified, and select Disable Export.
   
4. Approve the warning message.
   
   The export is disabled.

Related InfiniShell commands

• fs.export.disable - disables an export path of a filesystem or of a snapshot

Related GUI tasks

• Exporting a filesystem or filesystem snapshot