Enterprise Drive is a user-friendly, flexible, and secure solution for internal file storage and collaboration for enterprise customers. This topic describes how to purchase a drive, modify its storage capacity limit, and configure permissions.
Prerequisites
If your enterprise accesses cloud computers over a private network and has configured domain name-based access permissions for the cloud computers, you must add the required domain names, ports, and download URLs to an allowlist. Otherwise, end users may not be able to use the drive or download the drive client.
Add the domain name
ecd-share.cn-shanghai.aliyuncs.comand portTCP: 443for the Enterprise Drive service to the allowlist.Add the download URL for the drive client installation package to the allowlist:
https://ecd-client.oss-accelerate.aliyuncs.com/cloudDriveService/windows/CloudDriveService.exe.
Purchase an Enterprise Drive
In WUYING Workspace, you can purchase an Enterprise Drive using a convenience account or an Active Directory (AD) account. The following steps use a convenience account as an example.
Log on to the Elastic Desktop Service Enterprise console.
In the navigation pane on the left, choose .
In the top navigation bar, select a region.
If you do not have an Enterprise Drive in the current region, click Purchase Enterprise Drive. You cannot purchase another drive if one already exists in the current region.
NoteIf your Alibaba Cloud account has both convenience office networks and AD office networks, you can click Purchase More Drives in the upper-right corner of the page to purchase another Enterprise Drive.
On the Purchase Enterprise Drive page, set the parameters according to the selected billing method, and then click Confirm Order.
Subscription
Configuration Item
Description
Example
Drive Size
The total storage space of the drive. After you purchase the drive, the sum of the storage capacity limits for all team drives and personal drives cannot exceed this size. Valid values:
500 GiB: Suitable for enterprises with up to 5 users.
2 TiB: Suitable for enterprises with up to 20 users.
5 TiB: Suitable for enterprises with up to 50 users.
10 TiB: Suitable for enterprises with up to 100 users.
500 GiB
Account Type
Convenience accounts and AD accounts are supported. If you do not have an AD account, only the convenience account option is displayed and selected by default.
Convenience account
Select Office Network
You need to select an office network only when you set Account Type to AD Account.
None
Enable Cross-region Access
After you enable this feature, authorized users can access and use this drive from cloud computers in the China (Hangzhou), China (Shanghai), China (Beijing), and China (Shenzhen) regions.
NoteThis feature is in invitational preview. To use it, submit a ticket to apply. After you enable this feature in one region, you cannot purchase drives in other regions. If you have multiple drives in different regions, you must shut down all but one drive to enable this feature.
Keep the default value
Purchase Method
Valid values:
Subscription
Pay-as-you-go
Subscription
Auto-renewal
Specifies whether to automatically renew the subscription drive before it expires.
Keep the default value
Pay-as-you-go
Configuration Item
Description
Example
Account Type
Convenience accounts and AD accounts are supported. If you do not have an AD account, only the convenience account option is displayed and selected by default.
Convenience account
Select Office Network
You need to select an office network only when you set Account Type to AD Account.
None
Peak Storage Space
The maximum amount of data that can be stored in the drive. The value must be an integer from 1 to 51200 GiB.
For a pay-as-you-go drive, setting a storage capacity limit helps control costs. When the total amount of data in the drive reaches this limit, end users cannot add more files.
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Enable Cross-region Access
After you enable this feature, authorized users can access and use this drive from cloud computers in the China (Hangzhou), China (Shanghai), China (Beijing), and China (Shenzhen) regions.
NoteThis feature is in invitational preview. To use it, submit a ticket to apply. After you enable this feature in one region, you cannot purchase drives in other regions. If you have multiple drives in different regions, you must shut down all but one drive to enable this feature.
Keep the default value
Purchase Method
Valid values:
Subscription
Pay-as-you-go
Pay-as-you-go
After the purchase is complete, the new drive is displayed on the Enterprise Drive page in the console.
Modify the storage capacity limit for a pay-as-you-go drive
For a pay-as-you-go drive, setting a storage capacity limit helps control costs. When the total amount of data in the drive reaches this limit, end users cannot add more files.
To modify the storage capacity limit, perform the following steps:
In the navigation pane on the left, choose .
