7.1 NLVM Commands Quick Reference for Linux Volumes

Use this section as a quick reference for the NLVM commands that support Linux POSIX volumes. Enter commands in a terminal console or script as the root user. For details about each command, see the OES 11 SP3: NLVM Reference.

Task

Command

Create a clustered Linux LVM volume group and logical volume.

Specify the ncp option to enable NCP for the volume and create an NCP share at the root of the volume, and to automatically create the NCP Server storage object for the cluster resource.

See also Section 8.0, Clustering LVM Volume Groups with Novell Cluster Services.

 
nlvm create linux volume 
  type=<btrfs|ext2|ext3|reiserfs|xfs> 
  device=<devicename>
  mp=<full_mount_point_path>
  [mntopt=<fs_mount_options>] 
  lvm
  name=<lv_name> 
  [group=<vg_name>]
  shared
  ip=<resource_ip_address>
  [ncp]

Example:

nlvm create linux volume 
   type=xfs 
   device=sde 
   mp=/mnt/vol42 
   mntopt=rw 
   lvm 
   name=lvmvol42 
   shared 
   ip=10.10.10.42

Create a Linux LVM volume group and logical volume.

Specify the ncp option to enable NCP for the volume and create an NCP share at the root of the volume.

See also Section 7.8, Creating an LVM Logical Volume.

 
nlvm create linux volume 
  type=<btrfs|ext2|ext3|reiserfs|xfs
  device=<devicename>
  size=<value[K|M|G|T]>
  mp=<full_mount_point_path>
  [mntopt=<fs_mount_options>] 
  lvm
  name=<lv_name> 
  [group=<vg_name>]
  [ncp]

Example:

nlvm create linux volume 
   type=xfs 
   device=sde 
   size=511M 
   mp=/mnt/vol42 
   mntopt=rw 
   lvm 
   name=lvmvol42 
   group=lvmvg42

Create a Linux POSIX volume.

Specify the ncp option to enable NCP for the volume and create an NCP share at the root of the volume.

See also Section 7.7, Creating a Non-LVM Linux Volume.

 
nlvm create linux volume 
  type=<btrfs|ext2|ext3|reiserfs|xfs> 
  device=<device_name|anydisk> 
  size=<value[K|M|G|T]|max>
  mp=<full_mount_point_path>
  [mntopt=<fs_mount_options>] 
  [ncp]

Example:

nlvm create linux volume 
   type=ext3 
   device=sda 
   size=20G 
   mp=/mnt/vol1 
   mntopt=rw

Delete a Linux volume

See also Section 7.13.1, Deleting a Linux POSIX Volume.

See also Section 7.13.2, Deleting an LVM Volume Group and Logical Volume.

See also Section 8.10, Deleting a Clustered LVM Volume Group and Logical Volume.

 
nlvm delete linux volume <volume_name>

Example: Linux POSIX volume

nlvm delete linux volume /vol1

Example: Linux LVM logical volume

nlvm delete linux volume lvvol1

Initialize a device

See also Section 7.4, Initializing a Device.

 
nlvm [--force] init 
   <device_name> 
   [format=<gpt|msdos>] 
   unshared

Example:

nlvm init sde format=msdos unshared

Rescan for storage objects on known devices

See also Section 7.12, Rescanning for Storage Objects on Known Devices.

 
nlvm [-m] rescan

Unshare a device

See also Section 7.5, Unsharing a Device.

 
nlvm unshare <device>

Example:

nlvm unshare sde

View a list of active devices

See also Section 7.2, Viewing a List of Devices.

 
nlvm list devices 
   [more]
   [exclude=<raid|nonraid|shared|
      nonshared|lvm|nonlvm>]

View a list of Linux volumes

See also Section 7.6, Viewing a List of Linux Volumes.

 
nlvm list linux volumes

View details for a device

See also Section 7.3, Viewing Device Details.

 
nlvm list <device>

Example:

nlvm list device sde