Example of creating a multi-volume file system
The following procedure is an example of creating a multi-volume file system.
To create a multi-volume file system
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After a volume set is created, create a VxFS file system by specifying the volume set name as an argument to
mkfs:
# mkfs -t vxfs /dev/vx/rdsk/rootdg/myvset
version 7 layout
327680 sectors, 163840 blocks of size 1024,
log size 1024 blocks largefiles supported
After the file system is created, VxFS allocates space from the different volumes within the volume set.
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List the component volumes of the volume set using of the
fsvoladm command:
# mount -t vxfs /dev/vx/dsk/rootdg/myvset /mnt1
# fsvoladm list /mnt1
devid size used avail name
0 10240 1280 8960 vol1
1 51200 16 51184 vol2
2 51200 16 51184 vol3
3 51200 16 51184 vol4
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Add a new volume by adding the volume to the volume set, then adding the volume to the file system:
# vxassist make vol5 50m
# vxvset addvol myvset vol5
# fsvoladm add /mnt1 vol5 50m
# fsvoladm list /mnt1
devid size used avail name
0 10240 1300 8940 vol1
1 51200 16 51184 vol2
2 51200 16 51184 vol3
3 51200 16 51184 vol4
4 51200 16 51184 vol5
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List the volume availability flags using the
fsvoladm command:
# fsvoladm queryflags /mnt1
volname flags
vol1 metadataok
vol2 dataonly
vol3 dataonly
vol4 dataonly
vol5 dataonly
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Increase the metadata space in the file system using the
fsvoladm command:
# fsvoladm clearflags dataonly /mnt1 vol2
# fsvoladm queryflags /mnt1
volname flags
vol1 metadataok
vol2 metadataok
vol3 dataonly
vol4 dataonly
vol5 dataonly
