4.0.0 HP Polyserve Matrix Server Administration Guide (T5392-96052, March 2010)

The psfsformat command
Use this syntax:
psfsformat [-fq] [-l <label>] [-reuse] [-o option1] [-o option2] <device>
The device can be specified in several ways:
• By the drive letter, such as X:
• By the mount point (junction), such as C:\san\vol2
• By the psd or psv name, such as psd2p2 or psv1
The psfsformat options are:
-f
Format the volume. Matrix Server cannot be running and the disk cannot be im-
ported. Before using this option, be sure that the volume is not in use on another
node. The format operation will take place even if the volume is in use.
-q
Quiet. Suppress output.
-l label
The label to be applied to the filesystem.
-reuse
Reuse a psd device. If you will be creating a filesystem on a psd device that was
once part of a dynamic volume, the -reuse option must be used to tell the
command to reuse the device. Without this option, the attempt to create the
filesystem will fail because the device contains a volume signature.
The -o option has the following parameters:
blocksize=#
Specify the block size (either 4096 or 8192) for the filesystem. If you are using
HP PolyServe Software for Microsoft SQL Server, the block size must be 8192.
disable-fzbm
Create the filesystem without Full Zone Bit Maps (FZBM). The FZBM on-disk
filesystem format reduces the amount of data that the filesystem needs to read
when allocating a block. It is particularly useful for speeding up allocation times
on large, relatively full filesystems. For more information, see the HP Support
document “Using the FZBM On-Disk Filesystem Format” on the HP web site.
enable8dot3
Configure PSFS filesystems114