How to Shrink a Shared File System


Note - You can only shrink a file system when the file system is mounted.

You cannot shrink the metadata server.


  1. From the Manage Hosts menu or the Managed Hosts page, choose the name of the server on which the file system is located.

    The File Systems Summary page is displayed.

  2. Select the radio button next to the file system that you want to shrink.

    Make sure that the status of the file system is mounted as indicated by a disk usage value in the related Disk Usage (Total) column.

  3. From the Operations menu, choose Shrink.

    The Shrink File System wizard is displayed.

  4. Follow the steps in the Shrink File System wizard.

    For help in the wizard, click the wizard Help tab.