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Operating Systems AIX NIM Questions Post 302277934 by shockneck on Sunday 18th of January 2009 11:02:52 PM
Old 01-19-2009
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Originally Posted by balaji_prk
[...]method (creating hard link) sounded interesting, is this what you meant

Download the filesets -> create hardlink for each filesets in to the existing lpp_source directory and rebuild the .toc. right?[...]
Yes. One more hint: make sure that you use gencopy (smitty gencopy) to create the correct fileset endings (.U/.I instead of .bff) after downloading first. Otherwise the .toc might become useless as occoasionally some filesets cannot be found/installed because name on disk and name in .toc differ.
 

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advfs_set_fset_quotas(3)				     Library Functions Manual					  advfs_set_fset_quotas(3)

NAME
advfs_set_fset_quotas - Sets fileset quotas for an AdvFS fileset SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/advfs_syscalls.h> int advfs_set_fset_quotas( char *domainName, char *filesetName, filesetQuotasT *filesetQuotas ); LIBRARY
AdvFS Library (libadvfs) PARAMETERS
A pointer to the name of the domain. A pointer to the name of the fileset. A pointer to a structure that contains the fileset quotas. DESCRIPTION
This function associates the fileset quotas that are specified in the filesetQuotas structure with the fileset specified by the domainName and filesetName parameters. Note that the advfs_get_set_quotas function does not set: user or group quota information grace time information Use the quotactl system call instead. See the quotactl(2) reference page for information. RESTRICTIONS
At least one fileset in the domain nust be mounted. Clone filesets cannot have fileset quotas. If you attempt to set fileset quotas for a clone fileset, an error occurs. RETURN VALUES
The function returns a value of 0 (zero) on successful completion. The function returns a value of -1 on failure and sets the value of errno to the specific error. ERRORS
The function sets errno to the specified errors for the following failure conditions: The calling program is not running with root privi- leges. No fileset in the file domain has been mounted. The *filesetQuotas parameter contains invalid data. An I/O error occurred on one of the disks in the file domain. The filesetId parameter does not refer to an existing fileset. There is not enough memory available for the operation. The fileset is mounted read-only: it may be a clone fileset. Clone filesets cannot have fileset quotas. SEE ALSO
Commands: chfsets(8), showfsets(8) Functions: quotactl(2), advfs_get_fset_quotas(3) advfs_set_fset_quotas(3)
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