User Guide

10 Novell Storage Services Administration Guide
Novell Storage Services Administration Guide
103-000141-001
August 30, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
and logical volumes, it includes instructions for setting up and maintaining
traditional volumes.
NSS Features and Benefits
This section describes the features and benefits of NSS.
NSS Management
ConsoleOne
TM
is the primary utility used to configure and maintain both
traditional and NSS logical volumes. See “Using ConsoleOne to Configure
Novell Storage Services” on page 25.
NOTE: NWCONFIG and NSS Menu are not compatible with some of the NetWare
6 NSS features. Use ConsoleOne for all NSS configuration and management
procedures.
Combine Logical Volumes in a Single Storage Pool
NSS uses storage pools. A storage pool is a specified amount of space you
obtain from all your storage devices. Then you place all NSS logical volumes
into the storage pool. This way you do not have to limit the number of volumes
you have in a partition. You can have only one storage pool on a partition, but
you can place unlimited logical volumes in the storage pool. The size of
logical volumes cannot exceed the size of the storage pool.
Create Logical Volumes
The volumes you create from NSS storage pools are called logical volumes.
A logical volume is a volume that is either set to a specific size, or one that can
grow dynamically according to the amount of physical space assigned to the
pool. This lets you add and store any size or any number of files you need
without having to create other partitions. You can add any number of volumes
to a storage pool as long as you have available physical space in the pool.