Veritas File System 5.0 Administrator's Guide (September 2006)

File System Type and Operating System Versions
Disk Layout
VxFS 5.0,
HP-UX
11.23 PI
VxFS 4.1,
HP-UX
11.23 PI
VxFS
3.5.2,
HP-UX
11.23 PI
VxFS 3.5,
HP-UX
11.11
JFS 3.3,
HP-UX
11.11
YesYesNoNoNomkfs
Version 6
YesYesNoNoNo
Local
Mount
YesYesNoNoNo
Shared
Mount
YesNoNoNoNomkfs
Version 7
YesNoNoNoNo
Local
Mount
YesNoNoNoNo
Shared
Mount
Version 7Version 6Version 5Version 4Version 4Default Disk Layout
Version 7Version 4Version 4Version 4Version 4
vxfsconvert Target
Disk Layout
Version 4
to 5,
Version 5
to 6,
Version 6
to 7
Version 2
to 3,
Version 3
to 4,
Version 4
to 5,
Version 5
to 6
Version 2
to 3,
Version 3
to 4,
Version 4
to 5
Version 2
to 4,
Version 3
to 4
Version 2
to 3,
Version 3
to 4
vxupgrade Paths
Version 4Version 4Version 4Version 4Version 3
Recommended Disk
Layout for System
Partition
About disk space allocation
Disk space is allocated by the system in 1024-byte sectors. An integral number of
sectors are grouped together to form a logical block. VxFS supports logical block
sizes of 1024, 2048, 4096, and 8192 bytes. The default block size for file systems
less than one terabyte is 1024 bytes. The block size may be specified as an
argument to the mkfs utility and may vary between VxFS file systems mounted
Disk layout
About disk space allocation
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