Compressing files

Last published : Jul 06, 2026
InfoScale Operations Manager lets you compress files by directory on a managed host.
File systems for compression must meet the following requirements:
  • Storage Foundation 7.4.2 or later
  • File System (VxFS) disk layout version 9 or later
  • InfoScale Operations Manager managed host (VRTSsfmh) version 7.4.2 or later
InfoScale Operations Manager does not support file compression on Windows file systems.
See the following topics:
See About file compression in InfoScale Operations Manager.
See Setting up compression schedules.
See Selecting directories for compression.
See Starting compression on demand.
See Viewing the Savings by File System Compression report.