[gpfsug-discuss] How to do multiple mounts via GPFS

Stephen Ulmer ulmer at ulmer.org
Tue Feb 22 17:50:13 GMT 2022



> On Feb 22, 2022, at 12:24 PM, Justin Cantrell <cantrell at astro.gsu.edu> wrote:
> 
> We're trying to mount multiple mounts at boot up via gpfs.
> We can mount the main gpfs mount /gpfs1, but would like to mount things like:
> /home /gpfs1/home
> /other /gpfs1/other
> /stuff /gpfs1/stuff
> 
> But adding that to fstab doesn't work, because from what I understand, that's not how gpfs works with mounts.
> What's the standard way to accomplish something like this?
> We've used systemd timers/mounts to accomplish it, but that's not ideal.
> Is there a way to do this natively with gpfs or does this have to be done through symlinks or gpfs over nfs?
> 

What are you really trying to accomplish? Backward compatibility with an older user experience? Making it shorter to type? Matching the path on non-GPFS nodes?

-- 
Stephen




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