S/390 hypervisor file system

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 LPAR mode z/VM guest

The S/390® hypervisor file system (hypfs) provides a mechanism to access LPAR and z/VM® hypervisor data.

Directory structure
When the hypfs file system is mounted, the accounting information is retrieved and a file system tree is created. The tree contains a full set of attribute files with the hypervisor information.
Setting up the S/390 hypervisor file system
To use the file system, it must be mounted. You can mount the file system with the mount command or with an entry in /etc/fstab.
Working with the S/390 hypervisor file system
Typical tasks that you must perform when working with the S/390 hypervisor file system include defining access permissions and updating hypfs information.

Parent topic: System resources