Chapter 6 Managing the File System

Managing File System Operations

Managing File System Operations

This section describes tasks that can be performed on an individual basis when you administer your file system. Except where noted, tasks can be completed in any order, and do not require that other tasks be successfully completed. This section includes these topics:

Disk Device Labeling

Making Global Changes

Working with the fsnameservers File

Making or Unmaking a File System

Starting and Stopping the File System

Mounting or Unmounting a File System

Each drive used by SNFS must be labeled. (A new drive must be labeled

Disk Device Labeling only one time.) You can label a drive from any StorNext server or client that has a fibre channel (FC) connection to the drive.

Caution: Labeling a disk device will result in a complete loss of data on that disk device.

Selecting a Device to Label, Unlabel, or Probe

Use the following procedure to select a disk device for labeling, unlabeling, or probing.

1From the SNFS home page, choose Label Disk Devices from the Admin menu. The Label Disk Device screen appears.

Note: A device whose name is not selectable in the Disk Devices

list is currently in use by a configured file system.

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