M To Configure A File System For A New Disk Drive - Sun Microsystems StorEdge S1 Array Installation And Maintenance Manual

To Configure a File System for a New Disk Drive
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Caution – Only a qualified system administrator should perform these procedures.
Performing hot-swap operations on an active disk drive can result in data loss or
corruption.
Use the following procedure to configure a slice (single physical partition) on a disk
to be used with a UNIX file system (UFS).
1. Verify that the device label meets your requirements.
You can use the prtvtoc command to inspect the label for your disk. To modify the
label, use the format command. Refer to the prtvtoc(1M) and format(1M) man
pages for more information.
2. Once you have selected a disk slice for your UFS file system, create a file system
on the slice.
# newfs /dev/dsk/cwtxdysz
Refer to the newfs(1M) man page for more information.
3. If necessary, create a mount point for the new file system:
# mkdir mount-point
Where mount-point is a fully qualified path name. Refer to the mount(1M) man page
for more information.
4. After the file system and mount point have been created, modify the
/etc/vfstab file to reflect the new file system.
See the vfstab(4) man page for more details.
5. Mount the new file system using the mount command:
# mount /dev/dsk/cwtxdysz mount-point
Where mount-point is the directory you created.
The file system is now ready to be used.
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