Change an NSS Volume

You may want to change your NSS volume for the following reasons.

NOTE:  The following tasks use either NWCONFIG or the NSS Administration menus.

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Add or create a new NSS volume

Create an NSS Volume

Increase the size of an NSS volume

Increase the Size of an NSS Volume

Change the name of an NSS volume

Rename an NSS Volume

Remove an NSS volume from NDS

Remove an NSS Volume from NDS


Create an NSS Volume

This task lets you create a new storage group and NSS volume. If you do not have space, you must either obtain free space from NetWare, delete another NSS volume or traditional NetWare volume and partition, or add a new hard drive.

NOTE:  This task does not add the NSS volume to NDS. See Add an NSS Volume to NDS.


Using the NWCONFIG Utility

To create an NSS volume, do the following:

  1. Enter nwconfig at the server console.

    NSS loads automatically with NWCONFIG.

  2. Select NSS Disk Options.

  3. Select Storage and assign free space to NSS. See Configure NSS Using NWCONFIG for instructions.

  4. Select NSS Volume Options > Create to create a storage group. See Configure NSS Using NWCONFIG for instructions.

  5. Select Create > NSS Volume. See Configure NSS Using NWCONFIG for instructions.


Using the NSS Administration Menus

To create an NSS volume, do the following:

  1. Load NSS.

  2. Open the NSS Administration menus.

    At the server console prompt, enter nss /menu to open the menus.

  3. From Configure, select Create.

  4. Select Advanced Configuration. See Step 4 in Configure NSS Storage Groups and Volumes Using the NSS Administration Menus for instructions.


Increase the Size of an NSS Volume


Prerequisites


Using the NWCONFIG Utility

To increase the data capacity of your existing NSS volume, do the following:

  1. Enter nwconfig at the server console.

    NSS loads automatically with NWCONFIG.

  2. Select NSS Disk Options.

  3. Select NSS Volume Options.

  4. Authenticate to NDS by entering your full login name and password.

  5. Select Modify.

  6. Select Increase NSS Volume Size.

  7. Select an NSS volume.

  8. Select an available storage group.

  9. Select Yes to confirm your decision.


Using the NSS Administration Menus

To increase the data capacity of your existing NSS volume, do the following.

  1. Load NSS.

  2. Open the NSS Administration menus.

    At the server console prompt, enter nss /menu to open the menus.

  3. At Configure, select Modify.

  4. Select Increase NSS Volume Size.

  5. Select an NSS volume.

  6. Select an available storage group.

  7. Select Yes to confirm your decision.


Rename an NSS Volume

This task lets you change the name of an existing NSS volume.


Using the NWCONFIG Utility

To rename an NSS volume, do the following:

  1. Enter nwconfig at the server console.

    NSS loads automatically with NWCONFIG.

  2. Select NSS Disk Options.

  3. Select NSS Volume options.

  4. Authenticate to NDS by entering your full login and password.

  5. Select Modify.

  6. Select Rename NSS Volume.

  7. Select the NSS volume to rename.

  8. Enter the new name of the volume.

  9. Select Yes to confirm your choice.

    The NSS volume will be renamed in NDS.


Using the NSS Administration Menus

To rename an NSS volume, do the following:

  1. Load NSS.

  2. Open the NSS Administration menus.

    At the server console prompt, enter nss /menu to open the menus.

  3. From Configure, select Modify.

  4. Select Rename NSS Volume.

    The following screen appears.

    Figure 14
    Volume Configuration Table

  5. Select the NSS volume to rename.

  6. Enter the new name of the NSS volume.

  7. Select Yes to confirm your decision.

    The NSS volume will be renamed in NDS.


NSS Volumes and NDS

In most cases, you will want to add your NSS volume to the NDS tree. NSS volumes are automatically added to the NDS tree if the following conditions are met.

  1. The NSS volume is created using the NWCONFIG utility (NSS Disk Options > NSS Volume Options).
  2. NDS is loaded.

Otherwise, you must add your NSS volume to NDS using NWCONFIG, NWADMIN, or NETADMIN manually. This means if you chose to create your NSS volumes using the NSS Administration menus, you must still use NWCONFIG or NetWare Administrator to add the NSS volumes to NDS.

The following items are instances where you may not want to add an NSS volume to NDS:


Add an NSS Volume to NDS

If you created your NSS volume using the NSS Administration menus, your new volume was not added to NDS automatically.

To add the volume to NDS using NWCONFIG, first mount your volume and then do the following.

  1. At the server console, enter nwconfig.

  2. Select Directory options.

  3. Select Update mounted volumes into the directory.

  4. Log in to NDS.

  5. Select your NSS volume from the list provided.

To add the volume to NDS using NetWare Administrator, first mount your volume, and then do the following.

  1. At a Windows client, log in to the Novell client.

  2. Change to Sys:\Public\winnt or win95.

  3. Double-click nwadminnt.exe or nwadmin95.exe.

  4. In NetWare Administrator, place the cursor where you want the NSS volume in the NDS tree.

  5. Right-click Create.

  6. At the New Object dialog box, select Volume and click OK.

  7. At the Create Volume box, do the following:

  8. Click Create.


Remove an NSS Volume from NDS

To remove an NSS volume from the NDS tree, use NetWare Administrator.