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Chapter 18. Managing NetWare Volumes This chapter discusses NetWare volumes. These volumes contain your users' directories and files.
A NetWare volume consists of up to 32 segments, which NetWare automatically numbers from 0 to 31. When a volume is created, it consists of one segment that is the size of the volume as specified by the user. To increase the size of the volume, additional segments are added to the volume. The size of the volume is increased by the size of the segment that is added. NetWare volumes can span multiple devices; that is, segments for a volume
on an AS/400 system can be spread across multiple storage spaces. Segments
for a volume on a PC server can be spread across multiple disks. There
can be up to 8 segments per storage space. The segments can belong to one
or more volumes.
The Work with NetWare Volumes (WRKNTWVOL) command displays the current volumes on the network. You can use this display, shown in Figure 18-1, or you can use the following commands to create, change, delete, and display or print information about the NetWare volumes:
Note:
Figure 18-1. Work with NetWare Volumes Display
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | Work with NetWare Volumes | | | | System: SYSAS400 | | Server . . . . . . . . : PUBS1 | | | | Type options, press Enter. | | 1=Create 2=Change 4=Delete 5=Display 6=Print | | | | Percent | | Opt Volume Size Used Mounted Text | | | | MARLA1 5 1 *YES Marla vol #1 | | MARLA2 15 0 *YES Marla vol #2 | | RPB_VOL 55 30 *YES Randy vol | | SYS 200 20 *YES SYS | | | | | | | | | | | | Bottom | | Parameters or command | | ===> | | F3=Exit F4=Prompt F5=Refresh F6=Print list F9=Retrieve F12=Cancel | | | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ When you create a volume for a specified server, you can specify a specific size, or you can specify the default, which is *MAXAVAIL. If you are unsure how much space is available for a local server, you can use the DSPNWSSTG command as shown in Figure 8-5. Look for the storage space size, the percent used, and the largest unused area. For a remote server, use the RCONSOLE utility to see how much space is available. On the create and change volume commands, you can specify a device number or, if the server is local, you can specify a storage space name. For a local server, you can get the device number or storage space name by using the WRKNWSSTG command. If the server is remote, you must supply a device number. If you do not know the device number on a remote server, use RCONSOLE and the INSTALL utility for the remote server. The volume is created or extended using the first free segment on the device that satisfies the requested size. For Change NetWare Volume (CHGNTWVOL), the SIZE parameter indicates the new total size for the volume. Note also that for a remote NetWare 3.12 server, you cannot use the TEXT parameter specify descriptive text for the volume. The text is held in an NDS object that corresponds to the volume, and NetWare 3.12 does not support NDS. Note:
Figure 18-2. Create NetWare Volume Prompt
Display
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | Create NetWare Volume (CRTNTWVOL) | | | | Type choices, press Enter. | | | | Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . VOL > 'user' | | Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . SERVER > 'PUBS1' | | | | Size of volume . . . . . . . . . SIZE *MAXAVAIL | | Device number . . . . . . . . . DEVNBR | | Network server storage space . . NWSSTG | | | | Block size . . . . . . . . . . . BLKSIZE *DFT | | Data compression . . . . . . . . DTACPR *YES | | Block suballocation . . . . . . BLKSUBALC *YES | | Mount . . . . . . . . . . . . . MOUNT *YES | | Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TEXT *VOL | | | | | | | | | | Bot | | F3=Exit F4=Prompt F5=Refresh F12=Cancel F13=How to use this display | | F24=More keys | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ To display a volume, select option 5 from the Work with NetWare volumes display or use the Display NetWare Volume (DSPNTWVOL) command. Press Enter to display the volume segments on the volume. In Figure 18-3 notice that the NDS volume name (1) is shown with a name relative to your context in the NDS tree. If you change the context (the Change NDS Context (CHGNDSCTX) command), the NDS volume name changes to reflect the new position. For example the following command: CHGNDSCTX NDSCTX('.PROG.ROCH.IBM') NDSTREE(BASE_TREE)changes the context and volume displayed to: Current context . . . . . . . . . : PROG.ROCH.IBM NDS volume name . . . . . . . . . : SERVER01_SYS Figure 18-3. Display NetWare
Volume Display
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Display NetWare Volume | | System: SYSAS400 | | Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . : SYS | | Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . : SERVER01 | | | | Current context . . . . . . . . . : ROOT | | | | | | | | NDS volume name . . . . . . . . . : SERVER01_SYS.PROG.ROCH.IBM (1) | | | | Size in megabytes . . . . . . . . : 200 | | Number of segments . . . . . . . : 1 | | Percent used . . . . . . . . . . : 20 | | Mounted . . . . . . . . . . . . . : *YES | | Data compression . . . . . . . . : *YES | | Block suballocation . . . . . . . : *YES | | More... | | Press Enter to continue. | | | | F3=Exit F6=Print F12=Cancel | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | Display NetWare Volume | | | | System: SYSAS400 | | Block size . . . . . . . . . . . : 32 | | Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : SYS | | | | | | | | | | | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | Display NetWare Volume | | | | System: SYSAS400 | | Volume . . . . . . . . : SYS | | Server . . . . . . . . : SERVER01 | | | | -------Volume segments------- | | Segment | | Drive Number Size | | 0 0 200 | | | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ To display the file system contents of a volume, use the Work with Object
Links (WRKLNK) command. For details see "Integrated
File System Commands".
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