Veritas 5.0.1 Installation Guide, HP-UX 11i v3, First Edition, November 2009

2. Start the VEA service by entering the following command:
# /opt/VRTSob/bin/vxsvcctrl start
For more information on the supported options, see vxsvcctrl (1M).
NOTE: To stop the VEA service later, enter the following command:
# /opt/VRTSob/bin/vxsvcctrl stop
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 47)
• “Identifying the Type of File System” (page 47)
• “Converting a File System to VxFS” (page 47)
• “Mounting a VxFS File System” (page 48)
• “Displaying Information on Mounted File System” (page 48)
• “Unmounting a VxFS File System” (page 48)
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
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