Mount settings

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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 file system and mount, refer to "DataSpider filesystem".

Functions provided by Mount settings

Mount settings provides following functions.
Description of Functions
Name of functions Menu Description Remarks
Mount settings list Mount settings list Lists mount points.
  • Sorted by standard unicode character order.
Mount settings Creates a new mount point.  
Change mount point Edit a mount point.  
Unmount mount point Unmounts a mount point.
  • 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 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 Specify the directory path of server OS local filesystem to refer in DataSpider.  

New mount point

You can create a new mount point by clicking [Add] button.
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.
  • Refer to "OS Local Filesystem" for more information about client 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".

Mount point properties

Mount point properties can be viewed and modified by [Properties] button.
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