About This Manual

This manual provides task-based information and instruction for understanding, configuring, troubleshooting, and tuning the Advanced File System (AdvFS). AdvFS is the default file system for the HP Tru64 UNIX operating system.

AdvFS Utilities is a separately licensed product that provides additional file management capabilities and graphical user interfaces to simplify system administration. Logical Storage Manager Storage Administrator (LSMSA) provides a java-based graphical interface for managing LSM objects and the AdvFS file system. (See the Logical Storage Manager manual.) The AdvFS GUI, which runs under the Common Desktop Environment (CDE), lets you perform AdvFS operations in a graphical environment. (See Appendix E.)

Audience

This manual is designed primarily for system administrators. It describes the AdvFS file system and AdvFS Utilities. Administrators and programmers who are familiar with other UNIX systems can use this manual as a teaching guide for the AdvFS file system.

New and Changed Features

A description of the following new features added to AdvFS in Version 5.1B are included in this manual:

The following features were added to AdvFS in previous Version 5 releases:

Organization

This manual is organized as follows:

Chapter 1 Describes the volumes, domains, and filesets that make up the AdvFS file system
Chapter 2 Explains how to set up your system
Chapter 3 Explains user and group quotas as well as fileset quotas, which are unique to the AdvFS file system
Chapter 4 Provides directions for creating a backup source and backing up and restoring data
Chapter 5 Provides guidelines for optimizing and tuning your AdvFS file system
Chapter 6 Provides information to help you troubleshoot problems with your AdvFS file system
Appendix A Explains the use of the SysMan menu
Appendix B Lists all the AdvFS commands and compares them with UFS commands
Appendix C Provides an explanation and sample code for converting a file system to AdvFS
Appendix D Describes the data management applications programming interface (DMAPI)
Appendix E Describes the AdvFS Graphical User Interface
Appendix F Lists the Application Program Interface (API) commands.

Related Documentation

Other useful Tru64 UNIX documentation includes:

The Documentation Overview provides information on all of the books in the Tru64 UNIX documentation set.

The Tru64 UNIX documentation is available on the World Wide Web at the following URL: 


http://www.tru64unix.compaq.com/docs/

It is also available on the documentation CD-ROM.

Icons on Tru64 UNIX Printed Books

The printed version of the Tru64 UNIX documentation uses letter icons on the spines of the books to help specific audiences quickly find the books that meet their needs. (You can order the printed documentation from HP.) The following list describes this convention:

  G Books for general users
  S Books for system and network administrators
  P Books for programmers
  D Books for device driver writers
  R Books for reference page users

Some books in the documentation help meet the needs of several audiences. For example, the information in some system books is also used by programmers. Keep this in mind when searching for information on specific topics.

The web page http://www.tru64unix.compaq.com/docs/ provides information on all of the books in the Tru64 UNIX documentation set.

Reader's Comments

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The Tru64 UNIX Publications group cannot respond to system problems or technical support inquiries. Please address technical questions to your local system vendor or to the appropriate HP technical support office. Information provided with the software media explains how to send problem reports to HP.

Conventions

This guide uses the following conventions:

#

A number sign represents the superuser prompt.

% cat

Boldface type in interactive examples indicates typed user input.

file

Italic (slanted) type indicates variable values, place holders, and function argument names.

[ |] { | }

In syntax definitions, brackets indicate items that are optional and braces indicate items that are required. Vertical bars separating items inside brackets or braces indicate that you choose one item from among those listed.

. . .

In syntax definitions, a horizontal ellipsis indicates that the preceding item can be repeated one or more times.

cat(1)

A cross-reference to a reference page includes the appropriate section number in parentheses. For example, cat(1) indicates that you can find information on the cat command in Section 1 of the reference pages.

[Ctrl/x]

This symbol indicates that you hold down the first named key while pressing the key that follows the slash.