How to Create Shared Network File Systems

This task creates the network file system (NFS) share component.

This task is a markOnly task.

Steps

1. In the Common Tasks section of the N1 SPS browser interface, click SAP.

2. In the Network File System (NFS) Share section of the SAP Tasks page, click Create.

3. Click Run.

4. In the Plan Parameters table, select the variable settings for the NFSShare component.

   • If the variable settings have been created for this component, select the appropriate settings from the drop-down menu.

   • If the variable settings are not available from the drop-down menu,

     1. click Select From List.

        The Select Variable Settings From List window displays.

        • To create a new variable settings set, click Create Set and type a Set Name.

          The following list provides commonly updated variables for the NFSShare component. To create a value for the component variable, click the check box in the component variable's row.

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          For information about component variables ending in UserExit, see User Exits.

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          groupName

          This is a required field.

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          Note –

          In the Sun Cluster environment, the groupName must equal the Sun Cluster resource group name.

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          groupDescription

          A description of the group.

          resourceName

          Required for the Sun Cluster environment. The resourceName must equal the Sun Cluster resource name for the Sun Cluster envType.

          envType

          Identifies into which environments this component will be deployed. Either default or Sun Cluster. Value can be : default or sc.

          createdBy

          Identifies the installer of the component.

          targetRefName

          Virtual host name. Derived from other variables.

     2. Click Save.

   • To use component variables from another component, click Import Set.

     For more information about importing variable sets, see How to Run a Plan in Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.2 Operation and Provisioning Guide.

5. Select a target host or target host set.

6. Provide the plan variables.

   Absolute path of NFS shares

   Required for the default environment. A comma-delimited list.

   NFS share options

   Required for the default environment. Default value: rw.

7. Click the Run Plan (Includes Preflight) button.

   The Deployment Results page is displayed. If the plan fails, error messages are displayed.