Mount a remote filesystem on the Gateway appliance - version 1.10 and newer

To access the Gateway appliance private network CLI:

1. 1. Connect a computer to the same private network as the Gateway appliance. 
   2. Use an SSH client to log in to the Gateway CLI using your Gateway user credentials, default SSH port 22.

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fs config

Show mounted filesystems

fs config example

fs config
+------+------------------------------------------+----------------+----------+
|Status|Source                                    |Target          |Options   |
+------+------------------------------------------+----------------+----------+
|AUTO  |nfs:192.168.0.2/home/dev/share            |/mnt/linux/share|[defaults]|
+------+------------------------------------------+----------------+----------+
|AUTO  |cifs://192.168.0.3/share                  |/mnt/share      |[]        |
+------+------------------------------------------+----------------+----------+
|AUTO  |cifs://192.168.0.3/Users/dev/Desktop/share%7C/mnt/your_share |[]        |

fs show

Show NFS or SMB mounts available to the appliance from a remote host.

fs show

fs mount

Mount a remote filesystem to configure remote backups.

NFS mount example

gateway>fs mount --for-backups --from nfs://192.168.0.2/home/dev/share --to /mnt/your_share
successfully mounted nfs://192.168.0.2:/home/dev/share to /mnt/your_share
/mnt/your_share will be used as the backup destination

SMB mount example

fs mount --for-backups --from smb://192.168.0.3/Users/dev/Desktop/share --to /mnt/your_share
remote share user: username
remote share password: **************
successfully mounted smb://192.168.0.3:/Users/dev/Desktop/share to /mnt/your_share
/mnt/your_share will be used as the backup destination

fs unmount

Unmount a mounted remote filesystem

fs unmount example

fs unmount --mount-point /mnt/your_share
This is the current backup destination. Are you sure? [y|n] y
successfully unmounted /mnt/your_share
The new backup destination will be "/opt/EcoStruxureITGateway/backups"

See Troubleshooting tips for mounting a filesystem using the Gateway appliance private network CLI - version 1.10 and newer