Loads the file-system driver as a kernel extension.
>>-stfsdriver--+---------------------------------+--------------> +- -load--+---------------------+-+ | +- -fstypename--name--+ | | '- -fstypenum--number-' | +- -unload------------------------+ '- -query-------------------------' >--+-------------+----------------------------------------------> '- -debuginit-' >--+-----------------------------------------+------------------> '- -tracefile--file_name--+-------------+-' '- -synctrace-' >--driver_file_name--------------------------------------------><
If you do not specify a file-system-type name or number, the system defaults to the file-system-type named "sanfs". If there is no such type in the /etc/vfs file, the system defaults to the file-system-type number 20.
You will use this name to create the virtual client.
You would use this parameter only when you load multiple instances of the file-system driver on the same client system.
If specified, the file-system driver does not issue diagnostic messages. You can turn the messages on after the file-system driver is running using the stfsdebug command.
The file-system driver is loaded as a kernel extension. To identify the instance of the file-system drive, you identify the kernel extension. The kernel-extension name is the same as name and location of the file-system driver that was used to load the driver (for example, /usr/tank/client/bin/sanfs).
This command creates a file-system-driver instance by loading the file-system driver as a kernel extension. This command also unloads or queries the kernel extension.
After loading the file-system driver, you can use the stfsclient command to create a virtual client and then use the stfsmount command to mount the global namespace.
stfsdriver -load /usr/tank/client/bin/sanfs
Parent topic: AIX-client commands
Related reference
rmstclient
stfsclient
stfsdisk
stfsmount
stfsumount