VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 User's Guide - VERITAS Enterprise Administrator (September 2004)

File System Tasks
Adding a New File System to a Volume
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Adding a New File System to a Volume
You can use the Volume Manager New File System procedure to place a
file system onto an existing volume and mount the file system. This also
updates the file system table file, if necessary.
To add a new file system to an existing volume
Step 1. Select the volume to contain the file system.
Step 2. Choose Actions > File System > New File System.
Step 3. Complete the New File System dialog box as follows:
File system type:
Select the file system type from the
options shown.
Create Options: • See Table 5-1, “Allocation Unit/Block size,”
on page 159 for allocation and block and
settings.
• To specify create details, click New File
System Details and specify any
additional options in the New File System
Details dialog box (see Table 5-2, “Create
Options,” on page 160).
Compress
(checkbox)
• If your platform supports file compression,
then you can select Compress to compress
the files on your file system.