StorNext User’s Guide iii
Chapter 5 Backing Up StorNext 71
Types of StorNext Software Backups............................................................ 71
Setting up Email Notification For Backup ............................................ 72
Performing a StorNext Software Backup ..................................................... 73
Managing the Backup Policy.......................................................................... 74
Chapter 6 Managing the File System 77
Working With File Systems............................................................................ 77
Adding a File System ............................................................................... 78
Creating a File System From SNFS ........................................................ 86
Modifying a File System .......................................................................... 88
Deleting a File System.............................................................................. 89
Managing File System Operations ................................................................ 90
Disk Device Labeling ............................................................................... 90
Making Global Changes .......................................................................... 95
Working with the fsnameservers File.................................................... 99
Making or Unmaking a File System..................................................... 100
Starting and Stopping the File System................................................. 102
Mounting or Unmounting a File System............................................. 103
Working With Disks ...................................................................................... 104
Adding Disks........................................................................................... 104
Deleting Disks ......................................................................................... 106
Defragmenting a Disk ............................................................................ 107
Working With Stripe Groups ....................................................................... 107
Adding a Stripe Group .......................................................................... 108
Modifying a Stripe Group ..................................................................... 112
Deleting a Stripe Group......................................................................... 115
Working With Affinities ............................................................................... 115
Adding an Affinity ................................................................................. 116
Adding an Affinity Through SNSM .................................................... 122
Setting the Affinity in a Directory ........................................................ 124
Modifying an Affinity ............................................................................ 126
Deleting an Affinity................................................................................ 127
File System Configuration Restrictions ............................................... 128
Performing a Metadata Dump..................................................................... 128
Using the SNSM File System Functions ..................................................... 129
Storing Files ............................................................................................. 130
Changing a File Version......................................................................... 132
Recovering a File..................................................................................... 133
Recovering a Directory .......................................................................... 134