Making gateway data available to NFS hosts

Tasks to make gateway data available

To make gateway data available to NFS hosts, you need to do the following tasks:

You must export the gateway's file systems before NFS hosts can mount them. To export the gateway's file systems, complete the following steps.

Step	Action
1	Determine the directories that you want to export on various volumes. For example, valid path names for directories entered at the gateway prompt could be: `/vol2/eng/hardware /vol2/eng/software`
2	Use a text editor from an NFS host to open the gateway /etc/exports file.
3	Add the gateway directories to the /etc/exports file to export them. For information about specifying entries and access restrictions, see the chapter about file access using NFS in the Data ONTAP System Administrator File Access Management Guide. Example `/vol/vol0/home -access=10.1.1.20,root=10.1.1.20 /vol2/eng/hardware /vol2/eng/software`
4	Save the file and exit the text editor.

You can mount the gateway's file system by using one of the following methods:

Add entries for the directories exported from the gateway in each host's /etc/vfstab file (for Solaris® hosts) or /etc/fstab file (for non-Solaris hosts).
Use the UNIX mount command.
Use the UNIX automounter tool.
Note
See your UNIX host's man pages for information about the automounter tool.

To mount the gateway's file systems by adding entries to the /etc/vfstab file, complete the following steps.

Step	Action
1	Use a text editor from an NFS host to open the /etc/vfstab (or /etc/fstab) file.
2	Add the entries for the directories exported from the gateway in each host's /etc/vfstab file (or /etc/fstab) file. Example `toaster:/vol/vol0/home nfs - yes - rw,bg,hard toaster:/vol2/eng/hardware toaster:/vol2/eng/software` Note The /vol/vol0/home directory is used as a sample gateway directory in this procedure. You should use a path that exists on your gateway.
3	Save the file and exit the text editor.
4	Reboot the hosts. Result The hosts mount the file systems automatically when they boot.

To mount the gateway's directory on the NFS host, complete the following steps.

Step	Action
1	At the NFS host, create a directory to act as a mount point, for example: `mkdir /n/toaster/home`
2	To mount the gateway's /vol/vol0/home directory to /n/toaster/home, add the following line to the NFS host's /etc/vfstab file (or /etc/fstab file) if the host is on the same network as the gateway's e0 Ethernet interface: `toaster-e0:/vol/vol0/home /n/toaster/home nfs rw 0 0` Result The file system is mounted when the host reboots.
3	To mount the /vol/vol0/home directory without a host reboot, enter the following command at the NFS host: `mount toaster-e0:/vol/vol0/home /n/toaster/home` Result After the /vol/vol0/home directory on the gateway is mounted, the user on the NFS host can create, modify, or remove files in /n/toaster/home.
4	Repeat Step 1 through Step 3 for each NFS host that requires access.