You might want to change the storage system's root volume, perhaps to migrate your root volume from a traditional volume to a FlexVol volume. Every storage system must have a root volume; therefore, you must always have one volume designated as the root volume.
You can change which volume on your storage system is used as the root volume.
Note
To change your root volume from a traditional volume to a FlexVol volume or from a FlexVol volume to a traditional volume, use the procedure outlined in the chapter about volumes in the Storage Management Guide.
To change the root volume of a storage system, complete the following steps.
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Identify an existing volume to use as the new root volume, or create the new root volume using the vol create command. For more information about creating volumes, see the Storage Management Guide. Note |
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Using ndmpcopy, copy the /etc directory and all of its subdirectories from the current root volume to the new root volume. For more information about ndmpcopy, see the Data Protection Tape Backup and Recovery Guide. |
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vol options vol_name root vol_name is the name of the new root volume. Note |
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Enter the following command to reboot the storage system: reboot ResultWhen the storage system finishes rebooting, the root volume is changed to the specified volume. |
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Update the httpd.rootdir option to point to the new root volume. |
Besides the volume root option that you use to determine which volume will be the root volume after the next storage system reboot, there is also an aggregate root option. The aggregate root option is used only when, for some reason, the storage system cannot determine which volume to use as the root volume.
Note
You are advised not to change the value of the root option for any aggregate unless instructed to do so by technical support.
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