Complete Life-cycle of mounting drive in Unix

1.       Login with root user in source machine and check if drive is ready to be shared

root@localhost:/u01# share

Output: - it will show all shared drive. If there is no drive to be shared then cursor will move to next line

2.       Run below command to share drive to mount on destination machine

root@localhost:/u01# share -F nfs /u01/SBA_81

Output: - It will share drive on source machine

3.       Check if drive is available to mount

root@localhost:/u01# share

Output: - it will show shared device as below:-

u01_SBA_81      /u01/SBA_81     nfs     sec=sys,rw

4.       Login with root user in destination machine and create directory to mount

root@localhost:/u01# mkdir mount_point

Output: It will create directory in folder /u01

5.       Mount source directory on destination machine as below:-

root@localhost:/u01# mount -F nfs Source_IP:/u01/SBA_81 /u01/mount_point

Output: - it will mount required drive to destination server. Check if all folders and files are visible in mounted directory.

6.       To Un-Mount any mounted directory use below command

root@localhost:/u01# umount /u01/mount_point

Output: - It will un-mount drive and you can’t use shared directory anymore.

7.       To Remove created directory use below command

root@localhost:/u01# rmdir /u01/mount_point

Output: - It will delete previously created directory

8.       To un-share any shared directory use below command

root@localhost:/u01# unshare -F nfs /u01/SBA_81

Output: - It will un-share drive on source machine

9.       Finally crosscheck if directory is not accessible anymore

root@localhost:/u01# share

Output: - If there is no drive to be shared then cursor will move to next line

Note: Please find complete screenshot of command execution for reference 

                                                                               

 Best of Luck