This section describes how to create an unencrypted volume with iManager. Encrypted volumes can be created only in NSSMU. For information on creating encrypted volumes, see Managing Encrypted NSS Volumes.
In iManager, click
.For instructions, see Section 9.1.3, Accessing Roles and Tasks in iManager.
Select a server to manage.
For instructions, see Section 9.1.4, Selecting a Server to Manage.
A list of volumes appears in the
list, as illustrated in the following figure.To create a new volume, click
.This opens the
Wizard to guide you through the process.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 5.4, Naming NSS Storage Objects.
Do one of the following:
Select an existing pool from the list where you want the new volume to reside.
If no pools exist, click
, create a pool to use, select the pool.If existing pools do not have sufficient space for the volume you want to create, click
to close the Wizard. You must add more segments of free space to the pool, then return to the page to create the new volume.If no pools exist and no space is available to create one, click
to close the Wizard. You must add more devices to the server or free up space on existing pools, then return to the Volumes page to create the new volume.Specify the size of the volume:
No Volume Quota: Select
if you want the volume to expand to the size of the pool. This is the default.Pools can be overbooked; each volume can potentially grow to the size of the pool. NSS allocates space as it is needed.
Volume Quota: Deselect
, then type a size in MB for the volume if you want to limit the size of the volume.On the
page under the section, set the attributes for the new volume you are creating. The Backup and Salvage attributes are selected by default.For information about volume attributes, see Section 19.1, Understanding Volume Properties.
On the
page under the section, set the following preferences:. Activates logical volumes as soon as you create them.
. Mounts logical volumes as soon as you create them.
On the
page under , specify the following parameters:Mount Point (Linux): For a Linux server, specify the mount point for the NSS volume, such as /media/nss/VOLA.
The default mount path for NSS volumes on Linux is /media/nss/volumename, where volumename is the name of the volume. You can optionally specify another path as the mount point.
Allow Mount Point to Be Renamed (Linux): For a Linux server, select this option if you want to allow the mount point to be renamed after it has been created.
Renaming a mount point means that you can specify another path as the mount point, such as /media/uservols/volumename, but the volume would continue to be associated with the same Volume object in eDirectory.
Lookup Name Space: Select the name space to use when you mount the volume. The name spaces are UNIX, Long, DOS, or Macintosh. The default name space is Long.
The recommended setting is Long. This setting ensures that filenames are case insensitive whether the volume is mounted on a Linux server or NetWare server. It also improves performance over using UNIX, especially if you expect to store millions of files on the volume.
Click
.(Linux) If you enabled the
attribute, restart NCP2NSS by entering at a terminal prompt:/etc/init.d/ncp2nss restart