topic Re: Query on NFS in Operating System - HP-UX

Query on NFS

shameemsoft — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 11:40:23 GMT

Hello

NFS file system has configured in our environemnt in /etc/auto.direct. This nfs file systems are configured in cluster package( hanfs.sh).

My doubt is why don't we configure nfs file system in /etc/fstab instead of /etc/auto.direct when we use it for cluster package.

Thanks in Advance

Re: Query on NFS

Dennis Handly — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 17:17:06 GMT

If it is in auto.direct, you are likely using the automounter.

Re: Query on NFS

muruganantham raju — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 03:15:38 GMT

auto.direct configuration enables to automatically mount the NFS file system as and when needed (While accessing a file in NFS) and unmount it when there is no access to the NFS files.

HTH
Muru

Re: Query on NFS

shjn — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 03:33:55 GMT

Hi

Your server using Automounter to mount these filesystem.Automounter is an additional service to an NFS client. An NFS client usually mounts file systems from the NFS server at boot time and keeps these file systems mounted while the system is up. The file systems are unmounted at system shutdown time. The Automounter, on the other hand, mounts remote file systems only when needed. If a mounted file system is not accessed for a specified period of time, it is automatically unmounted. Automounter is a client-side service and is installed with the NFS client. All file systems and directories should be exported by NFS in the normal way as used with the NFS client