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96 Installing StorNext Client Software
Installing StorNext Client Software on SGI IRIX
Use this procedure to install StorNext software on an IRIX client.
1 Log on as root.
2 Install the client software. Type:
tar xf <filename>
inst -f .
Inst> go
Inst> quit
Where <filename> is the name of the client installation program.
3 Enable StorNext to start automatically on reboot. Type:
chkconfig cvfs on
chkconfig verbose on
4 Make sure the /<usr>/cvfs/config/fsnameservers file contains the name of the
StorNext server.
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. Type:
<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.
7 Reboot 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>