B.2 August 2012 (OES 11 SP1)

Updates were made to the following sections. The changes are explained below.

B.2.1 Installing and Upgrading NLVM

This section is new.

B.2.2 NLVM Commands

Location	Change
Create Linux Volume	The ncp option is new. NLVM does not support using Linux software RAID devices and NSS software RAID devices with Linux POSIX file systems.
Create Linux Volume	Corrected a typo for the mntopt option. If no mount point path is specified for an LVM volume, the default mount point path is /usr/novell/<volume_name>, where the volume name is the name you specified with the name option. If no mount point path is specified for a Linux POSIX volume, the default mount point path is /usr/novell/<fs_type>_<number>.
Create Partition	When you create an SBD partition, if you specify a device that is uninitialized, NLVM initializes the device and marks it Shareable for Clustering.
csn=cifs_virtual_server_name cifs	If the csn option is not specified in combination with the cifs option, the NCP virtual server name is used as the CIFS virtual server name. In this case, if the name is more than 15 characters, the CIFS virtual server name is truncated from the left to 13 characters and -W is added at the end.
NLVM Options Delete Linux Volume Delete Move Delete Partition Delete Pool Delete RAID Delete RAID Segment Delete Snap Delete Volume Init Device	The --no-prompt NLVM option can be used with certain commands to prevent a confirmation message from being displayed.
Create Partition	Added information about the maximum number of device partitions.
Create Pool Expand Pool	You can specify multiple device and size instances for certain commands.
Create RAID	When mirroring a pool that consumes an entire MSDOS partitioned disk, the device used to mirror it must also be MSDOS if it is the same size. If the device is at least 4 MB larger, it can be either MSDOS or GPT.
Init Device Share Unshare	You can specify multiple devices for certain commands.
Sizes Create Linux Volume Create Partition Create Pool Create RAID Create Snap Expand Partition Expand Pool Move	A terabyte (TB) multiplier of T is supported for OES 11 with the latest patches applied. If no multiplier is specified, the default multiplier of gigabytes is assumed.
Sizes	All sizes can be entered as whole numbers or with fractional parts such as 200.45G and 3.98T.
Delete Move	The abort option has been deprecated.
List Linux Volume	Print a list of Linux POSIX volumes and for each, display its path, mount point, file system type, NCP enabled status, and mount status.
List Move	You can alternatively specify the pool name instead of the pool move name.
Move	The nlvm delete move command sets the pool back to the original location and removes the new location. You can delete the move at any time while the move is in progress, even if it is pending only the complete move command to be finalized.

B.2.3 NLVM Examples for the NSS File System

Location	Change
Section 7.3, Recovering a Mirror where All Elements Report ‘Not in Sync’	This section is new.

B.2.4 Planning for NLVM

Location	Change
Section 5.2.4, NCP Volume Names	This section is new.
Section 5.8, Using NLVM with NSS Software RAIDs	This section is new.

B.2.5 Troubleshooting NLVM

Location	Change
Section 9.5, NLVM Pool Move Fails and Deactivates the Pool	This section is new.
NLVM Fails to Mirror from a DOS Partitioned Device to a GPT Partitioned Device of the Same Size	This section is new.
Section 9.7, NLVM Error Codes	This section is new.
Section 9.8, NSS Error Codes	This section is new.

B.2.6 Using NLVM in a Virtualized Environment

This section is new.

B.2.7 What’s New or Changed in Novell Linux Volume Manager

Location	Change
Section 2.3, What’s New (OES 11 SP1)	This section is new.