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fspolicy COMMAND
• Running the fspolicy -w command on a large (greater than 500,000 entries) file system can take
several hours to complete. If the fspolicy command is unable to store or truncate files, or if the
fspolicy command is killed or terminates abnormally, run fspolicy -w to rebuild the candidate
files.
GUI PERFORMANCE (CR #296)
• Before running another command in the GUI, select the <Dismiss> button and the remove the Status
Window. Performance problems may occur if this is not done.
Installation and Upgrade Issues
If you are installing FileServ or upgrading an existing FileServ installation, review the following topics to
make sure FileServ is correctly installed. For complete and detailed installation instructions, refer to the
Installing FileServ book.

Turn off mediad on SGI Platforms

If you install FileServ on an SGI platforms running IRIX 6.5.x, turn off the mediad for FileServ-managed
storage devices by following the steps below:
Step 1. Log in as root.
Step 2. Edit the mediad.config file.
Step 3. Add the following statement for each FileServ-managed storage device:
Topic Page
Turn off mediad on SGI Platforms 8
Upgrading from FileServ Version 3.4.2 and Later 9
Upgrading from FileServ Earlier than Version 3.4.2 9
Installing FileServ and AMASS on the Same Platform 11
# su root
# vi /etc/config/mediad.config
ignore device device_name
...
ignore device device_name