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# 1  
Old 10-14-2010
For NIM: NFS file system problem

hello,

i am trying to export a file system so that i can mount it on NIM server and make mksysb backup of the server on that fs.
i get this message:
mount: 1831-011 access denied for s_semdev:/dr_s_zeus/mksysb/dr_s_zeus
mount: 1831-008 giving up on:
s_semdev:/dr_s_zeus/mksysb/dr_s_zeus
The file access permissions do not allow the specified action.
Note that s_semdev is my NIM server and dr_s_zeus is the server that the file system is resides originally.
i search and i find various solutions about this but whatever i tried it failed.
in the mean time i noticed that the AIX versions of these 2 servers are different. The server that i exported the file system is AIX 5.3 and my NIM server (the server that i mount the exported fs) is AIX 6.1. Does this create any problem to my procedure?

Thank you for your time.
# 2  
Old 10-14-2010
Code:
che:/home/vbe $ oslevel
4.3.3.0
che:/home/vbe $ 
ian1:/sm $ mount che:/sm /sm/import
ian1:/sm $ ll -l /sm/import
total 616
drwxrwsr-x   11 bin      bin             512 Feb 22 2007  .
drwxrwxr-x   24 bin      bin            4096 May 07 21:34 ..
drwxr-sr-x    2 snapp    bin             512 Feb 22 2007  aix
-rw-r--r--    1 root     sys          249270 Oct 10 2000  bb.aix.tar.gz
dr-xrwsr-t    4 root     bin             512 Oct 05 2007  bin
drwxr-sr-x    2 root     sys             512 Mar 09 2010  cron
drwxrwsr-x    2 bin      bin            1024 Mar 10 2010  doc
drwxr-sr-x    4 root     sys             512 Dec 17 1999  gnu
drwxr-sr-x    2 root     sys             512 Nov 17 1999  import
drwxr-sr-x    2 root     sys             512 Jan 21 2004  log
drwxrwx---    2 root     system          512 Nov 16 1999  lost+found
-rw-r--r--    1 snapp    bin           19134 Jan 31 2007  migr_wks_done.txt
drwxr-sr-x    2 root     sys             512 Nov 16 1999  nfs
ian1:/sm $ df /sm/import
Filesystem    512-blocks      Free %Used    Iused %Iused Mounted on
che:/sm        229376    188784   18%      126     1% /sm/import
ian1:/sm $ oslevel
6.1.0.0

So if you started by explaining what you have done or tested so far, someone could maybe help
# 3  
Old 10-14-2010
ok trying to summarize:
you tried to export a filesystem on s_semdev called /dr_s_zeus/mksysb/dr_s_zeus to the server dr_s_zeus ?
How did you export - public filesystem ? and did you explicitely allow root access to dr_s_zeus ?
Regards
zxmaus
# 4  
Old 10-15-2010
ok this is what i have done...
on dr_s_zeus server i exported a file system /nim and from the characteristics of exported filesystems using smit i assign it to server s_semdev which is my NIM server.
on s_semdev i run the command: mount dr_s_zeus:/nim /dr_s_zeus. So i mounted the /nim filesystem of dr_s_zeus in the mountpoint /dr_s_zeus on s_semdev.
Then i tried to perform administration task using smit nim. i want to perform mksysb backup of dr_s_zeus from s_semdev and to assign it in the directory /dr_s_zeus/mksysb/dr_s_zeus/"resource_name".
At this time i get the message mentioned above.
# 5  
Old 10-15-2010
You missed zxmaus important remark:
Quote:
How did you export - public filesystem ? and did you explicitely allow root access to dr_s_zeus ?
# 6  
Old 10-18-2010
i exported the filesystem using the command mknfsexp -d /filesystem.
then using smit from Change / Show Attributes of an Exported Directory i assign my NIM server on Hosts & netgroups allowed client access and Hosts allowed root access fields.
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