CTA - What is an offline path in CTA

When CTA is configured to archive files for Celerra, VNX or Netapp, an Offline Path is the connection description that tells the NAS which host (CTA) to connect to, for accessing data.  Here's a sample offline path from a Celerra NS80:

[nasadmin@celerra-test1 ~]$ fs_dhsm -connection my_filesystem -info 0

my_filesystem:

state                = enabled

offline attr        = on

popup timeout        = 0

backup              = offline

read policy override = passthrough

log file            = on

max log size        = 10MB

cid                = 0

  type                = HTTP

  secondary            = http://cta.test.org/fmroot

  state                = enabled

  read policy override = none

  write policy        = full

  user                = cta-admin

  options              = httpPort=8000 cgi=n

For the filesystem above (my_filesystem), it's offline path (connection ID #0) is pointed at the CTA called cta.test.org.

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Thank you Karl for the reply.

Yes. It answered my query.

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Hi Karl,

I checked in one of my environment.

$ fs_dhsm -connection There is no connection id listed here. Why there is no connection id here ?

$ fs_dhsm -connection

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You must include a filesystem name in the output and use the -list option:

[nasadmin@celerra-test1 ~]$ fs_dhsm -connection

Error 3105: invalid filesystem specified

[nasadmin@celerra-test1 ~]$ fs_dhsm -connection emu -list

id      name                cid

52      emu                 0

52      emu                 1