Veritas 5.0 Installation Guide, HP-UX 11i v3, First Edition, May 2008

Creating a VxFS File System
To create a file system, enter the following command:
# newfs -F vxfs <character_device>
For more information on the supported options, see newfs_vxfs (1M).
The newfs command builds a vxfs file system by invoking mkfs. You can also use the mkfs
command, instead of the newfs command to create the VxFS file system.
Identifying File System Type
To determine the file system type, enter the following command:
# /usr/sbin/fstyp -v special
For more information on supported options, see fstyp (1M).
Converting a File System to VxFS
To convert an HFS file system to a VxFS file system, enter the following command:
# /sbin/fs/vxfs/vxfsconvert [-l logsize] [-s size] [-efnNvyY] special
For more information on the supported options, see vxfsconvert (1M).
Mounting a VxFS File System
To mount a vxfs file system, enter the following command:
# mount -F vxfs [generic_options] [-r] [-o specific_options] special
<mount_point>
For more information on the supported options, see mount_vxfs (1M).
Displaying Information on Mounted File System
To view the status of mounted file systems, enter the following command:
# mount -v
For more information on the supported options, see mount (2).
Unmounting a VxFS File System
Enter the umount command to unmount a file system, as follows:
umount special | mount_point
Specify the file system to be unmounted as a value for mount_point or for special (the device
on which the file system resides). For more information on the umount command, see umount
(2).
NOTE: Symbolic links to all VxFS 5.0 command executables are installed in the /opt/VRTS/bin
directory. Add this directory to the end of your PATH environment variable to access the
commands.
If you add an entry for the file system to the /etc/fstab file, the file system is mounted
automatically.
For more information on VxFS administration, see the Veritas File System 5.0 Administrator's Guide
available at:
http://docs.hp.com.
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