Mounting the parent file system before nested file system

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For an AIX® JFS2 nested file system that mounts automatically when you restart your system, you must mount the parent system before mounting the nested file system.

About this task

These steps are for AIX JFS2 file systems only.

Follow these steps to mount the parent file system before you mount the nested file system:

Procedure

  1. Issue the command smit jfs2.
  2. Select Change/Show Characteristics of an Enhanced Journaled File System.
  3. Select the nested file system.
  4. Set Mount AUTOMATICALLY at system restart? to NO.
  5. Select Do.
  6. Edit the /etc/rc.adsmhsm file that is shipped with the space management client and add the following statement in the nested file system section at the end of the file (where /test/migfs1 is the name of the nested file system): 
      mount /test/migfs1