Veritas 5.0.1 Installation Guide HP-UX 11i v3 (5900-2464, September 2012)

Setting Up a Veritas Enterprise Administrator Client
To run VEA and administer a local or remote system, ensure that you have sufficient privileges.
Also, ensure that the VxVM and the VEA server are installed on the same system to be administered
and that the vxconfigd daemon and the VEA server are running.
Following are the commands to administer a local and remote HP-UX system:
• To administer a local HP-UX system, enter the following command:
# /opt/VRTSob/bin/vea&
• To administer a remote system, enter the following command:
# /opt/VRTSob/bin/vea -host <remote_machine_name> &
For more information on using VEA, see the Veritas Enterprise Administrator (VEA) User's Guide
available at:
http://www.docs.hp.com.
Setting up and Managing VxFS 5.0.1
This section discuss the various operations that can be performed on a VxFS file system. It addersses
the following topics:
• “Creating a VxFS File System” (page 43)
• “Identifying the Type of File System” (page 43)
• “Converting a File System to VxFS” (page 43)
• “Mounting a VxFS File System” (page 43)
• “Displaying Information on Mounted File System” (page 44)
• “Unmounting a VxFS File System” (page 44)
Creating a VxFS File System
To create a file system, enter the following command:
# newfs -F vxfs <character_device>
For more information on the supported options, see newfs_vxfs (1M).
The newfs command builds a vxfs file system by invoking mkfs. You can also use the mkfs
command, instead of the newfs command to create the VxFS file system.
Identifying the Type of File System
To determine the file system type, enter the following command:
# /usr/sbin/fstyp -v special
For more information on supported options, see fstyp (1M).
Converting a File System to VxFS
To convert an HFS file system to a VxFS file system, enter the following command:
# /sbin/fs/vxfs/vxfsconvert [-l logsize] [-s size] [-efnNvyY] special
For more information on the supported options, see vxfsconvert (1M).
Mounting a VxFS File System
To mount a vxfs file system, enter the following command:
# mount -F vxfs [generic_options] [-r] [-o specific_options] special
<mount_point>
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