Managing File Systems in Oracle^® Solaris 11.3

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Chapter 1 About Managing File Systems

About File Systems

Supported File Systems

Disk-Based File Systems

Network-Based File Systems

Virtual File Systems

Extended File Attributes

Chapter 2 Managing File Systems

Creating a File System

Creating a UFS File System

Creating a Multi-Terabyte UFS File System

Customizing UFS File System Parameters

Maximum UFS File and File System Size

Maximum Number of UFS Subdirectories

Creating a PCFS File System

Creating a File System for CD or DVD

Determining the Type of a File System

Mounting a File System

Mounting a Disk Based File System

Mounting a PCFS File System

Mounting a Network Based File System

Mounting a File System Image

The Virtual File System Table

Field Descriptions for the /etc/vfstab File

Displaying the Mounted File System

Using the Mounted File System Table

Obtaining the List of Mounted File Systems Using the mount Command

Unmounting a File System

How to Stop All Processes That Are Accessing a File System

Checking UFS File System Consistencies

How to Check a UFS File System

Preening UFS File Systems

How to Preen a UFS File System

Resolving UFS File System Inconsistencies

General fsck Error Messages

Initialization Phase fsck Messages

Phase 1 – Check Blocks and Sizes Messages

Phase 1B – Rescan for More DUPS Messages

Phase 2 – Check Path Names Messages

Phase 3 – Check Connectivity Messages

Phase 4 – Check Reference Counts Messages

Phase 5 – Check Cylinder Groups Messages

fsck Summary Messages

Cleanup Phase Messages

Fixing a UFS File System That the fsck Command Cannot Repair

How to Restore a Bad Superblock

Chapter 3 Managing Data and Free Space

File System Space Usage

Files Using the Most Space in a File System

Quotas in File System

Chapter 4 File System Backup and Restore

Backing Up and Restoring UFS File Systems

How the ufsdump Command Works

Copying Data Using the ufsdump Command

Using the –u Option

Using the –f Option

Specifying Files to Back Up

Specifying Tape Characteristics

Limitations of the ufsdump Command

Specifying the ufsdump Command Options and Arguments

Default ufsdump Options

The ufsdump Command and Security Issues

Specifying ufsrestore Options and Arguments

Copying Files and File System

Commands for Copying File Systems

Copying Directories Between File Systems Using cpio Command

How to Copy Directories Between File Systems Using the cpio Command

Copying Files and File Systems to a Tape Device

Copying Files to a Tape Device Using the tar Command

How to Copy Files to a Tape Device Using the tar Command

How to List All the Files on a Tape Device Using the tar Command

How to Retrieve Files From a Tape Device Using the tar Command

Copying Files to a Tape Device Using the pax Command

How to Copy Files to a Tape Device Using the pax Command

Copying Files to a Tape Device Using the cpio Command

How to Copy All the Files in a Directory to a Tape Device Using the cpio Command

How to List the Files on a Tape Device Using the cpio Command

How to Retrieve All the Files From a Tape Device Using the cpio Command

How to Retrieve a Specific File From a Tape Device Using the cpio Command

Copying Files and File Systems to a Remote Tape Device

How to Copy Files to a Remote Tape Device Using tar and dd Commands

How to Extract Files From a Remote Tape Device

Chapter 5 Managing File System Performance

Monitoring File System Performance Using fsstat

Tuning UFS File System Performance Using tunefs

UFS Direct I/O Mode

Index

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Managing File Systems in Oracle^® Solaris 11.3