Facilis TERRABLOCK Setup & User Manual
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49Launching the Linux TerraBlock ManagerFibre Attached In Terminal switch to the ROOT user using the ‘su’ command and supply theROOT user password when prompted. Cd to /usr/lib/factb Launch the manager by running: “./TerraBlock\ Manager”. In order to function properly, the Facilis TerraBlock Manager on fibreattached machines requires that the software be launched by theROOT user. Contact your site administrator to obtain the ROOT userpassword for your Linux client.Ethernet AttachedSimply navigate to /usr/lib/factb/ and double click the TerraBlock Managerapplication.Once launched go to File>Network Configuration. Enter the IP Address of theTerraBlock server and choose ok. Close and re-launch the application.Working with Facilis VolumesMulti-user Write VolumesMulti-user Write volumes may be created from a Linux client and mounted with reador write permissions. All volumes mount to the “/media” directory on Linux systems.See “Chapter 4: Getting Started with Shared File System” for moreinformation.Single-user Write VolumesIn order to use Single-user Write (SUW) Volumes with Linux clients, the volumesmust be created from the TerraBlock Manager as raw, unformatted volumes, thenmanually partitioned and formatted using Linux disk management tools. Once theSUW volume has been formatted it can then be mounted to a mount-point in theLinux filesystem.Different utilities are available for partitioning and formatting volumes on variousdistributions of Linux. We will cover only the shell operations that are common tomost distributions. If GUI is preferred, please consult the documentation for yourspecific distribution.To create a Single-user Write volume for use with Linux Clients, in the TerraBlockManager ‘Volumes’ tab, select the ‘Create Volume’ button. In the ‘Create Volume’dialog, enter the desired volume name, size, drive group, DynaRAID and userpermissions options. Select the Single-user Write option and press the ‘Ok’ button. When creating Single-user Write volumes from Linux clients, the AutoFormat function is not available. |
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