Space management options, commands, and scripts

Use the commands, scripts, and options to configure and administer space management for AIX® and Linux® file systems and storage pools.

Options files reference
The space management client provides system and space management options that you set either in your dsm.sys file or in your dsm.opt file. The values that you set for space management options determine which server your client node contacts for space management services and affect automatic migration, reconciliation, and recall.
HSM client command reference
You can use commands to do all HSM tasks. You must use the correct syntax and format when you enter commands.
HSM IBM Spectrum Scale clients Perl scripts
Perl scripts leverage GPFS policy and invoke space management client commands. You can modify the scripts to suit your environment.

Related concepts

Overview of the space management client

Related tasks

Managing space for AIX and Linux systems