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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. This functionality is available only with the Veritas Cluster File System product. 

cfsdgadm 

Adds or deletes shared disk groups to/from a cluster configuration. This functionality is available only with the Veritas Cluster File System product. 

cfsmntadm 

Adds, deletes, modifies, and sets policy on cluster mounted file systems. This functionality is available only with the Veritas Cluster File System product. 

cfsmount, cfsumount 

Mounts or unmounts a cluster file system. This functionality is available only with the Veritas Cluster File System product. 

CFS cluster configuration command. This functionality is available only with the Veritas Cluster File System product. 

Adds or deletes shared disk groups to/from a cluster configuration. This functionality is available only with the Veritas Cluster File System product. 

Adds, deletes, modifies, and sets policy on cluster mounted file systems. This functionality is available only with the Veritas Cluster File System product. 

Mounts or unmounts a cluster file system. This functionality is available only with the Veritas Cluster File System product. 

CFS cluster configuration command. This functionality is available only with the Veritas Cluster File System product. 

Adds or deletes shared disk groups to/from a cluster configuration. This functionality is available only with the Veritas Cluster File System product. 

Adds, deletes, modifies, and sets policy on cluster mounted file systems. This functionality is available only with the Veritas Cluster File System product. 

Mounts or unmounts a cluster file system. This functionality is available only with the Veritas Cluster File System product. 

Configures CFS clusters. This functionality is available only with the Veritas Cluster File System product. 

Adds or deletes shared disk groups to/from a cluster configuration. This functionality is available only with the Veritas Cluster File System product. 

Adds, deletes, modifies, and sets policy on cluster mounted file systems. This functionality is available only with the Veritas Cluster File System product. 

Mounts or unmounts a cluster file system. This functionality is available only with the Veritas Cluster File System product. 

cp 

Copies files and directories on VxFS file systems. 

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. This functionality is available only with the Veritas Cluster File System product. 

Manages cluster-mounted VxFS file systems. This functionality is available only with the Veritas Cluster File System product. 

Manages cluster-mounted VxFS file systems. This functionality is available only with the Veritas Cluster File System product. 

Manages cluster-mounted VxFS file systems. This functionality is available only with the Veritas Cluster File System product. 

fsdb 

Debugs VxFS file systems. 

fsdbencap 

Encapsulates databases. 

fsmove 

Relocates files to a destination component volume. This functionality is available only with the Veritas Quality of Storage Service option. 

Relocates files to a destination component volume. This functionality is available only with the Veritas Quality of Storage Service option. 

Relocates files to a destination component volume. This functionality is available only with the Veritas Quality of Storage Service option. 

fsrpadm 

Administers VxFS relocation policies. 

fssweep 

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

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

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

fstyp 

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

fsvoladm 

Administers VxFS volumes. 

glmconfig 

Configures Group Lock Managers (GLM). This functionality is available only with the Veritas Cluster File System product. 

Configures Group Lock Managers (GLM). This functionality is available only with the Veritas Cluster File System product. 

Configures Group Lock Managers (GLM). This functionality is available only with the Veritas Cluster File System product. 

ls 

Lists files and directories on a VxFS file system. 

mkfs 

Constructs a VxFS file system. 

mount 

Mounts a VxFS file system. 

mv 

Moves files and directories on 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. 

qlogadm 

Administers low level IOCTL for the QuickLog driver. This functionality is available only with the Veritas QuickLog feature. 

qlogattach 

Attaches a previously formatted QuickLog volume to a QuickLog device. This functionality is available only with the Veritas QuickLog feature. 

qlogck 

Recovers QuickLog devices during the boot process. This functionality is available only with the Veritas QuickLog feature. 

qlogclustadm 

Administers Cluster QuickLog devices. This functionality is available only with the Veritas QuickLog feature. 

qlogdb 

Debugs QuickLog. This functionality is available only with the Veritas QuickLog feature. 

qlogdetach 

Detaches a QuickLog volume from a QuickLog device. This functionality is available only with the Veritas QuickLog feature. 

qlogdisable 

Remounts a VxFS file system with QuickLog logging disabled. This functionality is available only with the Veritas QuickLog feature. 

qlogenable 

Remounts a VxFS file system with QuickLog logging enabled. This functionality is available only with the Veritas QuickLog feature. 

qlogmk 

Creates and attaches a QuickLog volume to a QuickLog device. This functionality is available only with the Veritas QuickLog feature. 

qlogprint 

Displays records from the QuickLog configuration. This functionality is available only with the Veritas QuickLog feature. 

qlogrec 

Recovers the QuickLog configuration file during a system failover. This functionality is available only with the Veritas QuickLog feature. 

qlogrm 

Removes a QuickLog volume from the configuration file. This functionality is available only with the Veritas QuickLog feature. 

qlogstat 

Prints statistics for running QuickLog devices, QuickLog volumes, and VxFS file systems. This functionality is available only with the Veritas QuickLog feature. 

qlogtrace 

Prints QuickLog tracing. This functionality is available only with the Veritas QuickLog feature. 

setext 

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

umount_vxfs 

Unmounts a VxFS file system. 

vxdump 

Incrementally dumps file systems. 

vxedquota 

Edits user quotas for a VxFS file system. 

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. 

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. 

vxtunefs 

Tunes a VxFS file system. 

vxupgrade 

Upgrades the disk layout of a mounted VxFS file system.