File system name considerations

GPFS file system names should be no longer than 32 characters if the file system will be mounted on a Windows node. GPFS file system names are used as Windows file system labels, and Windows limits the length of these labels to 32 characters. Any attempt to mount a file system with a long name will fail.

You can rename a file system using a command like the following:

mmchfs gpfs_file_system_name_that_is_too_long -W gpfs_name_1