The following table provides a comprehensive list of the exposed jobs and operations that the OneFS Job Engine performs, and their file system access methods:
Table 1. OneFS Job Engine job descriptions and access methods
Job name | Job description | Access method |
AutoBalance | Balances free space in the cluster | Drive + LIN |
AutoBalanceLin | Balances free space in the cluster | LIN |
AVScan | Performs virus scanning (from anti-virus server or servers) | Tree |
ChangelistCreate | Creates a list of changes between two consecutive SyncIQ snapshots | Changelist |
CloudPoolsLin | Archives data out to a cloud provider according to a file pool policy | LIN |
CloudPoolsTreewalk | Archives data out to a cloud provider according to a file pool policy | Tree |
Collect | Reclaims disk space that could not be freed when a node or drive was unavailable due to various failure conditions | Drive + LIN |
ComplianceStoreDelete | Runs SmartLock compliance mode garbage collection job | Tree |
Dedupe | Deduplicates identical blocks in the file system | Tree |
DedupeAssessment | Performs a dry-run assessment of the benefits of deduplication | Tree |
DomainMark | Associates a path and its contents with a domain | Tree |
DomainTag | Associates a path and its contents with a domain | Tree |
EsrsMftDownload | Runs a Secure Remote Services managed file transfer job for license files |
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FilePolicy | Runs an efficient SmartPools file pool policy job | Changelist |
FlexProtect | Rebuilds and reprotects the file system to recover from a failure scenario | Drive + LIN |
FlexProtectLin | Reprotects the file system | LIN |
FSAnalyze | Gathers file system analytics data that is used with InsightIQ | Changelist |
IndexUpdate | Creates and updates an efficient file system index for FilePolicy and FSAnalyze jobs | Changelist |
IntegrityScan | Performs online verification and correction of any file system inconsistencies | LIN |
LinCount | Scans and counts the file system logical inodes (LINs). | LIN |
MediaScan | Scans drives for media-level errors | Drive + LIN |
MultiScan | Runs Collect and AutoBalance jobs concurrently | LIN |
PermissionRepair | Corrects permissions of files and directories | Tree |
QuotaScan | Updates quota accounting for domains created on an existing directory path | Tree |
SetProtectPlus | Applies the default file policy (This job is disabled if SmartPools is activated on the cluster.) | LIN |
ShadowStoreDelete | Frees space associated with a shadow store | LIN |
ShadowStoreProtect | Protects shadow stores that are referenced by a LIN with higher requested protection | LIN |
ShadowStoreRepair | Repair shadow stores | LIN |
SmartPools | Runs and moves data between the tiers of nodes within the same cluster; also implements the CloudPools functionality if CloudPools is licensed and configured | LIN |
SmartPoolsTree | Enforces SmartPools file policies on a subtree | Tree |
SnapRevert | Reverts an entire snapshot back to head | LIN |
SnapshotDelete | Frees disk space that is associated with deleted snapshots | LIN |
TreeDelete | Deletes a path in the file system directly from the cluster itself | Tree |
Undedupe | Removes deduplication of identical blocks in the file system | Tree |
Upgrade | Upgrades the cluster to a later OneFS release | Tree |
WormQueue | Scans the SmartLock LIN queue | LIN |
The following figure shows the Job types view in the WebUI:
Figure 3. OneFS WebUI job types view
Note: There are also a few background Job Engine jobs, such as the Upgrade job, which are not exposed to administrative control.