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NSS File System on Linux
Novell Cluster Services supports creating shared cluster resources by using Novell Storage Services
file system on Linux. NSS is not a required component for Novell Cluster Services on Linux unless
you want to create and cluster-enable NSS pools and volumes. You can also use NSS for the SBD
partition. The Novell Storage Services option is not automatically selected when you select Novell
Cluster Services option during the install.
NSS on Linux supports the following advertising protocols in concurrent use for a given cluster-
enabled NSS pool:
NetWare Core Protocol
information, see "NCP Server for Linux" on page
Novell Apple Filing Protocol (AFP), which is available for NSS only in OES 2 SP1 Linux and
later. For information, see
Novell CIFS, which is available for NSS only in OES 2 SP1 Linux and later. For information,
see "Novell CIFS for Linux" on page
Dynamic Storage Technology Shadow Volume Pairs
Novell Cluster Services supports clustering for Novell Dynamic Storage Technology (DST) shadow
volume pairs on OES 2 Linux. DST is installed automatically when you install NCP Server for
Linux. The NCP Server and Dynamic Storage Technology option is not automatically selected when
you select Novell Cluster Services option during the install.
For information about creating and cluster-enabling Dynamic Storage Technology volumes on
Linux, see "Configuring DST Shadow Volumes with Novell Cluster Services for
2 SP2: Dynamic Storage Technology Administration
NCP Server for Linux
NCP Server for Linux is required to be installed and running before you can cluster-enable NCP
volumes on Linux POSIX file systems, NSS volumes, or Dynamic Storage Technology shadow
volume pairs. This applies to physical servers and Xen-based virtual machine (VM) guest servers
(DomU). NCP Server is required in order to create virtual cluster server objects for cluster resources
for these volume types. The NCP Server and Dynamic Storage Technology option is not
automatically selected when you select Novell Cluster Services option during the install.
NCP Server for Linux is required to be installed and running for NSS volumes, even if users access
the volume only with other protocols such as Novell AFP for Linux, Novell CIFS for Linux, or
Samba.
NCP Server for Linux is not required when you are cluster-enabling only Linux POSIX volumes
where you plan to use only native Linux protocols for user access, such as Samba.
NCP Server for Linux is not required when running Novell Cluster Services on a Xen-based VM
host server (Dom0) for the purpose of cluster-enabling the configuration files for Xen-based VMs.
Users do not access these VM files.
For information about installing and configuring NCP Server for Linux, see the
Server for Linux Administration
(NCP), which is selected by default and is mandatory for NSS. For
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"Novell AFP for Linux" on page
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