This topic provides information about stopping an AIX client.
Context
You can use the rmstclient command
or a series of manual steps to stop the AIX client. The client driver is automatically
stopped by stopping the operating system.
Steps
- If you are using the rmstclient command:
- Type rmstclient and
press Enter to unmount SAN File System, remove the SAN File System virtual
client, and unload the SAN File System driver from the client system.
- If you are manually stopping the client:
- Type stfsclient –query –kmname <PATH to kernel extension
or kmid that was returned by stfsdriver command> and press Enter to display
a list of installed clients.
- Type stfsumount mount_point and press Enter
to unmount the global namespace, where
- mount_point
- The directory that you created to mount to the global namespace.
- Type ./stfsclient –destroy client_name –kmname <PATH
to kernel extension that was returned from stfsdriver command> and press
Enter to remove the client instance, where
- client_name
- The name of the SAN File System client. The default is the host name of
the client machine.
- client_IP_address
- The IP address of the client machine.
- Type stfsdriver –unload ./stfs and press Enter to unload
the kernel module.