Setup NFS on Solaris 10

What is NFS?

NFS stands for Network File System, a file system developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc. It is a client/server system that allows users to access files across a network and treat them as if they resided in a local file directory.

Suppose you want to share a directroy in Solaris 10. suppose it is /data directory. Following is the procedure to share that directory.

1. Start the NFS service on the server

# svcadm -v enable -r network/nfs/server

2. Run the command to share the /data directory

# share -F nfs -o rw /data

3.This will not work after reboot. In order to make it work after reboot we have to edit /etc/dfs/dfstab

# vi /etc/dfs/dfstab

share -F nfs rw /data

Save and quit

4. Next run the command from client to mount the directory

# mkdir /data

# mount -F nfs server:/data /data

So now you are ready to access the  /data directory.

5 . This will not work after reboot. In order to make it work after reboot edit /etc/vfstab file

# vi /etc/vfstab

server:/data  – /data nfs – yes rw,soft

Save and quit.