NFS Server Configuration in AIX

 

NFS Server Configuration in AIX

Release:

AIX 5.3

Problem:

Need to configure the NFS server in AIX 5.3

Solution:

Server Side Configuration:

•         First check the nfs  server and client filesets are installed or not

# lslpp –L | grep bos.net*

bos.net.nfs.client          5.3.9.1    A     F    Network File System Client

bos.net.nfs.server         5.3.8.0    C     F    Network File System Server

•         Create a NFS export directory using the mknfsexp command. It will automatically create the exported directory entry in /etc/exports file.

#  mknfsexp -d /tmp/test2 -t rw

Note: In this example, the mknfsexp command exports the /tmp/test2 directory with read-write permission.

•         Check the /etc/exports file to confirm /tmp/test2 directory is exported or not.

# cat /etc/exports

/tmp/test2 -rw

Note: The purpose of the /etc/exports file is, the server automatically exports the listed directories each time the NFS daemon is started.

•         List all the exported directory in the server by using the below command

# showmount –e

export list for Server:

/tmp/test2  (everyone)

•         Start the NFS and portmap daemon

# startsrc –g nfs

# startsrc –s 

Client Side Configuration:

•         Start the NFS and portmap daemon

# startsrc –g nfs

# startsrc –s portmap

•         Mount the exported directory using the below command.

# mount server:/tmp/test2 /mnt