Adding a New File System to a Volume
You can use the Volume Manager New File System procedure to place a file system onto an existing volume and mount the file system. This also updates the file system table file, if necessary.
To add a new file system to an existing volume
- Select the volume to contain the file system.
- Choose Actions > File System > New File System.
- Complete the New File System dialog box as follows:
File system type: |
Select the file system type from the options shown. |
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Create Options: | |
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Compress (checkbox) | |
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Mount Options: | |
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After you have provided all necessary information in the dialog box, click OK.
Allocation Unit/Block size
File System |
Allocation Unit Values |
Block Size Values |
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ufs |
512, 1024, 2048, 4096, 8192 |
4096, 8192 |
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vxfs |
same as block size |
1024, 2048, 4096, 8192 |
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jfs, jfs2 |
512, 1024, 2048, 4096 |
512, 1024, 2048, 4096 |
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ext2, ext3 |
1024, 2048, 4096 |
1024, 2048, 4096 |
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hfs |
1024, 2048, 4096, 8192, 16384, 65536 |
1024, 2048, 4096, 8192, 16384, 65536 |
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Create Options
Option |
File Systems |
Description |
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largefiles/nolargefiles |
vxfs, jfs, fs2 |
File system contains/does not contain files equal or greater than 2 GBytes. |
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logsize |
vxfs |
Activity logging area size. |
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Mount Options
Option |
File Systems |
Description |
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largefiles/nolargefiles |
vxfs, jfs, fs2 |
File system contains/does not contain files equal or greater than 2 GBytes. |
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Quick I/O (checkbox) |
vxfs |
Enables/disables the VERITAS Quick I/O for Databases option for the filesystem. |
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QuickLog device (checkbox) |
vxfs |
Enables the filesystem to use VERITAS QuickLog. Select also the log device number to be used (1 to 31). |
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Cluster mount (checkbox). This is present in the Mount File System Details dialog only if the optional cluster functionality is available.
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vxfs |
Mounts the filesystem in shared mode.
Select the nodes to be mounted. |
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log/delaylog/tmplog |
jfs, jfs2 |
Controls intent logging. To maintain filesystem integrity after a system failure, logging must be enabled. |
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blkclear |
vxfs |
Clears all data extents before file allocation. |
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mincache |
vxfs | File system caching policy
Note that, while the tmpcache option to mincache improves performance, it reduces integrity.
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noatime |
vxfs | Disables access time recording. |
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