| Title and Copyright Information |
| About This Manual |
| Audience |
| New and Changed Features |
| Organization |
| Related Documentation |
| Reader's Comments |
| Conventions |
| 1 | Configuring the File System |
| 1.1 | What is AdvFS? |
| 1.2 | License Registration |
| 1.3 | File System Design |
| 1.3.1 | Filesets, Domains, and Volumes |
| 1.3.2 | Transaction log file |
| 1.3.3 | File Storage Allocation |
| 1.4 | Setting Up an AdvFS File System |
| 1.5 | Volumes |
| 1.5.1 | Volume Attributes |
| 1.6 | Domains |
| 1.6.1 | Configuring Domains |
| 1.6.2 | The /etc/fdmns Directory |
| 1.6.3 | Version 5.0 Domains |
| 1.6.3.1 | Creating a Domain with DVN4 |
| 1.6.3.2 | Upgrading a Domain to DVN4 |
| 1.6.4 | Displaying Domain Information |
| 1.6.5 | Creating a Domain |
| 1.6.6 | Increasing the Size of a Domain |
| 1.6.7 | Reducing the Size of a Domain |
| 1.6.8 | Removing a Domain |
| 1.6.9 | Renaming a Domain |
| 1.7 | Filesets |
| 1.7.1 | Configuring Filesets |
| 1.7.2 | Designating Filesets in the /etc/fstab File |
| 1.7.3 | Displaying Fileset Information |
| 1.7.4 | Creating a Fileset |
| 1.7.5 | Upgrading a Fileset |
| 1.7.6 | Mounting a Fileset |
| 1.7.7 | Unmounting a Fileset |
| 1.7.8 | Removing a Fileset |
| 1.7.9 | Renaming a Fileset |
| 1.7.10 | Changing the Characteristics of a Fileset |
| 1.7.11 | AdvFS Fileset Clones |
| 1.7.11.1 | Creating an AdvFS Fileset Clone |
| 1.7.11.2 | Mounting and Unmounting an AdvFS Fileset Clone |
| 1.7.11.3 | Removing an AdvFS Fileset Clone |
| 1.7.11.4 | Renaming an AdvFS Fileset Clone |
| 1.8 | Setting Up Trashcans |
| 1.9 | Configuring an AdvFS root File System |
| 1.9.1 | Mounting the root File System in Single-User Mode |
| 1.9.2 | Changing the Name of the root Domain |
| 1.9.3 | Changing the Name of the root Fileset |
| 1.10 | Using AdvFS with LSM |
| 1.10.1 | Setting Up AdvFS Using LSM Volumes |
| 1.10.2 | Using LSM for Data Redundancy |
| 1.10.3 | Striping LSM Volumes and Striping AdvFS Files |
| 2 | Managing Quotas |
| 2.1 | Introducing Quotas |
| 2.1.1 | Quota Limits |
| 2.1.2 | Grace Period |
| 2.2 | User and Group Quotas |
| 2.2.1 | Quota Files |
| 2.2.2 | Setting Quotas and Grace Periods |
| 2.2.2.1 | Setting User Quotas |
| 2.2.2.2 | Setting the User Grace Period |
| 2.2.2.3 | Setting Group Quotas |
| 2.2.2.4 | Setting the Group Grace Period |
| 2.2.3 | Setting Quotas for Multiple Users and Groups |
| 2.2.3.1 | Setting Quotas for Multiple Users |
| 2.2.3.2 | Setting Quotas for Multiple Groups |
| 2.2.4 | Verifying File and Disk Space Usage |
| 2.2.4.1 | Printing the Tag and Full Pathname for Each File |
| 2.2.4.2 | Summarizing Fileset Ownership |
| 2.2.4.3 | Displaying Disk Usage and Limits |
| 2.2.4.4 | Verifying Quota Consistency |
| 2.2.4.5 | Summarizing Quotas by Fileset |
| 2.2.5 | Activating Quotas at System Start-Up |
| 2.2.6 | Activating Quotas Manually |
| 2.2.7 | Deactivating Quotas |
| 2.3 | Fileset Quotas |
| 2.3.1 | Quota Files |
| 2.3.2 | Setting Quotas and Grace Periods |
| 2.3.2.1 | Setting Fileset Quotas |
| 2.3.2.2 | Setting the Grace Period |
| 2.3.3 | Setting Quotas for Multiple Filesets |
| 2.3.4 | Verifying File and Disk Space Usage |
| 2.3.4.1 | Displaying Fileset Space |
| 2.3.4.2 | Displaying Fileset Limits |
| 2.3.4.3 | Displaying Domain Space |
| 2.3.4.4 | Displaying Domain and Fileset Space |
| 2.3.5 | Activating Quotas |
| 2.3.6 | Deactivating Quotas |
| 3 | Backing Up and Restoring Data |
| 3.1 | Overview |
| 3.2 | Backing Up Data |
| 3.2.1 | Unique Features of the vdump Command |
| 3.2.2 | Backup Level |
| 3.2.3 | Dumping to Tape |
