Installing StorNext Client Software on Red Hat Linux

Use this procedure to install the StorNext software on a Red Hat Linux client.

1Log on as root.

2Install the client software. Type:

tar xf <filename>

rpm -ivh <client package name>

Where <filename> is the name of the client installation program.

3Enable the chkconfig levels to start automatically on reboot Type: chkconfig --level 3456 cvfs on

4Make sure the /usr/cvfs/config/fsnameservers file contains the name of the server machine.

5Create the mount points for the file systems. Type:

mkdir -p <mount point> chmod 777 <mount point>

6Add the following line to the /etc/fstab file to enable automount after reboot.

<file system name> <mount point> cvfs verbose=yes 0 0

where <file system name> is the name of the file system and <mount point> is the mount point specified during the Add File System step of the StorNext software configuration. For more information, refer to Step 2: Adding File Systems on page 28.

Note

To manually mount a file system, type this command:

mount -t cvfs <file system name> <mount point>

 

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