HP VUE uses the Network File System (NFS) to allow a client host to perform transparent file access over the network. By using NFS, a client host operates on files residing on a variety of servers and server architectures, and across a variety of operating systems.
NFS can mount file systems manually or by using the automount daemon. automount automatically and transparently mounts an NFS file system as needed. It monitors attempts to access directories that are associated with an automount map, along with any directories or files that reside under them. When a file is to be accessed, the daemon mounts the appropriate NFS file system.
The mount point is indicated in this documentation as mount_point.
All systems in the network must use the same mount point. For example,
if the /net mount point is used, then all the systems must begin their remote requests with /net.
This documentation assumes that automount is running.
/net mount point. This is the default configuration for HP VUE.
Remote file systems may be managed with mount(static mounts) or automount(automatic mounts).
If automount is used, the -hosts mapping mechanism must be used. If mount is used, the host name where the file system resides must follow the mount point (e.g. /net/host_name/).
All static NFS mounts throughout the system must use /net.
/nfs mount point. HP VUE also supports the mount point /nfs. This mount point is typically used in networks involving both HP-UX 9.0 and HP-UX 10.0 systems. The HP-UX 9.0 version of HP VUE does not support /net
as a mount point.
To configure HP VUE to use /nfs as a mount point:
Add the following variable to the /etc/vue/config/Xsession all on systems using distributed HP VUE:
VUE_USE_NFS_MOUNT_POINT=true
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Configure automount and all static NFS mounts to use /nfs.
See Also. Refer to the following man pages for more information: nfs(7), automount(1M), mount(1M) and exports(4).
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