Chapter 5. Managing Volumes
| Part II. Managing File Server Machines |

## Chapter 5. Managing Volumes

This chapter explains how to manage the volumes stored on file server machines. The volume is the designated unit of administration in AFS, so managing them is a large part of the administrator's duties.

## Summary of Instructions

This chapter explains how to perform the following tasks by using the indicated commands:

Create read/write volume | vos create
Create read-only volume | vos addsite and vos release
Create backup volume | vos backup
Create many backup volumes at once | vos backupsys
Examine VLDB entry | vos listvldb
Examine volume header | vos listvol
Examine both VLDB entry and volume header | vos examine
Display volume's name | fs listquota or fs examine
Display volume's ID number | fs examine or vos examine or vos listvol
Display partition's size and space available | vos partinfo
Display volume's location | fs whereis or vos examine
Create mount point | fs mkmount
Remove mount point | fs rmmount
Display mount point | fs lsmount
Move read/write volume | vos move
Synchronize VLDB with volume headers | vos syncvldb and vos syncserv
Set volume quota | fs setvol or fs setquota
Display volume quota | fs quota or fs listquota or fs examine
Display volume's current size | fs listquota or fs examine
Display list of volumes on a machine/partition | vos listvol
Remove read/write volume | vos remove and fs rmmount
Remove read-only volume | vos remove
Remove backup volume | vos remove and fs rmmount
Remove volume; no VLDB change | vos zap
Remove read-only site definition | vos remsite
Remove VLDB entry; no volume change | vos delentry
Dump volume | vos dump
Restore dumped volume | vos restore
Rename volume | vos rename, fs rmmount and fs mkmount
Unlock volume | vos unlock
Unlock multiple volumes | vos unlockvldb
Lock volume | vos lock

Displaying Server Process Log Files |  | About Volumes