Using XFS on Oracle Linux

Install xfs packages on Oracle Linux 6.6 via Oracle Public Yum

[root@matthew ~]# yum install xfsprogs
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
Setting up Install Process
public_ol6_UEKR3_latest | 1.2 kB 00:00
public_ol6_UEK_latest | 1.2 kB 00:00
public_ol6_UEK_latest/primary | 19 MB 00:02
public_ol6_UEK_latest 407/407
public_ol6_addons | 1.2 kB 00:00
public_ol6_addons/primary | 77 kB 00:00
public_ol6_addons 269/269
public_ol6_latest | 1.4 kB 00:00
public_ol6_latest/primary | 46 MB 00:05
public_ol6_latest 29302/29302
http://public-yum.oracle.com/beta/repo/OracleLinux/OL6/uek3/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] PYCURL ERROR 22 - "The requested URL returned error: 404 Not Found"
Trying other mirror.
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package xfsprogs.x86_64 0:3.1.11-1.0.5.el6 will be installed
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Dependencies Resolved
=========================================================================================================================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
=========================================================================================================================
Installing:
xfsprogs x86_64 3.1.11-1.0.5.el6 public_ol6_latest 808 k
Transaction Summary
=========================================================================================================================
Install 1 Package(s)
Total download size: 808 k
Installed size: 3.6 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
xfsprogs-3.1.11-1.0.5.el6.x86_64.rpm | 808 kB 00:00
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
Installing : xfsprogs-3.1.11-1.0.5.el6.x86_64 1/1
Verifying : xfsprogs-3.1.11-1.0.5.el6.x86_64 1/1
Installed:
xfsprogs.x86_64 0:3.1.11-1.0.5.el6
Complete!
Create XFS filesystem on an existing partition or logical volume.
NOTE: Overwriting an existing partition will cause all data to be deleted. If this is not desired then create a new parition using fdisk or parted before proceeding.

[root@matthew ~]# mkfs.xfs /dev/vg_ora/lv_ora1
meta-data=/dev/vg_ora/lv_ora1 isize=256 agcount=4, agsize=3244032 blks
= sectsz=512 attr=2, projid32bit=1
= crc=0
data = bsize=4096 blocks=12976128, imaxpct=25
= sunit=0 swidth=0 blks
naming =version 2 bsize=4096 ascii-ci=0
log =internal log bsize=4096 blocks=6336, version=2
= sectsz=512 sunit=0 blks, lazy-count=1
realtime =none extsz=4096 blocks=0, rtextents=0
Mount filesystem
[root@matthew /]# mount -t xfs /dev/vg_ora/lv_ora1 /u01
To grow the filesystem issue the xfs_growfs command

xfs_growfs -d /dev/vg_ora/lv_ora1
meta-data=/dev/mapper/vg_ora-lv_ora1 isize=256 agcount=4, agsize=3244032 blks
= sectsz=512 attr=2, projid32bit=1
= crc=0
data = bsize=4096 blocks=12976128, imaxpct=25
= sunit=0 swidth=0 blks
naming =version 2 bsize=4096 ascii-ci=0
log =internal bsize=4096 blocks=6336, version=2
= sectsz=512 sunit=0 blks, lazy-count=1
realtime =none extsz=4096 blocks=0, rtextents=0
data size unchanged, skipping

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