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convert jfs to jfs2.

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aixnag

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Hi,

Aix box installed with default jfs file systems. How do we convert jfs to jfs2 filesystems.

os: aix5.1 h/w :64bit present kernel:32bit.

thanx in advance

aixnag
IBM Certified Specialist - P-series AIX 5L Administration
IBM Certified Specialist - AIX V4 HACMP
 
You cannot convert JFS to JFS2.

And how do you have a 5L certification without knowing that?
 
Hi aixnag

It is infeasible to convert from jfs to jfs2.But
in aix5l 5.1 installation you can opt for jfs2 enable apart from tcb(trusted computing base)

I can elaborate my answer further ...just send me an email
for all aix-sp issues to nageswar@techie.com

IBM aix5l pseries certified specialist
 
Thanks breaz25. I got what i need.

Hi AIXSPadmin,

Probably, you did not understand my question, please read carefully.

thanks




aixnag
IBM Certified Specialist - P-series AIX 5L Administration
IBM Certified Specialist - AIX V4 HACMP
 
Hi aixnag

Moving forward to answer your question: Please perform
following steps:
If you have already file systems with data

step1:Backup the specific jfs file system by using any backup utility

step2 :create jfs2 type file systems correspondingly

step3: restore the data to jfs2 file systems by using backups taken earlier


sushveer
IBM certified specialist-p-series AIX5L System Administration
AIX/SOLARIS/WEBSPHERE-MQ/TIVOLI Administrator
 
My opinion is that you need to setup kernel to 64 bits instead of 32bits, because JFS2 (enhanced journaled file system) is a file system, introduced in AIX 5L for POWER Version 5.1, that provides the capability to store much larger files than the existing Journaled File System (JFS). Customers can choose to implement either JFS, which is the recommended file system for 32-bit environments, or JFS2, which offers 64-bit functionality.

Regards,

Okano
 
Am planning to do as

1. change kernel 32bit -->64bit
2. reboot
3. run mkszfile
4. edit image.data file and change fstype: jfs to jfs2
5. mksysb backup using existing image.data file
6. finally restore mksysb

any advice/info. By the way anyone had done before in this way. Share your experiences if any.

thanx in advance.


aixnag
IBM Certified Specialist - P-series AIX 5L Administration
IBM Certified Specialist - AIX V4 HACMP
 
Actually IBM recomends you do not convert rootvg filesystems to jfs2, as well as to use the 64 bit kernel before using jfs2 anyway.
 
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