Managing file systems

There are several file system management tasks outlined in this topic.

For information on how to create GPFS™ file systems, see A sample file system creation and the mmcrfs command.

File system management tasks include:
  1. Mounting a file system
  2. Unmounting a file system
  3. Deleting a file system
  4. Determining which nodes have a file system mounted
  5. Checking and repairing a file system
  6. Listing file system attributes
  7. Modifying file system attributes
  8. Querying and changing file replication attributes
  9. Using Direct I/O on a file in a GPFS file system
  10. Restriping a GPFS file system
  11. Querying file system space
  12. Querying and reducing file system fragmentation
  13. Protecting data in a file system using backup
  14. Scale Out Backup and Restore (SOBAR)

Managing filesets, storage pools and policies is also a file system management task. For more information on managing storage pools, filesets and policies, see Information lifecycle management for IBM Spectrum Scale. Use the following information to manage file systems in IBM Spectrum Scale.

Managing file system through GPFS GUI

To work with this function in the GUI, log on to the IBM Spectrum Scale GUI and select Files > File Systems. For more information on managing file systems through GUI, see Creating and managing file systems using GUI.

Parent topic: Administering