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_hp_nfs_mount_opts

The _hp_nfs_mount_opts string variable is set in the INSTALLFS file and is used to supply additional options to the NFS mounts that are performed during the installation. This is intended for use when the default options are not appropriate for your network. (Refer to mount_nfs(1M) for valid options). For example, to set the read and write NFS buffer size to 1K:

init _hp_nfs_mount_opts="-orsize=1024 -owsize=1024"

This option must be given in the installation file system for it to take effect, although a read buffer size of 4-8KB performs better for recovery over a local network. Otherwise, if you were to read the value of this variable from the Ignite-UX server, the NFS file system would already be mounted and the options would be too late to be applied.

Before Ignite-UX version C.6.0.x the instl_adm(4) manpage is incorrect; the NFS mount command accepts one and only one –ooption. All of the options to the –oparameter must be given in a comma separated list. The following example does work:

init _hp_nfs_mount_opts="-orsize=1024,wsize=1024"

Do not use NFS mount options documented in mount_nfs(1M) that interfere with the correct operation of Ignite-UX such as the following:

-oro— If you mount the file system read-only it is very hard for Ignite-UX to update files on it. It is also incompatible with the –orwoption provided by Ignite-UX (some file systems are mounted read-only by Ignite-UX so the –orwoption should not be given either).

-obg— Never place the mount attempts into the background as once the mount command returns successfully, Ignite-UX assumes that the file system has mounted and then continues. Ignite-UX provides a retry mechanism using the _hp_nfs_mount_retries variable.

-overs=2— Unless absolutely necessary do not use this option as NFS v2 does not allow you to use large files (golden image and recovery archives more than 2GB in size fails to install/recover).

Other NFS options may be used as needed unless they interfere with the operation of Ignite-UX.

_hp_nfs_mount_retries

The _hp_nfs_mount_retries integer variable is used to modify the default number of times that the NFS mounts are retried before failing. If this variable is not set, the mounts are retried 4 times before giving up. If you need to change this default, this variable should be specified in the INSTALLFS file. For example, to set the number of retries to 8:

init _hp_nfs_mount_retries=8

This is the number of retry attempts that Ignite-UX performs when attempting to mount an NFS file system. If Ignite-UX attempts to retry an NFS mount, messages similar to the following appear on the console and in the client’s install.log file:

NOTE: Retrying: "/usr/sbin/mount -orw

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