4.3 Creating a NetWare Partition for Traditional Volumes

The first task for setting up the NetWare Traditional file system is to create partitions on your storage devices. The maximum supported partition size for Traditional NetWare partitions is 4 GB.

  1. In Novell Remote Manager for NetWare, click Manage Server > Partition Disks.

  2. Locate the device that you want to create the partition on, then click the Create link next to it.

  3. In the Partition Type drop-down list, select the type of partition you want to create. For example, a Traditional NetWare partition.

  4. Click Create Partition and Volume.

  5. Specify the size of the partition in bytes (B), kilobytes (KB), megabytes (MB), or gigabytes (GB).

    The physical size of the partition must be at least 100 KB.

    If you plan to make this a mirrored partition, it must be compatible in data area size with other partitions you plan to use. The partition should not be more than 120 MB larger than the data size of the existing partitions in the mirror group.

  6. (Conditional) To create a partition that can be mirrored, click Mirror, then select one of the following options:

    • Create New Mirror: This option means you are making the partition capable of being part of a mirror group. You do not actually create the group until you add another mirrored partition to the partition you are creating.

    • Existing Mirror Group: This option lets you add this new partition to one of the mirror groups in the list. From the list of existing mirror groups that are compatible in data area size, select the ID of the mirrored partition.

  7. Complete the required fields, click Create, then click OK to confirm your decision.

    If this is a mirrored partition, NetWare displays the status as “100% mirrored” when the mirroring is complete.