allocatefs utility: allocates drives for InfoPrint Manager for AIX file systems

Syntax

allocatefs [-d hdiskn] |  

allocatefs [-s volume_group] |

allocatefs [-f filesystem [hdiskn hdiskn [hdiskn...]]  |  

allocatefs -?

Description

Use the allocatefs utility to allocate drives and specify a volume group for the InfoPrint Manager for AIX file systems.

Flags

The allocatefs utility uses these flags:

-d

Specifies the drive you want InfoPrint to use when allocating the three shared file systems /var/psf, /var/psf/segments, and /var/pddir.

-s

Specifies an existing shared volume group you want InfoPrint to use when allocating the three shared file systems /var/psf, /var/psf/segments, and /var/pddir.

This presumes that the AIX administrator wants to put these shared file systems into a particular volume group.

-f

Allocates either the /var/pd or the /var/pddir file system.

You can assign a minimum of two drives and a maximum of four drives for these file systems. This script automatically determines disk size and stripes the drives together.

?

Displays help for the allocatefs utility.

Arguments

The argument value identifies the server to which the utility applies.

Valid argument values for the allocatefs utility are:

hdisk-n

Specifies the disk drives on your system for allocating the different file systems.

For the -f flag, you must specify an hdisk where /var/psf, /var/psf/segments, and /var/pddir will all be placed.

For the -f flag, you must specify each file system (either /var/pd or /var/psf/segments) in a separate command and provide from two to four disks as the second sets of arguments with each command.

shared_volume_group

Specifies the existing shared volume group name that you want to use for allocating the three shared file systems /var/psf, /var/psf/segments, and /var/pddir.

For the -s flag, you must specify the name of the predefined shared volume group where /var/psf, /var/psf/segments, and /var/pddir will all be placed.

Examples

• To allocate the shared file systems /var/psf, /var/psf/segments, and /var/pddir on hdiskn, enter:

  allocatefs -d hdisk1

• To allocate all shared filesystems to an existing shared volume group (my_vg), enter:

  allocatefs -s my_vg 

• To allocate the file system /var/pd across hdisk2 and hdisk3, enter:

  allocatefs -f /var/pd hdisk2 hdisk3 

• To allocate the file system /var/psf/segments across hdisk4 through hdisk6, enter:

  allocatefs -f /var/psf/segments hdisk4 hdisk5 hdisk6