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Viewing an Amazon FSx for OpenZFS file system

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Viewing an Amazon FSx for OpenZFS file system - FSx for OpenZFS

This section contains instructions on how to view the details of your FSx for OpenZFS file system using the Amazon FSx console, the AWS CLI, and the Amazon FSx API, as well as information on the different file system statuses.

Viewing file system details (Amazon FSx console, AWS CLI, and Amazon FSx API)

To view a file system's details (Amazon FSx console, CLI, and API):
  • Using the console – Choose a file system to view the File systems detail page. The Summary panel shows the file system ID, lifecycle status, deployment type, Availability Zone, storage type, storage capacity, throughput capacity, provisioned IOPS, and creation time. The tabs provide detailed information and configuration functions for the file system's features, such as backups and volumes.

  • Using the CLI or API – Use the describe-file-systems CLI command or the DescribeFileSystems API operation.

File system status

Depending on what actions you have taken on it, your file system will have one of the following statuses. You can find the status of an Amazon FSx file system by viewing the file system details using the instructions in the previous section.

File system status Description

AVAILABLE

The file system has been successfully created and is available for use.

CREATING

Amazon FSx is creating a new file system.

DELETING

Amazon FSx is deleting an existing file system.

MISCONFIGURED

The file system is in a misconfigured but recoverable state.

FAILED

  1. The file system has failed and Amazon FSx can't recover it.

  2. When creating new file system, Amazon FSx was unable to create a new file system.

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