FSADM error

[RAC_1]

I am trying to extend the file system with fsadm.
I am getting follwoing error.

is not the root inode of a vxfs file sytem

Please note I have OnlineJFS installed.

Thanks in advance

[Paula J Frazer-Campbell]

Hi

I am getting follwoing error.

is not the root inode of a vxfs file sytem

The error is telling you that you are trying to extend not at the mount point but further up the tree.

Revisit your command.


Paula

[S.K. Chan]

If you have OnlineJFS then /dev/vg00/lvol12 has got to be mounted while you're extending it. Say it's mounted on /opt, then you would run it like so .. (eg: want to increase to 800MB)
# lvextend -L 800 /dev/vg00/lvol12
# fsadm -b 819200 /opt
====> 800*1024=819200

[RAC_1]

Even if I mount say at /xx
and execute
fsadm -F vxfs -b 20480 /xx
it gives error as following

/xx is not a known mountpoint
and the raw device cannot be deduced

I am in a loop now.

Thanks in advance

[T G Manikandan]

Use the character device
/dev/vg00/rvol12


Thanks
G Manikandan

[Tom Geudens]

Hi,
Stupid question probably, but this is a vxfs filesystem we are talking about ... yes ?
You can check this the following way :
$fstyp /dev/vg00/rlvol1
vxfs
$fstyp /dev/vg00/rlvol2
hfs

fsadm would not work for the latter ...

Regards,
Tom

[T G Manikandan]

I assume that you are working on a jfs or hfs file system
Then you should use the character device.

please check the link which should help you.

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0xdbac79bffde7d4118fef0090279cd0f9,00.html

[T G Manikandan]

I meant base jfs

[David Bell_1]

Anil,

From the error listed in your second comment it appears that the mount point is not listed in /etc/fstab. Secondly, you may rty the following:

lvextend -L /dev/dsk/lvol8
fsadm -F vxfs -b M /

where the 'M' represents size in Megabytes versus using blocks.

HTH,

Dave

[Kevin Wright]

lvextend -L size in MB /dev/vgXX/lvol
fsadm -b (size * 1024) /mountpoint

or add -F vxfs to fsadm if /etc/default/fs is not vxfs, and make sure /mountpoint is a valid mountpoint in /etc/fstab.

[David Bell_1]

Anil,

Sorry, I actually meant /dev/vgXX not /dev/dsk in the lvextend line.

Dave