Supervising the Network

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Maintaining the NetWare Server
Managing NetWare Volumes
Figure 7-1 NetWare Volumes Compared with the HP-UX File System
Because HP-UX has no concept of a “volume,” NetWare volumes become
paths to a particular point in the HP-UX file system. In Figure 7-1, root
directories /sys, /home, and /work become NetWare volumes by specifying
the path in the NetWare Services voltab file through SAM.
NetWare supports a maximum of 64 volumes, and NetWare Services allows
the 64 volumes.
Volume Statistics and Partitions
Because NetWare Services volumes are paths into the HP-UX file system (/),
they are dependent upon the HP-UX file system for partition statistics.
In the example in Figure 7-1, the HP-UX file system has only one file system
but three NetWare volumes. Each volume reports the same amount of disk
space for the HP-UX partition.
This is quite different from native NetWare. The native NetWare file system
allows the NetWare partition to be segmented (SYS:, HOME:, and WORK:),
and these segments are then assigned to volumes. Volume statistics reflect
the actual disk space that has been assigned exclusively to the volume.
NetWare Services can mimic this behavior if the HP-UX file system is
configured to accommodate NetWare. Figure 7-2 illustrates one method for
configuring the file system.