Active File Management (AFM)

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Table 1. Links to various AFM help topics
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Introduction to Active File Management	Introduction to Active File Management (AFM)
An overview of AFM and description of the concepts Cache and Home Communication between cache and home The backend protocol - NFS versus NSD Primary gateway Global namespace Caching modes Revalidation Cached and uncached files Asynchronous delay Synchronous or asynchronous operations Operations with AFM modes Fileset to the same home target Conversion of mode Internal AFM Directories	Overview and concepts Cache and Home Communication between cache and home The backend protocol - NFS versus NSD Primary gateway and afmHashVersion Global namespace Caching modes Revalidation Cached and uncached files Asynchronous delay Synchronous or asynchronous operations Operations with AFM modes Filesets to the same home target Conversion of mode Internal AFM Directories
Features of AFM Force flushing contents before Async Delay Parallel data transfers Partial file caching Prefetch Peer snapshot -psnap Gateway node failure and recovery Cache eviction Operation with disconnected home Expiring a disconnected RO cache Viewing snapshots at home Failover Resync on SW filesets Using IBM Spectrum Protect™ for Space Management (HSM) Handling IW cache disaster Disabling AFM Using AFM with encryption Using mmbackup	Active File Management (AFM) features Force flushing contents before Async Delay Parallel data transfers Partial file caching Prefetch Peer snapshot -psnap Gateway node failure and recovery Cache eviction Operation with disconnected home Expiring a disconnected RO cache Viewing snapshots at home Changing home of AFM cache Resync on SW filesets Using IBM Spectrum Protect for Space Management (HSM) Handling IW cache disaster Disabling AFM Using AFM with encryption Using mmbackup
AFM limitations	AFM Limitations
To know how to plan for AFM Requirements for UID and GID on the cache and home clusters Recommended worker1threads on cache cluster Inode limits to set at cache and home	Planning for AFM Requirements for UID and GID on the cache and home clusters Recommended workerthreads on cache cluster Inode limits to set at cache and home
To know how to install AFM	Installation of Active File Management (AFM)
To know how to upgrade AFM	Upgrading AFM and AFM DR
To know how to configure AFM Configuration parameters for AFM Parallel I/O configuration parameters for AFM Configuration changes in an existing AFM relationship	Configuring Active File Management Configuration parameters for AFM Parallel data transfer configuration parameters for AFM Configuration changes in an existing AFM relationship
To know how to tune for NFS backend	Tuning for Kernel NFS backend on AFM and AFM DR
To know how to monitor AFM filesets Fileset states for AFM Monitor with mmhealth Callback events for AFM Commands for monitoring AFM and AFM DR Monitor with mmperfmon Monitor prefetch Monitor with mmdiag Policies used for monitoring AFM Monitor using GUI	Monitoring AFM and AFM DR Monitoring fileset states for AFM Monitoring with mmhealth Monitoring callback events for AFM and AFM DR Monitoring using mmpmon Monitoring using mmperfmon Monitoring prefetch Monitoring status using mmdiag Policies used for monitoring AFM and AFM DR Monitoring AFM and AFM DR using GUI
To know how to administer AFM Creating an AFM relationship by using the NFS protocol Creating an AFM relationship by using GPFS protocol	Administering AFM Creating an AFM relationship by using the NFS protocol Creating an AFM relationship by using GPFS protocol
Common questions with their resolutions	AFM issues
To know how AFM is deployed effectively (Use cases)	Active File Management (AFM)
Commands	mmafmctl command mmafmlocal command mmafmconfig command