How File Relocation Works

File relocation is the process of searching a file system to select files that a relocation policy determines can be relocated, then relocating the selected files.

The volume on which files are originally located is referred to as a source component volume, and the volume to which files are relocated is referred to as a destination component volume.

To use file relocation, you configure policies to determine the files to select for relocation. The fssweep utility traverses a directory structure applying selection rules from the configuration file, selects eligible files, then relocates the files from the source component volumes to destination component volumes.