Disappearing File Placement Rules

[Kris]

I have the latest 2.1 release installed on Windows Server 2012 R2 with three pools defined using only the SSD balancer.  I primarily want to use the software for the file placement system in order to implement manual Ramdisk-SSD-HDD tiering, but I can't make any of the rules stick... After finishing creating rules for one pool, I go to set them up for the next pool, and by the time I am done, the rules for the first pool have just disappeared.  Is this a known issue?

 

Also, is there a way to export/import file placement rules for a pool?  I'd like to be able to back up and restore my settings to Dropbox or Git, and possibly edit en masse using a text editor rather than the pool UI (as friendly as it is )

 

Thanks,

 

Kris

 

 

[Christopher (Drashna)]

Kris,

 

To make sure, are you on either 2.1.0.558, or 2.1.1.561?

Either version should be fine. There was an issue with what you describe in older, internal beta versions, but that should be fixed now.

 

However, if you are using one of those versions, and it's still having the issues, then that is definitely a problem. 

 

 

As for importing and exporting, no, there isn't yet. But most of these rules may be simple enough to not need one. But I can definitely see the appeal/necessity, if you have a large number of rules.