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This release includes the following online manual pages as part of the VRTSvxfs package. These are installed in the appropriate directories under /opt/VRTS/man (add this to your MANPATH environment variable), but does not update the windex database. To ensure that new VxFS manual pages display correctly, update the windex database after installing VRTSvxfs.

See the catman(1M) manual page.

Table A-5 describes the VxFS-specific section 1 manual pages:

    Section 1 manual pages

Section 1

Description

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. 

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Table A-6 describes the VxFS-specific section 1M manual pages:

    Section 1M manual pages

Section 1M

Description

cfscluster 

Configures CFS clusters. 

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_vxfs 

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

extendfs_vxfs 

Extends the size of a VxFS file system. 

fcladm 

Administers VxFS File Change Logs. 

ff_vxfs 

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

fsrpadm 

Administers VxFS relocation policies. 

fsadm_vxfs 

Resizes or reorganizes a VxFS file system. 

fsapadm 

Administers VxFS allocation policies. 

fscat_vxfs 

Cats a VxFS file system. 

fscdsconv 

Converts the byte order of a file system. 

fscdstask 

Performs various CDS operations. 

fsck_vxfs 

Checks and repairs a VxFS file system. 

fsckptadm 

Administers VxFS Storage Checkpoints. 

fsckpt_restore 

Restores file systems from VxFS Storage Checkpoints. 

fsclustadm 

Manages cluster-mounted VxFS file systems. 

fsvoladm 

Administers VxFS volumes. 

fsdb_vxfs 

Debugs VxFS file systems. 

fsmove 

Relocates files to a destination component volume.  

fsrpadm 

Administers VxFS relocation policies. 

fssweep 

Sweeps a multi-volume VxFS file system for files relocate. This functionality is available only with the Veritas Quality of Storage Service option. 

fsvoladm 

Administers VxFS volumes. 

getext 

Gets extent attributes for a VxFS file system. 

glmconfig 

Configures Group Lock Managers (GLM). 

mkfs_vxfs 

Constructs a VxFS file system. 

mount_vxfs 

Mounts a VxFS file system. 

ncheck_vxfs 

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

newfs_vxfs 

Creates a new VxFS file system. 

quot 

Summarizes ownership on a VxFS file system. 

quotacheck_vxfs 

Checks VxFS file system quota consistency. 

setext 

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

vxdiskusg 

Generates VxFS disk accounting data by user ID. 

vxdump 

Incrementally dumps file systems. 

vxenablef 

Enables specific VxFS features. 

vxfsconvert 

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

vxfsstat 

Displays file system statistics. 

vxlsino 

Looks up VxFS reverse path names. 

vxrestore 

Restores a file system incrementally. 

vxtunefs 

Tunes a VxFS file system. 

vxupgrade 

Upgrades the disk layout of a mounted VxFS file system. 

vxumount 

Unmounts a VxFS file system. 

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Table A-7 describes the VxFS-specific section 3 manual pages:

    Section 3 manual pages

Section 3

Description

fsckpt_cntl 

Performs control functions and Storage Checkpoint state changes. 

fsckpt_create 

Creates a Storage Checkpoint associated with a file system handle. 

fsckpt_createall 

Creates a Storage Checkpoint associated with a list of file system handles. 

fsckpt_fbmap 

Retrieves the block map from a Storage Checkpoint file. 

fsckpt_fclose 

Closes a Storage Checkpoint file. 

fsckpt_finfo 

Returns the status information from a Storage Checkpoint file. 

fsckpt_fopen 

Opens a Storage Checkpoint file. 

fsckpt_fpromote 

Promotes a file from a Storage Checkpoint into another fileset. 

fsckpt_fsclose 

Closes a mount point opened for Storage Checkpoint management. 

fsckpt_fsopen 

Opens a mount point for Storage Checkpoint management. 

fsckpt_info 

Returns status information on a Storage Checkpoint. 

