Chapter 6 Managing the File System

 

 

 

 

 

Working With File Systems

 

6

Add disks to the file system as explained in Adding Disks on

 

 

 

page 108.

 

7

Configure stripe groups for the file system as explained in Adding a

 

 

 

Stripe Group on page 112.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note:

Make sure that each stripe group is associated with no

 

 

 

 

 

more than one affinity when using disk-to-disk migration.

 

 

 

 

 

8

Make the file system as described in Making a File System on

 

 

 

page 105.

 

9

Start the file system as described in Starting and Stopping the File

 

 

 

System on page 106

 

 

10 Mount the file system as described in Mounting or Unmounting a

 

 

 

File System on page 107.

 

11

Add affinities to the file system as described in Modifying an Affinity

 

 

 

on page 130.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note:

When using disk-to-disk relocation you can define a

 

 

 

 

 

maximum of two affinities per file system.

 

 

 

 

 

 

This section describes how to modify an existing file system’s

Modifying a File System

 

configuration. Changes to an existing file system include adding or

 

 

 

 

modifying a stripe group, adding disks, adding affinities, and

 

 

performance tuning.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note:

This procedure assumes the file system exists with at least two

 

 

 

 

stripe groups.

 

 

 

 

 

1

Unmount the file system as described in Mounting or Unmounting a

 

 

 

File System on page 107.

 

2

Stop the file system as described in Starting and Stopping the File

 

 

 

System on page 106.

 

3

Make the appropriate changes to the file system. For more

 

 

 

information, refer to:

 

 

 

Making Global Changes on page 99

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