Chapter 2 StorNext GUI Overview

The SNFS and SNSM Home Pages

Note: You must unmount and stop the file system before using most of the options listed in this section. See Chapter 4, Common StorNext Tasks for more information.

The SNFS Config Menu

The following options on the SNFS Config menu allow you to add, modify and delete file system configuration files:

File Systems: Add, modify or delete a file system

Globals: Modify global settings

Affinities: Add, modify, or delete an affinity from file systems

Disks: Add or delete a disk to a file system

Stripe Groups: Add, modify, or delete a stripe group from a file system

Caution: Deleting a disk or stripe group requires a remake of the file system and destroys all data on the file system when the task is run.

The SNFS Admin Menu

The following options on the SNFS Admin menu help you manage day- to-day operations of the active file systems:

Make File System: Make a file system

Caution: Making a file system or making/labeling disk devices destroys all data on the disk on which the task is run.

Start/Stop File System: Start or stop a file system

Mount/Unmount: Mount or unmount a file system

Label Disk Devices: Label disk drives

Set Affinities: Create a directory in the file system to the affinity

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