Establishing a vfiler

Setting up a vfiler manually

When to use this section

If you use the default form of the vfiler create command, you are prompted for setup information (and CIFS setup information) as soon as the vfiler has been created.

In that case, you can skip this section unless you need to change the networking configuration.

If you use the -n option of the vfiler create command, no setup is done, and no protocol servers will run on the vfiler until you set it up manually.

The procedure for setting up a vfiler manually is similar to that for setting up a filer. You run the setup program, which enables you to

Specify the administration host for the vfiler
Specify the password for the root user on the vfiler
Enable DNS and specify the DNS domain and servers
Enable NIS client service and specify the NIS domain and servers
Note
The setup program does not prompt you for the time zone. All vfilers are in the same time zone as the hosting filer.

If the vfiler is licensed to deliver CIFS service, you must run cifs setup, as you would for a filer, in addition to running setup.

Setting up the vfiler

To set up the vfiler, complete the following steps.

Step	Action
1	Enter the following command: *vfiler run vfiler_name* setup Result The `setup` command displays prompts for you to configure the vfiler. After you respond to all the prompts, configuration files, such as the /etc/exports file, are created in the /etc directory for the vfiler. Note** Unlike the `setup` command for the filer, the `setup` command for vfilers does not cause NFS to start running. For more information about starting NFS, see Chapter 4, File Access Using NFS and CIFS. If the vfiler runs the CIFS protocol, go to the next step. Otherwise, you are done.
2	Enter the following command: *vfiler run vfiler_name* cifs setup** Result The `cifs setup` command displays prompts for you to configure CIFS on the vfiler. After you respond to all the prompts, CIFS starts running.

Step

Action

Enter the following command:

vfiler run vfiler_name setup

Result

The setup command displays prompts for you to configure the vfiler. After you respond to all the prompts, configuration files, such as the /etc/exports file, are created in the /etc directory for the vfiler.

Note
Unlike the setup command for the filer, the setup command for vfilers does not cause NFS to start running. For more information about starting NFS, see Chapter 4, File Access Using NFS and CIFS.

If the vfiler runs the CIFS protocol, go to the next step. Otherwise, you are done.

Enter the following command:

vfiler run vfiler_name cifs setup

Result

The cifs setup command displays prompts for you to configure CIFS on the vfiler. After you respond to all the prompts, CIFS starts running.