Managing filesets

Managing your filesets includes the tasks of creating, deleting, linking and unlinking the filesets. You should also monitor your filesets periodically and make any necessary adjustments.

  • Creating a fileset
    Filesets are created with the mmcrfileset command.
  • Deleting a fileset
    Filesets are deleted with the mmdelfileset command.
  • Linking a fileset
    After the fileset is created, a junction must be created to link it to the desired location in the file system's namespace using the mmlinkfileset command.
  • Unlinking a fileset
    A junction to a fileset is removed with the mmunlinkfileset command, which unlinks the fileset only from the active directory namespace. The linked or unlinked state of a fileset in a snapshot is unaffected. The unlink fails if there are files open in the fileset, unless the -f option is specified. The root fileset cannot be unlinked.
  • Changing fileset attributes
    To change a fileset's junction, you have to first unlink the fileset using the mmunlinkfileset command, and then create the new junction using the mmlinkfileset command.
  • Displaying fileset information
    Fileset status and attributes are displayed with the mmlsfileset command.
Parent topic: Filesets
Related concepts:
Fileset namespace
Filesets and quotas
Filesets and storage pools
Filesets and global snapshots
Fileset-level snapshots
Filesets and backup