To create a file system

1. Prerequisites:

   • Before you create a file system, the storage must already be assigned to storage pools.

   • To create a cloud tier, the cloud service must already be added to Veritas Access.

2. Provide the name for the new file system and specify the basic information for the file system:

   Size (Required)	The minimum size is 10 MB. Units can be MB, GB, or TB. If you plan to add a cloud tier, the minimum size is 10 GB.
   Select Layout	Simple Mirrored Striped Striped-mirror Mirrored-stripe
   Select Storage	You can choose between two types of storage: On-premises storage Select the storage pools to use to create the file system. Cloud storage (scale-out file system) Indicate that you want to add cloud storage Specify the tier name for the cloud tier. Select the cloud provider.

3. Specify the Advanced options. The options depend on the file system layout:

   Block Size	The default block size is 8192 bytes. The block size cannot be changed after the file system is created. Block sizes can affect the file size. For example, to create a file system greater then 32 TB, the block size needs to be 8192 bytes.
   Enable Partition Directory	The partition directory feature distributes directory entries into hash directories. The hash directories are not visible in the name space view of the user or operating system. Operations such as create, delete, or lookup use the respective hash directory, which leaves the parent drectory inode and its other hash directories unobstructed for access. This feature improves file system performance. By default, partition directory is disabled.
   Encryption	Optional parameter that allows you to encrypt all the data on the file system.
   Number of Mirrors	For layouts that use mirroring, the minimum number of mirrors is 2 (the default).
   Protection	For layouts that use mirroring, the protection option determines where the mirrors are created. Disk (default) - creates mirrors on separate disks Pool - creates mirrors in separate pools.
   Number of Columns	For layouts that use striping, the minimum number of columns is 2 (the default).
   Stripe Unit	For layouts that use striping, specify a stripe width in kilobytes (KB).

4. To add a cloud tier, specify the cloud service and the name for the cloud tier.

   If you specify AWS, you need to specify the tier type as Glacier or S3.

5. The status for each file system creation task is displayed at the Recent Activity panel at the bottom. You can double-click on each task to see the logs.