Orphaned objects

An orphaned object is one that cannot be found in the directory tree. File system objects can become orphaned when the directories that referenced them are damaged. When an object becomes orphaned, it is moved to the lost+found directory. The lost+found directory is a special directory that is located at the root of each fileset directory, including the global fileset directory, and each FlashCopy® image. It is created automatically when the fileset or FlashCopy image is initialized. It is configured with owner/group 1000000/1000000 and permission 000. It is up to you to change the permissions, as appropriate, depending on whether the fileset is being used by Windows-based clients or UNIX-based clients.

You cannot rename or remove the lost+found directory. You can delete and move objects in the lost+found directory; however, you cannot create new objects in this directory.

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