renaming a ufs mount point 1

[stevenriz]

Hi everyone. I unmounted a file system on a server in order to nfs mount a file system from another server using the same name as the original file system. I unmounted the original file system and nfs mounted the remote file system and all is the way I want it. Now I want to mount the original file system with a new name because the original name is already mounted with the nfs mount. How can I rename the original file system in order to mount it successfully? I hope I explained it good enough. Thanks a lot!
steve

 

[syjl]

mount -o -rw /dev/dsk/c?t?d?s? /mountpointname that will let you mount that slice as any name you want. Remember to create the directory before you do it.

 

[stevenriz]

Awsome. Thanks a lot! Although the -rw options wasn't recognized, I mounted this olf mount with a new name without a problem.
steve

 

[NavinB]

Hi,
U can mount a filesystem with a different name by following these steps:
1)umount filesystem(which u already have done)
2)replace the old entry by a new one in /etc/vfstab(eg u01 by u02)
3)mkdir /u02
4)then mount the filesystem(eg mount /u02)
NOTE : But before doing this,make sure your applications or user's home directories are not pointing to the old fs name .Secondly,u should never do this on system defined filesystems(eg /usr,/opt).
I hope this is helpful to u....