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Chapter 6 Managing the File System
Checking the File System
StorNext User’s Guide 148
Expansion and
Movement Steps 6
Here are the steps required for expanding a file system and moving stripe
groups:
1 Check the file system before you begin. (See Checking the File System
on page 148.)
2 Expand the file system. (See Performing File System Expansion
on
page 150.)
3 Move data stripe groups or metadata/journal stripe groups. (See
Performing Stripe Group M
ovement on page 157.)
4 Mark source stripe groups as down. (See M
odifying a Stripe Group
on page 117.)
Checking the File System
Before you perform either File System Expansion or Stripe Group
Movement, you must first perform a check on the file system you plan to
use for these features. This operation could take a significant amount of
time depending on the size of the file system, so plan accordingly.
Use the following procedure to perform a file system check.
1 From the SNFS home page, choose Check File System from the
Admin menu. The Check File System screen appears.