Installation manual

Configuring a Namespace
Enabling the Namespace (optional)
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For a new volume, the CLI prompts for confirmation before adding it to the
namespace. Enter yes to proceed. This puts you into gbl-ns-vol mode, where you must
declare at least one share.
For example, this command set creates a single volume (“/acct”) for the “wwmed”
namespace:
bstnA6k(gbl)# namespace wwmed
bstnA6k(gbl-ns[wwmed])# volume /acct
This will create a new volume.
Create volume '/acct'? [yes/no] yes
bstnA6k(gbl-ns-vol[wwmed~/acct])# ...
Volume configuration is the bulk of namespace configuration. As mentioned above,
the next chapters explain how to configure and maintain each volume type.
Enabling the Namespace (optional)
The final step in configuring a namespace is to enable it. This is optional, as each
enabled volume in the namespace can process client requests independently. This
command serially enables every volume in the namespace.
From gbl-ns mode, use the
enable command to enable the current namespace:
enable
If the namespace contains any managed volumes, this causes all of them to start
importing their enabled shares.
For example, the following command sequence enables the namespace named
“wwmed:”
bstnA6k(gbl)# namespace wwmed
bstnA6k(gbl-ns[wwmed])# enable
bstnA6k(gbl-ns[wwmed])# ...
All imports happen asynchronously, so that you can issue more CLI commands while
the imports happen in the background. You can use
show namespace [status] to check
the progress of the imports; this is discussed later in the managed-volume chapter.