Chapter 2: Administering filesystems

Table of contents

• Chapter 2: Administering filesystems
  • The Filesystem Manager interface
    • Authorization
  • About filesystems
    • Filesystem types
    • Adding support for different filesystem types
  • Adding and removing mount configuration
  • Modifying filesystem mount configuration
    • Modifying HTFS, EAFS, AFS, and S51K root filesystem mount configuration
    • Modifying DTFS root filesystem mount configuration
    • Enabling users to mount filesystems
    • Filesystem mount options (HTFS, EAFS, AFS, S51K)
      • Mounting as a temporary filesystem
      • Checkpointing your filesystem
      • Logging filesystem transactions
      • Versioning filesystems (undelete)
    • Filesystem mount options (DTFS)
      • Data compression
      • Forced data writes to disk
    • Filesystem mount options (High Sierra and ISO9660)
    • Filesystem mount options (Rockridge)
    • Filesystem mount options (DOS)
  • Mounting and unmounting filesystems
    • About mounting DOS filesystems
      • DOS filesystems and access permissions
      • DOS filesystem limitations
  • Creating filesystems on floppy disks
  • Checking and repairing filesystems
    • Check and repair options
    • Filesystem check phases (HTFS, EAFS, AFS, S51K)
    • Filesystem check phases (DTFS)
    • How UNIX systems maintain files and filesystems
  • Maintaining free space in filesystems
    • Displaying filesystem and directory usage statistics
    • Locating files
      • Finding temporary files
      • Executing commands based on find output
    • Checking and clearing system log files
      • Using the System Logs Manager
      • Clearing system log files from the command line
      • Clearing log files automatically
    • Adding disk space and restructuring filesystems
    • Moving a subdirectory to another filesystem using symbolic links
  • Maintaining filesystem efficiency
    • Reducing disk fragmentation
    • Monitoring and limiting directory sizes
    • Removing empty directory slots
    • Out of inodes on filesystem
  • Troubleshooting the Filesystem Manager
    • Remote administration problem
    • Missing or corrupted database files