| 3.2.4 | Dumping to Standard Output |
| 3.2.5 | Dumping Subdirectories |
| 3.2.6 | Dumping to a File or Disk Partition |
| 3.2.7 | Compressing Savesets |
| 3.2.8 | Dumping with Error Protection |
| 3.2.9 | Listing Saved Files |
| 3.2.10 | Dumping and Restoring Files Remotely |
| 3.3 | Cloning for Online Backup |
| 3.4 | Cloning to Back Up Databases |
| 3.5 | Restoring Data |
| 3.5.1 | Unique Features of the vrestore Command |
| 3.5.2 | Restoring Files |
| 3.5.3 | Restoring Quotas |
| 3.5.4 | Restoring from a Tape with Many Savesets |
| 3.6 | AdvFS and NetWorker |
| 4 | Optimizing and Tuning the AdvFS File System |
| 4.1 | Monitoring Performance |
| 4.2 | Improving Performance by Disabling the Frag File |
| 4.3 | Improving Transaction Log File Performance |
| 4.4 | Improving Data Consistency |
| 4.4.1 | Asynchronous I/O |
| 4.4.2 | Asynchronous Atomic-Write Data Logging I/O |
| 4.4.2.1 | Persistent Atomic-Write Data Logging |
| 4.4.2.2 | Temporary Atomic-Write Data Logging |
| 4.4.3 | Synchronous I/O |
| 4.4.4 | Synchronous Atomic-Write Data Logging I/O |
| 4.5 | Data Cache Tuning |
| 4.6 | Improving Data Transfer Rate with Direct I/O |
| 4.7 | Changing Attributes to Improve System Performance |
| 4.8 | Defragmenting a Domain |
| 4.8.1 | Choosing to Defragment |
| 4.8.2 | Defragmenting Example |
| 4.9 | Defragmenting a File |
| 4.10 | Balancing a Multivolume Domain |
| 4.10.1 | Choosing to Balance |
| 4.10.2 | Balance Example |
| 4.11 | Moving Filesets to Different Volumes |
| 4.12 | Migrating Files to Different Volumes |
| 4.12.1 | Choosing to Migrate |
| 4.12.2 | Migrate Example |
| 4.13 | Striping Files |
| 4.13.1 | Choosing to Use AdvFS Striping on a File |
| 4.13.2 | AdvFS Stripe Example |
| 4.13.3 | Removing AdvFS Striping |
| 4.14 | Controlling Domain Panic Information |
| 5 | Troubleshooting |
| 5.1 | Checking Free Space and Disk Usage |
| 5.2 | Preventative Maintenance |
| 5.2.1 | Failing Disks |
| 5.2.2 | Verifying File System Consistency |
| 5.3 | Increasing the Size of an AdvFS root Domain |
| 5.3.1 | Installing a New Disk for the root Domain |
| 5.3.2 | Configuring a Device for Use as the root Volume |
| 5.3.3 | Backing up the Current root Domain |
| 5.3.4 | Recreating the root Domain on a Different Volume |
| 5.4 | Disk File Structure Incompatibility |
| 5.4.1 | Utility Incompatibility |
| 5.4.2 | Avoiding Metadata Incompatibility |
| 5.5 | Memory Mapping, Direct I/O, and Data Logging Incompatibility |
| 5.6 | Invalid or Corrupt Saveset Format |
| 5.7 | Improving Poor Performance |
| 5.8 | Fixing Disk Problems |
| 5.8.1 | Reusing Space |
| 5.8.2 | Limiting Disk Space Usage |
| 5.8.3 | Fixing On-Disk Metadata Corruptions |
| 5.8.4 | Recovering File Data from a Corrupted Domain |
| 5.8.4.1 | Salvaging Data to Disk |
| 5.8.4.2 | Salvaging Data to Tape |
| 5.8.4.3 | Salvaging Data from a Corrupted root Domain |
| 5.8.4.4 | Salvaging Data Block by Block |
| 5.8.5 | "Can't Clear a Bit Twice" Error Message |
| 5.8.6 | Recovering from a Domain Panic |
| 5.8.7 | Recovering from Filesets That are Mounted Read-Only |
| 5.9 | Restoring the /etc/fdmns Directory |
| 5.9.1 | Reconstructing the /etc/fdmns Directory Manually |
| 5.9.2 | Reconstructing the /etc/fdmns Directory Using advscan |
| 5.10 | Recovering from Corruption of a Domain |
| 5.11 | Recovering from Corruption of an AdvFS root Domain |
| 5.11.1 | Identifying the Hardware Resources |
| 5.11.1.1 | SRM Console Names for CD-ROM Drive or Network Interface Device |
| 5.11.1.2 | SRM Console Boot Device Name |
| 5.11.1.3 | UNIX Device Names |
| 5.11.2 | Applying the Procedure |
