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Re: AIX and AUTOMOUNT

1996-06-24 09:54:56
Subject: Re: AIX and AUTOMOUNT
From: David Robson <David.Robson AT JET DOT UK>
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 14:54:56 +0100
>"Using the UNIX Backup-Archive" Clients refers to using mount points
>for the automount(er) daemon under SUNOS/Solaris.  Does anyone know
>about using such mount points under AIX?   Can it be done, or will
>it be possible in the future?  If it is possible, does the symbolic link
>to the mount point need to be referred to in the DOMAIN and AUTOMOUNT
>options?

>>Maybe someone else can answer this better than I...

>>Currently the AUTOMOUNT option in ADSM is for SUNOS/Solaris. I am not a
>>UNIX expert by any stretch of the imagination, but from what I read on
>>this option, it refers to a feature unique to SUNOS/Solaris. Does AIX
>>have a similar feature? I don't know. I recommend you take this
>>question up through your AIX support channels as this sounds like an
>>operating system question/requirement.

>>At any rate, if AIX doesn't support such a feature, then the AUTOMOUNT
>>option doesn't apply. And as it stands now, it is documented to work with
>>SUNOS/Solaris only.

The automount feature does run under AIX (and has run quite happily on ours
for years), as well as almost every other UNIX system.  Does ADSM support the
automount mounted file systems under AIX or not?  As they are both IBM products
one would have though so.
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