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Tivoli Space Manager for UNIX Using the Hierarchical Storage Management Clients

Update Space Management Settings

Update space management settings for your file system at any time. Space management can be active, inactive, or globally inactive for a file system. To update space management settings for your file system, follow these steps:

  1. Click Space Manager in the Hierarchical Storage Management window.
  2. Select the file systems that require updating.
  3. Click Selected>Update Space Management. The Update Space Management window displays. When you select more than one file system, a window for each file system displays and arranges them in a cascade. Select the required window to view its contents.
  4. Select new values for one or more space management settings. For information about a setting, highlight the setting, and press F1 for help.
  5. Click Update to update your space management settings.
  6. Click OK when the Information Dialog window confirms that your space management settings are updated.

Update Your Settings from the Command Line

To update space management settings for your file system from the command line, use the dsmmigfs command. For example, to change the age factor to five and the size factor to one for the /home file system, enter:

   dsmmigfs update -a=5 -si=1 /home

See dsmmigfs for more information about this command.


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