In the top navigation bar, select a region.
From the drop-down list at the top of the Enterprise Drive page, select the destination drive.
On the Drive Details tab, in the Usage Information section, click Set Limit.
In the dialog box that appears, adjust the limit and click OK.
NoteThe value must be an integer from 1 to 51200 GiB. The new limit must be greater than the amount of storage space already used.
Configure permissions
Set the visibility of the Enterprise Drive on WUYING Terminals
By default, end users can access the drive from a cloud computer. They can also access the drive directly from the WUYING Terminal interface without logging on to a cloud computer. To disable direct access from the terminal, perform the following steps:
In the navigation pane on the left, choose .
In the top navigation bar, select a region.
From the drop-down list at the top of the Enterprise Drive page, select the destination drive.
On the Permissions & Services tab, click Permission Management.
In the WUYING Client Drive Permissions section, turn off the Allow Usage switch, and click Confirm in the Confirm dialog box.
After you turn off this switch, the drive is hidden from the WUYING Terminal interface the next time an end user logs on.
Set file transfer permissions between the drive and on-premises devices
When you access the drive from a cloud computer, file uploads and downloads are always allowed because both are in a secure environment. However, if the drive is visible on WUYING Terminals, end users can access it directly from the terminal interface. You can use policies to control file transfer permissions between the drive and on-premises devices.
In the navigation pane on the left, choose .
In the top navigation bar, select a region.
From the drop-down list at the top of the Enterprise Drive page, select the destination drive.
On the Permissions & Services tab, click Permission Management.
Configure the scope of users for each policy as required.
NoteAfter you change the policy configuration, refresh the page to view the changes.
Policy
Upload files from on-premises device to drive
Download files from drive to on-premises device
Policy Scope
Default Policy
Allowed
Disallowed
To prevent end users from transferring sensitive data from cloud computers to on-premises devices through the drive, this default policy applies to all users of the drive. You do not need to set the scope for this policy. If a user is added to the scope of Policy 2 or Policy 3, the default policy does not apply to that user.
Policy 2
Disallowed
Allowed
Applies only to the users you select. To add users to this policy, click Add Authorized User and select users in the Select Authorized Users dialog box. If a selected user was previously added to the scope of Policy 3, the user is automatically removed from the scope of Policy 3.
Policy 3
Allowed
Allowed
Applies only to the users you select. To add users to this policy, click Add Authorized User and select users in the Select Authorized Users dialog box. If a selected user was previously added to the scope of Policy 2, the user is automatically removed from the scope of Policy 2.
Audit operation logs
The system records all operations performed on the drive by administrators and end users. To audit these operations, perform the following steps to view the operation logs.
In the navigation pane on the left, choose .
In the top navigation bar, select a region.
From the drop-down list at the top of the Enterprise Drive page, select the destination drive.
On the Permissions & Services tab, click Log Auditing.
On the Log Auditing page, set the query conditions and view the operation records.
Click Export Logs to export the queried logs.
Set a custom domain name for the drive
You can set a custom domain name for the drive to make it easier for users to access and recognize.
In the navigation pane on the left, choose .
In the top navigation bar, select a region.
From the drop-down list at the top of the Enterprise Drive page, select the destination drive.
On the Permissions & Services tab, click Enterprise Settings.
In the navigation pane on the left, choose , and click Configure Domain Name in the upper-right corner of the page.
For more information, see Configure a custom domain name.
Shut down the drive service
After you shut down the drive service, all data in the drive is deleted and cannot be recovered. Back up your data before you proceed.
In the navigation pane on the left, choose .
In the top navigation bar, select a region.
From the drop-down list at the top of the Enterprise Drive page, select the destination drive.
On the Permissions & Services tab, click Shut Down Enterprise Drive Service, and click OK in the confirmation dialog box.
If the drive is a subscription drive, go to the Unsubscribe In-Use Resources tab on the Unsubscription Management page. Then, find Alibaba Cloud Drive for Enterprise and click Unsubscribe in the Actions column. For more information about unsubscription rules, see Unsubscription rules.
If the drive is a pay-as-you-go drive, billing stops immediately after you confirm the shutdown.