21.2 Enabling or Disabling the Hard Links Attribute (OES SP1 NetWare, NetWare 6.5 SP4)

Beginning with OES SP1 Netware and NetWare 6.5 SP4, you must enable the Hard Links attribute for your NSS volume on NetWare before you can create hard links. When you upgrade the NSS volume to use the new media format, if any old-style hard links are detected, the Hard Links attribute is automatically enabled. Otherwise, the volume is upgraded, but the attribute is disabled and must be enabled before you can create hard links.

Use console commands to enable and disable the Hard Links attribute for NSS volumes that have been upgraded to the new media format on OES SP1 Netware and NetWare 6.5 SP4. The Hard Links attribute cannot be set or viewed in NSSMU or in the Storage plug-in to iManager 2.5.

Configuring the Hard Link Attribute

To enable or disable the Hard Links attribute, use the following commands at a server console:

Command

Description

 
nss /HardLinks=volumename

Enables the Hard Links attribute for the specified volume. This enables hard links to be created on the volume.

 
nss /HardLinks=all

Sets the Hard Links attribute for all NSS volumes on the server. This enables hard links to be created on any volume on the server. Any given hard link can point only to a file on the same volume.

 
nss /NoHardLinks=volumename

Disables the Hard Links attribute for the specified volume. Existing hard links continue to function, but no new hard links can be created on the specified volume.

 
nss /NoHardLinks=all

Disables the Hard Links attribute for all NSS volumes on the server. Existing hard links continue to function, but no new hard links can be created on any NSS volume on the server.

Verifying the Hard Link Attribute Setting

To verify that the Hard Links attribute is set for the NSS volume: At the server console, enter

nss /volumes

In the Attributes column, the Hard Links attribute is listed if the attribute is set.