Listing file system attributes

Use the mmlsfs command to display the current file system attributes. Depending on your configuration, additional information that is set by GPFS can be displayed to help in problem determination when you contact the IBM® Support Center.

If you specify no options with the mmlsfs command, all file system attributes are listed.

For example, to list all of the attributes for the file system gpfs1, enter:
mmlsfs gpfs1 
The system displays information similar to the following:
flag            value                      description
------------------- ------------------------ -----------------------------------
 -f                       8192                         Minimum fragment (subblock) size in bytes
 -i                       512                          Inode size in bytes
 -I                       16384                        Indirect block size in bytes
 -m                        1                           Default number of metadata replicas
 -M                        2                           Maximum number of metadata replicas
 -r                        1                           Default number of data replicas
 -R                        2                           Maximum number of data replicas
 -j                        cluster                     Block allocation type
 -D                        nfs4                        File locking semantics in effect
 -k                        all                         ACL semantics in effect
 -n                        32                          Estimated number of nodes that will mount file system
 -B                        262144                      Block size
 -Q                        none                        Quotas accounting enabled
                           none                        Quotas enforced
                           none                        Default quotas enabled
 --perfileset-quota        no                          Per-fileset quota enforcement
 --filesetdf               no                          Fileset df enabled?
 -V                        25.00 (5.1.1.0)             File system version
--create-time              Mon Jul 4 22:20:38 2022     File system creation time
 -z                        yes                         Is DMAPI enabled?
 -L                        4194304                     Logfile size
 -E                        yes                         Exact mtime mount option
 -S                        relatime                    Suppress atime mount option
 -K                        whenpossible                Strict replica allocation option
 --fastea                   yes                        Fast external attributes enabled?
 --encryption               no                         Encryption enabled?
 --inode-limit              879616                     Maximum number of inodes in all inode spaces
 --log-replicas             0                          Number of log replicas
 --is4KAligned              no                         is4KAligned?
 --rapid-repair             yes                        rapidRepair enabled?
 --write-cache-threshold    0                          HAWC Threshold (max 65536)
 --subblocks-per-full-block 32                         Number of subblocks per full block
 -P                         system                     Disk storage pools in file system
 --file-audit-log           no                         File Audit Logging enabled?
 --maintenance-mode         no                         Maintenance Mode enabled?
 --flush-on-close           no                         flush cache on file close enabled?
 --auto-inode-limit         no                         Increase maximum number of inodes per inode space automatically?
 --nfs4-owner-write-acl     yes                        NFSv4 implicit owner WRITE_ACL permission enabled?
 -d                         nsd9;nsd10                 Disks in file system
 -A                         yes                        Automatic mount option
 -o                         none                       Additional mount options
 -T                        /gpfs/gpfs2                 Default mount point
 --mount-priority          0                           Mount priority

Some of the attributes that are displayed by the mmlsfs command represent default mount options. Because the scope of mount options is an individual node, it is possible to have different values on different nodes. For exact mtime (-E option) and suppressed atime (-S option), the information that is displayed by the mmlsfs command represents the current setting on the file system manager node. If these options are changed with the mmchfs command, the change might not be reflected until the file system is remounted.

For complete usage information, see mmlsfs command. For a detailed discussion of file system attributes, see GPFS architecture and File system creation considerations.