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Use NWCONFIG to create a volume on any hard drive having a NetWare partition. (See NWCONFIG for a general description of the command.)
A NetWare server can have up to 64 NetWare volumes. Only a SYS: volume is required.
NOTE: NetWare also allows you to create Novell® Storage ServicesTM (NSS) volumes, which can be used along with traditional NetWare volumes. For information on this new file system and its advantages, see Novell Storage Services (NSS).
By default, creating a volume consumes all free space in the NetWare partition, unless you assign the new volume a size. By specifying a size, you can leave free space available for future volumes. If space is unavailable, you must add a drive or a magnetic/optical storage medium before attempting volume creation.
At the server console prompt, type
NWCONFIG
From the Installation Options menu, choose Disk Options and then NetWare Volume Options.
Existing volumes are listed.
Press Insert.
The Volume Disk Segment List appears.
Select Make This Segment a New Volume.
Type a new volume name in the box provided and press Enter.
The volume name can be up to 15 characters long (A through Z, 0 through 9, and underscore characters are allowed).
Press Enter.
The newly created volume now appears in the Volume Disk Segment List.
Enter a new volume size, expressed in megabytes (MB), and press Enter.
Press Esc or F10 to return to the volume segment list.
Press Esc or F10 to save changes.
Authenticate to the network with Supervisor rights to add the volume to the tree.
Select Mount All Volumes to mount the new volume.
By mounting a volume, you make its information available to network users. You can mount or dismount one or all volumes while the NetWare server is running. For a description of what takes place when you mount a volume, see "Understanding Mounting a Volume."
You may want to leave rarely used volumes dismounted because each mounted volume takes up memory and reduces the memory available for file caching.
For instructions for CDs, see "Mounting a CD as a Volume."
You can mount and dismount volumes in two ways:
At the server console prompt, type
NWCONFIG
Select Disk options.
Select NetWare Volume Options.
Select the volume you want to mount or dismount and press Enter.
The Volume Information screen appears.
Using the arrow keys, highlight the Status field.
Depending on the status of the volume, this field displays Mounted, Not Mounted, or New, not mounted.
(Conditional) If the status is New, not mounted, press Esc and then F10 to save volume changes to disk before the volume can be mounted.
Press Enter to display a menu of available actions.
Depending on what you want to do, select either Mount or Dismount and press Enter.
NetWare mounts or dismounts your volume.
NOTE: If a volume fails to mount, you may not have enough RAM installed to accommodate the volume, especially if you add name space support to the volume. See "Storing Non-DOS Files on a Volume."
By default, NetWare volumes support DOS naming conventions. To store non-DOS files (such as for Macintosh* or UNIX* files) on a NetWare volume, you must load the appropriate name space NetWare Loadable ModuleTM (NLM) program and add the name space support to that volume.
NOTE: Each name space added to a traditional NetWare volume requires additional server memory. If you add name space support to a volume and do not have enough memory, that volume cannot be mounted.
If insufficient memory is an issue, consider using Novell Storage Services (NSS) volumes, since NSS uses only 1 MB of memory to mount any size volume no matter how many name spaces the volume supports. See Novell Storage Services (NSS).
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The following name space NLM programs are included with NetWare:
In addition, an FTAM name space module is available from third-party providers.
If you are using traditional NetWare volumes, use the following formula to calculate the additional memory required for each added name space on a non-DOS volume:
0.032 x volume_size(in MB)/block_size(in MB)
Round the result to the next highest megabyte.
For example, adding Macintosh name space to a 100 MB volume with a block size of 4 KB would require 1 MB of additional memory, as shown:
Load the appropriate name space NLMTM by typing
LOAD [path]name_space
For example, to load the name space module for Macintosh support, type
LOAD MAC.NAM
Add name space support to the volume by typing
ADD NAME SPACE name to volume_name
Replace name with the name space NLM. Replace volume_name with the name of the volume that will store the non-DOS files.
For example, to add the Macintosh name space to the MACVOL volume, type
ADD NAME SPACE MAC TO MACVOL
NOTE: You only need to add a name space to a volume once. You don't need to add it each time the server comes up. The name space module autoloads each time the server comes up.
To verify that the name space has been added, you can view a list of all added name spaces by typing
VOLUMES
To see a list of current volumes and name spaces, type
VOLUME
Once a name space is added to a volume, the name space can be removed either by deleting the volume and re-creating it or by using VREPAIR (see VREPAIR).