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2.7.9    Storage

The Storage branch of the SysMan Menu lets you manage your systems storage and file systems.

File Systems Management Utility

Allows you to manage the following file systems:

General File System Utilities

Mounts or dismounts a file system or displays the currently mounted file systems.

Advanced File System (AdvFS) Utilities

Creates a new AdvFS domain or AdvFS fileset, or defragments an AdvFS domain.

UNIX File System (UFS) Utilities

Creates a new UFS file system.

Logical Storage Manager (LSM) Administration

Initializes the LSM.

Create a Bootable Tape

Creates a standalone, bootable tape that contains the operating system and file systems that you specify. After creating the standalone bootable kernel, you can install the customized operating system using btextract.

Identify SAN Appliances

Creates a list of Storage Area Network (SAN) appliances that will be accessible through the SysMan Station. Create this list by specifying the fully qualified host names of the SAN appliances and assigning user-defined names to them. Once the SAN Appliances are identified and the SysMan Station daemon is restarted(for additional information, see the smsd(8) reference page), SysMan Station adds the list of appliances to its Storage Management Tools menu.