User Guide

60 Chapter 4 Managing SAN Storage
Changing a Folder’s Storage Pool Affinity
You can use Xsan Admin to change a folder’s affinity so all new files placed in the folder
are stored on a new storage pool.
To change a folder affinity:
1 In Xsan Admin, select File Management in the SAN Assets list.
2 Select the folder, choose Set Affinity from the Action (gear) pop-up menu, and then
choose the new affinity tag.
3 Click OK.
Files already in the folder are not automatically moved to the new storage pool. To
move the files that were in the folder to a storage pool with the new affinity tag, use
the snfsdefrag command in Terminal. For information and an example, see the
snfsdefrag man page.
Removing an Affinity
You can undo a folder’s affinity for a storage pool by choosing None for the folder
affinity.
To remove the affinity tag from a folder:
1 In Xsan Admin, select File Management in the SAN Assets list.
2 Select the folder, choose Set Affinity from the Action (gear) pop-up menu, and choose
None for the affinity tag.