VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5) Release Notes HP-UX 11i v2 Second Edition Manufacturing Part Number : 5971-4774 August 2003 United States © Copyright 2003 Hewlett-Packard Development Company L.P. All rights reserved.
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Contents 1. VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5) Release Notes What is VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5)?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 New and Changed Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Known Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5) Release Notes What is VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5)? 1 VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5) Release Notes What is VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5)? The VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP Onlin eJFS/JFS 3.5) product is an extent-based, intent-logging file system. This product is particularly designed for UNIX environments, which require high performance and availability to deal with large volumes of data.
VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5) Release Notes New and Changed Features New and Changed Features The VERITAS File System3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5) release contains the following new and changed features: • New and/or Enhanced Tunable Parameters — hsm_write_prealloc - Preallocates uninitialized space in a managed region of a file to improve performance while using the hierarchical storage management (HSM) applications with the base/full VxFS 3.5.
VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5) Release Notes New and Changed Features See the mkfs (1M) manual page for more information. • VxFS System Activity Reporter The vxfsstat command displays the VxFS file system statistics, which can be used to analyze performance and to aid in tuning. Similar to the sar (1M) command, vxfsstat gathers statistics on buffer cache, inode cache, and per-CPU usage. See the vxfsstat (1M) manual page for detailed information. • Forced Unmounts A base/full VxFS 3.
VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5) Release Notes New and Changed Features Where new and changed features are found. Obsoleted Tunables The new and changed features described in this section are supported in the base and full versions of VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.
VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5) Release Notes Known Issues Known Issues • Non-pingable hang on low memory systems VxFS may cause a hang on low memory systems after long hours of operation. You can address the known issue of non-pingable hang by allocating appropriate memory for the tunables, vx_ninode and vx_bc_bufhwm. NOTE VxFS consumes a fixed percentage of memory for storing the default values of tunables such as vx_ninode and vx_bc_bufhwm.
VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5) Release Notes Online Manual Pages Online Manual Pages This release includes the following online manual pages as part of the VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5) product. Table 1-1 12 Manual Pages Section 1 Description getext Gets extent attributes for a VxFS file system. setext Sets extent attributes on a file in a VxFS file system. Section 1M Description df_vxfs Reports the number of free disk blocks and inodes for a VxFS file system.
VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5) Release Notes Online Manual Pages Table 1-1 Chapter 1 Manual Pages (Continued) vxumount Unmounts a VxFS file system. vxupgrade Upgrades the disk layout of a mounted VxFS file system. Section 4 Description fs_vxfs Format of a VxFS file system volume. inode_vxfs Format of a VxFS file system inode. tunefstab VxFS file system tuning parameters table. Section 7 Description vxfsio VxFS file system control functions.
VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5) Release Notes Command Summary Command Summary The following table describes the commands available in the base and full versions of VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5): Table 1-2 VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5) Commands Command 14 Description df Reports the number of free disk blocks and inodes for a VxFS file system. extendfs_vxfs Extends the size of a VxFS file system.
VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5) Release Notes Command Summary Table 1-2 VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5) Commands Command vxumount Unmounts a VxFS file system. vxupgrade Upgrades the disk layout of a mounted VxFS file system. 1 Chapter 1 Description New in VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.
VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5) Release Notes Where to Find Information Where to Find Information For detailed information about the VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5) product, see the following: • The VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5) Manual Pages. See “Online Manual Pages” on page 12 for descriptions. • The VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5) documentation at the HP Documentation web site, http://docs.hp.
VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5) Release Notes Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements Recommended Memory Requirement HP recommends a minimum of 512 megabytes of memory to use VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5). Disk Space Requirements Before installing the software, make sure that there is sufficient storage space on your target system.
VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5) Release Notes HP Online JFS 3.5 (Full License) Product Licensing and Purchase Information HP Online JFS 3.5 (Full License) Product Licensing and Purchase Information Hewlett-Packard provides the base VERITAS File System 3.5 (base VxFS 3.5) product as part of the HP-UX 11i v2 Operating Environments. A standard HP-UX 11i v2 Operating Environment installation sets up the HP-UX filesystem with base VxFS 3.5 (also called JFS 3.5). To add VxFS 3.5 (OnlineJFS 3.
VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5) Release Notes Installing HP OnlineJFS 3.5 (Full License Software) Installing HP OnlineJFS 3.5 (Full License Software) To install the HP OnlineJFS 3.5 product, purchase the product (B3929DA) and obtain a code word to unlock the software from the application media. NOTE This procedure applies to the installation of Online JFS 3.5 on HP-UX Version 2 systems only. Install HP OnlineJFS 3.5 using swinstall as follows: Step 1.
VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5) Release Notes Installing HP OnlineJFS 3.
