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Apply Adaptive Data Compaction to a Snapshot copy of a file

Availability: This command is available to cluster administrators at the admin privilege level.

Description

The volume file compact-data command applies the Adaptive Data Compaction feature to the Snapshot copy of a file such that partially filled blocks from that file will merge and consume less storage space.

Parameters

-node <nodename> - Node

This parameter indicates the node name that the AWA instance runs on.

-vserver <vserver name> - Vserver Name

This specifies the Vserver in which the target file is located.

-file </vol/<volume name>/<file path>> - File Path

This specifies the complete file path. The Snapshot copy name can be specified as part of the path or by specifying the -snapshot parameter.

[-volume <volume name>] - Volume Name

This specifies the volume in which the targeted file is located.

[-snapshot <snapshot name>] - Snapshot Copy Name

This specifies the Snapshot copy name in which the file will be compacted.

Examples

The following command applies the Adaptive Data Compaction feature to the Snapshot copy snap1 of the file /file1 in volume vol1 :

cluster1::> volume file compact-data -vserver vs1 -volume vol1 -file /vol/vol1/file1 -snapshot snap1