13.5 Configuring and Maintaining Storage
13.5.4 Disk Management on NetWare
13.5.1 Managing Directories and Files
To learn about managing directories and files for the OES 2 server type, see the following sections in the NW 6.5 SP8: File Systems Management Guide.
Linux: “Understanding Directory Structures in Linux POSIX File Systems”
NetWare: “Managing Folders and Files on NSS and NetWare Traditional Volumes”
13.5.2 Managing NSS
Use the links in Table 13-3 to find information on the many management tasks associated with NSS volumes.
Table 13-3 NSS Management
Category/Feature Description Link
Archive and Version Services
Use Archive and Version Services with NSS volumes to save interval-based copies of files that can be conveniently restored by administrators and users.
OES 2 SP2: Novell Archive and Version Services 2.1 for Linux Administration Guide
NW 6.5 SP8: Novell Archive and Version Services 2.1 Administration Guide
Compression Conserve disk space and increase the amount of data a volume can store.
“Managing Compression on NSS Volumes” in the NW 6.5 SP8: NSS File System Administration Guide
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Console Commands Manage NSS volumes at an OES 2 NetWare server console, or an OES 2 Linux terminal console via the NSS Console (nsscon) utility.
“NSS Commands” and “NSS Utilities”
in the NW 6.5 SP8: NSS File System Administration Guide
Distributed File Services (DFS)
Use DFS junctions to transparently redirect data requests, split volumes while maintaining transparent access, and quickly move volume data to another volume.
NW 6.5 SP8: Novell Distributed File Services Administration Guide
Encryption Create and manage encrypted NSS volumes that make data inaccessible to software that circumvents normal access control.
“Managing Encrypted NSS Volumes”
in the NW 6.5 SP8: NSS File System Administration Guide
EVMS Use EVMS, which is required for NSS,
to manage volumes on Linux, including the system (root [/]) volume if NSS is installed on the same disk.
“Using EVMS to Manage Devices with NSS Volumes (Linux)” in the NW 6.5 SP8: NSS File System Administration Guide
Hard Links Create multiple names for a single file in the same or multiple directories in an NSS volume.
“Managing Hard Links” in the NW 6.5 SP8: NSS File System Administration Guide
Monitoring Monitor NSS file systems. “Monitoring the Status of the NSS File System and Services” in the NW 6.5 SP8: NSS File System Administration Guide
Multipath Support (NetWare)
Manage the dynamic, multiple, redundant connection paths NSS creates between a NetWare server and its external storage devices.
“Managing Multipath I/O to Devices (NetWare)” in the NW 6.5 SP8: NSS File System Administration Guide
Partitions Manage partitions on NSS volumes. “Managing Partitions” in the NW 6.5 SP8: NSS File System Administration Guide
Pools Create and manage NSS pools. “Managing NSS Pools” in the NW 6.5
SP8: NSS File System Administration Guide
Quotas Set space restrictions for users and directories to control storage usage.
“Managing Space Quotas for Volumes, Directories, and Users” in the NW 6.5 SP8: NSS File System Administration Guide
Salvage subsystem Use the salvage subsystem to make deleted files and directories available for undelete or purge actions.
“Salvaging and Purging Deleted Volumes, Directories, and Files” in the NW 6.5 SP8: NSS File System Administration Guide
Tools Learn about the various tools available to manage NSS volumes, the tool capabilities, and how to use them.
“Management Tools for NSS” in the NW 6.5 SP8: NSS File System Administration Guide
Category/Feature Description Link
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13.5.3 Optimizing Storage Performance
NSS on Linux: “Tuning NSS Performance on Linux” in the NW 6.5 SP8: NSS File System Administration Guide
NSS on NetWare: “Tuning NSS Performance on NetWare” in the NW 6.5 SP8: NSS File System Administration Guide
13.5.4 Disk Management on NetWare
Disk management is obviously central to providing storage services. To plan how you will add, allocate, maintain, and remove disks accessed by OES 2 NetWare servers, see NW6.5 SP8: Server Disks and Storage Devices.
Troubleshooting Troubleshoot NSS on OES 2 Linux and OES 2 NetWare.
“Troubleshooting the NSS File System” in the NW 6.5 SP8: NSS File System Administration Guide
File System Trustees and Attributes
Control user access to data by setting trustees, trustee rights, and inherited rights filters for files. Control file behavior by setting file and folder attributes.
“Configuring File System Trustees, Trustee Rights, Inherited Rights Filters, and Attributes” in the NW 6.5 SP8: NSS File System Administration Guide
Volumes Create and manage NSS volumes in
NSS pools.
“Managing NSS Volumes” in the NW 6.5 SP8: NSS File System
Administration Guide
Category/Feature Description Link
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eDirectory, LDAP, and Domain Services for Windows
This section discusses the following topics:
Section 14.1, “Overview of Directory Services,” on page 143
Section 14.2, “eDirectory,” on page 144
Section 14.3, “LDAP (eDirectory),” on page 145
Section 14.4, “Domain Services for Windows,” on page 146
14.1 Overview of Directory Services
Storing and managing network identities in directory services is a fundamental expectation for networking.
In the simplest terms, Novell® eDirectoryTM is a tree structure containing a list of objects (or identities) that represent network resources, such as the following:
Network users
Servers
Printers
Applications
eDirectory is designed to provide easy, powerful, and flexible management of network resources (including eDirectory itself) in ways that no other directory service can match. You can administer eDirectory through the same browser-based tools on both OES platforms.
For more information, see Chapter 14, “eDirectory, LDAP, and Domain Services for Windows,” on page 143.
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Figure 14-1 eDirectory Overview
14.2 eDirectory
Novell eDirectory is the central, key component of Novell Open Enterprise Server (OES) and provides the following:
Centralized identity management
The underlying infrastructure for managing your network servers and the services they provide
Access security both within the firewall and from the Web This section discusses the following tasks: