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<h1 class="topictitle1">Creating Linux drives</h1>
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<div><p>This topic discuses how to create drives for your integrated Linux<sup>®</sup> server.</p>
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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Creating Linux drives using iSeries™ Navigator</h4><p>Adding a
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drive to an integrated Linux server is a two-step process:</p>
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<ul><li>Firstly, you need to create the drive.</li>
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<li>Secondly, you need to link the drive to the server’s NWSD.</li>
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</ul>
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<p>To create a Linux drive using iSeries Navigator, complete the following
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steps:</p>
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<ol><li>Select one of the following methods:<ul><li>Right-click All Virtual Disks in the left pane and select <span class="uicontrol">New
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Disk</span> and input your desired values in the dialog.</li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li>Fill in the parameters as described in the following list:
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<div class="tablenoborder"><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" frame="border" border="1" rules="all"><caption>Table 1. Linux drive
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description</caption><thead align="left"><tr valign="bottom"><th valign="bottom" id="d0e63">Label</th>
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<th valign="bottom" id="d0e65">Description</th>
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<tbody><tr><td valign="top" headers="d0e63 ">Disk drive name</td>
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<td valign="top" headers="d0e65 ">The name of the Linux drive you are creating. This name
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is also used for the storage space object created in the /QFPNWSSTG directory
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of the IFS. You should consider using a naming scheme to allow easy identification
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of storage spaces and to allow using generics (*) on the save commands.</td>
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<tr><td valign="top" headers="d0e63 ">Description</td>
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<td valign="top" headers="d0e65 ">Description of the drive.</td>
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</tr>
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<tr><td valign="top" headers="d0e63 ">Initialize disk</td>
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<td valign="top" headers="d0e65 ">Checkbox to copy data to the new drive from another
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drive. This option is used when cloning a Linux drive. </td>
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</tr>
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<tr><td valign="top" headers="d0e63 ">Capacity</td>
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<td valign="top" headers="d0e65 ">Enter a size for the new drive in megabytes (MB) or
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gigabytes (GB).</td>
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</tr>
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<tr><td valign="top" headers="d0e63 ">Disk pool</td>
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<td valign="top" headers="d0e65 ">The iSeries disk pool where the drive is created. The
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default is Disk Pool 1 (the system ASP), but drives can be created in user
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ASPs and independent ASPs.</td>
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</tr>
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<tr><td valign="top" headers="d0e63 ">Planned file system</td>
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<td valign="top" headers="d0e65 ">You can use the value that you prefer. The suggested
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value is *OPEN for Linux specific file systems such as ext2, ext3, etc.</td>
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</li>
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<li>Click <span class="uicontrol">OK</span>. A progress window opens,</li>
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</ol>
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<p>The process of creating a storage space can range from a few minutes
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to a few hours, depending on the size. When <span class="keyword">i5/OS™</span> finishes
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creating the storage space it is listed with the other storage spaces.</p>
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<div class="important"><span class="importanttitle">Important:</span> You must now link the drive to the server’s NWSD before Linux can
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“see” it.</div>
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<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> You can also link the disk to the server
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by checking the "Link disk to a server" option on the New Disk panel.</div>
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</div>
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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Creating Linux drives using CL commands</h4><p>To create
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a Linux drive
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using a CL command, complete the following steps:</p>
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<ol><li>Type <kbd class="userinput">WRKNWSSTG</kbd>. Press <span class="uicontrol">Enter</span>.
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The Work with Network Server Storage display. Type <kbd class="userinput">1</kbd> in
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first row of the Opt column and type in the name of the storage space that
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you want to create. Press <span class="uicontrol">Enter</span>.</li>
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<li>Alternatively, you can type <kbd class="userinput">CRTNWSSTG</kbd> on the command
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line. Press <span class="uicontrol">Enter</span>. The Create Network Server Storage
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Space display appears. Type in the name of the storage space that you want
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to create.</li>
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<li>Fill in the parameters as described in the following list. Press <span class="uicontrol">Enter</span>.</li>
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<li>Type in a description. Press <span class="uicontrol">Enter</span>. You see a message
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at the bottom of the display confirming that the storage space has been created.
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<div class="tablenoborder"><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" frame="border" border="1" rules="all"><caption>Table 2. Storage space description</caption><thead align="left"><tr valign="bottom"><th valign="bottom" id="d0e177">Label</th>
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<th valign="bottom" id="d0e179">Description</th>
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<tbody><tr><td valign="top" headers="d0e177 ">Storage space name</td>
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<td valign="top" headers="d0e179 ">The name of the storage space. This name is also used
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for the storage space object created in the /QFPNWSSTG directory of the IFS.
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You should consider using a naming scheme to allow easy identification of
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storage spaces and to allow using generics (*) on the save commands.</td>
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</tr>
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<tr><td valign="top" headers="d0e177 ">Size</td>
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<td valign="top" headers="d0e179 ">Enter a size for the new storage space in megabytes
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(MB) or gigabytes (GB). </td>
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</tr>
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<tr><td valign="top" headers="d0e177 ">From storage space</td>
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<td valign="top" headers="d0e179 ">The storage space to copy data from. This option is
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used when cloning a Linux drive. </td>
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</tr>
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<tr><td valign="top" headers="d0e177 ">Format</td>
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<td valign="top" headers="d0e179 ">A nominal format for the new storage space. For Linux we
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recommend this parameter be set to *OPEN. The storage space is not actually
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formatted by this command. Only Linux can format it.</td>
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<tr><td valign="top" headers="d0e177 ">ASP ID</td>
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<td valign="top" headers="d0e179 ">The iSeries auxiliary storage pool where the storage
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space is created. The default is the system ASP, but storage spaces can be
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created in user ASPs and independent ASPs.</td>
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</tr>
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<tr><td valign="top" headers="d0e177 ">Description</td>
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<td valign="top" headers="d0e179 ">Descriptive name for the storage space.</td>
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</li>
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<div class="important"><span class="importanttitle">Important:</span> You must now link the drive to the server’s NWSD
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before Linux can
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“see” it.</div>
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rzau9mandrives.htm" title="This topic describes information and advice on how to manage iSeries disk storage allocated to integrated Linux servers.">Managing Linux drives</a></div>
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