Chapter 4.
Managing GFS
This chapter describes the tasks and commands for managing GFS and consists of the
following sections:
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Section 1, "Making a File System"
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Section 2, "Mounting a File System"
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Section 3, "Unmounting a File System"
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Section 4, "GFS Quota Management"
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Section 5, "Growing a File System"
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Section 6, "Adding Journals to a File System"
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Section 7, "Direct I/O"
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Section 8, "Data Journaling"
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Section 9, "Configuring
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Section 10, "Suspending Activity on a File System"
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Section 11, "Displaying Extended GFS Information and Statistics"
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Section 12, "Repairing a File System"
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Section 13, "Context-Dependent Path Names"
1. Making a File System
Once a cluster is set up and running, you can create a GFS file system with the
command. A file system is created on an activated CLVM volume.The following information is
required to run the
gfs_mkfs
• Lock protocol/module name (for example,
• Cluster name
• Number of journals (one journal required for each node that may be mounting the file system)
Usage
gfs_mkfs -p LockProtoName -t LockTableName -j Number BlockDevice
Updates"
atime
command:
lock_dlm
)
gfs_mkfs
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