Open System Services NFS Management and Operations Guide

Contents
About This Document.....................................................................................7
Supported Release Version Updates (RVUs)..................................................................................7
Intended Audience....................................................................................................................7
New and Changed Information in the 522581-006 Edition.............................................................7
New and Changed Information in the 522581-005 Edition.............................................................7
New and Changed Information in the 522581-004 Edition.............................................................7
New and Changed Information in the 522581-003 Edition.............................................................8
Document Organization............................................................................................................8
Notation Conventions................................................................................................................8
General Syntax Notation......................................................................................................8
Notation for Messages.......................................................................................................10
Related Information.................................................................................................................11
Publishing History...................................................................................................................13
HP Encourages Your Comments................................................................................................13
1 Introduction to OSS NFS............................................................................14
Overview..............................................................................................................................14
OSS NFS Conformance......................................................................................................14
Nonconformant Items..............................................................................................................15
External Interfaces..................................................................................................................15
Communications Interface...................................................................................................15
Management Interface........................................................................................................15
Processes and Files.................................................................................................................15
Manager Process...............................................................................................................15
Port Mapper......................................................................................................................15
LAN Interface Process.........................................................................................................16
Server Processes................................................................................................................16
PCNFSD Processes.............................................................................................................16
Files.................................................................................................................................17
2 OSS NFS Quick Start................................................................................19
An Initial Test Configuration.....................................................................................................19
Installation and Test Configuration Startup Steps.........................................................................19
A Summary of Manual Configuration Steps................................................................................20
Running the Port Mapper Process.........................................................................................20
Running the OSS NFS Manager Process...............................................................................21
Configuring the OSS NFS Objects........................................................................................21
Starting the OSS NFS Objects.............................................................................................22
Making PCNFSD Exported Printers Available.........................................................................22
3 Management Environment for OSS NFS......................................................24
OSS NFS Management Introduction..........................................................................................24
OSS NFS Commands and Responses...................................................................................24
OSS NFS Subsystem Dependencies......................................................................................24
Using SCF to Manage OSS NFS...............................................................................................25
OSS NFS Object Characteristics..........................................................................................25
OSS NFS Object Types.......................................................................................................26
OSS NFS Object Names....................................................................................................26
Object Attributes................................................................................................................27
Object States.....................................................................................................................27
SCF Command Summary for OSS NFS......................................................................................28
Sensitive Commands..........................................................................................................28
Nonsensitive Commands.....................................................................................................28
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