gfs2(8) System Manager's Manual gfs2(8)NAME
gfs2 - GFS2 reference guide
SYNOPSIS
Overview of manpages and their locations
DESCRIPTION
The GFS2 documentation has been split into a number of sections. Please refer to the table below to determine which man page coincides
with the command/feature you are looking for.
gfs2 GFS2 overview (this man page)
mount.gfs2 Mounting a GFS2 file system
gfs2_edit A GFS2 debug tool (use with caution)
fsck.gfs2 The GFS2 file system checker
gfs2_grow Growing a GFS2 file system
gfs2_jadd Adding a journal to a GFS2 file system
mkfs.gfs2 Make a GFS2 file system
gfs2_quota Manipulate GFS2 disk quotas
gfs2_tool Tool to manipulate a GFS2 file system
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gfs2_convert(8) System Manager's Manual gfs2_convert(8)NAME
gfs2_convert - Convert a GFS1 filesystem to GFS2
SYNOPSIS
gfs2_convert [OPTION]... DEVICE
DESCRIPTION
gfs2_convert is used to convert a filesystem from GFS1 to GFS2. It is required that the GFS1 filesystem be checked and fixed for errors
using fsck.gfs2 and that the filesystem be backed up before attempting to convert it. The convert process is irreversible and any error
encountered during the conversion can result in the abrupt termination of the program and consequently an unusable filesystem. See NOTES
section below for more information.
OPTIONS -h Help.
This prints out the proper command line usage syntax.
-q Quiet. Print less information while running.
-n No to all questions.
-V Print program Version information only.
Print out the current version name.
-v Verbose operation.
Print more information while running.
-y Yes to all questions.
By specifying this option, gfs2_convert will not prompt before making changes.
EXAMPLE
gfs2_convert /dev/vg0/lvol0
This will convert the Global File System on the block device "/dev/vg0/lvol0" to gfs2 format.
NOTES
If gfs2_convert is interrupted for some reason other than a conversion failure, DO NOT run gfs2_fsck on this partially converted filesys-
tem. When this occurs, reissue the gfs2_convert command on the partially converted filesystem to complete the conversion process.
The GFS2 filesystem does not support Context-Dependent Path Names (CDPNs). gfs2_convert identifies such CDPNs and replaces them with empty
directories with the same name. The administrator can use bind mounts on these directories to get the same effect as CDPNs.
When converting full or nearly full filesystems, it is possible that there won't be enough space available to fit all the GFS2 filesystem
data structures. In such cases, the size of all the journals is reduced uniformly such that everything fits in the available space.
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