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When the NAS appliance or share is successfully added to the Data Manager Appliance, all NAS asset sources are listed on the asset sources section as shown in the following figure. By default, initial discovery is done automatically when the NAS asset source is added. Subsequent discoveries are either manual or scheduled.
After a successful discovery, the NAS assets that are discovered from the appliance appear in Assets section. The discovery time is based on the network bandwidth.
Notes:
With Data Manager Appliance version 5.14.0.0 and later, certain DNAS parameters from the application.yml file can be configured through the PowerProtect Data Manager UI and REST API. These configuration parameters for DNAS can be set at the policy and asset levels for backup, restore, and file-level restore (FLR) workflows.