FileServ Version February Rev a
Administrative Tasks
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 Contents
 Administrative Tasks
 Operating Tasks
 Administrative Tasks
 Utilities
 Index
 Preface
 Preface
 Troubleshooting Tools Troubleshoot operating problems
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Conventions
Conventions used throughout the FileServ technical books
Are listed below
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Books
 Publications described in the table below are created
Related
Publications
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 System Tasks
 Topic Refer To Chapter
Roadmap
 FileServ
Access the Host Server
 Drive Pools
Interface to VolServ
 MediaClass with
Associate
Library
 Define DataClass Groups
 Associate Directories
These files are stored using the fsstore command
 Media Under FileServ Management
 Tape
Create
Migration
Policies
 Part of the FileServ system routine processing includes
Routine Processing
 Faster and more reliable when regular checkpoints are taken
Script checkpoints the Raima database database recovery is
Chkpoint.pl
 CheckDBALL
 Monthly Bi-weekly
Daily
# $FSHOME/util/checkDBAll tempfilename
 KeyBuildAll
 Utilities that operate on specific file systems are
 Mode
Command Line
 Options Description
 Frequency of Use
 # su root # $FSHOME/util/fsrecover
 Trashcan Cleanup
 System Tasks
 Normal Startup
Startup and Shutdown
 Processing
Recovery
Contingency Startup
 FileServ -c
Run the FileServ -ccommand
 Shutdown
Normal
 # ps -elf grep fs # ps -elf grep fsadm
 System Tasks
Managing System Configuration
 Parameters
Administration
General Parameters
System
 Filelblfmttape
 DLT
 Maximum number of drives allowed
 Parameters can be tuned, if
 Maximum number of retries for any
 Maxtapetotapeallocti
 Threshold value when equalled or
 YES
 None
 Default media type D2S, D2M, D2L
 Comment keyword search and file expiration processes. To
Retry the command
File Retention
Following list shows parameters that are used by the file
 Following parameters are specific to the VolServ system
VolServ-specific
 Following list shows the system parameters that are to be
Installation
Installation script for this purpose
Completely reinitialized and reinstalled
 Default component ID only for
 Software
Maintenance
 Logging Parameters
Media Stats
Following list shows parameters that can be modified, as
 Fsfacility
 FileServ system parameters $FSHOME/fssysparm file
Configurable system parameters are modified by editing
Edit the fssysparm file using a text editor
Edit System
 An example for the Classmtime parameter is shown below
Recycle FileServ by running the command below
 Administrative Tasks
 Add a Library
 Delete a Device
Edit Device
 Fsconfig
Run the fsconfig command
Generate Report
 Fsconfig command can configure various drives.
 Drive Names Supported Drives Supported Media Media Types
Change Component State
 Unavail Maint OFF Unknown
 Tasks
Add and Delete Drives
 Cshrc
 Located in the $FSHOME/sysparms directory
Using a text editor, open the fssysparm file
Fine-tune Parameters
Reallocate Drives
 Modify Tape Usage
Modify any of the default tape utilization parameters
Identified in the table below
 Applications
Redirect Policy
 Administrative Tasks
 Operating Tasks
 Topic Refer To
 Special
DataClass Management
 Topic
DataClass Groups
 Fsaddclass prodclass
To create a DataClass group, follow the steps below
 Group parameter. Then either change the class
Run the fsmodclass command and specify a
DataClass group name
Use fsclassinfo to compare each DataClass
 Remove Group with fsrmclass Command
 Fsclassinfo lowtwr6 -l
Table below describes the report’s fields
 Operaitng Tasks
 Manipulate Relations
Add Relations with fsaddrelation Command
Relation is added with the fsaddrelation operation
 Associate New Data with New Relations
 Associate New Directories with Files
 Dir1
 Directory to be associated already exists
Use the Unix ls command to verify that
 Fsdump -f /arch1/site1production.dumpfile /site1/production
