Mounting a Universal Share created from the NetBackup web UI
Choose the mounting procedure that matches the type of Universal Share you created.
To mount an SMB Universal Share using Windows Explorer
- Log on to the Windows server, then navigate to the Map a Network Drive tool.
- Choose an available drive letter.
- Specify the mount path as follows:
\\<MSDP storage server>\<id>
For example, \\server.example.com\3cc77559-64f8-4ceb-be90-3e242b89f5e9
You can find the mount path on the NetBackup web UI: Storage > Storage Configuration > Universal Share
- Click Finish.
To mount an SMB Universal Share using Windows command prompt
- Log on to the Windows server, then open a command prompt.
- Specify the mount path using the following command:
net use <drive_letter>:\\<MSDP storage server >\<id>
For example: net use <drive_letter>:\\<MSDP storage server >\<id>
- Specify the mount path as follows:
\\<MSDP storage server>\<id>
For example, \net use Z:\\server.example.com\3cc77559-64f8-4ceb-be90-3e242b89f5e9
You can find the MSDP storage server name and the export path from the Universal share details page in the NetBackup web UI: Storage > Storage Configuration > Universal Share
To mount an NFS Universal Share
- Log on to the server as root.
- Create a directory for the mount point using the following command:
#mkdir /mnt/<your_ushare_mount_point_subfolder>
- You can find the mount path on the NetBackup web UI: Storage > Storage Configuration > Universal Share.
Mount the Universal Share using the following one of the following commands:
NFSv3:
#mount -t nfs <MSDP storage server>:<export path>-o rw,bg,hard,nointr,rsize=1048576,wsize=1048576,tcp,actimeo=0,vers=3,timeo=600 /mnt/<your_ushare_mount_point_subfolder>
For example:
#mount -t nfs server.example.com:/mnt/vpfs_shares/3cc7/3cc77559-64f8-4ceb-be90-3e242b89f5e9 -o rw,bg,hard,nointr,rsize=1048576,wsize=1048576,tcp,actimeo=0,vers=3,timeo=600 /mnt/<your_ushare_mount_point_subfolder>
NFSv4:
#mount -t nfs <MSDP storage server>:<export path>-o rw,bg,hard,nointr,rsize=1048576,wsize=1048576,tcp,actimeo=0,vers=4,timeo=600 /mnt/<your_ushare_mount_point_subfolder>
Note:
If you use NFSv4 on a Flex Appliance application instance, the export path must be entered as a relative path. Do not include /mnt/vpfs_shares.
For example:
#mount -t nfs server.example.com:/3cc7/3cc77559-64f8-4ceb-be90-3e242b89f5e9 -o rw,bg,hard,nointr,rsize=1048576,wsize=1048576,tcp,actimeo=0,vers=4,timeo=600 /mnt/<your_ushare_mount_point_subfolder>