Veritas Storage Foundation 5.1 SP1 Advanced Features Administrator"s Guide (5900-1503, April 2011)

Note: The default CDS limits information file, /etc/vx/cdslimitstab, is installed
as part of the VxFS package. The contents of this file are used by the VxFS CDS
commands and should not be altered.
Examples of target specifications
The following are examples of target specifications:
Specifies the target operating system and uses defaults for
the remainder.
os_name=HP-UX
Specifies the operating system, operating system release
version, architecture, VxFS version, and kernel bits of the
target.
os_name=HP-UX,
os_rel=11.23,
arch=pa,
vxfs_version=5.0,
bits=64
Specifies the operating system and architecture of the
target.
os_name=HP-UX,
arch=ia
Specifies the operating system and kernel bits of the target.
os_name=HP-UX,
bits=64
Using the fscdsadm command
The fscdsadm command can be used to perform the following CDS tasks:
■ Checking that the metadata limits are not exceeded
■ Maintaining the list of target operating systems
■ Enforcing the established CDS limits on a file system
■ Ignoring the established CDS limits on a file system
■ Validating the operating system targets for a file system
■ Displaying the CDS status of a file system
Checking that the metadata limits are not exceeded
To check that the metadata limits are not exceeded
■ Type the following command to check whether there are any file system entities
with metadata that exceed the limits for the specified target operating system:
# fscdsadm -v -t target mount_point
Migrating data between platforms
File system considerations
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