You can access regular VxFS files as Quick I/O files using the ::cdev:vxfs: name extension.
While symbolic links are recommended because they provide easy file system management and location transparency of database files, the drawback of using symbolic links is that you must manage two sets of files (for instance, during database backup and restore).
To access an existing regular file as a Quick I/O file on a VxFS file system
Access the VxFS file system mount point containing the regular files:
$ cd /mount_point
$ mv filename .filename $ ln -s .filename::cdev:vxfs: filename
This example shows how to access the VxFS file dbfile as a Quick I/O file:
$ cd /db01 $ mv dbfile .dbfile $ ln -s .dbfile::cdev:vxfs: dbfile
This example shows how to confirm the symbolic link was created:
$ ls -lo .dbfile dbfile
-rw-r--r-- 1 db2inst1 104890368 Oct 2 13:42 .dbfile
lrwxrwxrwx 1 db2inst1 19 Oct 2 13:42 dbfile -> .dbfile::cdev:vxfs: