Chapter 6 Managing the File System
Working With Disks
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5Select from the Available Disks list the disk you want to add to the
file system. You can select multiple disks by pressing the CTRL key
and clicking the disk name. Click OK to continue. The Add Disk
Status screen appears.
6After the status screen indicates that the disks have been added, click
Close. The Manage Disks screen (figure65 on page 105) appears,
and the disks list includes the disks you just added.
7Start the file system as described in Making a File System on
page 101.
8Mount the file system as described in Mounting or Unmounting a
File System on page 103.
Deleting Disks 6Use this procedure to delete a disk from a selected file system.
1From the SNFS home page, choose Disks from the Config menu. The
Manage Disks screen (figure65) appears.
2Select from the File Systems drop-down menu the file system that
contains the disk you want to delete.
3Select from the Disks list the disk you want to delete.
4Click Delete. A message asks you to confirm that you want to delete
the disk.
5Click OK to proceed with the deletion. The Delete Disk status screen
appears.
Caution: When you add a new disk or stripe group to your SAN,
often an OS-dependent operation must be run to make the
added device recognizable by a host. Some of these
utilities can disrupt access to existing disks, causing access
hangs or failures. To avoid this, stop all file system
operations on the affected host before rescanning for the
new device.
Caution: Deleting a d isk used in a stripe group results in a complete
loss of user data and requires re-making the file system.
For information on re-making the file system, refer to
Making or Unmaking a File System on page 100.