Set Up NFS Clients from the DBMS Server
To set up one or more NFS clients from the server, follow these steps:
1. Make sure you have run the setup program for the DBMS Server and Ingres Net components on the DBMS Server instance, as described in Run the Setup Programs.
2. From the DBMS Server node, enter the following command at the operating system prompt, in which host is the name of each NFS client instance that you want to set up:
% ingmknfs host {host}
For example, if your DBMS Server node is “sales” and your client nodes are “region1,” “region2,” and “region3,” you would enter the following command on the DBMS Server node:
% ingmknfs region1 region2 region3
Note: host must match the output from the OS utility "hostname" on the client machine.
3. Provide the following information in response to the program prompts.
• Value of II_SYSTEM as it appears on the client.
• Installation code for this client that is unique on this node
• World region in which this client is located
• Name of the time zone in which this client is located
When done, you are returned to the operating system prompt.
4. Define II_SYSTEM on the client, where pathname is the path for the directory in the client’s file system that is the NFS‑mounted, shared II_SYSTEM directory on the DBMS Server instance.
$ II_SYSTEM=pathname; export II_SYSTEM
5. Set the path on the client.
$ PATH=$II_SYSTEM/ingres/bin:$II_SYSTEM/ingres/utility:$PATH
$ export PATH
6. Start up the DBMS Server instance and each NFS client instance with the ingstart command or Visual Manager on each node.
7. Make sure that the Actian X startup procedure has succeeded and the Name Server and Communications Server are now running on each NFS client node.
8. On each NFS client node, establish Ingres Net authorizations using either the netutil utility (see the Command Reference Guide), or the Network Utility or Visual DBA (see the Connectivity Guide).
Last modified date: 04/03/2024