4.3 Upgrading the Media Format Automatically for New NSS Volumes

You can enable all future NSS volumes to be automatically created with the new media format. Make sure to use the commands on the servers where you plan to use hard links.

IMPORTANT:You must manually enable the Hard Links attribute on a volume before you are able to create hard links on it. For instructions, see Section 24.3, Enabling or Disabling the Hard Links Attribute.

Issue the following commands from the NSS Console (nsscon), or the nssstart.cfg file. If the command is issued from the command line, it persists until a server reboot. If the command is placed in the nssstart.cfg file, it persists across server reboots.

NOTE:Creates all new NSS volumes with the upgraded structure if the new volume is on a newly created pools (that is, pools created after enabling the ZLSSUpgradeNewVolumeMediaFormat flag).

nss /ZLSSUpgradeNewVolumeMediaFormat=all

Creates all new NSS volumes with the upgraded structure. This applies to volumes on both local and shared pools.

nss /ZLSSUpgradeNewVolumeMediaFormat=all /include=shared

Creates all new NSS volumes with the upgraded structure if the new volume is on a shared pool. However, the clustering system vetoes the upgrade until all nodes in the cluster are running a supported operating system.

nss /ZLSSUpgradeNewVolumeMediaFormat=all /include=local

Creates all new NSS volumes with the upgraded structure if the new volume is not on a shared pool.

nss /ZLSSUpgradeNewVolumeMediaFormat=all /include=local,shared

Creates all new NSS volumes with the upgraded structure whether the volume is local or shared. In a cluster, the clustering system vetoes the upgrade until all nodes in the cluster are running a supported operating system.