Veritas File System 4.1 Administrator's Guide (HP-UX 11i v3, February 2007)

Quality of Storage Service
How File Relocation Works
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How File Relocation Works
File relocation is the process of searching a file system to select files listed in a relocation policy for
relocation, then relocating the selected files.
The volume on which files are originally located is referred to as a source component volume, and the
volume to which files are relocated is referred to as a destination component volume.
Figure 10-1 File Relocation Example
To use file relocation, configure policies to determine the files to relocate.The fssweep utility traverses a
directory structure applying selection rules from the configuration file, selects eligible files,and relocates the
files from the source component volumes to the destination component volumes.