VERITAS File System 4.1 Administrator's Guide

Quality of Storage Service
How File Relocation Works
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How File Relocation Works
File relocation is the process of searching a file system to select files listed in a relocation
policy for relocation, then relocating the selected files.
The volume on which files are originally located is referred to as a source component volume,
and the volume to which files are relocated is referred to as a destination component volume.
Figure 10-1 File Relocation Example
To use file relocation, configure policies to determine the files to relocate.The fssweep utility
traverses a directory structure applying selection rules from the configuration file, selects
eligible files,and relocates the files from the source component volumes to the destination
component volumes.