SUMMARY: NFS mount on a single cluster member

From: Sondra Diamond (sondra.diamond@oracle.com)
Date: Tue Sep 02 2003 - 09:53:57 EDT


Thank you to all who responded. I will be using
CDSL's to create member specific mounts and will
follow the best practice guide @
http://h30097.www3.hp.com/docs/best_practices/BP_NFSCDSL/TITLE.HTM

Regards,
Sondra

Sondra Diamond wrote:
> Hi -
>
> How would one go about doing a nfs mount on one member of
> a cluster only. I don't want the other cluster member
> to know about this mount in any way. I understand the
> ramifications of this request but that's what my customer
> is looking for. I DON'T want the folowing:
>
> When a cluster acts as an NFS client, an NFS file system that is mounted
> by one cluster member is accessible to all cluster members: the Cluster
> File System (CFS) funnels file accesses through the mounting member to
> the external NFS server. That is, the cluster member performing the
> mount becomes the CFS server for the NFS file system and is the node
> that communicates with the external NFS server. By maintaining cache
> coherency across cluster members, CFS guarantees that all members at all
> times have the same view of the NFS file system.
>
> Thanks and regards,
> Sondra
>
> OS: Tru64 5.1A
>
> 2 ES45's as cluster members
>
> NFS server: VMS cluster
>
> NFS client: Tru64 member 1
>



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