Mounting a File System

After creating a VxFS file system, mount the file system using the mount command. By default, the mount command tries to enable Quick I/O. If Quick I/O is not installed or licensed, no error messages are displayed unless you explicitly specify the -o qio mount option. If necessary, you can turn the Quick I/O option off at mount time or you can remount the file system with the -o noqio option.

Prerequisites

• A file system must exist in order to be mounted.
• DBAs should log in as the Oracle DBA user.

Usage Notes

• See the mount_vxfs(1M) manual page for more information about mount settings.
• See the mount(1M) manual page for more information about generic mount options.
• If you use the GUI, the file system table file is automatically updated.
• The mount point must be an absolute path name (that is, it must begin with /).
• If you use the GUI, the path specified for the mount point will be created if it does not already exist.

  To mount a file system using the command line

Use the mount command as follows:

where:

• generic_options are the options common to most file systems
• -r mounts the file system as read only
• specific_options are options specific to the VxFS file system
• special is a block special device
• /mount_point is the directory where the file system will be mounted

Example

To mount a file system named /db01 that supports large files on volume /dev/vx/dsk/PRODdg/db01:

If you would like /db01 to be mounted automatically after rebooting, add an entry for it in /etc/fstab as follows:

  To mount a file system on an existing volume using the GUI

1. Select the volume that contains the file system to be mounted.
2. Choose Actions > File System > Mount File System.
3. Complete the Mount File System dialog box (see step 3 in the procedure below).
4. After you have provided all the necessary information in the dialog box, click OK.

  To mount any file system using the GUI

1. Select the file system to be mounted.
2. Choose Actions > Mount File System.
3. Complete the Mount File System dialog box as follows:

   FS Type:

   Select the file system type.

   Mount Options:

   If you want the system to use the mount options defined in the system table, check Mount using options in the file system table. Enter the mount point for the file system, if you want the file system mounted at system startup. Select the Create Mount Point checkbox if you want the system to create the mount point if it does not already exist. Select the Read Only and Honor setuid checkboxes, as required. To specify mount options, click Mount File System Details and specify the appropriate options in the Mount Details dialog box.

4. After you have provided all the necessary information in the dialog box, click OK.