Chapter 6 Managing the File System
Managing File System Operations
| The global section of the file system configuration file contains general | |
Making Global Changes | ||
parameters that control system performance, components related to the | ||
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| file system’s resource consumption, and whether features are enabled or | |
| disabled. | |
| For most of these parameters, restarting the File System Manager (FSM) | |
| causes the modified parameters to take effect. However, the File System | |
| Block Size and Windows Security parameters require that the file | |
| system be remade before they take effect. Remaking the file system | |
| results in data loss, so you should carefully plan the initial configuration | |
| of these two parameters in order to reduce the number of file system | |
| remakes. If a parameter change requires a file system remake, the system | |
| notifies the administrator in the system log. | |
| The global section also contains several parameters that can dramatically | |
| improve or degrade system performance, so you should exercise caution | |
| when modifying performance parameters. | |
| Before making any changes to the file system’s configuration, carefully | |
| review the cvfs_config(4) man pages or the “CVFS Configuration File” | |
| help file. | |
| The following task describes how to modify global configuration settings. | |
| These settings affect all stripe groups in the file system. | |
| 1 From the SNFS home page, choose Globals from the Config menu. | |
| The Modify Global Settings screen appears. |
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