3.1.2 MxFS-Linux Administration Guide

Chapter 2: Configure Export Groups 17

with the other servers as backups. See “Create a Spanning Set of Virtual

NFS Services” on page 17 for more information.

When you have completed your entries on the Add Export Group

window, you can click Apply or OK to create the Export Group, or you

can configure the advanced options as described under “Advanced

Options for Export Groups” on page 22. (The advanced options are for

the high-availability monitor associated with the Export Group.)

When you click Apply or OK, MxFS validates each export record and

reports any syntax errors.

To create an Export Group from the command line, type the following

command:

mx exportgroup add

[

<advanced-options>

][

--exports

<exports_file>

[--vnfs <vnfs1>,<vnfs2>,...] <exportgroup_name>

Create a Spanning Set of Virtual NFS

Services

The “Create a spanning set of Virtual NFS Services” button on the Virtual

NFS Services tab enables you to create multiple Virtual NFS Services with

a single operation and assign them to the Export Group that you are

creating. When you click this button, the dialog “Create a Spanning Set of

Virtual NFS Services” appears and you can configure the Virtual NFS

Services.

When you use this option, a separate Virtual NFS Service will be created

on each available server, with the other servers acting as backups. For

example, three servers named qar62, qar61, and qar64 are available on the

following dialog, and three Virtual NFS Services will be created. Each of

these Virtual NFS Services will be primary on a different server, and the

other servers will act as backups.