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title: "Managing Global Access Protected Paths"
slug: "managing-global-access-protected-paths"
tags: ["5.5"]
updated: 2026-10-27T23:00:54Z
published: 2026-10-27T23:00:54Z
canonical: "docs.vastdata.com/managing-global-access-protected-paths"
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# Managing Global Access Protected Paths

- [Adding a Destination to a Global Access Protected Path](/docs-5-5/docs/managing-global-access-protected-paths#adding-a-destination-to-a-global-access-protected-path)
- [Removing a Destination from a Global Access Protected Path](/docs-5-5/docs/managing-global-access-protected-paths#removing-a-destination-from-a-global-access-protected-path)
- [Deleting a Global Access Protected Path](/docs-5-5/docs/managing-global-access-protected-paths#deleting-a-global-access-protected-path)

## Adding a Destination to a Global Access Protected Path

- [Adding a Destination to a Global Access Protected Path (VAST Web UI)](/docs-5-5/docs/managing-global-access-protected-paths#adding-a-destination-to-a-global-access-protected-path-vast-web-ui)
- [Adding a Destination to a Global Access Protected Path (VAST CLI)](/docs-5-5/docs/managing-global-access-protected-paths#adding-a-destination-to-a-global-access-protected-path-vast-cli)

### 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](/docs-5-5/docs/managing-global-access-protected-paths#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.

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

Use the [protectedpath add-stream](/docs-5-5/docs/protectedpath-add-stream) command.

### 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.

## 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](https://cdn.us.document360.io/89b91113-5dc6-49db-86ec-57b16dc8ce56/Images/Documentation/img-8fc002acc434dcd9cf29fb55b3a93020(32).png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-08T09%3A15%3A59Z&se=2026-11-08T10%3A15%3A59Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=3HFNR8fxJrpS1HZfgPVug60jU2uW5ggUTU0bo0utvWU%3D) 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](/docs-5-5/docs/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](https://cdn.us.document360.io/89b91113-5dc6-49db-86ec-57b16dc8ce56/Images/Documentation/img-8fc002acc434dcd9cf29fb55b3a93020(32).png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-08T09%3A15%3A59Z&se=2026-11-08T10%3A15%3A59Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=3HFNR8fxJrpS1HZfgPVug60jU2uW5ggUTU0bo0utvWU%3D) icon for the destination you want to remove.
3. Click Update.

### Deleting a Global Access Protected Path (VAST CLI)

Use the [protectedpath delete](/docs-5-5/docs/protectedpath-delete) command.