Can a volume junction-path be renamed?

Applies to

• Clustered Data ONTAP 8
• ONTAP 9

Answer

Yes, the junction path to which a volume is mounted can be modified as follows: 

1. Check the current junction path of the volume:

::> volume show -vserver <vserver name> -junction
Vserver     Volume       Language        Active     Junction Path     Path Source
---------   ----------   ----------      -------    --------------    ---------------
nfs_vsvr    nfsroot       C.UTF-8           -             /                   -
nfs_vsvr    vol1          C.UTF-8         true           /vol1          RW_volume
nfs_vsvr    vol11         C.UTF-8         true          /vol1/vol11     RW_volume
nfs_vsvr    vol2          C.UTF-8         true          /vol2           RW_volume
            
4 entries were displayed.
 

2. Un-mount the volume whose junction path you wish to modify, for example vol2:

::> volume unmount -vserver nfs_vsvr -volume vol2

3. Mount it to the desired junction-path name:

::> volume mount -vserver nfs_vsvr -volume vol2 -junction-path /vol0 -active true -policy-override false

4. Verify the volume junction path has been modified:

::> volume show -vserver <vserver name> -junction

Vserver     Volume       Language        Active     Junction Path     Path Source
---------   ----------   ----------      -------    --------------    ---------------
nfs_vsvr    nfsroot       C.UTF-8           -             /                   -
nfs_vsvr    vol1          C.UTF-8         true           /vol1          RW_volume
nfs_vsvr    vol11         C.UTF-8         true          /vol1/vol11     RW_volume
nfs_vsvr    vol2          C.UTF-8         true          /vol0           RW_volume
            
4 entries were displayed.

Additional Information

NFS

NFS client needs to unmount the old exported path and mount the new exported path.

CIFS

• The path cifs share using is not updated to the new junction-path automatically.
• Delete the old share and create a new share with a new junction-path.