Veritas™ File System 5.0.1 Administrator's Guide

log. File system operations, such as allocating or deleting files, can originate from
any node in the cluster.
Installing VxFS and enabling the cluster feature does not create a cluster file
system configuration. HP Serviceguard Storage Management environments require
HP Serviceguard for file system clustering.
To be a cluster mount, a file system must be mounted using the mount -o cluster
option. File systems mounted without the -o cluster option are termed local
mounts.
Cross-platform data sharing
Cross-platform data sharing (CDS) allows data to be serially shared among
heterogeneous systems where each system has direct access to the physical devices
that hold the data. This feature can be used only in conjunction with Veritas
Volume Manager (VxVM).
See the Veritas Storage Foundation Cross-Platform Data Sharing Administrator's
Guide.
File Change Log
The VxFS File Change Log (FCL) tracks changes to files and directories in a file
system. The File Change Log can be used by applications such as backup products,
webcrawlers, search and indexing engines, and replication software that typically
scan an entire file system searching for modifications since a previous scan. FCL
functionality is a separately licensed feature.
See About the File Change Log file on page 114.
Multi-volume support
The multi-volume support (MVS) feature allows several volumes to be represented
by a single logical object. All I/O to and from an underlying logical volume is
directed by way of volume sets. This feature can be used only in conjunction with
VxVM. MVS functionality is a separately licensed feature.
See About multi-volume support on page 122.
See the Veritas Storage Foundation Release Notes.
Dynamic Storage Tiering
The Dynamic Storage Tiering (DST) option is built on multi-volume support
technology. Using DST, you can map more than one volume to a single file system.
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