Novell OPEN ENTERPRISE SERVER - PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE 12-2010 Implementation Manual page 135

NSS Management
Table 13-3
Category/Feature Description
Archive and Version Use Archive and Version Services with
Services NSS volumes to save interval-based
copies of files that can be conveniently
restored by administrators and users.
Compression Conserve disk space and increase the
amount of data a volume can store.
Console Commands Manage NSS volumes at an NetWare
6.5 SP8 server console, or an OES 2
terminal console via the NSS Console
(
nsscon
Distributed File Use DFS junctions to transparently
Services (DFS) redirect data requests, split volumes
while maintaining transparent access,
and quickly move volume data to
another volume.
Encryption Create and manage encrypted NSS
volumes that make data inaccessible to
software that circumvents normal
access control.
EVMS Use EVMS, which is required for NSS,
to manage volumes on Linux, including
the system (root [
installed on the same disk.
Hard Links Create multiple names for a single file
in the same or multiple directories in an
NSS volume.
Monitoring Monitor NSS file systems.
Multipath Support on Use Linux Device Mapper Multipath I/O
Linux tools to manage the dynamic, multiple,
redundant connection paths between a
Linux server and its external storage
devices.
Partitions Manage partitions on NSS volumes.
Pools Create and manage NSS pools.
) utility.
]) volume if NSS is
/
Link
OES 2 SP3: Novell Archive and
Version Services 2.1 Administration
Guide
"Managing Compression on NSS
Volumes" in the OES 2 SP3: NSS File
System Administration Guide for Linux
"NSS Commands" and "NSS
in the OES 2 SP3: NSS File System
Administration Guide for Linux
OES 2 SP3: Novell Distributed File
Services Administration Guide
"Managing Encrypted NSS
in the OES 2 SP3: NSS File System
Administration Guide for Linux
"Using EVMS to Manage Devices with
NSS Volumes" in the OES 2 SP3: NSS
File System Administration Guide for
Linux
"Managing Hard Links" in the
SP3: NSS File System Administration
Guide for Linux
"Monitoring the Status of the NSS File
System and Services" in the
SP3: NSS File System Administration
Guide for Linux
"Managing Multipath I/O to
the OES 2 SP3: NSS File System
Administration Guide for Linux
"Managing Partitions" in the
SP3: NSS File System Administration
Guide for Linux
"Managing NSS Pools" in the
SP3: NSS File System Administration
Guide for Linux
Storage and File Systems 135
Utilities"
Volumes"
OES 2
OES 2
Devices" in
OES 2
OES 2