How to create NFS/SAN mountpoint on the server , using NFS path.

Work with SAN storage team to get the path. 

Consider you get 2 TB size for the mountpoint.

You need to get below information from your storage team.

NFS_Server_name:/Test/backup/vol1/test_project/ 

In above path :-

"NFS_Server_name" - will be the SAN/NFS server name or IP.

"/Test/backup/vol1/test_project/" - will be the directory structure created on SAN server. 

Now on your server you need to create NFS mountpoint as name "/test_backup" using above NFS path. 

Steps :-

1) First check on your server , if network is open to NFS server. 

#nslookup NFS_Server_name

If above command do not work , check with network team. If you able to nslookup follow next steps. 

2) Create blank directory with name of mountpoint require , in our case its "/test_backup" 

#cd /
#mkdir test_backup

3) Add below line in /etc/fstab   (in single line)

#vi /etc/fstab
NFS_Server_name:/Test/backup/vol1/test_project /test_backup nfs rw,bg,hard,retry=60,intr,rsize=1048576,wsize=1048576,noac,nfsvers=3 0 0

4) Change the permission of temporary as per below. 

#chmod 777 /test_backup

5) Now mount the mountpoint. 

#mount /test_backup

6) Now you can change the permission or owner of NFS mount point as per you require. 

#chmod 775 /test_backup
#chown -R oracle:oinstall /test_backup

7) Check the mountpoint size. 

#df -h /test_backup

📚 Other Articles

• Difference Between Exadata and ODA
• Using ACCESS_METHOD in Oracle Data Pump