Fsaddrelation production -c england
 Specify the name of the directory to disassociate
Run the fsrmrelation command
Fsrmrelation production
 Change Relation Points Roll Up DataClass Groups
 Dir1 Dir2 Dir6
 Fsrollup production
 Fsrolldown production
Dir7
 Fsdirclass /production
 FileServ supports hard links and soft links
File Management
Pathname
Links
 Spanning
 Clustering
 Operaitng Tasks
 Modify File Attributes
 Fschfiat -i test1
 Generate Report
 Operaitng Tasks
 Data Migration
File Cleanup
 Time parameters does not establish the DataClass migration
Rather, the planned execution of migration and disk cleanup
Policies as well as the DataClass characteristics provide
Cleanup policies using the fspolicy command with various
 Storage Policy
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Example only
 Cleanup Policy
 Overflow Policy
 Running as a cron Event
 Minutes hours day-of-month month day-of-week command
 1,15
 AdministrativeTasks
 Store Files
Storing Retrieving Data
 Operaitng Tasks
 Cleanup by File
Clean Up Data from Disk
Name
 DataClass
Cleanup by
Copy
Secondary Files
 General Storage Processing
 Operaitng Tasks
 Retrieve Files
 Operaitng Tasks
 For more information on the fsundelete command, refer to
 Operaitng Tasks
 AdministrativeTasks
 Files
Retrieve Partial
 Delayed Dismount
 Operaitng Tasks
 Libraries and movement of media
Media Services
VolServ performs media services to manage the physical
Media Management
 Media Class Type Definition
 Load and Unload Media
 Add Blank Media
Remove Media
 Run the fsmedin command with the -boption
Marred when the media is entered, the media is
Media are entered by the VolServ operator using
Import command and the MediaClass
 Remove Blank
Fsmedout command allows the removal of blank media
Media
 Remove Blank Media
 Format Media Media Duplication
 Copy Media
 Copy Files
Media States
 State Description
 Storage Limit
 Generate Media Reports
 Fsmedinfo -l feu002
 Fsmedlist -c testclass
Media List
For media in all DataClass groups and media in the general
Blank pool
 Options are specified, all of the media identifiers
-loption generates a longer report shown
Below that includes the identifiers of the media for
Each of the categories previously described. If no
 AdministrativeTasks
 Utilities
 Utilities
 Scripts
Utilities
Fspic
Autostart
 Dbcheck
 Directory for files ending with the .dbd
To determine the name of the database
Extension
 Keybuild
 Trouble- shooting Tools
 Trouble- shooting Tools
 Data Retrieval Fails
 Disaster Recovery
Commands that ID Problems
 Status Messages
Messages
 Syslog Messages
Extract Syslog Messages Log File Maintenance
 Logging
Set Up FileServ
 Run the fsextlog command specifying the log
Issue the Unix tail command of the file
Determine the log file where you can extract
Change directory cd to the directory where the log
 Recover Data
 Xfscheck /dev/dsk/dks2d6s7
 Restore Data
 Xfsrestore -f /dev/rmt/tps0d3 /arch3
Data restored from tape by using the Unix df
Command /arch3 file system is used throughout this Example
Run the xfsrestore command
 Run the keyBuildAll utility to update the key
Use the Unix mkdir command to create the parent
Rerun the fsaudit -r -f command
If the procedure fails, call technical support
 Add home add mrktg add junk
Run the xfsrestore -i command
 Extract
 Cd ../trunccandidates
 File System Recovery
Fsaudit command serves two purposes
Recovery of file systems
Database maintenance compares Unix file system
 Database
Command
Running fsaudit
 Rev a Trouble- shooting Tools
 Troubleshoot System Performance
 Report
Reports
 Class
Media Fragmentation Report
 Fsmoverpt
Media Movement Report
 Fsqueue
Table below lists the Request Types and State fields
 History Report
 Fshistrpt -h V0, 10, V0, 11, V0, 12, V0, 13, V0
Component Statistics Report
 Fschstate
Hardware Configuration Report
 Drive
 Contact Technical Support
 Administrative Tasks
 Index
 INX-2
 INX-3
 Commandextractheader Commandinfodetail -43 Commandlogging
 Deffileretentionperiod
Connectretries -32 Connectsleeptime
 Percentfulltomigrate