Setting Up the Advanced File System

The following procedure is a guide for setting up an active, single-volume file system:

• Create a single-volume file domain using mkfdmn You can add more volumes to any existing file domain with addvol

• Create one or more filesets using mkfset It is good practice to name each fileset the same as its mount-point directory.
• Create the mount-point directory by using mkdir
• Mount each fileset with mount

In the unlikely event of a severe failure that requires manual restore of the /etc/fdmns directory, you must have a separate record of your file system configuration with the name of each file domain and its associated volumes.
The following examples show AdvFS usage.

1. create a sigle-domain, single-fileset structure with domain name dom_user1 for the /user1 file system on /dev/rz3c

   
        # cd /
        # mkdir /user1
        # mkfdmn /dev/rz3c dom_user1
        # mkfset dom_user1 user1
        # mount -t advfs dom_user1#user1 /user1
   

2. create a single domain, two fileset structure with domain name dom_gen and file sets wrk and pub for the mount points /wrk and /pub on /dev/rz24c

   
        # mkfdmn /dev/rz24c dom_gen
        # mkfset dom_gen wrk
        # mkfset dom_gen pub
        # mkdir /pub /wrk
        # mount -t advfs dom_gen#wrk /wrk
        # mount -t advfs dom_gen#pub /pub
   

N.B. The number sign (#) between domain and fileset is part of the syntax. Refer to mkfdmn(8), mkfset(8), and addvol(8) for more information.