File Systems Management Tasks

This section provides several procedures for configuring and maintaining file systems and directories, and for troubleshooting problems you might encounter. How-To's for System Management Tasks provides scenarios for additional file system tasks, such as how to use the snapshot feature (available with AIX 5.2 and later versions) to protect the integrity of your file systems from potential disk failure.

This chapter describes tasks for journaled file systems (JFS), enhanced journaled file systems (JFS2), and CD-ROM file systems. For your convenience, pointers to file system tasks are listed below:

• Add a JFS or JFS2
• Backup an existing JFS2 snapshot image
• Change the attributes of a JFS or a JFS2
• Check size of a file system
• Copy a JFS to Another Physical Volume
• Create and backup a JFS2 snapshot
• Increase size of a file system
• List file systems
• Make an Online Backup of a Mounted JFS or JFS2
• Mount file systems
• Mount a JFS2 snapshot
• Recover One or More Files from an Online JFS2 Snapshot
• Remove a JFS or JFS2
• Remove a JFS2 snapshot
• Unmount file systems
• Use File Systems on CD-ROM and DVD Disks
• Use File Systems on Read/Write Optical Media
• Verify File Systems
• Fix Disk Overflows
• Fix a Damaged File System