Creating a fileset by using GUI

You can create a fileset to partition a file system for administrative operations at a finer granularity than the entire file system.

1. Go to Files > Filesets page in the IBM Storage Scale GUI.
2. Click Create Fileset. The Create Fileset window appears.
3. Select Basic or Custom in the Create Fileset window. By using the Basic option, you can define only the basic attributes of the fileset. In the Custom mode, you can define the inode number and access control list for the fileset. Additionally, in the Custom mode, you can choose whether the new fileset must be added to existing ILM policy rules with fileset scope.

4. Click Browse to select the path of the junction in the Junction path field. The junction path must be on one of the file systems and it must not refer to any existing file or directory.
5. In the Name field, type the name of the fileset.
6. In the Comment field, type the comments, if any.
7. Select either Independent or Dependent from the Type field.
   An independent fileset has a separate inode space but shares physical storage with the remainder of the file system. Maximum number of inodes and preallocation of inodes for an independent fileset can be specified while creating the fileset. A dependent fileset shares the inode space and snapshot capability of the containing independent fileset.
8. In the Maximum number of inodes field, specify the maximum number of file system objects such as files, directories, or links that can be stored under the independent fileset, including that of the related child filesets.
9. In the Allocated number of inodes field, specify the number of inodes that is allocated when the fileset is created. The maximum allowed inodes cannot be less than the allocated number.
10. Click Edit in the Edit Action Control section to define access control list for the users who can access the fileset.

11. Select the archive mode to be used from the options that are available under the Archive Mode section.
    The Archive Mode or the integrated archive mode (IAM) mode provides control to prevent files from being changed or deleted unexpectedly. You can set this option either while creating a fileset or when you modify it. The following options are available to set the archive mode of a fileset. The available values are listed in the order of increasing the level of restriction:

    • Off: No immutability mode is set and the fileset behaves like a regular fileset. This is the default value.
    • Advisory: Allows setting retention times and WORM protection, but files can be deleted based on the file permissions.
    • Non-Compliant: In addition to the restrictions in the advisory mode, files cannot be deleted if the retention time has not expired. However, retention times can be reset, and files can be deleted but not changed.
    • Compliant: In addition to the restrictions in the non-compliant mode, retention time cannot be reset. When the retention time has expired, files can be deleted but not changed.
    • Compliant Plus: In addition to the restrictions in the compliant mode, renaming of empty directories is not allowed.
12. Click Create.