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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