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CFSMount Agent

Table 5-7 provides a description of the CFSMount agent.

    CFSMount Agent

Description 

Brings online, takes offline, and monitors a cluster file system mount point. The CFSMount agent executable is /opt/VRTSvcs/bin/CFSMount/CFSMountAgent. The type definition is in the file /etc/VRTSvcs/conf/config/CFSTypes.cf.  

Entry Points 

Online—Mounts a block device or file system snapshot in cluster mode. 

Offline—Unmounts the file system (doing a forced unmount if necessary). 

Monitor—Determines if the file system is mounted. Checks mount status using the fsclustadm command. 

Clean—A null operation for a cluster file system mount. 

attr_change—Remounts file system with new mount option; sets new primary for file system; sets fsclustadm policy on file system. 

Required Attributes 

Type and
Dimension 

Definition 

BlockDevice 

string-scalar 

Block device for mount point. 

MountPoint 

string-scalar 

Directory for mount point. 

NodeList 

string-keylist 

List of nodes on which to mount. 

Optional Attributes

Type and
Dimension

Definition

Policy 

string-scalar 

Node list for the primary file system selection policy. 

MountOpt 

string-scalar 

Options for the mount command. To create a valid MountOpt attribute string: 

  • Use VxFS type-specific options only.
  • Do not use the -o flag to specify the VxFS-specific options.
  • Do not use the -t vxfs file system type option.
  • The cluster option is not required.
  • Specify options in a comma-separated list as in these examples:
			ro

			ro,cluster

			
blkclear,mincache=clo
sesync
 

Internal Attributes

MountType, Primary, SetPrimary, RemountRes, ForceOff 

Not user-configured—used only by system.