adding largefiles to already mounted filesystem

[Paul Gold]

Is it possible to add the largefiles option to a filesystem that is already mounted and in use

I have always umount > change > remount but a developer here says HP have doen this on the fly in the past

thanks

Paul Gold
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[Benoit MARC · Accepted solution]

Hi

Yes, it's possible, if you have the OnlineJFS product installed.

Then, you can use fsadm to change the parameter nolargefiles to largefile:

fsadm -F vxfs -o largefiles /filesystem

[Paul Gold]

Thanks Mark

all looks okay now