Veritas File System 4.1 Administrator's Guide (HP-UX 11i v3, February 2007)

VERITAS File System Quick Reference
Veritas File System Quick Reference
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-o N Displays the geometry of the file system and does not write to the
device.
-o largefiles Allows users to create files larger than two gigabytes. The default
option is largefiles.
special The character (raw) device or VERITAS Volume Manager volume.
size The size of the new file system (in sectors).
See the following manual pages for more information about creating VxFS file systems:
• mkfs(1M)
• mkfs_vxfs(1M)
Example A-1 To create a VxFS file system 12288 sectors in size on VxVM volume
Enter:
# mkfs -F vxfs /dev/vx/rdsk/diskgroup/volume 12288
Information similar to the following displays:
version 6 layout
262144 sectors, 262144 blocks of size 1024, log size 1024 blocks
largefiles supported
At this point, you can mount the newly created file system.
Converting a UFS File System to VxFS
The vxfsconvert command can be used to convert a UFS file system to a VxFS file system.
How to Convert a File System
To convert a UFS file system, use the vxfsconvert command:
vxfsconvert [-l logsize] [-s size] [-efnNvyY] special
-e Estimates the amount of space required to complete the conversion.
-f Displays the list of supported file system types.
-l logsize Specifies the size of the file system intent log.
-n|N Assumes a no response to all questions asked by vxfsconvert.