Mount Settings

Mount Settings

Mount Settings is a tool to enable you either to mount a local filesystem or a database filesystem onto DataSpider filesystem or to unmount a mounted filesystem.
For more information about DataSpider filesystem and mount, refer to "DataSpider filesystem".

Mount Settings provide the following functions

Mount Settings provide the following functions.
Description of Functions
Name of functions Description Remarks
List mount points Lists mount points Listed when mount settings is started.
  • Sorted by standard unicode character order.
New mount point Creates a new mount point.  
Change mount point Edits a mount point.  
Unmount mount point Unmounts a mount point.  
Mount point properties Shows mount information, owners, permissions, and so on and edit owners and permissions.  

List mount points

Description of items
Item name Description Remarks
Mount point The directory on which you want to mount on DataSpider filesystem.  
Type The type of mount.
Supported types of mount are as follows.
  • Local filesystem
  • Extended local filesystem
  • Database filesystem
Mount source The local filesystem which you want to mount on the server on which DataSpiderServer runs.  

New mount point

Property Action
Item name Description Remarks
New mount point Creates a new mount point.  
Description of items
Item name Description Remarks
Mount source Specify the directory path of server OS local filesystem to refer in DataSpider.

Click [Browse] button to activate the file Selectr and Select the directory.
  • About server OS local filesystem, refer to "OS local filesystem"
  • When [Database filesystem] is selected in mount type, [Mount source] setting is not performed.
Mount destination Specify the directory path of DataSpider filesystem.

Click [Browse] button to activate the file Selectr and Select the directory.
  • A mount destination is a logical name which is specified when DataSpider accesses a local filesystem on the server.
  • The system mount point cannot be specified as a mount destination.
Select mount type Select the type of mount.
  • [Local filesystem]:(Default)
  • [Extended local filesystem]
  • [Database filesystem]
  • If there is no repository DB,you can set only [Local filesystem].
  • With repository DB, you can set any type of mount.
  • About the type of mount, refer to "Type of DataSpider filesystem".

Change mount point

A mount point can be modified by [File]-[Change mount point] menu action.
Description of items
Item name Description Remarks
New mount Specify the directory path of DataSpider filesystem.

Click [Browse] button to activate the file Selectr and Select the directory.		  

Unmount mount point

A mount point can be unmounted by [File]-[Unmount] menu action.

If [Extended local filesystem] or [Database filesystem] is selected on mount type, then deletes the related tables generated inside DB repository.
If do not want to delete, please perform [Change mount point].

Mount point properties

Mount point properties can be viewed and modified by [File]-[Properties] menu action.
Description of items
Item name Description Remarks
Location The directory on which you want to mount on DataSpider filesystem.  
Size Not displayed.  
Date created Not displayed.  
Date modified Not displayed.  
Owner The owner of the directory.  
Group The group to which the owner of the directory belongs.  
Access permissions The access privilege of the directory.
  • [Read]
    Permission to read files and directories in the directory.
  • [Write]
    Permission to create new files, rename files, and delete files in the directory.
  • [Execute]
    Permission to access the directory.
  • By default, the mount point access right of "rwxr-xr-x" (the root user and the owner have full rights, other users are not allowed to write) is applied.

Specification Limits