| 5.12 | Restoring a Multivolume usr Domain |
| 5.13 | Recovering from a System Crash |
| 5.13.1 | Saving Copies of System Metadata |
| 5.13.2 | Physically Moving an AdvFS Disk |
| 5.13.3 | Log File Inconsistency |
| 5.13.4 | Recovering from Problems Removing Volumes |
| A | Accessing File System Information with the SysMan Menu |
| B | AdvFS Commands |
| B.1 | AdvFS Base System Commands |
| B.2 | AdvFS Utilities Commands |
| B.3 | Comparison of AdvFS and UFS Commands |
| C | Converting File Systems |
| C.1 | Converting a /usr File System to AdvFS |
| C.1.1 | Using a Backup Tape |
| C.1.2 | Using an Intermediate File |
| C.1.3 | Using a Second Disk |
| C.2 | Converting the root File System to AdvFS |
| C.3 | Converting a Data File System to AdvFS |
| C.3.1 | Using a Backup Tape |
| C.3.2 | Using an Intermediate File |
| C.3.3 | Using a Second Disk |
| C.3.4 | Using a Second System |
| C.4 | Converting from AdvFS to UFS |
| C.4.1 | Converting the root File System to UFS |
| C.4.2 | Converting a Fileset to UFS |
| D | Graphical User Interfaces |
| D.1 | Installing the AdvFS GUI |
| D.2 | Components of the GUI |
| D.2.1 | GUI Agent (advfsd) |
| D.2.2 | AdvFS GUI (dtadvfs) |
| D.2.2.1 | GUI Security |
| D.2.2.2 | Ignoring Disks |
| D.2.2.3 | Log Files |
| D.2.2.4 | Help |
| D.2.2.5 | Monitoring Remote File Systems |
| D.2.2.6 | Managing LSM Volumes |
| D.3 | Displaying File System Information |
| D.3.1 | Choosing Units for Displaying Information |
| D.3.2 | Main Window |
| D.3.3 | Devices and Volumes Window |
| D.4 | Performing File System Operations |
| D.4.1 | Operations on a Domain |
| D.4.1.1 | Creating a Domain |
| D.4.1.2 | Setting a Free Space Alert for a Domain |
| D.4.1.3 | Enlarging a Domain |
| D.4.1.4 | Removing a Domain |
| D.4.1.5 | Renaming a Domain |
| D.4.2 | Operations on a Fileset |
| D.4.2.1 | Creating a Fileset |
| D.4.2.2 | Mounting a Fileset |
| D.4.2.3 | Unmounting a Fileset |
| D.4.2.4 | Setting a Free Space Alert for a Fileset |
| D.4.2.5 | Setting Fileset Quotas |
| D.4.2.6 | Removing a Fileset |
| D.4.2.7 | Renaming a Fileset |
| D.4.3 | Operations on an AdvFS Fileset Clone |
| D.4.3.1 | Creating an AdvFS Fileset Clone |
| D.4.3.2 | Mounting a Clone |
| D.4.3.3 | Unmounting a Clone |
| D.4.3.4 | Removing a Clone |
| D.4.4 | Operations on a Volume |
| D.4.4.1 | Setting a Free Space Alert for a Volume |
| D.4.4.2 | Adding a Volume |
| D.4.4.3 | Removing a Volume |
| D.4.5 | Maintaining AdvFS |
| D.4.5.1 | Balancing a Multivolume Domain |
| D.4.5.2 | Defragmenting a Domain |
| D.5 | GUI Operation |
| E | Using Controller-Based Cloning and Snapshotting |
| Glossary |
| Figures |
| 1-1 | AdvFS File System Design |
| 1-2 | Single-Volume Domain |
| 1-3 | Enlarging a Domain |
| 1-4 | Cloning a Fileset |
| 4-1 | Balancing a Domain |
| 4-2 | Migrating Files |
| Tables |
| 1-1 | Trashcan Commands |
| 2-1 | Quota Size Limits |
| 2-2 | User and Group Usage Commands |
| 5-1 | Disk Space Usage Commands |
| 5-2 | Fileset Anomalies and Corrections - Links Not Equal |
| 5-3 | Fileset Anomalies and Corrections - Domain Volume Count Not Equal |
| 5-4 | Fileset Anomalies and Corrections - Number of Partitions Not Equal |
| B-1 | AdvFS Configuration Commands |
| B-2 | AdvFS Information Display Commands |
| B-3 | AdvFS Backup Commands |
| B-4 | AdvFS Check and Repair Commands |
| B-5 | AdvFS Quota Commands |
| B-6 | AdvFS Disk Structure Commands |
| B-7 | AdvFS Utilities Commands |
| B-8 | Comparison of AdvFS and UFS Commands |
| D-1 | AdvFS GUI Subsets |
| D-2 | Disk Space Requirements for the AdvFS GUI |
| D-3 | GUI Troubleshooting |
| Index |