Novell OPEN ENTERPRISE SERVER 2 SP 2 - CLUSTER SERVICES 1.8.7 FOR LINUX, Manual

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4 On the Configurable Options page, select the disk type (Linux is the default), click Add , then
click OK .
5
Click Save , then click Save again to save your changes.
6 If you added a DOS segment manager, create a segment for it:
IMPORTANT: Some segment managers such as the DOS segment manager require you to
create a segment before creating an EVMS volume. Without a segment, the additional segment
manager does not appear when you attempt to create an EVMS volume.
6a In evmsgui, click Actions > Create > Segment .
6b On the Create Disk Segment page, select DOS Segment Manager , then click Next .
6c On the Select Plugin Acceptable Objects page, choose the CSM container storage object
(such as
csm44/sdb_freespace1
) where you want to add the segment, then click Next .
6d
Specify the size of the segment, the partition type (such as Linux LVM), click Create , then
click OK .
6e Click Save , then click Save again to save your changes.
7 Continue with Section 11.2.4, “Creating an EVMS Volume,” on page 161 .
11.2.4 Creating an EVMS Volume
1 In evmsgui, click Actions > Create > EVMS Volume .
2 On the Create EVMS Volume page, select the container you just created (either the CSM
container or the additional segment manager container), then specify a name for the volume
(such as
shvol44
).
3 Click Create, then click OK .
4 Click Save , then click Save again to save your changes.
5 Click the Volumes tab to verify that the EVMS volume was created.
For example, a volume named
shvol44
would be listed as
/dev/evms/csm44/shvol44
.
6 Continue with Section 11.2.5, “Making a File System on the EVMS Volume,” on page 161 .
11.2.5 Making a File System on the EVMS Volume
1 In evmsgui, click the Disks tab, then activate the CSM container:
1a On the Disks page, right-click the CSM container, then select Activate .
1b On the Activate page, select the CSM container, click Activate , then click OK .
1c Click Save , then click Save again to save your changes.
2 Click the Volumes tab, then activate the EVMS volume:
2a On the Volumes page, right-click the EVMS volume, then select Activate .
2b On the Activate page, select the volume, click Activate , then click OK .
2c
Click Save , then click Save again to save your changes.
3 Make the file system on the EVMS volume:
3a On the Volumes page, right-click the volume, then select Make File System .