Changing the storage pool assignment of a file

You can change the storage pool that a file is assigned to.

A root user can change the storage pool that a file is assigned to by either:
  • Running mmapplypolicy with an appropriate set of policy rules.
  • Issuing the mmchattr -P command.
By default, both of these commands migrate data immediately (this is the same as using the -I yes option for these commands). If desired, you can delay migrating the data by specifying the -I defer option for either command. Using the defer option, the existing data does not get moved to the new storage pool until either the mmrestripefs command or the mmrestripefile command are executed. For additional information, refer to: