13.3 Creating and Configuring Unencrypted NSS Volumes with iManager

This section describes how to create an unencrypted volume. For information on creating encrypted volumes, see Managing Encrypted NSS Volumes.

  1. In iManager, click Storage>Volumes.

    For instructions, see Section 3.1.6, Accessing Roles and Tasks in iManager.

  2. Select a server to manage.

    For instructions, see Section 3.1.7, Selecting a Server to Manage.

    A list of volumes appears in the Volumes list, as illustrated in the following figure.

    Sample Volume Management Page for NSS on NetWare

  3. To create a new volume, click New.

    This opens the New Volume wizard to guide you through the process.

  4. Specify a name for the new volume.

    If the name you provide is not unique, you receive an error message. For guidelines about naming volumes, see Section 4.5, Naming NSS Storage Objects.

  5. Specify the pool on the new location where you want the new volume to reside, then click Next.

    Only pools that have free space appear in the list. If no pools are listed, there is no space available to create a volume in the New Location. Cancel the wizard, add more devices to the server or free up space on existing pools, then return to the Volume Management page to create the new volume.

  6. Specify the size of the volume:

    • Specify a quota size for the volume if you want to limit the size of the volume.

    • Select Allow Volume Quota to Grow to the Pool Size if you want the volume to expand to the size of the pool.

      Pools can be overbooked; each volume can potentially grow to the size of the pool. NSS allocates space as it is needed.

  7. On the Volume Attributes page, set the attributes for the new volume you are creating.

    For information, see Section 13.2, Understanding Volume Attributes.

    Sample Attribute Information Page from the New Volume Wizard on NetWare

  8. In the On Creation section, set the following preferences:

    • Activate. Activates logical volumes as soon as you create them.

    • Mount. Mounts logical volumes as soon as you create them.

  9. If this is an NSS volume on Linux, specify the mount point, such as /media/nss/NIFVOL.

  10. Click Finish.

  11. (Linux) If you enabled or disabled the Directory Quotas attribute, restart NCP2NSS by entering at a terminal prompt:

    /etc/init.d/ncp2nss restart