Creating a fileset
Filesets are created with the mmcrfileset command.
By default, filesets are created as dependent filesets that share the root’s inode space. The --inode-space ExistingFileset option can be used to create a dependent fileset that will share inode space with an existing fileset. The ExistingFileset specified can be root or any other independent fileset, but cannot be the reserved keyword new. The --inode-space new option can be used to create an independent fileset with its own dedicated inode space.
A newly created fileset consists of an empty directory for the root of the fileset and it is initially not linked into the existing namespace. Consequently, a new fileset is not visible, nor can files be added to it, but the fileset name is valid and the administrator can establish quotas on it, or policies for it. The administrator must link the fileset into its desired location in the file system's namespace by issuing the mmlinkfileset command in order to make use of it.
After the fileset is linked, the administrator can change the ownership and permissions for the new fileset's root directory, which default to root and 0700, to allow users access to it. Files and directories copied into, or created within, the fileset's directory will become part of the new fileset.
- Are character strings and must be less than 256 characters in length.
- Must be unique within a file system.
- The name root is reserved for the fileset of the files system's root directory.
For complete usage information, see the topics mmcrfileset command and mmlinkfileset command.