Veritas Storage Foundation Cross-Platform Data Sharing 5.0 AdministratorÆs Guide, HP-UX 11i v3, First Edition, May 2008

51File system data sharing
Converting the byte order of a file system
utilities. To recover the file system, invoke the fscdsconv command with
the recovery flag,
-r:
# fscdsconv -r -f recovery_file special_device
When the -r flag is specified, fscdsconv expects the recovery file to exist
and that the file system being converted is the same file system specified in
this second invocation of
fscdsconv.
11 After invoking
fscdsconv with the -r flag, the conversion process will
restart and complete, given no subsequent failures.
In the event of another failure, repeat step 10.
Under some circumstances, you will be required to restore the file system
from the backup, such as if the disk fails that contains the recovery file.
Failure to have created a backup would then result in total data loss in the
file system. I/O errors on the device that holds the file system would also
require a backup to be restored after the physical device problems are
addressed. There may be other causes of failure that would require the use
of the backup.
Importing and mounting a file system from another system
The fscdsconv command can be used to import and mount a file system that
was previously used on another system.
To import and mount a file system from another system
1 Convert the file system:
# fscdsconv -f recovery_file -i special_device
If the byte order of the file system needs
to be converted
Enter y to convert the byte order of the
file system when prompted by fscdsconv.
If the migration converted the byte order
of the file system, fscdsconv creates a
recovery file that persists after the
migration completes. If required, you can
use this file to restore the file system to
its original stateat a later time.
If the byte order of the file system does
not need to be converted
Enter n to convert the byte order of the
file system when prompted by fscdsconv.