3.5.1 Matrix Server Administration Guide

Chapter 7: Configure PSFS Filesystems 105

Mount a Filesystem

You can mount a PSFS filesystem on any server that can access the storage

device over the SAN. The directory mountpoint for the filesystem must

exist before the filesystem is mounted.

The filesystem must be mounted either read-write or read-only across the

matrix. It cannot be mounted read-only on one server and read-write on

another server. To change the way the filesystem is mounted, first

unmount it on all servers, then remount it.

If you want some servers to have read-write access while other servers

have read-only access, mount the filesystem read-write across the matrix.

Then, on the servers that should have read-only access, change the

permissions on the mountpoint to r-x.

NOTE: The /etc/fstab file cannot be used to mount PSFS filesystems

automatically when the server is rebooted. Instead, mount PSFS

filesystems with the “persist” option to cause them to be

remounted automatically when the server is rebooted.

Mount a Filesystem from the Management Console

To mount a filesystem, select that filesystem from the Filesystems

window, and then either right-click and select Add Mount, or click the

Mount icon on the toolbar.