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(am-utils.info)Using FSinfo

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Using FSinfo
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   The basic strategy when using FSinfo is to gather all the
information about all disks on all machines into one set of
declarations.  For each machine being managed, the following data is
required:

   * Hostname

   * List of all filesystems and, optionally, their mount points.

   * Names of volumes stored on each filesystem.

   * NFS export information for each volume.

   * The list of static filesystem mounts.

   The following information can also be entered into the same
configuration files so that all data can be kept in one place.

   * List of network interfaces

   * IP address of each interface

   * Hardware address of each interface

   * Dumpset to which each filesystem belongs

   * and more ...

   To generate Amd mount maps, the automount tree must also be defined
(Note: FSinfo automount definitions).  This will have been designed at
the time the volume names were allocated.  Some volume names will not be
automounted, so FSinfo needs an explicit list of which volumes should
be automounted.

   Hostnames are required at several places in the FSinfo language.  It
is important to stick to either fully qualified names or unqualified
names.  Using a mixture of the two will inevitably result in confusion.

   Sometimes volumes need to be referenced which are not defined in the
set of hosts being managed with FSinfo.  The required action is to add a
dummy set of definitions for the host and volume names required.  Since
the files generated for those particular hosts will not be used on them,
the exact values used is not critical.