Setting the language of a volume

Description

This procedure sets the language that a volume uses to store file names. You complete this procedure when you want the files names stored in a volume to use a different language than the default language. You should complete this procedure before any files are created in the volume so that all file names use the same language.

After you complete the procedure, the filer stores file names in the selected volume using a character set that best fits the language you select.

Prerequisites

To complete this procedure, you need the language code of the language you want to use. You can get the language code from the table in "Languages supported."

Caution

Changing the language after the volume contains files can cause some of the NFS encodings to be invalid and is not recommended.

Step

To set the language and character set that a volume uses to store file names, complete the following step.


Step	Action
1	Enter the following command: vol lang volume langcode volume is the name of the volume whose language you want to change. langcode is the code for the language you want the volume to use.

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