Installing the SAN File System software

This topic describes how to install version 2.1 of the SAN File System on a Solaris client

Prerequisites

Steps

  1. Navigate to the directory where the client installation package is located.
  2. Install the client package.
    pkgadd -d sfs.client.solaris9.build_level IBMSFS
  3. Enter All (the default) when prompted to select the packages to be installed.
  4. Enter y when prompted to continue the installation.
  5. Make sure that the master metadata server is running.
  6. Configure and start the client.
    1. Run the setup command
      /usr/tank/client/bin/setupstclient -prompt
      You will be prompted to enter values for the client configuration.
      • SAN File System server name (no default)
      • SAN File System server port (default is 1700)
      • SAN File System mount point (no default)
      • SAN File System client name (default is the short version of the hostname)
      • SAN File System network connection type (default is TCP)
      • SAN File System client critical error handling policy (default is log)

      In most cases you can accept the defaults.

Parent topic: Installing SAN File System on a Solaris client

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