Creating a NAS volume

To create a NAS volume, you complete steps on your network-attached system and then associate the NAS volume with the content management system by using the system administration client.

1. Create and configure your network-attached storage system. Typically, this task involves the following steps:
   1. Creating the volumes on the NAS device.
   2. Setting up the volumes for access.
   3. Making the NAS volumes available on the resource manager.
   4. Verifying access across the network.
   See Planning and Installing Content Manager Enterprise Edition for important considerations about network-attached storage.
2. Connect the NAS volumes, either with a mount command on Linux, AIX, Solaris or by mapping a network drive on Windows. Verify the connection by viewing a directory listing.
3. Enable the appropriate device manager.

   Operating system	Required device manager
   Linux, AIX, Solaris	ICMNFS
   Windows	ICMCIFS

   To enable a device manager, choose the resource manager you want to work with, click Device Managers, and right-click the required device manager. The device manager Properties window opens. In the device manager Properties window, click Enable.
   Attention: When using the ICMCIFS device manager, the resource manager and its utilities (the migrator, purger, replicator, and stager), which are normally started as services, must be started from the command line.
4. Define a storage class as you would any other storage class, assigning it the device manager you just enabled as a Local destination. To define a storage class, choose the resource manager you want to work with, and right-click Storage Classes.
5. If you do not intend to use an existing storage group, create a storage group by using the same steps used for any other new storage group. To create a storage group, choose the resource manager you want to work with, and right-click Storage Groups.
6. Create a file system volume as you would any other file system volume. To define a file system volume, choose the resource manager you want to work with, then choose Storage Systems, and right-click File System Volumes. The options for a file system volume slightly depending on whether it is on Linux, AIX, Solaris or Windows.

   Field	Required value
   Device (Linux AIX Solaris)	Mounted NAS file system (/dev/lv01, for example)

7. Specify a migration policy. You can use an existing migration policy or create one. Create a migration policy by using the same steps used for any other new migration policy. To create a migration policy, choose the resource manager you want to work with, and right-click Migration Policies. You can use an existing migration policy
8. Optional: Define a new collection for use by the NAS volume. To define a collection, choose the resource manager you want to work with, and right-click Workstation Collections.