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Making a File System
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Make the appropriate edits to the configuration file.
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Restart the file system. Type:
/usr/cvfs/bin/cvadmin
snadmin> start <file_system_name>
snadmin> activate <file_system_name>
snadmin> select 
snadmin> quit
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Mount the file system by typing the following:
mount -t cvfs <file_system_name> <mount_point>
For example: mount -t cvfs snfs1 /stornext/snfs1
Making a File System
Following are some reasons to make or re-make a file system:
• Creating a new file system
• Removing a stripe group from the file system
• Removing a disk from a stripe group
• Changing a stripe group's stripe breadth
• Changing the sector count of a disk
Use this procedure to make a file system using the CLI.
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Log on to the machine as root.
Caution:
Making or re-making a file system will result in a complete 
loss of user data.
After creating a relation point on a managed file system, 
you must delete and recreate the file system, not just 
remake. For information about deleting a file system, see 
creating a file system, see