Veritas™ File System 5.0.1 Administrator's Guide

To unmount a file system
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Use the umount command to unmount a file system:
vxumount [-o [force]] mount_point
vxumount [-f] mount_point
vxumount [-o [force]] {special|mount_point}
Specify the file system to be unmounted as a mount_point or special. special
is the VxFS block special device on which the file system resides.
Example of unmounting a file system
The following are examples of unmounting file systems.
To unmount the file system /dev/vx/dsk/fsvol/vol1
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Unmount the file system:
# umount /dev/vx/dsk/fsvol/vol1
To unmount all file systems not required by the system
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Unmount the file system mounted at /mnt1:
# vxumount /mnt1
Displaying information on mounted file systems
Use the mount command to display a list of currently mounted file systems.
See the mount(1M) and mount_vxfs(1M) manual pages.
To view the status of mounted file systems
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Use the mount command to view the status of mounted file systems:
mount -v
This shows the file system type and mount options for all mounted file systems.
The -v option specifies verbose mode.
Example of displaying information on mounted file systems
The following example shows the result of invoking the mount command without
options.
Quick Reference
Displaying information on mounted file systems
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