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MC/ServiceGuard NFS for Linux is a separate set of shell scripts, and a binary file that allow you to configure ServiceGuard packages that mount highly available networked file systems.

An NFS server is a host that "exports" its local directories (makes them available for client hosts to mount using NFS). On the NFS client, these mounted directories look to users like part of the client's local file system. With MC/ServiceGuard NFS, the NFS server package containing the exported file systems can move to a different node in the cluster in the event of failure. After MC/ServiceGuard starts the NFS package on the adoptive node, the NFS file systems are re-exported from the adoptive node with minimum disruption of service to users. The client side "hangs" until the NFS server package comes up on the adoptive node. When the service returns, the user can continue access to the file. You do not need to restart the client.

The following version of the NFS Toolkit is now being made available:

MC/ServiceGuard NFS for Linux is being released for use with the Linux and MC/ServiceGuard A.11.14.02 operating system and MC/ServiceGuard A.11.14.02. Support is provided initially for the Red Hat 7.3 and RedHat AdvanceServer 2.1 distribution.

Complete NFS Toolkit product documentation is provided in the manual Managing MC/ServiceGuard NFS for Linux.