Chfs Examples

1. To change the file system size of the /test Journaled File System, enter:
chfs -a size=24576 /test

This command changes the size of the /test Journaled File System to 24576 512-byte blocks, or
12MB (provided it was previously no larger than this).

2. To increase the size of the /test Journaled File System, enter:

This command increases the size of the /test Journaled File System by 8192 512-byte blocks, or 4 MB.

3. To convert a JFS2 file system to a version which can support NFS4 ACLs, type:

chfs -a ea=v2 /test

4. To change the mount point of a file system, enter:

chfs -m /test2 /test

This command changes the mount point of a file system from /test to /test2.

5. To delete the accounting attribute from a file system, enter:

chfs -d account /home

This command removes the accounting attribute from the /home file system. The accounting
attribute is deleted from the /home: stanza of the /etc/filesystems file.

6. To split off a copy of a mirrored fs and mount it read-only for use as an online backup, enter:

chfs -a splitcopy=/backup -a copy=2 /testfs

This mount a read-only copy of /testfs at /backup.

7. To change the file system size of the /test Journaled File System, enter:
chfs -a size=64M /test

This changes the size of the /test JFS to 64MB (provided it was previously no larger than this).

8. To reduce the size of the /test JFS2 file system, enter:

9. To freeze a file system, enter:

chfs -a freeze=60 /adl freezes the /adl fs for a maximum of 60 seconds.

10. To thaw a file system, enter:

chfs -a freeze=off /zml This command thaws the /zml file system.

/etc/filesystems Lists the known file systems and defines their characteristics.
Crfs Examples
1. To make a JFS on the rootvg volume group with nondefault fragment size and nondefault nbpi,
enter:

crfs -v jfs -g rootvg -m /test -a \ size=32768 -a frag=512 -a nbpi=1024

This command creates the /test file system on the rootvg volume group with a fragment size of 512
bytes, a number of bytes per i-node (nbpi) ratio of 1024, and an initial size of 16MB (512 * 32768).

2. To make a JFS on the rootvg volume group with nondefault fragment size and nondefault nbpi,
enter:

crfs -v jfs -g rootvg -m /test -a size=16M -a frag=512 -a nbpi=1024

This command creates the /test file system on the rootvg volume group with a fragment size of 512
bytes, a number of bytes per i-node (nbpi) ratio of 1024, and an initial size of 16MB.

3. To create a JFS2 file system which can support NFS4 ACLs, type:

crfs -v jfs2 -g rootvg -m /test -a size=1G -a ea=v2

This command creates the /test JFS2 file system on the rootvg volume group with an initial size of 1
gigabyte. The file system will store extended attributes using the v2 format.

Files
/etc/filesystems Lists the known file systems and defines their characteristics.
Mkfs Examples
1. To specify the volume and file system name for a new file system, type:

mkfs -lworks -vvol001 /dev/hd3

This command creates an empty file system on the /dev/hd3 device, giving it the volume serial
number vol001 and file system name works. The new file system occupies the entire device. The file
system has a default fragment size (4096 bytes) and a default nbpi ratio (4096).

2. To create a file system with nondefault attributes, type:

mkfs -s 8192 -o nbpi=2048,frag=512 /dev/lv01

This command creates an empty 4 MB file system on the /dev/lv01 device with 512-byte fragments
and 1 i-node for each 2048 bytes.

3. To create a large file enabled file system, type:

mkfs -V jfs -o nbpi=131072,bf=true,ag=64 /dev/lv01

This creates a large file enabled JFS file system with an allocation group size of 64 megabytes and 1
inode for every 131072 bytes of disk. The size of the file system will be the size of the logical volume
lv01.

4. To create a file system with nondefault attributes, type:

5. mkfs -s 4M -o nbpi=2048, frag=512 /dev/lv01

This command creates an empty 4 MB file system on the /dev/lv01 device with 512-byte fragments
and one i-node for each 2048 bytes.

6. To create a JFS2 file system which can support NFS4 ACLs, type:

mkfs -V jfs2 -o ea=v2 /dev/lv01

This command creates an empty file system on the /dev/lv01 device with v2 format for extended
attributes.

Files
/etc/vfs Contains descriptions of virtual file system types.
/etc/filesystems Lists the known file systems and defines their characteristics.

Mklv Examples
 1. To make a logical volume in volume group vg02 with one logical partition and a total of two copies
of the data, type:

mklv -c 2 vg02 1

2. To make a logical volume in volume group vg03 with nine logical partitions and a total of three
copies spread across a maximum of two physical volumes, and whose allocation policy is not strict,
type:

mklv -c 3 -u 2 -s n vg03 9

3. To make a logical volume in vg04 with five logical partitions allocated across the center sections of
the physical volumes when possible, with no bad-block relocation, and whose type is paging, type:

mklv -a c -t paging -b n vg04 5

4. To make a logical volume in vg03 with 15 logical partitions chosen from physical volumes hdisk5,
hdisk6, and hdisk9, type:

mklv vg03 15 hdisk5 hdisk6 hdisk9

5. To make a striped logical volume in vg05 with a strip size of 64K across 3 physical volumes and 12
logical partitions, type:

mklv -u 3 -S 64K vg05 12

6. To make a striped logical volume in vg05 with a strip size of 8K across hdisk1, hdisk2, and hdisk3
and 12 logical partitions, type:

mklv -S 8K vg05 12 hdisk1 hdisk2 hdisk3

7. To request a logical volume with a minimum size of 10MB, type:

mklv VGNAME 10M #

The mklv command will determine the number of partitions needed to create a logical volume of at
least that size.

You can use uppercase and lowercase letters as follows:

B/b 512 byte blocks

K/k KB

M/m MB

G/g GB

Files
/usr/sbin Directory where the mklv command resides.
/tmp Directory where the temporary files are stored while the command is running.