auto mounting filesystems

[Paul Wright]

I have 4 file systems that do not automatically mount after booting the machine. I put the entries for them in /etc/fstab but still no go. Appreciate any enlightenment as to what I am doing wrong.

[Helen French]

Are you using MC/SG? Check the file /etc/lvmrc and see if your volume groups get activated during boot process.

Also, do you get any error messages during boot? Is the VGs listed in /etc/lvmtab file? Can you mount those file systems manually after booting?

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Hi,

Could you display the fstab in this forum ?

Robert-Jan

[Mark Grant]

Rober-Jan's suggestion above would be helpful!

Also, it's worth noting that if the file systems were not unmounted properly and need an "fsck" they also will not mount at boot.

[Sridhar Bhaskarla]

Hi,

As mentioned by Shiju check /etc/lvmrc and see if it is customized to activate selective volume groups. If so, you will need to check if this volume group is listed in there.

Check your /etc/rc.log to find the errors.

There may be a problem with your /etc/fstab entries. Try "mount -a" and see if you get any errors.

If you find no filesystem getting mounted from this volume group, then do a 'vgchange -a y vgxx' and see what happens. If it is on serviceguard, it might have been configured into serviceguard but not really into the packages. In that case you can do a "vgchange -c n vgxx" followed by vgchange -a y vgxx and mount -a.

-Sri

[Paul Wright]

Shiju:
/etc/lvmrc & /etc/lvmtab check out OK. I don not get error msgs during boot and YES I can mount the systems manually.
Robert:
Here's the fstab entry

/dev/vgXX/lvol1 /u41 vxfs rw,suid,largefiles,delaylog 0 2

Thanks
Paul

[Mark Grant]

Sometimes a simple one that gets missed is if you have an earlier mount that means the current mount doesn't work.

For example if /etc/fstab first mounts /u14/arch and then mounts /u14, the first one will work and the second one won't.

It's a long shot and "mount -a" would show it as an error but it's worth just checking.

[Paul Wright]

The /etc/rc.log has the following error message for all the filesystems on this VG.
vxfs mount: illegal -o suboption -- detainlog

but I didn't use the -o option?????

[Mark Grant]

Are you sure you don't have that option in your /etc/fstab options because these just become -o options when they are mounted at boot

[Helen French]

Did you check /etc/rc.log file for any file system mount errors? Can you post your complete fstab file and tell us which ones are mounted and which ones are not mounting?

Also, I would install all latest patches to the system.

[Helen French]

Which OS are you running? If it's 11.00, then install this patch - PHCO_28141 (s700_800 11.00 mount(1M) cumulative patch). That might solve the issue.

[Helen French · Accepted solution]

Read the patch description here, it refers the same type of error "vxfs mount: illegal -o suboption":

http://support2.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/patchDocDisplay.do?patchId=PHCO_28141

[Paul Wright]

Thanks everyone. I think I've got it now, appreciate all the help.

Paul

[Rodney Hills]

Paul,

It is forum courtesy to assign points to those that have helped.

Also this forum is not just a place for an individual to get an answer. It is a place where all can benefit from the combined efforts of many to solve a problem.

If you could summarize what you found that corrected your problem. Then we all benefit.

My 2 cents

-- Rod Hills