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If you have Online-JFS installed you can turn on large file support without interruption to production work. Use SAM to make it easy or use the fsadm command with the -o largefiles options (see man page).
Tar should prompt for another tape (media).
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fsadm(1M) fsadm(1M)
NAME
fsadm - a file system administration command
SYNOPSIS
FStype] specific_options] special
DESCRIPTION
The command is designed to perform selected administration tasks on file systems. These tasks may differ between file system types. spe-
cial is a device file containing an unmounted file system. However, if the file system is of the type that provides online administration
capabilities the special could be a directory. directory must be the root of a mounted file system.
Only a superuser can invoke
Options
Specify the file system type on which to operate (see
fstyp(1M) and fs_wrapper(5)). If this option is not included on the command line, then the file system type is determined
from the file by matching each special with an entry in that file. If there is no entry in then the file system type is
determined from the file
Specify options specific to each file system type.
specific_options is a list of comma separated suboptions and/or keyword/attribute pairs intended for a specific FStype-spe-
cific module of the command. See the file system specific manual entries for a description of the specific_options sup-
ported, if any.
Echo the completed command line,
but perform no other action. The command line is generated by incorporating the user-specified options and other informa-
tion derived from This option allows the user to verify the command line.
EXAMPLES
Convert an file system from a file system to a file system:
Display relevant file system statistics:
FILES
Static information about the systems
SEE ALSO
fsadm_hfs(1M), fsadm_vxfs(1M), fsck(1M), fstab(4), fs_wrapper(5).
fsadm(1M)