Table of Contents (exploded view)
Abstract for Distributed File Service zFS Administration
Summary of changes
Summary of changes for z/OS Version 2 Release 2 (V2R2)
z/OS Version 2 Release 1 summary of changes
zFS administration guide
z/OS File System overview
Features
Terminology and concepts
What's new or changed for zFS in z/OS V2R2
What's new or changed for zFS in z/OS V2R1
Installing and configuring zFS
zFS installation and configuration steps
Applying required APARs for z/OS V2R2
Specifying zFS file systems as sysplex-aware
Using zFS read/write sysplex-aware file systems
Changing the sysplex-awareness of a mounted zFS read/write file system
zFS running in the z/OS UNIX address space
Managing zFS processes
Starting zFS
Stopping zFS
Determining zFS status
Creating and managing zFS file systems using compatibility mode aggregates
Creating a compatibility mode aggregate
Using version 1.5 aggregates and extended (v5) directories
Creating a version 1.5 aggregate
Converting an existing aggregate to version 1.5
Converting an existing v4 directory to an extended (v5) directory
Guidelines for v4 to v5 conversion
Growing a compatibility mode aggregate
Dynamically growing a compatibility mode aggregate
Creating a multi-volume compatibility mode aggregate
Adding volumes to a compatibility mode aggregate
Increasing the size of a compatibility mode aggregate
Copying each file and directory of the aggregate to a larger data set
Copying the physical blocks of the aggregate to a larger data set
Decreasing the size of a compatibility mode aggregate
Renaming or deleting a compatibility mode aggregate
Changing zFS attributes on a mounted zFS compatibility mode file system
Unmounting zFS file systems before copying or moving
Understanding zFS disk space allocation
How data is stored on systems before z/OS V1R13
Support for type 30 SMF record
Sharing zFS data in a non-shared file system sysplex
Minimum and maximum file system sizes
Version 1.5 aggregates
Version 1.4 aggregates
v4 directory considerations
Using zFS in a shared file system environment
Overview of the shared file system environment
Read-only mounted file systems
zFS support for read/write file systems with different levels of sysplex-awareness
zFS-enhanced sysplex-aware support
zFS ownership versus z/OS UNIX ownership of file systems
Determining the file system owner
When is the z/OS UNIX owner important?
Dynamic movement of the zFS owner
Considerations when using zFS in a shared file system environment
Copying or performing a backup of a zFS
Backing up a zFS aggregate
Restoring an aggregate with DFSMSdss logical restore
Migrating data from HFS or zFS to zFS
Using the z/OS HFS to zFS migration tool
Using the z/OS UNIX pax command
Using an intermediate archive file
Without using an intermediate archive file
Performance and debugging
Performance tuning
Total cache size
Metadata cache
Vnode cache
User file cache
Log files
Log file cache
Fixed storage
I/O balancing
Monitoring zFS performance
Resetting performance monitoring data
Sample zFS QUERY reports
CTKC
DATASET
FILE
IOBYDASD
KN
LFS
LOCK
LOG
STKM
STOR
SVI
VM
Debugging aids for zFS
Overview of trace options for zFS
Steps for tracing on zFS
Understanding the salvager utility
Understanding zFS dumps
Determining the XCF protocol interface level
Saving initialization messages in a data set
Determining service levels
Understanding namespace validation and correction
Understanding delays and hangs in zFS using the zFS hang detector
Hangs and delays in shared file system environment
Steps for diagnosing and resolving a zFS hang
Identifying storage shortages in zFS
Diagnosing disabled aggregates
Handling disabled aggregates
Disabled aggregates when some systems are on z/OS V1R13 or later
Overview of the zFS audit identifier
Enabling the zFS auditid
zFS administration reference
z/OS system commands
MODIFY ZFS PROCESS
SETOMVS RESET
zFS commands
ioeagfmt
ioeagslv
ioefsutl
ioefsutl converttov4
ioefsutl converttov5
ioefsutl format
ioefsutl salvage
MOUNT
zfsadm
zfsadm aggrinfo
zfsadm apropos
zfsadm attach
zfsadm config
zfsadm configquery
zfsadm convert
zfsadm define
zfsadm delete
zfsadm detach
zfsadm fileinfo
zfsadm format
zfsadm fsinfo
zfsadm grow
zfsadm help
zfsadm lsaggr
zfsadm lsfs
zfsadm lssys
zfsadm query
zfsadm quiesce
zfsadm setauditfid
zfsadm unquiesce
The zFS configuration options file (IOEPRMxx or IOEFSPRM)
IOEFSPRM
zFS application programming interface information
pfsctl (BPX1PCT)
Attach Aggregate
Define Aggregate
Detach Aggregate
Format Aggregate
Grow Aggregate
List Aggregate Status (Version 1)
List Aggregate Status (Version 2)
List Attached Aggregate Names (Version 1)
List Attached Aggregate Names (Version 2)
List Detailed File System Information
List File Information
List File System Names (Version 1)
List File System Names (Version 2)
List File System Status
List Systems
Query Config Option
Quiesce Aggregate
Reset Backup Flag
Set Auditfid
Set Config Option
Statistics Directory Cache Information
Statistics iobyaggr Information
Statistics iobydasd Information
Statistics iocounts Information
Statistics Kernel Information
Statistics Locking Information
Statistics Log Cache Information
Statistics Metadata Cache Information
Statistics Server Token Management Information
Statistics Storage Information
Statistics Sysplex Client Operations Information
Statistics Sysplex Owner Operations Information
Statistics Transaction Cache Information
Statistics User Cache Information
Statistics Vnode Cache Information
Unquiesce Aggregate
Running the zFS pfsctl APIs in 64-bit mode
Statistics iocounts information (64-bit mode)