Creating An Evms Volume; Making A File System On The Evms Volume - Novell OPEN ENTERPRISE SERVER 2 SP 2 - CLUSTER SERVICES 1.8.7 FOR LINUX Manual

4 On the Configurable Options page, select the disk type (Linux is the default), click Add, then
click OK.
5 Click Save, then click Save again to save your changes.
6 If you added a DOS segment manager, create a segment for it:
IMPORTANT: Some segment managers such as the DOS segment manager require you to
create a segment before creating an EVMS volume. Without a segment, the additional segment
manager does not appear when you attempt to create an EVMS volume.
6a In evmsgui, click Actions > Create > Segment.
6b On the Create Disk Segment page, select DOS Segment Manager, then click Next.
6c On the Select Plugin Acceptable Objects page, choose the CSM container storage object
(such as
csm44/sdb_freespace1
6d Specify the size of the segment, the partition type (such as Linux LVM), click Create, then
click OK.
6e Click Save, then click Save again to save your changes.
7 Continue with Section 11.2.4, "Creating an EVMS Volume," on page

11.2.4 Creating an EVMS Volume

1 In evmsgui, click Actions > Create > EVMS Volume.
2 On the Create EVMS Volume page, select the container you just created (either the CSM
container or the additional segment manager container), then specify a name for the volume
(such as ).
shvol44
3 Click Create, then click OK.
4 Click Save, then click Save again to save your changes.
5 Click the Volumes tab to verify that the EVMS volume was created.
For example, a volume named
6 Continue with
Section 11.2.5, "Making a File System on the EVMS Volume," on page

11.2.5 Making a File System on the EVMS Volume

1 In evmsgui, click the Disks tab, then activate the CSM container:
1a On the Disks page, right-click the CSM container, then select Activate.
1b On the Activate page, select the CSM container, click Activate, then click OK.
1c Click Save, then click Save again to save your changes.
2 Click the Volumes tab, then activate the EVMS volume:
2a On the Volumes page, right-click the EVMS volume, then select Activate.
2b On the Activate page, select the volume, click Activate, then click OK.
2c Click Save, then click Save again to save your changes.
3 Make the file system on the EVMS volume:
3a On the Volumes page, right-click the volume, then select Make File System.
) where you want to add the segment, then click Next.
would be listed as
shvol44
Configuring Cluster Resources for Shared Linux POSIX Volumes 161
161.
/dev/evms/csm44/shvol44
.
161.