When you open the Create Namespace panel to create a namespace, the panel shows default settings for many of the namespace properties. You can change the defaults for these settings at any time. Changing the default settings for namespace creation has no effect on the properties of existing namespaces.
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Roles: To view the default settings for namespace creation, you need the monitor or administrator role. To change the default settings for namespace creation, you need the administrator role. |
To change the default settings for namespace creation:
1.In the top-level menu in the Tenant Management Console, mouse over Configuration to display a secondary menu.
2.In the secondary menu, click on Namespace Defaults.
3.On the Namespace Defaults page:
oOptionally, in the Description field, type a new description. By default, this field is blank.
oOptionally, in the DPL field, select a different DPL. The default is Dynamic.
oOptionally, in the Hash Algorithm field, select a different cryptographic hash algorithm. The default is SHA-256.
oOptionally, in the Hard Quota field, type a new number of gigabytes or terabytes of storage to allocate to the namespace and select either GB or TB to indicate the measurement unit. The default is 50 GB. The maximum value you can specify is equal to the hard quota for the tenant.
oOptionally, in the Soft Quota field, type a new percentage point at which you want HCP to notify the tenant that free storage space for the namespace is running low. The default is 85.
oOptionally, under Replication, change the selection. The default is Off.
The Replication option is present only if the tenant is allowed to create namespaces with replication enabled.
oOptionally, under Retention Mode, change the selection. The default is enterprise mode.
The Retention Mode option is present only if the tenant is allowed to create namespaces in compliance mode.
oOptionally, under Search, change the selection. The default is Off.
The Search option is present only if the tenant is allows to create namespaces with search enabled.
oOptionally, in the Service Plan field, type the name of or select a different service plan. The default is the Default service plan.
The Service Plan field is present only if the tenant is allowed to associate service plans with namespaces.
oOptionally, under Versioning, change the selection. The default is Off.
The Versioning option and the pruning options below are present only if the tenant is allowed to create namespaces with versioning enabled.
oOptionally, change the selection for the Prune versions older than ... days option. By default, this option is unselected.
If you select this option, in the option field, type the number of days old versions of objects must remain in the namespace before they are pruned. Valid values are integers in the range zero through 36,500 (that is, 100 years). A value of zero means prune immediately.
For more information on the these settings, see Creating a namespace.
4.Click on the Update Settings button.
If setting the DPL to one for a namespace can leave objects unprotected and the value in the DPL field is either 1 or Dynamic (1), a confirming message appears. Also, if the version pruning option is unselected, a confirming message appears.
In the window with the confirming message, select I understand to confirm that you understand the consequences of your action. Then click on the Update Settings button.
For information on valid values for the default settings for namespace properties, see Creating a namespace.
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