OSF DCE Administration Guide--Introduction

Overview of DCE Maintenance
• Removing a server host from the network when you plan to remove a machine that
runs a slave registry server from the network or shut that machine down for an
extended period
5.7 DFS Maintenance Tasks
The following subsections summarize the five major DFS maintenance tasks:
monitoring DFS servers and clients, managing filesets in a cell, backing up filesets,
reconfiguring the Cache Manager, and managing DFS security. For more detailed
information on DFS maintenance tasks, see the .
5.7.1 Monitoring DFS Servers and Clients
You can monitor DFS in the following ways:
• Use the BOS server to continually monitor DFS server processes. You define which
processes the BOS server monitors, and you control server process status by issuing
bos commands to perform routine maintenance or to correct errors in addition to
those the BOS server handles. You can also use bos commands to restart DFS
weekly. See the for details about the BOS server and how to use bos commands.
• Use the scout program to monitor the File Exporter, which runs on File server
machines. The File Exporter makes DFS files available to client machines. The
scout program collects and displays information about the machines you select to
monitor. It displays information such as disk usage and the number of connections a
machine has.
5.7.2 Managing Filesets in a Cell
The basic unit of administration in DFS is the fileset, which is a collection of related
files. The describes the following tasks:
• Creating read/write filesets
• Replicating filesets
• Creating backup filesets
• Mounting and naming filesets
• Listing information about filesets
• Moving filesets
• Examining the FLDB entry
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