How to Replicate Shared Files Across Several Servers

The best way to share replicated file systems that are read-only is to use failover. See Client-Side Failover for a discussion of failover.

1. Become superuser or assume an equivalent role.

   For information about roles, see “Using Privileged Applications” in System Administration Guide: Security Services.

2. Modify the entry in the autofs maps.

   Create the list of all replica servers as a comma-separated list, such as the following:

   bin aa,bb,cc,dd:/export/local/bin/$CPU

   Autofs chooses the nearest server. If a server has several network interfaces, list each interface. Autofs chooses the nearest interface to the client, avoiding unnecessary routing of NFS traffic.