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Command summary

Symbolic links to all VxFS command executables are installed in the
/opt/VRTS/bin directory. Add this directory to the end of your PATH environment variable to access the commands.

Table A-4 describes the VxFS-specific commands:

    VxFS commands

Command

Description

cfscluster 

CFS cluster configuration command. 

cfsdgadm 

Adds or deletes shared disk groups to/from a cluster configuration. 

cfsmntadm 

Adds, deletes, modifies, and sets policy on cluster mounted file systems. 

cfsmount, cfsumount 

Mounts or unmounts a cluster file system. 

df 

Reports the number of free disk blocks and inodes for a VxFS file system. 

fcladm 

Administers VxFS File Change Logs. 

ff 

Lists file names and inode information for a VxFS file system. 

fsadm 

Resizes or defragments a VxFS file system. 

fsapadm 

Administers VxFS allocation policies. 

fscat 

Cats a VxFS file system. 

fscdsconv 

Converts the byte order of a file system. 

fscdstask 

Performs various CDS operations. 

fsck 

Checks and repairs a VxFS file system. 

fsckpt_restore 

Restores file systems from VxFS Storage Checkpoints. 

fsckptadm 

Administers VxFS Storage Checkpoints. 

fsclustadm 

Manages cluster-mounted VxFS file systems. 

fsdb 

Debugs VxFS file systems. 

fsdbencap 

Encapsulates databases. 

fsrpadm 

Administers VxFS relocation policies. 

fstyp 

Returns the type of file system on a specified disk partition. 

fsvoladm 

Administers VxFS volumes. 

mkfs 

Constructs a VxFS file system. 

mount 

Mounts a VxFS file system. 

ncheck 

Generates path names from inode numbers for a VxFS file system. 

qioadmin 

Administers VxFS Quick I/O for Databases cache. This functionality is available only with the Veritas Quick I/O for Databases feature. 

qiomkfile 

Creates a VxFS Quick I/O device file. This functionality is available only with the Veritas Quick I/O for Databases feature. 

qiostat 

Displays statistics for VxFS Quick I/O for Databases. This functionality is available only with the Veritas Quick I/O for Databases feature. 

setext 

Sets extent attributes on a file in a VxFS file system. 

umount 

Unmounts a VxFS file system. 

vxdiskusg 

Generates VxFS disk accounting data by user ID. 

vxdump 

Incrementally dumps file systems. 

vxedquota 

Edits user quotas for a VxFS file system. 

vxenable 

Enables specific VxFS features. 

vxfsconvert 

Converts an unmounted file system to VxFS or upgrades a VxFS disk layout version. 

vxfsstat 

Displays file system statistics. 

vxgetfacl 

Displays the access control list for a VxFS file or directory. 

vxlsino 

Looks up VxFS reverse path names. 

vxquot 

Displays file system ownership summaries for a VxFS file system. 

vxquota 

Displays user disk quotas and usage on a VxFS file system. 

vxquotaoff
vxquotaon
 

Turns quotas on and off for a VxFS file system. 

vxrepquota 

Summarizes quotas for a VxFS file system. 

vxrestore 

Restores a file system incrementally. 

vxsetfacl 

Modifies the access control list for a VxFS file or directory. 

vxtunefs 

Tunes a VxFS file system. 

vxupgrade 

Upgrades the disk layout of a mounted VxFS file system.