# File System Management

#### Viewing a File System

You can search for file systems by file system name keyword or file system status, and view their basic information.

#### Procedure

1. Log in to SFS Console.
2. In the file system list, view the file systems you have created. Table 1 describes the parameters of each file system.

   Table 1 Parameter description
   Parameter | Description
   --- | ---
   Name | Name of the file system, for example, sfs-name-001
   AZ | Availability zone where the file system is located
   Status | Possible values are Available, Unavailable, Frozen, Creating, Deleting, Deletion error, Expanding, Expansion error, Capacity reducing, Capacity reduction error, and Capacity reduction failed.
   Protocol Type | The NFS protocol is supported.
   Available Capacity (GB) | Available space of the file system for storing data NOTE: This information is refreshed every 15 minutes.
   Maximum Capacity (GB) | Maximum capacity of the file system
   Encrypted | Encryption status of the created file system. The value can be Yes or No.
   Mount Address | File system mount point. The format is File system domain name:/path or File system IP address:/. NOTE: If the mount point is too long to display completely, you can adjust the column width.
   Operation | For an SFS Capacity-Oriented file system, operations include resizing, deletion, and monitoring indicator viewing. For an SFS Turbo file system, operations include capacity expansion, deletion, and monitoring indicator viewing.

3. Click the name of a file system to view detailed information about the file system. See Figure 1.

   Figure 1 File system information
4. (Optional) Search for file systems by file system name keyword, key ID, or file system status.

   In the upper right corner of the page, click Search by Tag to query the file systems by tag.
   - On the Search by Tag tab page that is displayed, enter a tag key and a tag value (must be among existing keys and values) and click Search.
   - You can use more than one tag for a combination search. Each time after a key and a value are entered, click . The added tag search criteria are displayed under the text boxes. When more than one tag is added, they will be applied together for a combination search. A maximum of 10 tags can be added at one time.
   - You can click Reset under the search criteria to reset.

#### Deleting a File System

After a file system is deleted, data in it cannot be restored. To prevent data loss, before deleting a file system, ensure that files in it have been backed up.

#### Prerequisites

You have unmounted the file system to be deleted. For details about how to unmount the file system, see Unmounting a File System.

#### Procedure

1. Log in to SFS Console.
2. In the file system list, click Delete in the row of the file system you want to delete. If you want to delete more than one file system at a time, select the file systems, and then click Delete in the upper left part of the file system list. In the dialog box that is displayed, confirm the information, enter Delete in the text box, and then click Yes. The batch deletion function can be used to delete SFS file systems only.
3. In the displayed dialog box, as shown in Figure 2, confirm the information, and then click Yes.

   Only Available and Unavailable file systems can be deleted.

   Figure 2 Deleting a file system
4. Check the file system list to confirm that the file system is deleted successfully.

Parent topic: Management