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>Chapter 17. Adding features to an existing volume</TD
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>17.2. Example: add drive linking to an existing volume</H1
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> The following example shows how to add drive linking to a volume with
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the EVMS GUI, Ncurses, and CLI interfaces.
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>Example 17-1. Add drive linking to an existing volume</B
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>The following sections show how to add a drive link to volume
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<TT
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>Drive linking can be done only on
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EVMS volumes; therefore, <TT
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CLASS="filename"
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>/dev/evms/vol</TT
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> must be converted to an EVMS volume if it is not
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already. </P
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>17.2.1. Using the EVMS GUI</H2
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>Follow these steps to add a drive link to the volume with the EVMS GUI:
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<P
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TYPE="1"
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><P
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>Select <SPAN
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CLASS="guimenu"
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>Actions</SPAN
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>-><SPAN
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CLASS="guimenuitem"
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>Add</SPAN
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>-><SPAN
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CLASS="guimenuitem"
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>Feature to Volume</SPAN
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>.
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</P
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>Select <SPAN
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CLASS="guimenuitem"
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>/dev/evms/vol</SPAN
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>
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</P
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>Click <SPAN
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CLASS="guibutton"
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>Next</SPAN
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</P
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><P
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>Select <SPAN
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CLASS="guimenuitem"
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>Drive Linking Feature</SPAN
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>.
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</P
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></LI
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>Click <SPAN
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CLASS="guibutton"
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>Next</SPAN
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</P
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><P
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>Type <TT
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CLASS="userinput"
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>DL</B
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></TT
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> in the Name Field.</P
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><LI
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>Click <SPAN
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CLASS="guibutton"
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>Add</SPAN
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>.</P
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>
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</P
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><P
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>Alternatively, you can perform some of the steps to add a drive link with the GUI
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context sensitive menu:</P
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>From the <SPAN
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CLASS="guimenuitem"
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>Volumes</SPAN
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> tab, right click
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<TT
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CLASS="filename"
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>/dev/evms/vol</TT
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>.</P
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><LI
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>Click <SPAN
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CLASS="guimenuitem"
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>Add feature...</SPAN
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>Continue adding the drive link beginning with step 3 of the
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GUI instructions.</P
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NAME="addfeaturesncurses"
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>17.2.2. Using Ncurses</H2
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>Follow these steps to add a drive link to a volume with Ncurses:
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<P
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>Select <SPAN
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>Actions</SPAN
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>-><SPAN
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CLASS="guimenuitem"
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>Add</SPAN
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>-><SPAN
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CLASS="guimenuitem"
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>Feature to Volume</SPAN
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>.
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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>Select
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<SPAN
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>/dev/evms/vol</SPAN
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>.
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>Activate <SPAN
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CLASS="guibutton"
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>Next</SPAN
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>.
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</P
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><LI
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>Select
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<SPAN
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CLASS="guimenuitem"
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>Drive Linking Feature</SPAN
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>.
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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>Activate <SPAN
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CLASS="guibutton"
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>Next</SPAN
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</P
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>Press <B
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>Spacebar</B
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> to edit the Name field.
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>At the "::" prompt enter <TT
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>DL</B
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</P
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></LI
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>Press <B
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CLASS="keycap"
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>Enter</B
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>.
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</P
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><LI
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><P
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>Activate <SPAN
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CLASS="guibutton"
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>Add</SPAN
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>.</P
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></LI
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></OL
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>
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</P
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><P
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>Alternatively, you can perform some of the steps to add a drive link with the
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context sensitive menu:</P
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><P
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></P
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TYPE="1"
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><LI
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><P
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>From the Volumes view, press <B
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>Enter</B
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> on <SPAN
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>/dev/evms/vol</SPAN
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>.</P
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><LI
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>Activate the <SPAN
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CLASS="guimenuitem"
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>Add feature</SPAN
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> menu item.</P
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></LI
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>Continue adding the drive link beginning with step 3 of the Ncurses instructions.</P
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>17.2.3. Using the CLI</H2
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><P
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>Use the
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<B
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>add feature</B
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> to add a feature to an existing volume.
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Specify the command name followed by a colon, followed by any options
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and the volume to operate on. To determine the options for a given
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feature, use the following query:
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>query: plugins, plugin=DriveLink, list options</PRE
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