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.