Chapter 6 Managing the File System
Managing File System Operations
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Starting and Stopping the
File System 6This task enables you to start or stop a file system. You need to stop a file
system if you want to take it out of service to make configuration changes
or perform other administrative tasks. You need to start a file system to
place it back into service.
1From the SNFS home page, choose Start/Stop File System from the
Admin menu. The Start or Stop File System screen appears.
Figure 63 Start or Stop File
System Screen
2Do one of the following:
• Select a file system from the Inactive File Systems list and click
Start.
•The Start Stop File System Status screen appears.
• Select a file system from the Active File Systems list and click
Stop.
•The Start Stop File System Status screen appears.
3After the status screen informs you that task has successfully
completed, click Close.
Note: Unselectable (greyed out) file systems in the Start or Stop
File System screen require a metadata dump in order to be
started. (This does not apply for SNFS-only systems.)