Re: importvg & /etc/filesystems

From: Andrew Garnett (andrewwdg@YAHOO.CO.UK)
Date: Tue Jan 28 2003 - 11:37:29 EST


Thanks Bruce.
Are mount groups maintained across an export/importvg
?

 --- Bruce Zimmer <b.r.zimmer@WORLDNET.ATT.NET> wrote:
> I would consider setting up mount groups. Then mount
> the first level
> followed by the second level, rather than a mount
> all. This will
> eliminate the need to have the /etc/filesystem file
> in any specific
> order.
>
> Bruce Zimmer
> Central Data Systems
> (248) 615-4644 (direct)
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> bzimmer@centraldata.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:aix-l@Princeton.EDU] On Behalf Of
> Andrew Garnett
> Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 7:11 AM
> To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
> Subject: importvg & /etc/filesystems
>
> Hello,
> during a failover exercise I ran an
> exportvg/importvg
> to move disk VGs between machines and back again.
> All
> worked fine.
> However, we hit a problem whereby the importvg
> brought
> the filesystems back into /etc/filesystems in a
> different order. As we happen to have mount points
> below mount points, a "mount all" caused the lowest
> mount points to be unavailable.
> I realise it's not recommended to have these mount
> points, and/or I can re-edit the /etc/filesystems
> afterwards, and/or I can mount them explicitly. My
> question is - if I want it to be more automatic,
> anyone know of a way to control the order they are
> loaded back into /etc/filesystems ? (or has anyone
> dealt with this before)
> Cheers,
> A
>
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