13.10 Enabling or Disabling ShadowFS

By default, ShadowFS and FUSE are not started unless you start them manually. You can set a global policy for ShadowFS Configuration that starts them automatically.

IMPORTANT:If you use shadow volumes in a cluster, ensure that you set the same global policies on each OES node in the cluster.

13.10.1 Loading ShadowFS and FUSE

  1. In OES Remote Manager for Linux, select View File System, then select Dynamic Storage Technology Options.

  2. In the ShadowFS Configuration area, view the current setting for Load ShadowFS.

    This option executes the systemctl start novell-shadowfs.service command, and puts the necessary commands in the boot sequence to start ShadowFS on system restart.

  3. Enable Load ShadowFS by selecting the check box.

  4. In the ShadowFS Configuration area, click Submit to save and apply the change.

13.10.2 Verifying ShadowFS Commands

In ShadowFS Configuration on the Dynamic Storage Technology page, you can enable the Load ShadowFS check box to execute the systemctl start novell-shadowfs.service command. Enabling this option also puts the commands shadowfs and fuse startup commands in the boot sequence.

You can verify that the commands are available by viewing the script in a text editor. The following lines should be in the novell-shadowfs script

ExecStartPre=/sbin/modprobe fuse
ExecStart=/opt/novell/ncpserv/sbin/shadowfs