HP StoreAll Storage - Manual (Page 3)

Contents
1 Using StoreAll software file systems.............................................................10
File system operations..............................................................................................................10
File system building blocks.......................................................................................................12
Configuring file systems...........................................................................................................12
Accessing file systems.............................................................................................................13
2 Creating and mounting file systems.............................................................14
Creating a file system..............................................................................................................14
File systems are created in 64–mode by default.....................................................................14
Using the New Filesystem Wizard........................................................................................14
Configuring additional file system options.............................................................................20
Creating a file system using the CLI......................................................................................21
File limit for directories............................................................................................................22
Managing mountpoints and mount/unmount operations..............................................................22
GUI procedures.................................................................................................................22
CLI procedures..................................................................................................................24
File space reserved during mounting.....................................................................................25
Mounting and unmounting file systems locally on StoreAll clients..............................................26
Limiting file system access for StoreAll clients..............................................................................26
Using Export Control...............................................................................................................27
3 Configuring quotas...................................................................................28
How quotas work...................................................................................................................28
Enabling quotas on a file system and setting grace periods..........................................................28
Setting quotas for users, groups, and directories.........................................................................29
Using a quotas file..................................................................................................................32
Importing quotas from a file................................................................................................32
Exporting quotas to a file....................................................................................................33
Format of the quotas file.....................................................................................................33
Using online quota check........................................................................................................34
Configuring email notifications for quota events..........................................................................35
Deleting quotas......................................................................................................................35
Troubleshooting quotas............................................................................................................36
4 Maintaining file systems............................................................................37
Best practices for file system performance...................................................................................37
Viewing information about file systems and components...............................................................37
Viewing physical volume information....................................................................................38
Viewing volume group information.......................................................................................38
Viewing logical volume information......................................................................................39
Viewing file system information............................................................................................39
Viewing disk space information from a StoreAll Linux client......................................................42
Extending a file system............................................................................................................42
Rebalancing segments in a file system.......................................................................................43
How rebalancing works......................................................................................................44
Rebalancing segments on the GUI........................................................................................44
Rebalancing segments from the CLI......................................................................................46
Tracking the progress of a rebalance task.............................................................................46
Viewing the status of rebalance tasks....................................................................................47
Stopping rebalance tasks....................................................................................................47
Deleting file systems and file system components.........................................................................47
Deleting a file system..........................................................................................................47
Deleting segments, volume groups, and physical volumes........................................................47
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