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StorNext File System and Storage Manager Installation Guide 91
Installing StorNext Client Software on Red Hat Linux
Use this procedure to install the StorNext software on a Red Hat Linux client.
1 Log on as root.
2 Install the client software. Type:
tar xf <filename>
rpm -ivh <client package name>
Where <filename> is the name of the client installation program.
3 Enable the chkconfig levels to start automatically on reboot Type:
chkconfig --level 3456 cvfs on
4 Make sure the /usr/cvfs/config/fsnameservers file contains the name of the server
machine.
5 Create the mount points for the file systems. Type:
mkdir -p <mount point>
chmod 777 <mount point>
6 Add 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 S
tep 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>