Overview Of The Netware Traditional File System; Netware Traditional Volumes - Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 System Administration Manual

Overview of the NetWare
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Traditional File System
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The NetWare Traditional File System provides legacy storage and file system management for
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Novell Open Enterprise Server NetWare.
The Novell Storage Services
management for NetWare. The NetWare operating system and its extensions are installed on an NSS
pool and volume, named sys. For information, see
NetWare Traditional File
IMPORTANT: You can optionally use the Traditional volumes on the same server with your NSS
volumes. However, if you are planning to implement Apple* File Protocol (AFP), Network File
System (NFS), or Common Internet File System (CIFS) for this server, you must use the NSS file
system, not the Traditional file system for your system volume and for any data volumes that use
these protocols. For information, see
To upgrade your Traditional volumes to NSS volumes, see
Traditional Volumes" in the
This section discusses the following key concepts:
Section 1.1, "NetWare Traditional Volumes," on page 11
Section 1.2, "Traditional Volume Segments," on page 12
Section 1.3, "What's Next," on page 13

1.1 NetWare Traditional Volumes

Traditional volumes consist of a fixed amount of physical space on one or more server disks. A
NetWare server supports up to 255 volumes of any combination of Traditional and NSS volumes,
plus the system volume.
During installation of OES NetWare, your system volume is automatically created as an NSS
volume. After installation, you can use Novell Remote Manager for NetWare to create a new
Traditional volume on any disk that has a NetWare partition. For information, see the
Remote Manager for NetWare Administration
You subdivide Traditional volumes in two ways:
Physically: Traditional volumes consist of physical partitions called volume segments. If a
Traditional volume contains multiple volume segments, its member segments can reside on
multiple server disks. For information about volume segments, see
Volume Segments," on page
Logically: You divide volumes into directories. In turn, the directories contain files and
subdirectories created by network supervisors and users who have the appropriate rights. For
information about directories and subdirectories, see
Structures" the OES 2: File Systems Management
File System (NSS) provides the primary system for storage and file
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System" in the OES 2: NSS File System Administration
OES 2: Native File Access Protocols
OES 2: NSS File System Administration
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"Comparison of NSS on NetWare and the
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"Upgrading Legacy NSS and NetWare
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Section 1.2, "Traditional
"Understanding NetWare Directory
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Overview of the NetWare Traditional File System

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