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Adding an NFS volume to an NFS-enabled SVM

Adding an NFS volume to an NFS-enabled SVM involves creating and configuring a volume, creating an export policy, and verifying access from a UNIX administration host. You can then configure NFS client access.

Before you begin

NFS must be completely set up on the SVM.

  1. Creating and configuring a volume
    You must create a FlexVol volume to contain your data. You can optionally change the volume's default security style, which is inherited from the security style of the root volume. You can also optionally change the volume's default location in the namespace, which is at the root volume of the storage virtual machine (SVM).
  2. Creating an export policy for the volume
    Before any NFS clients can access a volume, you must create an export policy for the volume, add a rule that permits access by an administration host, and apply the new export policy to the volume.
  3. Verifying NFS access from a UNIX administration host
    After you configure NFS access to storage virtual machine (SVM), you should verify the configuration by logging in to an NFS administration host and reading data from and writing data to the SVM.
  4. Configuring and verifying NFS client access
    When you are ready, you can give select clients access to the share by setting UNIX file permissions on a UNIX administration host and adding an export rule in Storage Manager. Then you should test that the affected users or groups can access the volume.