This documentation describes how to use Novell® Storage Services™ File System (NSS) to manage software RAIDs, pools, and volumes on a Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 server or a NetWare® 6.5 SP7 server. Unless otherwise specified, the information in this guide applies to NSS on both NetWare and Linux* platforms.
IMPORTANT:OES 2 NetWare and NetWare 6.5 SP 7 share the same code base and are the same in every way. Installing the OES 2 NetWare product or associated support pack is the same as installing the simultaneously released NetWare 6.5 product or associated support pack.
Section 3.0, Installing and Configuring Novell Storage Services
Section 8.0, Cluster-Enabling Shared NSS Devices and Pools with Novell Cluster Services
Section 11.0, Migrating NSS Devices from NetWare to OES 2 Linux
Section 17.0, Verifying and Rebuilding NSS Pools and Volumes
Section 22.0, Securing Access to NSS Volumes, Directories, and Files
Section 25.0, Managing Space Quotas for Volumes, Directories, and Users
Section 26.0, Salvaging and Purging Deleted Volumes, Directories, and Files
Section 29.0, Managing Backup and Restore for Data and Trustee Information
Section 32.0, Monitoring the Status of the NSS File System and Services
Section C.0, Upgrading Legacy NSS and NetWare Traditional Volumes
Section D.0, Using EVMS to Manage Devices with NSS Volumes (Linux)
Section E.0, Using NSS on Devices Managed by Non-EVMS Volume Managers (Linux)
Section G.0, Comparison of NSS on NetWare and the NetWare Traditional File System
Section H.0, Comparison of NSS on Linux and NCP Volumes on Linux POSIX File Systems
This guide is intended for network administrators. Section 34.0, Security Considerations is intended for security administrators or anyone who is using NSS storage objects and is responsible for the security of the system.
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For the most recent version of the OES 2: Novell Storage Services File System Administration Guide, see the latest Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 documentation.
For information about planning and implementing storage solutions in Novell Open Enterprise Server 2, see the following:
The Storage and File Systems
section in the OES 2 SP2: Planning and Implementation Guide describes considerations for choosing a storage solution and system-wide caveats for implementing the different storage solutions.
OES 2 SP2: Storage and File Services Overview describes typical requirements for system storage, and identifies the various storage products and services in Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 that address those requirements.
File System Primer describes the variety of file systems available on Linux and which ones are the best to use for which workloads and data.
For more information about services referenced in this guide, see the following:
The OES 2 SP2: Novell Distributed File Services Administration Guide describes how to configure and manage DFS services for NSS volumes on NetWare or Linux.
The OES 2 SP2: Dynamic Storage Technology Administration Guide describes how to configure NSS volumes as shadow volumes by using Dynamic Storage Technology.
Novell Archive and Version Services provides interval-based archiving for user data. See the following guides:
The OES 2 SP2: File Systems Management Guide describes the Novell trustee model and how to configure file system trustees, trustee rights, and attributes for NSS volumes on Linux and NetWare, NetWare Core Protocol™ (NCP™) volumes on Linux, and NetWare Traditional volumes on NetWare.
The OES 2 SP2: NCP Server for Linux Administration Guide describes how to manage NCP™ connections for NSS volumes on Linux.
The NW65 SP8: Server Disks and Storage Devices describes how disks are handled by the NetWare operating system.
The OES 2 SP2: Novell Linux User Management Technology Guide describes how to Linux-enable users for an OES 2 Linux server.
The NDK: Virtual File Services describes the software APIs for creating software applications and scripts to manage NSS volumes and services on Linux and NetWare.
The NDK: Novell Storage Architecture Component (Media Manager and NWPA) describes software APIs for creating storage-related applications.
The SLES 10 SP2: Storage Administration Guide describes storage services such as the EVMS volume manager, UUIDs, Linux multipath I/O for devices; and Linux software RAIDs 0, 1, 5, 6, and 10.
Enterprise Volume Management System for Linux documentation:
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