Great, thanks for all the tips. The flow of the GUI is starting to become clearer.
I do have a question about NFS setup as well. I had to configure the /etc/exports file by hand. How is that share configured in the GUI? On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 10:32 AM, Jason Litka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ooh… Sorry, that was directed at Mike Davis, not Ian. > > > > *Jason Litka | Xoxide, Inc.* > > *Manager, IT & Software Development* > > P: (610) 251-1672 x200 > > F: (610) 251-0263 > > > > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Jason Litka > *Sent:* Friday, July 18, 2008 10:31 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [OF-users] Documentation > > > > Ian, > > > > With a couple outside exceptions (such as online capacity expansion if > you've got a HW RAID controller), pretty much everything is handled via the > GUI. There is no need to use pvcreate, vgcreate, or any of the other LVM > tools. > > > > Via the GUI you would need to create physical volumes on your disks then > create a volume group and add those disks to it. From there you can use the > "Add Volumes" screen to add ext3, XFS, and iSCSI volumes (2.2 has some other > options that are no longer available in 2.3). > > > > *Jason Litka | Xoxide, Inc.* > > *Manager, IT & Software Development* > > P: (610) 251-1672 x200 > > F: (610) 251-0263 > > > > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Mike Davis > *Sent:* Friday, July 18, 2008 9:56 AM > *To:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Cc:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [OF-users] Documentation > > > > I'm two days into Openfiler and am confused by a thing or two. I find > myself configuring things by hand instead of using the GUI. I expected to > be able to set everything up in the GUI and not go to the command line. For > example, after initial install I have to go to the command line to use > pvcreate and vgcreate. The GUI provided no way to do that. > > Another was the NFS configuration. It wouldn't let me configure anything > about the NFS share. I had to go into /etc/exports and create the entry. > I'm fine on the command line, but I don't want anything to get overwritten > by some process from the GUI. > > On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 9:37 AM, Ian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You beat me to it by a second! I was about to hit send, and then I saw you > say the exact same thing. I have a few neglected OS projects of my own... > ah, to have the time to write documentation.... > > Beste, > > Ian > > > Patrick Donker wrote: > > Mike Davis wrote: > > Isn't that kind of bizarre to not have any documentation to an open source > project? > > Is Openfiler still in active development or is it a dead project? > > On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 2:33 AM, Patrick Donker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > Mike Davis wrote: > > Is there any documentation for this project that is current? > I'm not talking about the 90 dollar admin guide. > > Mike > > Nothing official, only findings of other users. > > Wouldnt the correct question be, isnt that typical for an open source > project ;) > > _______________________________________________ > Openfiler-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openfiler.com/mailman/listinfo/openfiler-users > > _______________________________________________ > Openfiler-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openfiler.com/mailman/listinfo/openfiler-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > Openfiler-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openfiler.com/mailman/listinfo/openfiler-users > >
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