WPAR as NFS server

[aminase01]

Hi,

Can a wpar act as a NFS server??

Thanks

 

[p5wizard]

Not sure, but I tnink the answer is no. A wpar is in essence an NFS client itself and has no direct access to disks and filesystems...

HTH,

p5wizard

 

[p5wizard]

Update!

Since AIX 6.1 TL4 a WPAR can "own" SAN devices, so it can "own" a volume group and filesystems also. So exporting and NFS-serving those filesystems may work. I'd try it to see what happens.

HTH,

p5wizard

 

[mrn]

FYI 6.1 TL 4 has a bug where a chvg on a svg causes the first block of the disk to be over written..... IZ67529

Mike

"Whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they gradually begin to seem mild, harmless, rather engaging little things, not at all like the staring defects in other people's characters."

 

[blarneyme]

A WPAR is a virtualized operating system, not an NFS client. WPAR's are similar to FreeBSD jails and Solaris zones, while an LPAR is similar to Sun's Logical Domains.