OES 2015: Linux POSIX Volume Administration Guide
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Open Enterprise Server 2015 SP1 Linux POSIX Volume Administration Guide June 2016 Legal Notices For information about legal notices, trademarks, disclaimers, warranties, export and other use restrictions, U.S. Government rights, patent policy, and FIPS compliance, see https://www.novell.com/company/legal/. Copyright © 2016 Novell, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Contents About This Guide 7 1 Overview of Linux POSIX File Systems 9 1.1 Btrfs . 9 1.2 Ext2 . 11 1.3 Ext3 . 11 1.4 ReiserFS . 13 1.5 XFS . 13 1.6 What’s Next . 14 2 What’s New or Changed for Linux POSIX Volumes 17 2.1 What’s New or Changed in Linux POSIX Volumes (OES 2015 SP1) . 17 3 Installing or Upgrading NSS Management Tools and Linux POSIX File Systems 19 3.1 NSS Management Tools . 19 3.2 Linux POSIX File Systems . 19 3.3 Clustered LVM . 19 4 Using NLVM and NSSMU in a Virtualized Environment 21 5 Planning for Linux POSIX Volumes 23 5.1 Root User . 23 5.2 Using RAID Devices for Linux POSIX Volumes . 23 5.3 Naming Conventions for Linux LVM Volume Group and Logical Volume Names . 24 5.3.1 NSSMU and NLVM Requirements for LVM Names . 24 5.3.2 LVM Requirements for LVM Names. 24 5.3.3 Novell Cluster Services Requirements for Clustered LVM Volume Names . 24 5.4 Naming Conventions for NCP Volume Names. 25 5.5 Linux LVM Volume Groups. 25 5.6 Linux LVM Volume Group Cluster Resources . 25 5.7 Using Antivirus Software with NCP Volumes . .25 6 Managing Linux Volumes with NSSMU 27 6.1 NSSMU Quick Reference for Linux Volumes. 28 6.2 Launching and Navigating NSSMU . 29 6.3 Viewing a List of Devices . 31 6.4 Viewing Device Details. 31 6.5 Initializing a Device . 33 6.6 Unsharing a Device . 35 6.7 Viewing a List of Linux Volumes. 35 6.8 Viewing Details for a Linux Volume . 36 6.9 Creating a Non-LVM Linux Volume . 38 6.10 Creating an LVM Logical Volume . 42 Contents 3 6.11 Creating a Shared LVM Volume with Novell Cluster Services . 46 6.12 Mounting a Linux Volume. 47 6.13 Dismounting a Linux Volume . 47 6.14 Renaming the Mount Point Path for a Linux Volume . 47 6.15 Renaming a Non-LVM Linux Volume . 49 6.16 Renaming an LVM Volume. 49 6.17 Deleting a Linux Volume . 50 7 Managing Linux Volumes with NLVM Commands 53 7.1 NLVM Commands Quick Reference for Linux Volumes. 54 7.2 Viewing a List of Devices . 56 7.3 Viewing Device Details. 57 7.4 Initializing a Device . 58 7.5 Unsharing a Device . 60 7.6 Viewing a List of Linux Volumes. 60 7.7 Creating a Non-LVM Linux Volume . 61 7.8 Creating an LVM Logical Volume . 62 7.9 Creating a Shared LVM Logical Volume with Novell Cluster Services . 64 7.10 Mounting Linux Volumes . 65 7.10.1 Using the nlvm linux mount Command . 65 7.10.2 Using the mount(8) and ncpcon mount Commands . 66 7.11 Dismounting Linux Volumes. 66 7.11.1 Using the nlvm linux unmount Command . 67 7.11.2 Using the umount(8) and ncpcon dismount Commands . 68 7.12 Rescanning for Storage Objects on Known Devices . 68 7.13 Deleting a Linux POSIX Volume . 69 7.13.1 Deleting a Linux POSIX Volume . 69 7.13.2 Deleting an LVM Volume Group and Logical Volume . 70 7.14 Additional Information . 71 8 Clustering LVM Volume Groups with Novell Cluster Services 73 8.1 Requirements for Creating LVM Cluster Resources . 73 8.1.1 Novell Cluster Services . 74 8.1.2 Linux Logical Volume Manager 2 (LVM2) . 74 8.1.3 Clustered Logical Volume Manager Daemon (CLVMD). 74 8.1.4 Resource IP Address. 74 8.1.5 Shared Storage.