3.6.0 Matrix Server 3.6.0 Administration Guide (5697-7081, December 2007)

Chapter 9: Configure PSFS Filesystems 110

Drive Letters and Mount Paths

To provide access to a PSFS filesystem, you will need to associate it with

a drive letter or a mount path.

Assign Drive Letters or Paths

To assign a drive letter or mount path, select the filesystem on the

Filesystems tab on the PolyServe Management Console, right-click, and

select Assign Path. The assignment is made on all servers in the matrix.

Assign Drive Letter: Matrix Server queries the servers in the matrix to

determine the drive letters that are currently unused on all of the servers.

You can assign any of these drive letters to the filesystem.

NOTE: If, on a matrix server, the drive letter you selected is assigned for

another purpose before the Assign Drive Letter operation is

complete, the affected server will not be able to access the

filesystem via the drive letter. You can remove drive letters and

reassign them as necessary to ensure that all servers can access the

filesystem.

Specify Mount Path: Mount paths are also known as NTFS junctions,

and allow you to mount another volume in an empty directory on an

NTFS volume. Type the complete pathname (for example, C:\data1).

Matrix Server can create the mount path if it does not already exist on

each server that will mount the filesystem. If necessary, check “Create the

directory if it does not exist.”

You can specify both a drive letter and a mount path for a filesystem;

however, you will need to do this in separate operations.