Creating a Folder and Assigning an Affinity (cvmkdir)
Use the
cvmkdir
command to create a folder (directory) and assign it an affinity tag so
that its contents are stored on storage pools with the same affinity tag.
$ cvmkdir -k affinity folder
Parameter
Description
-k affinity
Specifies the affinity tag to be associated with the
folder.
affinity
– the affinity tag that’s assigned to
the storage pools where you want the folder’s
contents to be stored
You can use the
show long
command of the
cvadmin
tool to see a storage pool’s affinity tag.
You can use
-k ""
to remove the folder’s affinity
tag.
folder
The path to and name of the folder.
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Appendix B
Using the Command Line