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Which is the proper order for completing tasks when configuring NSS storage on an OES NetWare server?

The correct answer is B. Create disk partitions first, then create storage pools, and then create NSS volumes. NSS storage configuration on OES NetWare follows a strict bottom-up hierarchy: physical partitions must exist before logical pools, and pools must exist before volumes can be created within them.

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Question

Which is the proper order for completing tasks when configuring NSS storage on an OES NetWare server?

Options

  • ACreate storage pools first, then create disk partitions, and then create NSS volumes.
  • BCreate disk partitions first, then create storage pools, and then create NSS volumes.
  • CCreate NSS volumes first, then create storage pools, and then create disk partitions.
  • DCreate disk partitions first, then create NSS volumes, and then create storage pools.
  • ECreate storage pools first, then create NSS volumes, and then create disk partitions.
  • FCreate NSS volumes first, then create disk partitions, and then create storage pools.

How the community answered

(47 responses)
  • A
    2% (1)
  • B
    83% (39)
  • C
    4% (2)
  • D
    2% (1)
  • E
    9% (4)

Why each option

NSS storage configuration on OES NetWare follows a strict bottom-up hierarchy: physical partitions must exist before logical pools, and pools must exist before volumes can be created within them.

ACreate storage pools first, then create disk partitions, and then create NSS volumes.

Storage pools cannot be created before disk partitions because pools require an underlying NSS partition to draw space from.

BCreate disk partitions first, then create storage pools, and then create NSS volumes.Correct

NSS uses a layered architecture where disk partitions form the physical foundation, storage pools are then carved from those partitions to provide logical aggregation of space, and NSS volumes are finally created within storage pools. This bottom-up dependency means each layer must be provisioned before the layer above it can exist.

CCreate NSS volumes first, then create storage pools, and then create disk partitions.

NSS volumes cannot be created first because they have no storage pool to reside in without the pool and partition layers existing.

DCreate disk partitions first, then create NSS volumes, and then create storage pools.

Creating volumes before storage pools is impossible since a volume must be assigned to an existing storage pool at creation time.

ECreate storage pools first, then create NSS volumes, and then create disk partitions.

Storage pools cannot precede disk partitions because there is no raw NSS space available yet to allocate into a pool.

FCreate NSS volumes first, then create disk partitions, and then create storage pools.

NSS volumes cannot be created first as they are the topmost layer and depend on both partitions and pools being in place.

Concept tested: NSS storage hierarchy creation order

Source: https://www.novell.com/documentation/oes2015/pdfdoc/stor_nss_lx/stor_nss_lx.pdf

Topics

#NSS configuration order#storage pools#disk partitions#NSS volumes

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