JFS-->JFS2

arthurholden_at_email.msn.com
Date: 01/19/05 

Date: 19 Jan 2005 05:20:10 -0800

I have a logical volume with file system (JFS) on AIX 5.1 that I want
to change to JFS2. The logical volume contains several gig of data.
Can the file system be changed (via smit) to a JFS2 without having to
tar-off the data and recreating the lv as a JFS2?

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