After you have made an EVMS or compatibility volume, add a file system to the volume before mounting it. You can add a file system to a volume through the EVMS interface of your choice.
Example 13.1. Add a JFS File System to a Volume
This example creates a new JFS file system, named
jfs_vol, on volume/dev/evms/my_vol.
Follow these steps to create a JFS file system with the EVMS GUI:
Select → → .
Select .
Click .
Select .
Click .
Type jfs_vol in the "Volume Label"
field. Customize any other options you are interested in.
Click .
The operation is completed when you save.
Alternatively, you can perform some of the steps to create a file system with the GUI context sensitive menu:
From the tab, right click
/dev/evms/my_vol.
Click
Continue creating the file system beginning with step 2 of the GUI instructions. You can skip steps 4 and 5 of the GUI instructions.
Follow these steps to create a JFS file system with Ncurses:
Select → → .
Select JFS File System Interface Module.
Activate .
Select /dev/evms/my_vol.
Activate .
Scroll down using the down arrow until is highlighted.
Press Spacebar.
At the "::" prompt enter jfs_vol.
Press Enter.
Activate .
Alternatively, you can perform some of the steps to create a file system with the context sensitive menu:
From the Volumes view, press Enter on
/dev/evms/my_vol.
Activate the menu item.
Continue creating the file system beginning with step 2 of the Ncurses instructions.
Use the mkfs command to create the new file system. The arguments to mkfs include the FSIM type (in our example, JFS), followed by any option pairs, and then the volume name. The command to accomplish this is:
mkfs: JFS={vollabel=jfs_vol}, /dev/evms/my_volThe command is completed upon saving.
If you are interested in other options that mkfs can use, look at the results of the following query:
query: plugins, plugin=JFS, list options