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| Performing a StorNext Software Backup | 76 |
| Managing the Backup Policy | 77 |
Chapter 6 | Managing the File System | 80 |
| Working With File Systems | 80 |
| Adding a File System | 81 |
| Creating a File System From SNFS | 89 |
| Modifying a File System | 91 |
| Deleting a File System | 93 |
| Managing File System Operations | 94 |
| Disk Device Labeling | 94 |
| Making Global Changes | 99 |
| Working with the fsnameservers File | 103 |
| Making or Unmaking a File System | 104 |
| Starting and Stopping the File System | 106 |
| Mounting or Unmounting a File System | 107 |
| Working With Disks | 108 |
| Adding Disks | 108 |
| Deleting Disks | 110 |
| Defragmenting a Disk | 111 |
| Working With Stripe Groups | 111 |
| Adding a Stripe Group | 112 |
| Modifying a Stripe Group | 116 |
| Deleting a Stripe Group | 119 |
| Working With Affinities | 120 |
| Adding an Affinity | 120 |
| Adding an Affinity Through SNFS | 126 |
| Setting the Affinity in a Directory | 128 |
| Modifying an Affinity | 130 |
| Deleting an Affinity | 131 |
| File System Configuration Restrictions | 132 |
| Performing a Metadata Dump | 132 |
| Using the SNSM File System Functions | 133 |
| Storing Files | 134 |
| Changing a File Version | 136 |
| Recovering a File | 137 |
| Recovering a Directory | 138 |
| Retrieving a File | 139 |
| Retrieving a Directory | 140 |
| Freeing Disk Blocks | 141 |
| Moving Files to New Media | 143 |
StorNext User’s Guide | iii |