Mounts the global namespace.
>>-stfsmount--+-------------+--mount_point----------------------> '-client_name-' >--+----------------------+--+--------------------------+-------> '- –fstypename--name-' '- –fstypenumber--number-' >--+--------------+--+------------+--+-----------+--------------> +- –readonly-+ '- –nosuid-' '- –nodev-' '- –ro-------' >--+-----------+----------------------------------------------->< '- –quiet-'
This name relates to a specific file-system-type number. The file /etc/vfs maps the file-system-type name to the number.
If you do not specify a file-system-type name or number, the system defaults to the file-system-type named "sanfs." If there is no such type in the /etc/vfs file, the system defaults to the file-system-type number 20.
You would use this parameter only when you load multiple instances of the file-system driver on the same client system.
This command creates an image of the global namespace on the client system by mounting a directory. The global namespace maintains a list of its directories that are available to the clients. When a client mounts a directory in the global namespace, that directory and its subdirectories become part of the client's directory hierarchy.
Before you can mount the global namespace, you must have a virtual client running on the client system. To create the virtual client, use the stfsclient –create command.
Remounting the global namespace image is not the same as unmounting the global namespace and then mounting it again. Rather, it changes the attributes of an existing global namespace image, such as changing from read-write to read-only mode. To remount the global namespace image or to see what global namespace images currently exist, use the stfsmount command.
To unmount the global namespace, use the stfsumount command.
stfsmount mnt/SANFS_MOUNTPT -fstypename sanfs
Parent topic: AIX-client commands
Related reference
rmstclient
stfsclient
stfsdriver
stfsdisk
stfsumount