Filesystem Shrink/Copy Questions

Question

I have a filesystem that i would like to skrink down to reclaim some unused storage. I took the filesystem that i want to shrink and made a checkpoint to copy over. I created a new file system that is a couple of GB larger then the size of data. I also made sure this was read only. When i try and copy to an existing filesystem i get this message: The system could not find a read-only file system on the destination side that is the same size and file-level retention setting as the source file system. I can't seem to get around this. Can anyone tell me the correct way to do this? Thanks!

derebene · Answer

Yeah, that sounds about right. Do you know where i can view a guide on how to use those commands over ssh?

dynamox · Answer

How are you trying to copy the data ? Look at server_achive command or ndmpcopy

derebene · Answer

I am just using the copy button of the Celerra Managment GUI.

dynamox · Answer

https://support.emc.com/docu10559_Using-the-Celerra-server_archive-Utility.pdf?language=en_US https://community.emc.com/docs/DOC-7832

dynamox · Answer

I believe that’s using nas_copy command in the background where source and target file systems have to be identical size.

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