ADIC FileServ Version 4.4.1601363 manual Installation and Upgrade Issues, GUI Performance CR #296

fspolicy COMMAND

•Running the fspolicy -wcommand 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 -wto 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.

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

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.

#su root

Step 2. Edit the mediad.config file.

#vi /etc/config/mediad.config

Step 3. Add the following statement for each FileServ-managed storage device:

ignore device device_name

...

ignore device device_name

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