HP CIFS Server 3.0f Administrator's Guide verison A.02.03

Using CFSM with Other Stackable File System Modules
The CIFS File System Module (CFSM) is a stackable file system module that can be stacked with other file
system modules on physical file systems (like VxFS, HFS). The file system modules are stacked onto the file
system based on the order specified in an stack template file. The templates are managed and defined
through the use of the fstadm command.
The predefined CFSM template, cfsmtemplate, is usable for the most common installations where CFSM
is the only file system module stacked on top of the base file system. If more complex file system stacks are
needed (using more than one file system module simultaneously), use fstadm to define one or more new
file system module templates. Refer to the fstadm man page for details.
For example, the following command creates the cfsmtemplate template without specifying any mount
options:
fstadm create -t cfsm -n cfsmtemplate
fstadm command
This section briefly describes the fstadm command usage. For detailed information, refer to the fstadm
(1M) man page.
The fstadm command performs basic administrative operations on file system stack templates. Operations
include creating and deleting templates, listing all templates on the system, and displaying the contents of
templates.
File system stack templates are used to describe the structure of a file system module stack. They contain
information about the modules on a stack and the mount options for each module on the stack.
All stack templates on a system reside in the system's stack template database. The only supported way to
access and edit templates in the system template database is to use the fstadm command.
Syntax
fstadm create [-o] -f filename [-n name]
fstadm create [-o] -t template_string -n name
fstadm list
fstadm display template_name
fstadm delete template_name
fstadm fdel template_name
fstadm help
Description
create-f | -t Creates a new template. This command takes the following two types of input:
• a text file that describes a template, specified with the -f option.
• a string that describes a template directly in the command line, specified with the
-t option
The -t option cannot be used in conjunction with the -f option.
A template can contain information about the mount options to use at each level of a
stack. For information about the specific mount options that are available for each
stackable file system module, consult the man page for the module itself.
The following describes the arguments that can be used with the create keyword:
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