Mounting NTFS volumes in HPUX

[Jordan Bean]

I know that Linux can mount NTFS volumes, but how about HPUX? This is obviously not an LVM issue, but is related. I ask is because our backup administrator wants to make the NTFS volumes used by a Win2k server available via EMC TimeFinder to our HPUX backup server. This is a "prefered" solution, but the alternative to perform a networked client backup of these volumes from another Win2k host is quite acceptable. Thanks.

[A. Clay Stephenson · Accepted solution]

Hi:

You can use a package called CIFS 9000 to do this but this has all the pitfalls of doing NFS backups. You are far better off to let the disk agent on the NT box do the backup even if it must send the data to a media agent (tape drive) on your UNIX box. You are simply adding more overhead by trying to use a networked file system.

This assumes that you are using a real backup product like Veritas or OmniBack.

[Helen French]

Hi,

You can do that with the help of SAMBA or CIFS/9000 products from HP. Take a look at the product manuals for setup instructions.

HTH,
Shiju

[Patrick Wallek]

I seriously doubt that the HP-UX will be able to handle the NTFS filesystmes from the W2K box. There will be no LVM info on them so you can't vgimport them and the filesystem on them is not one supported by HP, so you couldn't just mount them directly with a mount command.

The only 2 ways I can think of for the HP-UX box to be able to see these disks involves the network. Either mounting them with HP's CIFS9000 product as shares, or using some third party product and mounting them via NFS.

Here is info on CIFS9000, which is a FREE product from HP:

CIFS9000 Client:
http://www.software.hp.com/cgi-bin/swdepot_parser.cgi/cgi/displayProductInfo.pl?productNumber=B8724AA

CIFS9000 Server:
http://www.software.hp.com/cgi-bin/swdepot_parser.cgi/cgi/displayProductInfo.pl?productNumber=B8725AA

[Jordan Bean]

Serves them right for wanting to use Oracle on Win2k. Okay, I was just checking. I'll go with the alternative of presenting the BCVs to the same or alternate Win2k host and archive over the network. We use Legato Networker on HPUX. Fortunately we don't need to use CIFS or NFS for any of this. Thanks.