User Guide

Setting Up and Configuring Novell Storage Services 43
Novell Storage Services Administration Guide
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August 30, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
The following are some additional calls that return information about File
Snapshot:
 GetFileSize
 GetFileHoles
You can also use ConsoleOne to select the File Snapshot feature. See
“Creating a Logical Volume” on page 32.
Converting Traditional Volumes to Logical Volumes
You can convert traditional volumes to logical volumes. This is not an
automatic process or an in-place upgrade. You need to ensure you have
enough space to transition from a traditional volume to a logical volume and
maintain your attributes. The conversion utility is a server command that
copies the data from a traditional volume to an NSS logical volume in an NSS
storage pool. (For example, if you want to move a 2 GB volume, you need to
have at least 2 GB of free space available. The original volume will be
renamed volumename_old. The new logical volume will keep the original
volume name.
Volume Conversion
After you copy the traditional volume to a logical volume, you can restart the
server to ensure the volume converted properly. If the volume converted, you
can remove the traditional volume. After you copy traditional volume data to
a logical volume in NetWare 6, you cannot access the new logical volume in
NetWare 5.1. You would need to either retain the data in the traditional
volume, or copy the data back to the traditional volume.
The volume conversion utility can convert volumes with long names.
The following is a sample command line with all the available parameters for
converting traditional volumes:
vcu /p /l /i /d /r originalVolume nssPool [ds_container [ds_volName]]
 /p: Do not print directory file names.
 /l: Do not write errors to log file (Dst_Vol:error.out).
 /i:Keep file COMPRESS_FILE_IMMEDIATELY_BIT.