fsckpt_intro 

Introduces the VxFS file system Storage Checkpoint API. 

fsckpt_mkprimary 

Makes a Storage Checkpoint in a VxFS file system the primary fileset for that file system. 

fsckpt_opts_create 

Creates a Storage Checkpoint associated with a file system handle. 

fsckpt_opts_createall 

Creates a Storage Checkpoint associated with a list of file system handles. 

fsckpt_remove 

Removes a Storage Checkpoint from a file system handle. 

fsckpt_rename 

Renames a Storage Checkpoint from a file system handle. 

fsckpt_sa_info 

Returns status information on a Storage Checkpoint within a VxFS file system on a block special device. 

fsckpt_setqlimit
fsckpt_getqlimit 

Sets or gets Storage Checkpoint quota limits. 

fsckpt_setquota 

Turns Storage Checkpoint quotas on or off. 

vxfs_ap_assign_ckpt 

Assigns an allocation policy to file data and metadata in a Storage Checkpoint. 

vxfs_ap_assign_file 

Assigns an allocation policy for file data and metadata. 

vxfs_ap_assign_file_pat 

Assigns a pattern-based allocation policy for a directory. 

vxfs_ap_assign_fs 

Assigns an allocation policy for all file data and metadata within a specified file system. 

vxfs_ap_assign_fs_pat 

Assigns an pattern-based allocation policy for a file system. 

vxfs_ap_define 

Defines a new allocation policy. 

vxfs_ap_enforce_file 

Ensures that all blocks in a specified file match the file allocation policy. 

vxfs_ap_enumerate 

Returns information about all allocation policies. 

vxfs_ap_query 

Returns information about a specific allocation policy. 

vxfs_ap_query_ckpt 

Returns information about allocation policies for each Storage Checkpoint. 

vxfs_ap_query_file 

Returns information about allocation policies assigned to a specified file. 

vxfs_ap_query_file_pat 

Returns information about the pattern-based allocation policy assigned to a directory. 

vxfs_ap_query_fs 

Retrieves allocation policies assigned to a specified file system. 

vxfs_ap_query_fs_pat 

Returns information about the pattern-based allocation policy assigned to a file system. 

vxfs_ap_remove 

Deletes a specified allocation policy. 

vxfs_fcl_sync 

Sets a synchronization point in the VxFS File Change Log. 

vxfs_get_ioffsets 

Obtains VxFS inode field offsets. 

vxfs_inotopath 

Returns path names for a given inode number. 

vxfs_nattr_link 

Links to a named data stream. 

vxfs_nattr_open  

Opens a named data stream. 

vxfs_nattr_rename  

Renames a named data stream. 

vxfs_nattr_unlink 

Removes a named data stream. 

vxfs_nattr_utimes 

Sets access and modification times for named data streams. 

vxfs_vol_add 

Adds a volume to a multi-volume file system. 

vxfs_vol_deencapsulate 

De-encapsulates a volume from a multi-volume file system. 

vxfs_vol_encapsulate 

Encapsulates a volume within a multi-volume file system. 

vxfs_vol_encapsulate_bias 

Encapsulates a volume within a multi-volume file system. 

vxfs_vol_enumerate 

Returns information about the volumes within a multi-volume file system. 

vxfs_vol_remove 

Removes a volume from a multi-volume file system. 

vxfs_vol_resize 

Resizes a specific volume within a multi-volume file system. 

vxfs_vol_stat 

Returns free space information about a component volume within a multi-volume file system. 

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Table A-8 describes the VxFS-specific section 4 manual pages:

    Section 4 manual pages

Section 4

Description

fs_vxfs 

Provides the format of a VxFS file system volume. 

inode_vxfs 

Provides the format of a VxFS file system inode. 

tunefstab 

Describes the VxFS file system tuning parameters table. 

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Table A-9 describes the VxFS-specific section 7 manual pages:

    Section 7 manual pages

Section 7

Description

vxfsio 

Describes the VxFS file system control functions. 

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