vxupgrade(1M_VXFS)             (VXFS)             vxupgrade(1M_VXFS)


       NAME
             vxupgrade (vxfs) - upgrade a Version 1 vxfs file system to
             Version 2

       SYNOPSIS
             vxupgrade [-r rawdev] mount_point

       DESCRIPTION
             The vxupgrade utility upgrades a vxfs Version 1 layout file
             system to a Version 2 layout file system.  vxupgrade operates
             on file systems mounted for read/write access. mount_point
             must be a mounted Version 1 file system.  Only a privileged
             user can upgrade a vxfs file system.

             The vxupgrade utility freeze the file system, allocates and
             initializes the new structures, and then thaws the file
             system.  This process should not keep the file system frozen
             for more than a couple of seconds.

             The options are:

             -r rawdev     Pathname of raw device to use.  This option can
                           be used when vxupgrade cannot determine what the
                           raw device corresponding to the mount point is
                           (when /etc/mnttab is, for instance).

             vxupgrade makes use of a lock file (lost+found/.fsadm) on the
             file system to ensure that only one instance of vxupgrade is
             running at any time.  vxupgrade and fsadm cannot be run
             simulataneously, so the lock file also ensures that vxupgrade
             is not run while a file system reorganization is in progress.
             When vxupgrade is invoked, it opens the file lost+found/.fsadm
             in the root of the file system specified by mount_point.  If
             the file doesn't exist, it is created.  The fcntl(2) system
             call is used to obtain a write lock on the file.  If the write
             lock fails, vxupgrade will assume that another vxupgrade or an
             fsadm is running and will fail.

       NOTES
             The VxFS 2.0 or later kernel must be running before vxupgrade
             can be used. Once a file system has been upgraded to Version
             2, it is no longer mountable using a pre-VxFS 2.0 kernel.

       FILES




                           Copyright 1994 Novell, Inc.               Page 1

      vxupgrade(1M_VXFS)             (VXFS)             vxupgrade(1M_VXFS)


            lost+found/.fsadm             lock file

      REFERENCES
            vxfs-specific fs(4VXFS), vxfs-specific mkfs(1M_VXFS) vxfsio(7)












































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