Managing Global Access Protected Paths

  • Updated on Jan 30, 2026
  • Published on Jan 27, 2026
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Adding a Destination to a Global Access Protected Path

Adding a Destination to a Global Access Protected Path (VAST Web UI)

  1. Right-click the protected path and select Edit.

  2. Click Add Another.

  3. In the Create Destination dialog, select Global Access from the Capability dropdown and complete these fields:

    Cluster

    Select the remote peer cluster on which you want to create a destination path at which to provide access to the source path's data.

    Remote tenant

    This field appears only if the remote peer has more than one tenant. If it appears, select a tenant on the remote peer from the dropdown. The remote path will be created on the selected tenant.

    The selection of tenant on the remote peer is subject to the restriction in Creating Protected Paths between Tenants

    Path

    Specify the directory on the remote peer where the data should be shared for access. This must be a directory that does not yet exist on the remote peer.

    Global Access - Lease expiration time

    Set the lease expiration time, which is the duration for which data that was already requested at the destination path can be read locally from cache without the destination peer requesting it from the source peer. When the lease expires, the cache is invalidated and the next read request for the data is requested again from the source peer.

    Enter a number in the field provided and select the time units from the  dropdown.

  4. Click Create.

  5. Click Update.

Creating Protected Paths between Tenants

You can configure protected paths between tenants on different clusters, subject to the following restriction:

If Tenant A replicates a protected path to Tenant B on a remote cluster, it cannot then replicate another path to Tenant C on the same remote cluster (that is, Tenant A cannot have replicated protected paths to more than one tenant on the same remote cluster). It can, however, replicate protected paths to Tenant C (or any other tenant) on a different remote cluster. Similarly, Tenant A can replicate additional protected paths to Tenant B on the same remote cluster.

Adding a Destination to a Global Access Protected Path (VAST CLI)

Use the protectedpath add-stream command.

Removing a Destination from a Global Access Protected Path

Removing a Destination from a Global Access Protected Path (VAST Web UI)

  1. Right-click the protected path and select Edit.

  2. Click the trash_icon.png icon for the destination you want to remove.

  3. Click Yes to confirm the removal.

Removing a Destination from a Global Access Protected Path (VAST CLI)

Use the protectedpath remove-stream command.

Deleting a Global Access Protected Path

Deleting a Global Access Protected Path  (VAST Web UI)

  1. Right-click the protected path and select Remove.

  2. Click the trash_icon.png icon for the destination you want to remove.

  3. Click Update.

Deleting a Global Access Protected Path (VAST CLI)

Use the protectedpath delete command.

Modifying Lease Expiration Time

To modify the lease expiration time of a global access protected path, use the protectedpath modify VAST CLI command.

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