B AdvFS Commands

This appendix summarizes the AdvFS commands. The reference pages provide detailed information.

B.1 AdvFS Base System Commands

The following tables list and describe each of the AdvFS commands available in the base portion of AdvFS. These commands are included with the basic license; they do not require a layered product license. If you installed the reference page subset, you can access reference pages for each of these commands by issuing the man command.

Table B-1: AdvFS Configuration Commands

Command	Description
`chfile`	Changes the attributes of a file
`chvol`	Changes the attributes of a volume
`defragment`	Makes the files in a domain more contiguous
`mkfdmn`	Creates a domain
`mkfset`	Creates a fileset within a domain
`renamefset`	Renames an existing fileset
`rmfdmn`	Removes a domain
`rmfset`	Removes a fileset from a domain
`switchlog`	Moves the AdvFS log file to a different volume in a domain

Table B-2: AdvFS Information Display Commands

Command	Description
`advfsstat`	Displays file system statistics
`ncheck`	Displays the tag and full pathname for each file in the file system
`showfdmn`	Displays the attributes of a domain
`showfile`	Displays the attributes of a file
`showfsets`	Displays the attributes of filesets in a domain
`vdf`	Displays used and available disk space for a fileset or a domain

Table B-3: AdvFS Backup Commands

Command	Description
`rvdump`	Remotely performs full and incremental fileset backup
`rvrestore`	Remotely restores files from backup media
`vdump`	Performs full and incremental fileset backup
`vrestore`	Restores files from backup media

Table B-4: AdvFS Check and Repair Commands

Command	Description
`advscan`	Locates AdvFS partitions on disks
`fixfdmn`	Fixes on-disk metadata corruption
`mountlist`	Checks for mounted AdvFS filesets
`salvage`	Recovers file data from damaged AdvFS domains
`tag2name`	Prints the pathname of a file given the tag number
`verify`	Checks for and repairs file system inconsistencies

Table B-5: AdvFS Quota Commands

Command	Description
`chfsets`	Changes file and block quotas; turns object safety, fragging, and data management API on and off
`edquota`	Edits user and group quotas
`quot`	Summarizes file and block information
`quota`	Displays disk usage and limits by user or group
`quotacheck`	Checks file system quota consistency
`quotaoff`	Turns quotas off
`quotaon`	Turns quotas on
`repquota`	Summarizes quotas for a file system

Table B-6: AdvFS Disk Structure Commands

Command	Description
`nvbmtpg`	Displays a formatted page of the bitfile metadata table (BMT)
`nvfragpg`	Displays file fragment information
`nvlogpg`	Displays a formatted page of the log
`nvtagpg`	Displays a formatted page of the tag directory
`savemeta`	Captures a domain's metadata
`shblk`	Displays unformatted disk blocks
`shfragbf`	Displays file fragment information
`vfilepg`	Displays a page of an AdvFS file
`vsbmpg`	Displays a page of the storage bitmap

B.2 AdvFS Utilities Commands

The following table lists and describes AdvFS Utilities commands. These commands require the optional AdvFS Utilities product license. If you installed the AdvFS Utilities reference page subset, you can access reference pages for each of these commands by entering the man command.

Table B-7: AdvFS Utilities Commands

Command	Description
`addvol`	Adds a volume to an existing domain
`advfsd`	Starts the AdvFS GUI agent (daemon)
`balance`	Balances the percentage of used space between volumes
`clonefset`	Creates a read-only copy of a fileset
`dtadvfs`	Starts the AdvFS GUI
`lsmsa`	Starts Logical Storage Manager Storage Administrator (LSMSA)
`migrate`	Moves a file to another volume in the domain
`mktrashcan`	Attaches directories to a trashcan directory, which stores deleted files
`rmtrashcan`	Detaches a specified directory from a trashcan directory
`rmvol`	Removes a volume from an existing domain
`shtrashcan`	Shows the trashcan directory, if any, that is attached to a specified directory
`stripe`	Interleaves storage allocation of a file across two or more volumes within a domain

B.3 Comparison of AdvFS and UFS Commands

The following table lists the AdvFS commands and equivalent or similar commands available in UFS file systems. Note that there is no one-to-one correspondence between all AdvFS and all UFS commands.

Table B-8: Comparison of AdvFS and UFS Commands

AdvFS Command	UFS Command
`addvol`	None; UFS does not use volumes.
`advfsd`	None; no UFS GUI.
`advfsstat`	Use `iostat` or system monitoring tools such as `sys_check` and Collect for Tru64 UNIX. Use event monitoring tools to watch for file system events.
`advscan`	None; UFS does not use volumes.
`balance`	None; UFS does not use volumes.
`chfile`	None; the only attributes that can be changed are ownership and protection.
`chfsets`	None; the only attributes that can be changed are ownership and protection.
`chvol`	None; UFS does not use volumes.
`clonefset`	None.
`defragment`	None.
`dtadvfs, lsmsa`	None; no UFS GUI.
`migrate`	Use `cp` and `mv`.
`mkfdmn, mkfset`	Use `newfs`.
`mktrashcan, rmtrashcan, shtrashcan`	Use CDE windowing environment, which provides a deferred deletion.
`mountlist`	Use `mount`.
`ncheck`	Same as AdvFS.
`fixfdmn, nvbmptg, nvfragpg, nvlogpg, nvtagpg, savemeta, shblk, shfragbf, vfilepg, vsbmpg`	None; no analogous UFS commands.
`quota, edquota, quot, quotacheck, quotaoff, quotaon, repquota`	Same as AdvFS.
`renamefset`	None.
`rmfdmn, rmfset`	Unmount the file system using `mount`, remove the entry from the `/etc/fstab` file.
`rmvol`	None; UFS does not use volumes.
`vdump, rvdump, vrestore, rvrestore`	Use `dump,` `rdump`, `restore`, and `rrestore`. Can use AdvFS commands.
`salvage`	None.
`showfdmn`	None.
`showfile`	Use `file` and `ls -l`.
`stripe`	None.
`switchlog`	None.
`tag2name`	None.
`vdf`	Use `df` and `du`.
`verify`	Use `fsck` and `bcheckrc`.