NFS Mount Install Using Remote Tape Media
Environment
OS Level: AIX Version 4.1.4
Type/Model: 320
Problem
An 8mm tape drive on a system 560 needs to be used to install
software on a remote system 320.
Solution
First install the products
to hard disk for future installation (server), export the NFS
filesystem (server), and then NFS mount the filesystem (client). The
following steps describe this procedure.
On the server
- Create a separate user filesystem:
- To mount the user created filesystem:
- Enter mount <filesystem> (for example,
mount /usr/sys/inst.images)
- Copy the installation product to hard disk for installation:
- Enter smitty bffcreate.
- Enter the name of the filesystem mounted in step 2
(for example, /usr/sys/inst.images).
- Select the products, PTFs, and so on that you want to copy to hard
disk for the installation or upgrade by pressing F4, or leave the default
to install a PTF tape or the whole tape to hard disk.
NOTE: If you select "all", ensure that you have enough filespace in
your user-created filesystem (for example, /usr/sys/inst.images) for
the whole
tape, since the option EXTEND file systems if space needed? does
not allocate
more filesystem space if needed.
- Press Enter to copy the files to hard disk.
- To add the filesystem for NFS exporting:
- Enter smitty mknfsexp.
- Enter the PATHNAME of the directory to export (for example,
/usr/sys/inst.images).
- Press Enter to export the filesystem.
On the Clients
- In order to NFS mount the filesystem on the client, do the
following:
- For installing products on the client, the input device is now
the directory of the NFS-mounted filesystem
(for example, /usr/sys/inst.images).
[ Doc Ref: 93326432011176 Publish Date: Aug. 20, 1999 4FAX Ref: none ]