HP StoreAll Storage - Manual (Page 3)

Contents
1 Using StoreAll software file systems.............................................................11
File system operations..............................................................................................................11
File system building blocks.......................................................................................................13
Configuring file systems...........................................................................................................13
Accessing file systems.............................................................................................................14
2 Creating and mounting file systems.............................................................15
Creating a file system..............................................................................................................15
Checklist for creating a file system........................................................................................15
File systems are created in 64–mode by default.....................................................................16
Using the New Filesystem Wizard........................................................................................16
Configuring additional file system options.............................................................................23
Creating a file system manually from physical volumes............................................................24
File limit for directories............................................................................................................25
Managing mountpoints and mount/unmount operations..............................................................25
Mounting a file system........................................................................................................26
File space reserved during mounting.....................................................................................27
Mounting and unmounting file systems locally on StoreAll clients..............................................28
Limiting file system access for StoreAll clients..............................................................................28
Using Export Control...............................................................................................................29
3 Configuring quotas...................................................................................30
How quotas work...................................................................................................................30
Enabling quotas on a file system and setting grace periods..........................................................30
Enabling and disabling quotas.................................................................................................31
Setting quotas for users, groups, and directories.........................................................................32
Using a quotas file..................................................................................................................35
Importing quotas from a file................................................................................................35
Exporting quotas to a file....................................................................................................36
Format of the quotas file.....................................................................................................36
Using online quota check........................................................................................................37
Configuring email notifications for quota events..........................................................................38
Deleting quotas......................................................................................................................38
Troubleshooting quotas............................................................................................................38
4 Maintaining file systems............................................................................40
Best practices for file system performance...................................................................................40
Viewing information about file systems and components...............................................................40
Viewing physical volume information....................................................................................41
Viewing volume group information.......................................................................................41
Viewing logical volume information......................................................................................42
Viewing file system information............................................................................................42
Viewing disk space information from a StoreAll Linux client......................................................45
Extending a file system............................................................................................................45
Rebalancing segments in a file system.......................................................................................46
How rebalancing works......................................................................................................47
Rebalancing segments on the GUI........................................................................................47
Rebalancing segments from the CLI......................................................................................49
Tracking the progress of a rebalance task.............................................................................49
Viewing the status of rebalance tasks....................................................................................50
Stopping rebalance tasks....................................................................................................50
Deleting file systems and file system components.........................................................................50
Deleting a file system..........................................................................................................50
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