Administrator's Guide

EVFS Tasks and Commands
The following tables provide the command syntax for common EVFS administrative tasks.
Table B-1 Starting and Stopping EVFS
CommandTask
evfsadm start [-n number_threads]
Start the EVFS subsystem.
evfsadm stopStop the EVFS subsystem.
Table B-2 Managing EVFS Volumes
CommandTask
evfsadm map volume_path
Map an LVM, VxVM, or physical
volume to EVFS and create EVFS
device files.
evfsadm unmap evfs_volume_path
Unmap an EVFS volume.
evfsvol create [-k keyname] [-f] evfs_volume_path
Create an EVFS volume (generates
a volume encryption key and creates
the EMD).
evfsvol destroy [-f] evfs_volume_path
Destroy an EVFS volume (you must
be the volume owner, and the data
will be irrecoverable).
evfsvol enable [-k keyname] evfs_volume_path
Enable an EVFS volume without a
stored passphrase.
evfsvol enable -p evfs_volume_path
Enable an EVFS volume with a
stored passphrase and key ID in
/etc/evfs/evfstab.
evfsvol enable -a
Enable all EVFS volumes with key
IDs in /etc/evfs/evfstab.
evfsvol disable [-k keyname] evfs_volume_path
Disable an EVFS volume without a
stored passphrase.
evfsvol disable -p evfs_volume_path
Disable an EVFS volume with a
stored passphrase and key ID in
/etc/evfs/evfstab.
evfsvol disable -a
Disable all EVFS volumes with key
IDs in /etc/evfs/evfstab.
evfsvol iencrypt [-f] [-k keyname] [-c cipher]
evfs_volume_path
Inline Encrypt data on an existing
volume
evfsvol raw [-k keyname] evfs_volume_path
Open raw access for an EVFS
volume.
CAUTION: HP recommends that
you use this operation only when
creating encrypted backup media or
restoring encrypted backup media,
as described in “Backing Up EVFS
Volumes” (page 102).
evfsvol close [-k keyname] evfs_volume_path
Close raw access for an EVFS
volume.
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