<span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">Scale disallows deleting
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05:31 AM</span><br><span style=" font-size:9pt;color:#5f5f5f;font-family:sans-serif">Subject:
</span><span style=" font-size:9pt;font-family:sans-serif">[EXTERNAL]
Re: [gpfsug-discuss] immutable folder</span><br><span style=" font-size:9pt;color:#5f5f5f;font-family:sans-serif">Sent
by: </span><span style=" font-size:9pt;font-family:sans-serif">gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org</span><br><hr noshade><br><br><br><span style=" font-size:1pt;color:white">Thank you for the suggestion
The fileset is in active use and is backed up using spectrum protect. This
is therefore advised against. Was this option suggested to close open
files ? The issue is a directory not files. ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerStart</span><span style=" font-size:12pt"></span><br><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"><b>This Message Is
From an External Sender </b></span><p style="margin-top:2px;<b>"><span style=" font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial">This
message came from outside your organization. </span></p><br><span style=" font-size:1pt;color:white">ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerEnd</span><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">Thank
you for the suggestion
</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri"> </span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">The
fileset is in active use and is backed up using spectrum protect.</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">This
is therefore advised against.</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri"> </span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">Was
this option suggested to close open files ?</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri"> </span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">The
issue is a directory not files.</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri"> </span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri"> </span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">Kindest
regards,</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">Paul</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri"> </span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">Paul
Ward</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">TS
Infrastructure Architect</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">Natural
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Description automatically generated" style="border:0px solid;"></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri"> </span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri"><b>From:</b>gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org <gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>IBM Spectrum Scale<b><br>Sent:</b> 21 February 2022 16:12<b><br>To:</b> gpfsug main discussion list <gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org><b><br>Subject:</b> Re: [gpfsug-discuss] immutable folder</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman"> </span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">Hi
Paul,</span><span style=" font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman"><br></span><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial"><br>Have you tried mmunlinkfileset first?</span><span style=" font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman"><br></span><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial"><br>Regards, The Spectrum Scale (GPFS) team<br><br>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>If you feel that your question can benefit other users of Spectrum
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for priority messages to the Spectrum Scale (GPFS) team.</span><span style=" font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman"><br><br><br></span><span style=" font-size:9pt;color:#5f5f5f;font-family:Arial"><br>From: </span><span style=" font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial">"Paul
Ward" <</span><a href="mailto:p.ward@nhm.ac.uk"><span style=" font-size:9pt;color:blue;font-family:Arial"><u>p.ward@nhm.ac.uk</u></span></a><span style=" font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial">></span><span style=" font-size:9pt;color:#5f5f5f;font-family:Arial"><br>To: </span><span style=" font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial">"</span><a href="mailto:gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org"><span style=" font-size:9pt;color:blue;font-family:Arial"><u>gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org</u></span></a><span style=" font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial">"
<</span><a href="mailto:gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org"><span style=" font-size:9pt;color:blue;font-family:Arial"><u>gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org</u></span></a><span style=" font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial">></span><span style=" font-size:9pt;color:#5f5f5f;font-family:Arial"><br>Date: </span><span style=" font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial">02/21/2022
07:31 AM</span><span style=" font-size:9pt;color:#5f5f5f;font-family:Arial"><br>Subject: </span><span style=" font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial">[EXTERNAL]
[gpfsug-discuss] immutable folder</span><span style=" font-size:9pt;color:#5f5f5f;font-family:Arial"><br>Sent by: </span><a href="mailto:gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org"><span style=" font-size:9pt;color:blue;font-family:Arial"><u>gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org</u></span></a></p><div align=center><hr noshade></div><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman"><br><br></span><span style=" font-size:1pt;color:white;font-family:Times New Roman"><br>HI, I have a folder that I cant delete. IAM mode non-compliant It
is empty: file name: Nick Foster's sample/ metadata replication: 2 max
2 ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerStart</span><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"><b><br>This Message Is From an External Sender </b></span></p><p style="margin-top:30pt;Arial"><b>"><span style=" font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial">This
message came from outside your organization. </span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:1pt;color:white;font-family:Times New Roman"><br>ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerEnd</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">HI,</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"> </span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">I
have a folder that I cant delete.</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">IAM
mode non-compliant</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">It
is empty:</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"> </span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">file
name: Nick Foster's sample/</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">metadata
replication: 2 max 2</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">immutable:
yes</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">appendOnly:
no</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">indefiniteRetention:
no</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">expiration
Time: Thu Jan 9 23:10:25 2020</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">flags:</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">storage
pool name: system</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">fileset
name: bulk-fset</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">snapshot
name:</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">creation
time: Sat Jan 9 04:44:16 2016</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">Misc
attributes: DIRECTORY READONLY</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">Encrypted:
no</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"> </span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">Try
and turn off immutability:</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">mmchattr
-i no "Nick Foster's sample"</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">Nick
Foster's sample: Change immutable flag failed: Operation not permitted.</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">Can
not set immutable or appendOnly flag to No and indefiniteRetention flag
to Unchanged, Permission denied!</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"> </span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">So
cant leave it unchanged
Tried setting indefiniteRetention no and yes:</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"> </span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">mmchattr
-i no --indefinite-retention no "Nick Foster's sample"</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">Nick
Foster's sample: Change immutable, enforceRetention flags failed: Operation
not permitted.</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">Can
not set immutable or appendOnly flag to No and indefiniteRetention flag
to No, Permission denied!</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"> </span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">mmchattr
-i no --indefinite-retention yes "Nick Foster's sample"</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">Nick
Foster's sample: Change immutable, enforceRetention flags failed: Operation
not permitted.</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">Can
not set immutable or appendOnly flag to No and indefiniteRetention flag
to Yes, Permission denied!</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"> </span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">Any
ideas?</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"> </span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"> </span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">Kindest
regards,</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">Paul</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"> </span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">Paul
Ward</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">TS
Infrastructure Architect</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">Natural
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