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Chapter 5 Backing Up StorNext 76
Types of StorNext Software Backups............................................................ 76
Setting up Email Notification For Backup ............................................ 77
Performing a StorNext Software Backup ..................................................... 78
Managing the Backup Policy.......................................................................... 79
Chapter 6 Managing the File System 82
Working With File Systems............................................................................ 82
Adding a File System ............................................................................... 83
Creating a File System From SNFS ........................................................ 91
Modifying a File System .......................................................................... 93
Deleting a File System.............................................................................. 95
Managing File System Operations ................................................................ 96
Disk Device Labeling ............................................................................... 96
Making Global Changes ........................................................................ 100
Working with the fsnameservers File.................................................. 104
Making or Unmaking a File System..................................................... 105
Starting and Stopping the File System................................................. 107
Mounting or Unmounting a File System............................................. 108
Working With Disks ...................................................................................... 109
Adding Disks........................................................................................... 109
Deleting Disks ......................................................................................... 111
Defragmenting a Disk ............................................................................ 112
Working With Stripe Groups ....................................................................... 113
Adding a Stripe Group .......................................................................... 114
Modifying a Stripe Group ..................................................................... 117
Deleting a Stripe Group......................................................................... 120
Working With Affinities ............................................................................... 121
Adding an Affinity ................................................................................. 121
Adding an Affinity Through SNFS...................................................... 127
Setting the Affinity in a Directory ........................................................ 129
Modifying an Affinity ............................................................................ 131
Deleting an Affinity................................................................................ 132
File System Configuration Restrictions ............................................... 133
Performing a Metadata Dump..................................................................... 133
Using the SNSM File System Functions ..................................................... 134
Storing Files ............................................................................................. 135
Changing a File Version......................................................................... 137
Recovering a File..................................................................................... 138
Recovering a Directory .......................................................................... 139