Incressing Space in Filesystem 1

[mastikool]

Hi,
I am new to AIX, my DBA wants to increses size in Filesystem. He want to add 2gb. What is the procedure to increase the size.
I have used.
#df -k to see the space and it shows full... what should I do next???

Thanks.

 

[khalidaaa]

What version of AIX are you using?

This will work for 5L

chfs -a size=+2G /dev/lv_name

Regards,
Khalid

 

[mastikool]

Thanks Khalid for the quick respond. I have AIX5.2, can you please give me step by step instruction how to allocate more space.
I am signed on at root then what should I do?

Thanks

 

[khalidaaa]

That's all you need vrkool!

You do df -k to view which filesystem you want to increase and then use chfs as above!

it works with the filesystem name or the logical volume name!

chfs -a size=+2G /dev/lv_name

Ot

chfs -a size=+2G /filesystemname

Regards,
Khalid

 

[mastikool]

Thanks....have a great weekend. Will finish on Monday.

 

[khalidaaa]

Just for the record of mentioning it! Be careful if you are using jfs filesystem type cause you won't be able to decrease the filesystem when you increase it!

for jfs2 (enhanced) you can do this on the fly!

to view whether you are using jfs or jfs2

/usr/sbin/lsvg -o|/usr/sbin/lsvg -i -l

Regards,
Khalid

 

[khalidaaa]

Have a nice weekend too vrkool...

Regards,
Khalid