Administrator's Guide

Step 2: Creating and Mounting a File System on an EVFS Volume
Use the following procedure to create and mount a file system on an EVFS volume. This procedure
is the same as the one used to create and mount a file system on an LVM, VxVM, or physical
volume except that you specify the EVFS character (raw) and block volume device files instead
of the LVM, VxVM, or physical device files.
a. Use the newfs command to create a new file system on the character (raw) EVFS volume.
b. (Optional) Use the fsck command to check the integrity of the file volume.
c. Use the mkdir command to create a mount point for the new file system.
d. Mount the file system on the EVFS volume.
e. (Optional) Add an entry to the /etc/fstab file for the encrypted volume.
Step 2a: Creating a New File System with newfs
Use the newfs command to create a new file system on the character (raw) EVFS volume. For
example:
newfs [-F file_sys_type] raw_evfs_volume_path
where:
-F file_sys_type
Specifies the file system type. This must be a file system type
supported by the underlying LVM, VxVM, or physical volume,
such as hfs or vxfs.
raw_evfs_volume_path
Specifies the absolute pathname of the character (raw) EVFS
volume device file, such as /dev/evfs/vg01/rlvol5,
/dev/evfs/vx/rdsk/rootdg/vol05, or
/dev/evfs/rdsk/c2t0d1.
Example
The following example creates a new file system on the character (raw) EVFS volume
/dev/evfs/vg01/rlvol5 (the underlying volume is an LVM volume).
# newfs -F vxfs /dev/evfs/vg01/rlvol5
The following example creates a new file system on the character (raw) EVFS volume
/dev/evfs/vx/rdsk/rootdg/vol05 (the underlying volume is a VxVM volume).
# newfs -F vxfs /dev/evfs/vx/rdsk/rootdg/vol05
Step 2b: (Optional) Using fsck to Check the File Volume
Optionally, use the fsck command to check the integrity of the file volume:
fsck [-F file_sys_type] raw_evfs_volume_path
where:
-F file_sys_type
Specifies the file system type. This must be a file system type
supported by the underlying LVM, VxVM, or physical volume,
such as hfs or vxfs. If you do not specify this option, fsck uses
the file system type from the corresponding entry in the
/etc/fstab file. See fsck(1m) for more information.
raw_evfs_volume_path
Specifies the absolute pathname for the character (raw) EVFS
volume device file, such as /dev/evfs/vg01/rlvol5,
/dev/evfs/vx/rdsk/rootdg/vol05, or
/dev/evfs/rdsk/c2t0d1.
Example
The following example checks the integrity of the file system on the EVFS volume created in the
previous step:
56 Configuring an EVFS Volume