PRIMECLUSTER Global File Services Configuration and Administration Guide 4.2 (Solaris(TM) Operating Environment)

4.4.1 Mounting a GFS Local File System

To mount a file system manually, use the mount_sfxfs(1M) command.

To mount a file system automatically at system start, add an entry to the /etc/vfstab (virtual file system table) file.

For the special file name that is to be written in the /etc/vfstab file or specified to mount the file system, use the file name of the representative partition.

When the file system is mounted successfully, an entry is added to the /etc/mnttab file (table of mounted files systems).

The following shows an example of entries that have to be made in /etc/vfstab for mounting and for mounting a GFS Local File System.

• As special device that is to be specified in the "device to mount" and "device to fsck" fields, use the file name of the representative partition.
• Specify "sfxfs" in the "FS type" field.
• Specifying "yes" in the "mount at boot" field causes the mountall command to automatically mount the file system. Specifying "2" in the "fsck pass" field means that the file systems will be checked in random order.

See the description of the mount_sfxfs(1M) command in Appendix B for details on the options of the mount_sfxfs(1M) command.

• Example of coding in /etc/vfstab

#device             device                mount  FS     fsck  mount    mount

#to mount           to fsck               point  type   pass  at boot  options

/dev/sfdsk/gfs/dsk/vol0301 /dev/sfdsk/gfs/rdsk/vol0301 /mnt sfxfs 2 yes -

• Execution of the mount command

# mount -F sfxfs /dev/sfdsk/gfs/dsk/vol0301 /mnt

or

# mount /mnt