Enabling and Disabling Direct NFS Client Control of NFS

By default, Direct NFS Client is installed in a disabled state with single-instance Oracle Database installations. Before enabling Direct NFS, you must configure an oranfstab file.

Use these procedures to enable or disable Direct NFS Client Oracle Disk Manager Control of NFS

Enabling Direct NFS Client Control of NFS

Change the directory to $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/lib.
Enter the following command:
```
make -f ins_rdbms.mk dnfs_on
```

Disabling Direct NFS Client Control of NFS

Log in as the Oracle software installation owner, and disable Direct NFS Client using the following commands:
```
cd $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/lib
make -f ins_rdbms.mk dnfs_off
```
Remove the oranfstab file.

Note:

If you remove an NFS path that an Oracle Database is using, then you must restart the database for the change to take effect.

Parent topic: Configuring File System Storage for Oracle Database