What is in This Document

Chapter 1 “The VERITAS File System” introduces the major features and characteristics of VxFS.

Chapter 2 “VxFS Performance: Creating, Mounting, and Tuning File Systems” describes VxFS tools that optimize system performance. This section includes information on mount options.

Chapter 3 “Extent Attributes” describes the policies associated with allocation of disk space.

Chapter 4 “Application Interface” describes ways to optimize an application for use with VxFS. This chapter includes details on cache advisories, extent sizes, and reservation of file space.

Chapter 5 “Online Backup” describes the snapshot backup feature of VxFS.

Chapter 6 “Quotas” describes VxFS methods to limit user access to file and data resources.

Appendix A “VERITAS File System Quick Reference” provides information on common file system tasks and examples of typical VxFS operations.

Appendix B “Kernel Messages” lists VxFS kernel error messages in numerical order and provides explanations and suggestions for dealing with these problems.

Appendix C “Disk Layout” describes and illustrates the major components of VxFS disk layouts.

The “Glossary”contains a list of terms and definitions relevant to VxFS.