Installation manual

Adding a Managed Volume
Storing Volume Metadata on a Dedicated Share
9-4 CLI Storage-Management Guide
Only one share is chosen during the import, and the volume uses that share to store
metadata as long as it runs. After the metadata share is chosen, the volume ignores all
of the remaining metadata shares.
Removing a Metadata Share
You can remove an unused metadata share from a managed volume.
To remove a metadata share, use the
no metadata share command from gbl-ns-vol
mode:
no metadata share filer {nfs3 | nfs3tcp | cifs} path
where
filer (1-64 characters) is the name of the filer,
nfs3 | nfs3tcp | cifs is the file-access protocol, and
path (1-1024 characters) is the specific export/share on the filer.
This command has no effect after the volume has already imported its metadata.
For example, this command sequence removes the metadata share on nas3 from the
“/rcrds” volume:
bstnA6k(gbl)# namespace medarcv
bstnA6k(gbl-ns[medarcv])# volume /rcrds
bstnA6k(gbl-ns-vol[medarcv~/rcrds])# no metadata share nas3 cifs acp_meta
bstnA6k(gbl-ns-vol[medarcv~/rcrds])# ...
A managed volume requires metadata storage for a successful import. Before you do
this, verify that the volume has at least one metadata share before it is enabled.