6.5 HP StoreAll OS User Guide

files with the same name but different case might be confusing, and the Windows users may be
able to access only one of the files.
CAUTION: The case insensitivity feature breaks POSIX semantics and can cause problems for
Linux utilities and applications.
Before enabling the case-insensitive feature, be sure the following requirements are met:
• The file system or directory must be created using StoreAll OS 6.0 or later.
• The file system must be mounted.
Setting case insensitivity for all users (NFS/Linux/Windows)
The case-insensitive setting applies to all users of the file system or directory.
1. Select the file system, expand Active Tasks in the lower Navigator, and then select Case
Insensitivity
2. On the Task Summary bottom panel, click New to open the New Case Insensitivity Task dialog
box.
3. Select the appropriate action for the file system - turn case insensitivity on or off, or view the
current setting (Report Current Case Insensitivity Setting).
NOTE: When you set the directory tree to be case insensitive OFF, the directory and all
recursive subdirectories are again case sensitive, restoring the POSIX semantics for Linux users.
4. Enter the full path to the file system or directory that will be affected by the case-insensitivity
operation. Best practices are to change case insensitivity at the root of an SMB share and to
avoid mixed case insensitivity on any individual share.
5. Select Perform Recursively to report the case-insensitivity status for all descendent directories
of the specified file system or directory. The results are written to a log file located in the
directory /usr/local/ibrix/log/case_insensitive on the server specified as the coordinating
server for the task. There is a separate log file for each task. The log file names have the format
IDtask.log, such as ID26.log. To verify the coordinating server, select File System→Inactive
Tasks. Then select the task ID from the display and select Details.
The following sample log file is for a query reporting case insensitivity:
0:0:26275:Reporting Case Insensitive status for the following directories
1:0:/fs_test1/samename-T: TRUE
2:0:/fs_test1/samename-T/samename: TRUE
2:0:DONE
The next sample log file is for a change in case insensitivity:
0:0:31849:Case Insensitivity is turned ON for the following directories
1:0:/fs_test2/samename-true
2:0:/fs_test2/samename-true/samename
3:0:/fs_test2/samename-true/samename/samename-snap
3:0:DONE
The first line of the output contains the PID for the process and reports the action taken. The
first column specifies the number of directories visited. The second column specifies the number
of errors found. The third column reports either the results of the query or the directories where
case insensitivity was turned on or off.
6. Click OK.
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