Veritas File System 5.1 SP1 Administrator"s Guide (5900-1499, April 2011)

Converting a file system to VxFS
The vxfsconvert command can be used to convert a HFS file system to a VxFS
file system.
See the vxfsconvert(1M) manual page.
To convert a HFS file system to a VxFS file system
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Use the vxfsconvert command to convert a HFS file system to VxFS:
vxfsconvert [-l logsize] [-s size] [-efnNvyY] special
Estimates the amount of space required to complete the conversion.-e
Displays the list of supported file system types.-f
Specifies the size of the file system intent log.-l logsize
Assumes a no response to all questions asked by vxfsconvert.-n|N
Directs vxfsconvert to use free disk space past the current end of the
file system to store VxFS metadata.
-s siz
Specifies verbose mode.-v
Assumes a yes response to all questions asked by vxfsconvert.-y|Y
Specifies the name of the character (raw) device that contains the file
system to convert.
special
Example of converting a file system
The following example converts a HFS file system to a VxFS file system with an
intent log size of 4096 blocks.
To convert a HFS file system to a VxFS file system
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Convert the file system:
# vxfsconvert -l 4096 /dev/vx/rdsk/diskgroup/volume
Mounting a file system
You can mount a VxFS file system by using the mount command. If you enter this
command, the generic mount command parses the arguments and the -F fstype
option executes the mount command specific to that file system type. For VxFS
Quick Reference
Converting a file system to VxFS
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