Creating Nss Volumes - Novell OPEN ENTERPRISE SERVER CLUSTER SERVICES 1.8.2 - ADMINISTRATION Manual

Creating Shared NSS Pools Using iManager
1 Start your Internet browser and enter the URL for iManager.
The URL is http://server_ip_address/nps/imanager.html. Replace server_ip_address with the
IP address or DNS name of a Linux server in the cluster that has iManager installed or with the
IP address for Apache-based services.
2 Enter your username and password.
3 In the left column, locate Storage, then click the Pools link.
4 Enter a cluster server name or browse and select one, then click the New link.
5 Specify the new pool name, then click Next.
6 Check the box next to the device where you want to create the pool, then specify the size of the
pool.
7 Choose whether you want the pool to be activated and cluster-enabled when it is created, then
click Next.
The Activate On Creation check box is used to determine if the pool you are creating is to be
activated as soon as it is created. The Activate On Creation check box is checked by default. If
you uncheck the check box, you must manually activate the pool later before it can be used.
If you want to cluster enable the pool at the same time it is created, leave the Cluster Enable on
Creation check box checked and continue with
If you want to cluster enable the pool at a later date, uncheck the check box, click Create, and
continue with "Cluster Enabling NSS Pools and Volumes" on page
8 Specify the virtual server name, pool IP address, and advertising protocols, then click Finish.
NOTE: The CIFS and AFP check boxes can be checked, but CIFS and AFP functionality does
not apply to Linux. Checking the check boxes has no effect.
When you cluster-enable a pool, a virtual Server object is automatically created and given the
name of the Cluster object plus the cluster-enabled pool. For example, if the cluster name is
cluster1 and the cluster-enabled pool name is pool1, then the default virtual server name will be
cluster1_pool1_server. You can edit the field to change the default virtual server name.
Each cluster-enabled NSS pool requires its own IP address. The IP address is used to provide
access and failover capability to the cluster-enabled pool (virtual server). The IP address you
assign to the pool remains assigned to the pool regardless of which server in the cluster is
accessing the pool.
You can select or deselect NCP. NCP is selected by default, and is the protocol used by Novell
clients. Selecting NCP causes commands to be added to the pool resource load and unload
scripts to activate the NCP protocol on the cluster. This lets you ensure that the cluster-enabled
pool you just created is highly available to Novell clients.

3.7.2 Creating NSS Volumes

If you plan on using a shared disk system in your cluster and need to create new NSS pools or
volumes after installing Novell Cluster Services, the server used to create the volumes should
already have NSS installed and running.
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