Unlinking a Dynamic File Services pair removes the pair relationship between the primary path and the secondary path. When the two locations are unlinked, the files in the two locations remain where they are on the primary path or secondary path. Removing the link automatically disassociates the policies from the pair; it does not delete the policies.
You might want to unlink a pair for any of the following reasons:
You no longer need the pair.
You want to modify one of the paths used in the pair.
You cannot modify the paths that define the pair. Instead, you unlink the current pair, and create a new pair that uses the desired paths.
To unlink the paths in a pair:
In the Management Console, connect to the DynamicFS server that you want to manage.
Create one or more policies to move data between the primary and secondary locations so that the data is where you want it to be when you remove the link between the two locations.
Run the policies, then verify that the files have moved by viewing the
> > , or by using the Windows Explorer to browse the file paths.Select
, right-click the pair, then select .