Creating a Project (BUI)

A project inherits properties of the parent pool. A share inherits properties of the parent project. For a list of properties that can be inherited, see Inherited Properties.

A project that is created in an encrypted pool is automatically encrypted. You cannot create an unencrypted project in an encrypted pool.

Use this procedure to create an unencrypted project. To create an encrypted project in either an unencrypted pool or an encrypted pool, see Creating an Encrypted Project (BUI).

From the Shares menu, select Projects.
Click the add icon next to Projects or in the expanded Projects panel. To expand the Projects panel, click the arrow icon .
In the Create Project dialog box, enter a name for the new project.

The name must be 1 to 64 characters in length. The name cannot begin with a period (.) and cannot include spaces. Allowable characters are alphanumeric characters and special characters _ - . :
Set properties as appropriate for this project.

Project properties are described in Project Properties.

Caution:
If setting file retention, first review section File Retention Management, which includes the required user role authorizations for certain features. Plan for the future: Actively retained files cannot be modified, even after their retention has expired. Also, mandatory file retention affects the filesystem, project, and storage pool. Carefully plan mandatory usage so that storage resources, especially pools and their associated drives, are not consumed for longer than necessary or overfilled.
Click APPLY.

The new project is added to the Projects list.