Dell PowerFlex Appliance with PowerFlex 4.x Administration Guide

Change file system settings

Change file system configuration settings, modify the file system properties, delete the file system, and perform additional actions on a file system.

1. Click File > File Systems.
2. Click the checkbox in the file system list to make changes to the file system configuration settings.

   Table 1. File system configuration settingsFile system configuration settings options and descriptions.

   Option	Description
   Modify	To modify the file system name, description, or size.
   Access policy	(Applies to multiprotocol file systems only.) File system access policy option. Value is one of the following: native (default)-When this policy is selected, UNIX mode bits are used for UNIX/Linux clients, and Windows permissions (ACLs) are used for Windows clients. UNIX-When this policy is selected, UNIX mode bits are used to grant access to each file on the file system. Windows-When this policy is selected, permissions that are defined in Windows ACLs are honored for both Windows and UNIX/Linux clients (UNIX mode bits are ignored).
   Locking policy	(Applies to multiprotocol file systems only.) File system locking policy option. This policy controls whether NFSv4 range locks must be honored. Value is one of the following: mandatory (default)-Uses the SMB and NFSv4 protocols to manage range locks for a file that is in use by another user. A mandatory locking policy prevents data corruption if there is concurrent access to the same locked data. advisory -In response to lock requests, reports that there is a range lock conflict, but does not prevent the access to the file. This policy allows NFSv2 and NFSv3 applications that are not range-lock-compliant to continue working, but risks data corruption if there are concurrent writes.
   Folder rename policy	Folder rename policy (Applies to multiprotocol file systems only.) File system folder rename policy option. This policy controls the circumstances under which NFS and SMB clients can rename a directory. Value is one of the following: forbiddenSmb (default)-Only NFS clients can rename directories without any restrictions. An SMB client cannot rename a directory if at least one file is opened in the directory or in one of its subdirectories. allowedAll -All NFS and SMB clients can rename directories without any restrictions. forbiddenAll-NFS and SMB clients cannot rename a directory if at least one file is opened in the directory or in one of its subdirectories.
   Protection	To perform one of the following operations: Assign or unassign a protection policy Create a snapshot Restore the file system from a snapshot
   Repurpose	PowerFlex file users can clone the NAS file system for environment repurposing.
   More actions	To perform one of the following operations: Remove - To remove the file system from the NAS server. This option is not available if NFS exports or SMB shares have been created on the file system Refresh quotes