Open Enterprise Server 2015 SP1 Novell Storage ServicesTM File System Administration Guide for Linux 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., a Micro Focus company. All Rights Reserved. Contents About This Guide 19 1 Overview of NSS 23 1.1 Introduction to NSS . 23 1.2 Benefits of NSS . 23 1.3 Understanding NSS . 24 1.3.1 Storage Pools . 24 1.3.2 NSS Volumes. 25 1.4 NSS Features and Capabilities . 25 1.4.1 Use Less Memory and Gain More Speed . 26 1.4.2 Improve Storage Availability. 26 1.4.3 Prevent Unauthorized Access . 26 1.4.4 Protect Data from Corruption or Loss . 27 1.4.5 Maximize Available Space . 27 1.4.6 Delayed Block Allocation . 28 1.5 Comparison of NSS to Other File Systems . 28 1.6 What’s Next . 28 2 What’s New or Changed in NSS 31 2.1 What’s New or Changed in NSS (OES 2015 SP1-Update 32-Patch) . 31 2.2 What’s New or Changed in NSS (OES 2015 SP1-Update 30-Patch) . 31 2.3 What’s New or Changed in NSS (OES 2015 SP1-Update 26-Patch) . 31 2.4 What’s New or Changed in NSS (May 2017 Patch). 31 2.5 What’s New or Changed in NSS (September 2016 Patch) . 32 2.6 What’s New or Changed in NSS (OES 2015 SP1) . 32 2.7 What’s New or Changed in NSS (OES 2015) . 34 3 NSS Active Directory Support 39 3.1 New Additions or Modifications to the Existing NSS Utilities . 39 3.2 OES File Access Rights Management (NFARM) . 41 3.2.1 NFARM Support Matrix . 41 3.2.2 Prerequisites for Installing NFARM . 42 3.2.3 Installing and Accessing NFARM. 42 3.2.4 Managing the Trustee Rights in the NSS File System. 42 3.2.5 Information. 45 3.2.6 User Quota . 46 3.2.7 File System Rights. 46 3.2.8 Salvage and Purge . 46 3.3 OES User Rights Management (NURM) . 47 3.3.1 Prerequisites . 47 3.3.2 Accessing OES User Rights Map Utility (NURM) . 47 3.3.3 Mapping Users. 48 3.3.4 Mapping Rights . 51 3.3.5 Viewing Rights . 51 3.3.6 Troubleshooting NURM . 51 Contents 3 4 Installing and Configuring Novell Storage Services 53 4.1 Requirements for Installing NSS . 53 4.1.1 Device Requirements . 53 4.1.2 Requirements for NSS. 53 4.1.3 Requirements for Storage-Related iManager Plug-Ins . 54 4.2 Installing and Configuring NSS . 54 4.2.1 Selecting the NSS Pattern During Install . 54 4.2.2 Installing NSS on an Existing OES 2015 SP1 Server . 57 4.2.3 Enabling or Disabling NSS . 58 4.3 Upgrading the Media Format for Hard Link Support . 58 4.4 Enabling Users for Linux Utilities and Services . 58 4.5 Updating NSS on OES 2015 SP1 . 59 4.5.1 Parameter Settings . 59 4.5.2 Reboot Server or Restart jstcpd, adminusd, and volmnd . 59 4.5.3 Storage-Related Plug-Ins . 60 4.6 Upgrading from OES 2 to OES 2015 SP1 . 60 4.6.1 Parameter Settings . 60 4.6.2 Read Ahead Blocks Setting . .60 5 Upgrading the NSS Media Format 63 5.1 Guidelines for Upgrading the Media Format of NSS Volumes . 63 5.1.1 Cross-Platform Support for the NSS Media Upgrade . 63 5.1.2 Which NSS Volumes to Upgrade. 64 5.1.3 Before Upgrading the Media Format . 64 5.1.4 After Upgrading the Media Format . 65 5.1.5 If You Do Not Upgrade the Media Format . 65 5.2 Enabling Hard Links After the Media Upgrade . 65 5.3 NSS Media Upgrade . 66 5.3.1 AD Media . 66 5.3.2 Trustee Index Media . 68 5.4 Automatic Pool Media Upgrade . ..