Is the logging option with mount command in the Solaris /etc/vfstab file applicable to VERITAS File System?

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The logging option in /etc/vfstab is only applicable to UNIX File System.

If the logging option is specified in the 7th column of the vfstab file, this will stop the VxFS file system from mounting. See the mount_vxfs(1M) man page for appropriate VERITAS File System mount options.

As with any mount point, the /etc/vfstab file affects the command line mount options when issuing the "mount" command.

For example:

#mount -F vxfs /dev/vx/dsk/jldg/jlvol /jlvol

UX:vxfsmount: ERROR: illegal -o suboption -- logging

#mount /jlvol

UX:vxfsmount: ERROR: illegal -o suboption -- logging

The mount command was affected by the "logging" entry in the 7th column of the /etc/vfstab file, e.g.

#cat /etc/vfstab

#devicedevice mount FS fsck mount mount

#tomount to fsck point type pass at boot options

#

fd - /dev/fd fd - no -

/proc - /proc proc - no -

/dev/vx/dsk/swapvol- - swap - no -

/dev/vx/dsk/rootvol/dev/vx/rdsk/rootvol / ufs 1 no -

/dev/vx/dsk/usr/dev/vx/rdsk/usr /usr ufs 1 no -

/dev/vx/dsk/home/dev/vx/rdsk/home /home ufs 2 yes -

/dev/vx/dsk/opt/dev/vx/rdsk/opt /opt ufs 2 yes -

swap - /tmp tmpfs - yes -

/dev/vx/dsk/jldg/jlvol/dev/vx/rdsk/jldg/jlvol /jlvol vxfs 2 yes logging

The appropriate line should read:

/dev/vx/dsk/jldg/jlvol/dev/vx/rdsk/jldg/jlvol /jlvol vxfs 2 yes -

The logging option is not valid for VERITAS File System; it is only valid for UNIX FileSystem (UFS).