vxfs file system is not created

[Mousa55]

Hi
i am create new logical volume and after that i want to create the new file system, but here the problem
i am using this command to create new file system
newfs -F vxfs /dev/vg00/lvol9 "i need this file type "vxfs""
but the file system is not created and this message appeared
"vxfs newfs: /dev/vg00/lvol9 is not a character device"
how to solve this problem?
thanks and best regards

[Robert-Jan Goossens_1 · Accepted solution]

Hi Nejad,

The the character device file (r)

# newfs -F vxfs /dev/vg00/rlvol9

Regards,
Robert-Jan

[Mousa55]

thanks

[Hasan Atasoy]

hi ;

use.

newfs -F vxfs /dev/vg00/rlvol9

Hasan.