Creating a volume set of volume sets, Creating a volume set of volume sets 8-28 – HP NetRAID-4M Controller User Manual

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Command Line Interface User’s Guide

Understanding a Volume Set of RAID-5 Set Creation in a UNIX
Environment

On UNIX systems, the message displayed after you execute the

container create mvolume

command includes the root special

file associated with the newly created multi-level volume set.

Use the

container list

command to display the root special file

associated with the volume set of RAID-5 sets. See Displaying A Root
Special File (UNIX Only)
for more information on the root special file.

Understanding Some Tasks to Perform After Creating a Volume Set of
RAID-5 Sets

After you create a volume set of RAID-5 sets, you can:

Add a file system. See Chapter 9, Modifying Containers for a
description of how to add a file system.

Assign a drive letter. See Chapter 6, Working with Container
Attributes
, for a description of how to assign a drive letter.

Extend the volume set of RAID-5 sets. See Chapter 9, Modifying
Containers
for a description of how to extend a multi-volume
set.

Creating a Volume Set of Volume Sets

A volume set of volume sets is a multi-level container made up of a
top-level volume set and one or more underlying volume sets. Each
underlying volume set is made up of one or more equal- or unequal-
sized partitions on one or more disks. See the Flexible Array Storage
Tool User’s Guide
for a description of multi-level sets and other
container concepts.

To work with a volume set of volume sets, you must understand:

The volume set of volume set attributes you can specify

How to create a volume set of volume sets

Volume set of volume set creation in a NetWare environment

Volume set of volume set creation in a UNIX environment

Some tasks to perform after creating a volume set of volume
sets

The following sections discuss each of these topics.

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