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NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       clonefset  - Creates a read-only copy of an AdvFS fileset.

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

       /usr/sbin/clonefset domain fileset clonename

OPERANDS    [Toc]    [Back]

       Specifies the name of an existing AdvFS domain.  Specifies
       the  name of the original fileset that the clonefset utility
 will clone.  Specifies the name of the read-only fileset
 created by the clonefset utility.

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       The  clonefset utility enables you to perform online backups
 of active files by making a read-only copy (clone)  of
       an active fileset. Once you create and mount a clone fileset,
 you can back up the clone using the vdump command  or
       other  supported  backup  utility (the dump command is not
       supported by AdvFS). Note that the clonefset utility  only
       clones AdvFS filesets; it does not clone UFS file systems.

       A clone fileset is a read-only snapshot  of  fileset  data
       structures  (metadata).   When  you  clone  a fileset, the
       utility copies only the structure of the original fileset,
       not  its data. When you modify files in the original fileset,
 the file system copies  the  original  pages  to  the
       clone  fileset.  In  this  way, the clone fileset contents
       remain the same as when you first created it.

       You can create new versions of a clone  fileset,  but  you
       can  maintain  only  one  clone per fileset at a time. You
       cannot rename a clone fileset, but there is a  workaround.
       You  can  remove  an  existing  clone fileset (and all its
       files) by using the rmfset command, then create a new  one
       with the new name.

RESTRICTIONS    [Toc]    [Back]

       You must be root user to clone an AdvFS fileset.

       Each fileset within a domain must have a unique name of up
       to 31 characters.  All  whitespace  characters  (tab,  new
       line,  space,  and so forth) and the / # : * ?  characters
       are invalid for fileset names.

       The clonefset command cannot be used on  filesets  enabled
       for  the Data Management Application Programming Interface
       (DMAPI), since domains of DAMPI-enabled file  systems  are
       limited to one fileset only.  See the AdvFS Administration
       for more information about DMAPI.

       Do not create a clone fileset if the available disk  space
       for the domain is less than 5 percent of the total. When a
       domain runs out of disk space, the file system  loses  its
       ability  to maintain the consistency of files within clone
       filesets. When the file system can no longer maintain consistency,
 it displays warning messages similar to the following
 on the user's terminal and to the console: WARNING:
       advfs cannot copy-on-write data to a clone file.  WARNING:
       encountered the  following  error:  ENO_MORE_BLKS  (-1040)
       WARNING:  do  not continue using the clone fileset.  WARNING:
       original       file       set:        name=mnt,
       id=2c06a73f.00027192.00000001.8001   WARNING:  clone  file
       set: name=clone, id=2c06a73f.00027192.00000002.8002  WARNING:
 file id = 0000000a.8002

       This   message   also   appears   in   the   /var/adm/syslog.dated/latest_boot_date/kern.log
 file.

EXAMPLES    [Toc]    [Back]

       The following example creates  a  read-only  copy  of  the
       credit_fs fileset that resides in the accounts_dmn domain.
       The clone fileset name in this example  is  credit_clone1.
       This  example  also  performs an online backup and removes
       the clone fileset after the backup is  complete:  #  mkdir
       /mnt/credit_clone1   #  clonefset  accounts_dmn  credit_fs
       credit_clone1 # mount -t  advfs  account_dmn#credit_clone1
       /mnt/credit_clone1  #  vdump  /mnt/credit_clone1  # umount
       /mnt/credit_clone1 # rmfset account_dmn credit_clone1

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

      
      
       Commands: rmfset(8), tar(1), showfdmn(8),  vdump(8),  vrestore(8)

       Functions: advfs_clonefset(3)

       File Formats: advfs(4)



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Name OS Title
advfs_clonefset Tru64 Creates a read-only copy of an active fileset
mkfset Tru64 Creates a fileset in an existing AdvFS domain
rmfset Tru64 Removes a fileset or a clone fileset from an AdvFS file domain
advfs_set_fset_quotas Tru64 Sets fileset quotas for an AdvFS fileset
advfs_get_fset_quotas Tru64 Obtains fileset quotas for an AdvFS fileset
renamefset Tru64 Rename an existing AdvFS fileset
mkfdmn Tru64 Creates a new AdvFS domain
advfs_rmfset Tru64 Removes a fileset or a clone fileset
acl_dup Tru64 Creates a duplicate copy of the ACL
volclonedg Tru64 Creates a copy of an LSM disk group whose underlying disks have been cloned via hardware.
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