09-15-2009
raw logical volumes to jfs2
Does anybody if it is possible to convert raw logical volumes to jfs2? If so how is it done or where can I find the information to make the conversion. We have an Oracle Db on AIX and it is using raw lv's which we want to convert to jfs2 because the raw devices don't restore correctly from our sysback backup.
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rawdevices
RAW(8) System Manager's Manual RAW(8)
NAME
raw - bind a Linux raw character device
SYNOPSIS
raw /dev/raw/raw<N> <major> <minor>
raw /dev/raw/raw<N> /dev/<blockdev>
raw -q /dev/raw/raw<N>
raw -qa
DESCRIPTION
raw is used to bind a Linux raw character device to a block device. Any block device may be used: at the time of binding, the device
driver does not even have to be accessible (it may be loaded on demand as a kernel module later).
raw is used in two modes: it either sets raw device bindings, or it queries existing bindings. When setting a raw device, /dev/raw/raw<N>
is the device name of an existing raw device node in the filesystem. The block device to which it is to be bound can be specified either
in terms of its major and minor device numbers, or as a path name /dev/<blockdev> to an existing block device file.
The bindings already in existence can be queried with the -q option, with is used either with a raw device filename to query that one
device, or with the -a option to query all bound raw devices.
Once bound to a block device, a raw device can be opened, read and written, just like the block device it is bound to. However, the raw
device does not behave exactly like the block device. In particular, access to the raw device bypasses the kernel's block buffer cache
entirely: all I/O is done directly to and from the address space of the process performing the I/O. If the underlying block device driver
can support DMA, then no data copying at all is required to complete the I/O.
Because raw I/O involves direct hardware access to a process's memory, a few extra restrictions must be observed. All I/Os must be cor-
rectly aligned in memory and on disk: they must start at a sector offset on disk, they must be an exact number of sectors long, and the
data buffer in virtual memory must also be aligned to a multiple of the sector size. The sector size is 512 bytes for most devices.
Use the /etc/sysconfig/rawdevices file to define the set of raw device mappings automatically created during the system startup sequence.
The format of the file is the same used in the command line with the exception that the "raw" command itself is omitted.
OPTIONS
-q Set query mode. raw will query an existing binding instead of setting a new one.
-a With -q , specifies that all bound raw devices should be queried.
-h provides a usage summary.
BUGS
The Linux dd (1) command does not currently align its buffers correctly, and so cannot be used on raw devices.
Raw I/O devices do not maintain cache coherency with the Linux block device buffer cache. If you use raw I/O to overwrite data already in
the buffer cache, the buffer cache will no longer correspond to the contents of the actual storage device underneath. This is deliberate,
but is regarded either a bug or a feature depending on who you ask!
AUTHOR
Stephen Tweedie (sct@redhat.com)
Version 0.1 Aug 1999 RAW(8)