Veritas File System manual pages

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: Section 1 manual pages describes the VxFS-specific section 1 manual pages.

Table: Section 1 manual pages

Section 1

Description

fiostat

Administers file I/O statistics.

fsmap

Displays VxFS file system extent information.

getext

Gets extent attributes for a VxFS file system.

setext

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

vxcompress

Compresses or uncompresses files.

vxfilesnap

Makes a copy-on-write copy of a file in a VxFS file system.

Table: Section 1M manual pages describes the VxFS-specific section 1M manual pages.

Table: Section 1M manual pages

Section 1M

Description

df_vxfs

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

fcladm

Administers VxFS File Change Logs.

ff_vxfs

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

fsadm_vxfs

Resizes or reorganizes a VxFS file system.

fsapadm

Administers VxFS allocation policies.

fscat_vxfs

Cats a VxFS file system.

fscdsadm

Performs online CDS operations.

fscdsconv

Performs offline CDS migration tasks on VxFS file systems.

fscdstask

Performs various CDS operations.

fsck_vxfs

Checks and repairs a VxFS file system.

fsckptadm

Performs various administrative tasks like creating, deleting, converting, setting, and displaying the quota on a Storage Checkpoint.

Quota display can be formatted in a human-friendly way, using the -H option.

fsckpt_restore

Restores file systems from VxFS Storage Checkpoints.

fsclustadm

Manages cluster-mounted VxFS file systems.

fsdbencap

Encapsulates databases.

fsdb_vxfs

Debugs VxFS file systems.

fsdedupadm

Administers data deduplication.

fsfreeze

Freezes VxFS file systems and executes a user command on the file systems.

fsppadm

Administers VxFS placement policies.

fstyp_vxfs

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

fsvmap

Maps volumes of VxFS file systems to files.

fsvoladm

Administers VxFS volumes.

glmconfig

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

glmdump

Reports stuck Group Lock Managers (GLM) locks in a cluster file system.

mkdstfs

SmartTier file system creation utility.

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.

quot

Summarizes ownership on a VxFS file system.

quotacheck_vxfs

Checks VxFS file system quota consistency.

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.

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.

Table: Section 3 manual pages describes the VxFS-specific section 3 manual pages.

Table: Section 3 manual pages

Section 3

Description

vxfs_ap_alloc2

Allocates an fsap_info2 structure.

vxfs_ap_assign_ckpt

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

vxfs_ap_assign_ckptchain

Assigns an allocation policy for all of the Storage Checkpoints of a VxFS file system.

vxfs_ap_assign_ckptdef

Assigns a default allocation policy for new Storage Checkpoints of a VxFS file system.

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_define2

Defines a new allocation policy.

vxfs_ap_enforce_ckpt

Reorganizes blocks in a Storage Checkpoint to match a specified allocation policy.

vxfs_ap_enforce_ckptchain

Enforces the allocation policy for all of the Storage Checkpoints of a VxFS file system.

vxfs_ap_enforce_file

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

vxfs_ap_enforce_file2

Reallocates blocks in a file to match allocation policies.

vxfs_ap_enforce_range

Reallocates blocks in a file within a specified range to match allocation policies.

vxfs_ap_enumerate

Returns information about all allocation policies.

vxfs_ap_enumerate2

Returns information about all allocation policies.

vxf_ap_free2

Frees one or more fsap_info2 structures.

vxfs_ap_query

Returns information about a specific allocation policy.

vxfs_ap_query2

Returns information about a specific allocation policy.

vxfs_ap_query_ckpt

Returns information about allocation policies for each Storage Checkpoint.

vxfs_ap_query_ckptdef

Retrieves the default allocation policies for new Storage Checkpoints of a VxFS file system

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_fiostats_dump

Returns file and file range I/O statistics.

vxfs_fiostats_getconfig

Gets file range I/O statistics configuration values.

vxfs_fiostats_set

Turns on and off file range I/O statistics and resets statistics counters.

vxfs_get_ioffsets

Obtains VxFS inode field offsets.

vxfs_inotopath

Returns path names for a given inode number.

vxfs_inostat

Gets the file statistics based on the inode number.

vxfs_inotofd

Gets the file descriptor based on the inode number.

vxfs_nattr_check

vxfs_nattr_fcheck

Checks for the existence of named data streams.

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_clearflags

Clears specified flags on volumes in 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_queryflags

Queries flags on volumes in 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_setflags

Sets specified flags on volumes in a multi-volume file system.

vxfs_vol_stat

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

Table: Section 4 manual pages describes the VxFS-specific section 4 manual pages.

Table: 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.

Table: Section 7 manual pages describes the VxFS-specific section 7 manual pages.

Table: Section 7 manual pages

Section 7

Description

vxfsio

Describes the VxFS file system control functions.