96 Installing StorNext Client Software
Installing StorNext Client Software on SGI IRIX
Use this procedure to install Stor Next software on an IRIX client.
1Log on as root.
2Install the client software. Type:
tar xf <filename>
inst -f .
Inst> go
Inst> quit
Where <filename> is the name of the client installation prog ram.
3Enable StorNext to start automatically on reboot. Type:
chkconfig cvfs on
chkconfig verbose on
4Make sure the /<usr>/cvfs/config/fsnameservers file contains the name of the
StorNext server.
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. Type:
<file system name> <mount point> cvfs verbose=yes 0 0
where <file system name> is the name of the file system and <mount po int> 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.
7Reboot the client to rebuild the UNIX kernel.
Note To manually mount a file system, type the following command:
mount -t cvfs <file system name> <mount point>