Administering filesystems

Administering filesystems

One of the most important responsibilities of a system administrator is creating and maintaining filesystems. Filesystem maintenance includes keeping the filesystems clean, repairing damaged filesystems, and ensuring adequate space for all users. Filesystem administration includes:

Creating filesystems on the primary hard disk (at installation time) -- see the Getting Started Guide.
Adding filesystems to the primary or secondary hard disk after installation. -- see ``Defining slices''.
Allowing filesystems to be mounted across the network -- see ``Sharing and unsharing filesystems''
Mounting and unmounting filesystems
Checking and repairing filesystems
Adding and removing mount configuration
Maintaining free space in filesystems

NOTE: UnixWare incorporates VERITAS technologies, including basic versions of the VXFS filesystem (VxFS) and the Volume Manager (VxVM). The Volume Manager supports the concatenation of virtual and physical disks that can be configured for use as filesystems.

See ``Overview of VERITAS product documentation on UnixWare 7 systems'' for more information about VERITAS basic functionality and add-on products.