NFS in HP-UX

There has been a vast difference between HP-UX 11i v3 with the older versions.Prior to v3, HP-UX used NFS concepts (commands and files) a like AIx. From v3, it following Solaris-like environment.

Configuration Files :

/etc/exports                  -  Contains a list of exportable file systems. This file is available in upto HP-UX 11i v2
/etc/dfs/dfstab               - Contains a list of sharable file systems. This file is available from HP-UX 11i v3 
/etc/rc.config.d/nfsconf  - NFS server configuration file contains the nfs, autofs and mountd daemons startup


Command :

1.  To start NFS server daemons :
# /sbin/init.d/nfs.server start

2. To stop NFS server daemons :
# /sbin/init.d/nfs.server stop

3. To start NFS daemons on system boot,
Change the value of NFS_SERVER to "1" in /etc/rc.config.d/nfsconfig file.


For Ex,
NFS_SERVER=1
4. To export or share a file system :
# exportfs /data         <--- Upto HP-UX 11i v2
# share     /data         <--- From HP-UX 11i v3

5. To unexport or unshaer a file system :
# exportfs -u /data         <--- Upto HP-UX 11i v2
# unshare     /data          <--- From HP-UX 11i v3

6. To export or share all the filesystems defined in /etc/exports or /etc/dfs/dfstab :
# exportfs -a         <--- Upto HP-UX 11i v2
# shareall              <--- From HP-UX 11i v3