Re: extending a fs on aix5.2

From: Holger.VanKoll@SWISSCOM.COM
Date: Fri Mar 19 2004 - 05:10:26 EST


that is an old typo in the manpage
i always used size= and it worked

Size just messes up your /etc/filesystems

sbe15612 # df /dataCRM/data1a
Filesystem 512-blocks Free %Used Iused %Iused Mounted on
/dev/crdata1a 268435456 9001088 97% 124 1% /dataCRM/data1a
sbe15612 # chfs -a Size=+20G /dataCRM/data1a
sbe15612 # df /dataCRM/data1a
Filesystem 512-blocks Free %Used Iused %Iused Mounted on
/dev/crdata1a 268435456 9001088 97% 124 1% /dataCRM/data1a
sbe15612 #

sbe15612 # grep -p /dataCRM/data1a /etc/filesystems
/dataCRM/data1a:
        dev = /dev/crdata1a
        vfs = jfs
        log = /dev/loglv01
        mount = true
        account = false
        Size = +20G

-----Original Message-----
From: IBM AIX Discussion List [mailto:aix-l@Princeton.EDU] On Behalf Of
Jan-Frode Myklebust
Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 10:36 AM
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
Subject: Re: extending a fs on aix5.2

On Fri, Mar 19, 2004 at 10:27:48AM +0100, Holger.VanKoll@SWISSCOM.COM
wrote:
> Hello,
>
> can anybody explain why I cant extend this filesystem anymore?
>
> sbe15612 # chfs -a size=+1 /dataCRM/data1a
                     ^^^^

> sbe15612 # lsfs -q /dataCRM/data1a
> Name Nodename Mount Pt VFS Size
Options
> Auto Accounting
> /dev/crdata1a -- /dataCRM/data1a jfs 268435456 --
                                                    ^^^

>From 'man chfs':

  The following attribute/value pairs are specific to the Journaled File
System (JFS):
  -a Size=NewSize
<snip>
  The following attribute/value pairs are specific to the Enhanced
Journaled
  File System (JFS2):
  -a size=NewSize

So try:

        chfs -a Size=+1 /dataCRM/data1a

   -jf



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