Oracle ACFS Command-line Tools for Linux and UNIX Environments

fsck

Purpose

Checks and repairs an Oracle ACFS file system.

Syntax and Description

fsck -t acfs -h dev/null displays usage text and exits.

Table 13-2 contains the options available with the fsck command.

fsck checks and repairs an existing Oracle ACFS. This command can only be run on a dismounted file system. root privileges are required to run fsck. The Oracle ACFS driver must be loaded for fsck to work.

By default, fsck only checks for and reports any errors. The -a flag must be specified to instruct fsck to repair errors in the file system.

In a few cases, fsck prompts for questions before proceeding to check a file system. These cases include:

• If fsck detects that another fsck is in progress on the file system

• If fsck detects that the Oracle ACFS driver is not loaded

• If the file system does not appear to be Oracle ACFS

In checking mode, fsck also prompts if there are transaction logs that have not been processed completely due to an incomplete shutdown. To run in a non-interactive mode, include either the -y or -n options to answer yes or no to any questions.

fsck creates working files before it checks a file system. These working files are created in /usr/tmp if space is available. /tmp is used if /usr/tmp does not exist. If insufficient space is available in the tmp directory, fsck attempts to write to the current working directory. The files that fsck creates are roughly the size of the file system being checked divided by 32K. At most two such files are allocated. For example, a 2 GB file system being checked causes fsck to generate one or two 64K working files in the /usr/tmp directory. These files are deleted after fsck has finished.

In the event that fsck finds a file or directory in the file system for which it cannot determine its name or intended location (possibly due to a corruption in its parent directory), it places this object in the /lost+found directory when fsck is run in fix mode. For security reasons only the root user on Linux can read files in /lost+found. If the administrator can later determine the original name and location of the file based on its contents, the file can be moved or copied into its intended location.

The file names in the /lost+found directory are in the following formats:

parent.id.file.id.time-in-sec-since-1970
parent.id.dir.id.time-in-sec-since-1970

The id fields are the internal Oracle ACFS numeric identifiers for each file and directory in the file system.

You can use acfsutil info id id mount_point to attempt to determine the directory associated with parent.id. This directory is assumed to be where the deleted object originated. For information about acfsutil info, see "acfsutil info file".

If the parent directory is not known, the parent id field is set to UNKNOWN.

Examples

The following example shows how to check and repair an Oracle ACFS file system.

# /sbin/fsck -a -v -y -t acfs /dev/asm/volume1-123

mkfs

Purpose

Creates an Oracle ACFS file system.

Syntax and Description

mkfs -t acfs -h displays usage text and exits.

Table 13-3 contains the options available with the mkfs command.

mkfs is used to create the on disk structure needed for Oracle ACFS file system to be mounted. The mkfs command is the traditional UNIX command used to build a file system. After mkfs runs successfully, the USAGE column in the V$ASM_VOLUME view displays ACFS. root privilege is not required. The ownership of the volume device file dictates who can run this command. The minimum file system size is 200 MB. The Oracle ACFS driver must be loaded for mkfs to work.

Examples

Before creating an Oracle ACFS file system, first determine which Oracle ADVM volume devices are available. You can use the ASMCMD volinfo command to display information about the volumes and volume devices.

ASMCMD [+] > volinfo -a
...
         Volume Name: VOLUME1
         Volume Device: /dev/asm/volume1-123
         State: ENABLED
... 

See "volinfo".

Next create an Oracle ACFS file system on the volume device file.

$ /sbin/mkfs -t acfs /dev/asm/volume1-123

mount

Purpose

Mounts an Oracle ACFS file system.

Syntax and Description

mount -h displays usage text and exits.

Table 13-4 contains the options available with the mount command.

mount attaches a file system to the Oracle ACFS hierarchy at the mount point that is the name of a directory. The mount happens on the node where the mount command was issued. The mount command returns an error if the file system is not in a dismounted state on this node.

It is not always possible to return the cause of a mount failure to the mount command. When this happens Oracle ACFS writes the cause of the failure to the system console and associated system log file.

After mount runs successfully, the MOUNTPATH field in the V$ASM_VOLUME view displays the directory name on which the file system is now mounted.

An Oracle ACFS file system should only be mounted on one mount point. The same mount point name should be used on all cluster members.

The mount command lists all mounted file systems if it is run with no parameters.

root privilege is required to run mount.

Examples

The first example shows how to mount volume1-123 on the mount point /u01/app/acfsmounts/myacfs. The second example shows how to mount all the registered Oracle ACFS file systems. The dummy names (none) have been entered for the device and directory as they are required, but not used, when the all option is specified.

# /bin/mount -t acfs /dev/asm/volume1-123 /u01/app/acfsmounts/myacfs

# /bin/mount -t acfs -o all none none

umount

Purpose

Dismounts an Oracle ACFS file system.

Syntax and Description

umount -h displays usage text and exits.

Table 13-5 contains the options available with the umount command.

umount detaches an Oracle ACFS from the file system hierarchy on the current node. If the file system is busy, umount fails.

root privileges are required to run the umount command.

Examples

The following examples show how to dismount an Oracle ACFS file system. The first example uses the volume device file and the second example uses the file system.

# /bin/umount /dev/asm/volume1-123

# /bin/umount /u01/app/acfsmounts/myacfs