This section provides a detailed explanation of how to create a compatibility volume with EVMS by providing instructions to help you complete the following task.
Example 12.2. Create a compatibility volume
Create a compatibility volume called "Sample Volume" from the region,
/lvm/Sample Container/Region, you created in Chapter 9, Creating regions.
To create a compatibility volume, follow these steps:
Select → → .
Choose the region lvm/Sample Container/Sample Region
from the list.
Click the button.
Click the Volume tab in the GUI to
see a volume named /dev/evms/lvm/Sample Container/Sample Region.
This volume is your compatibility volume.
Alternatively, you can perform some of the steps to create a compatibility volume from the GUI context sensitive menu:
From the tab, right click
lvm/Sample Container/Sample Region.
Click
Continue beginning with step 3 of the GUI instructions.
To create a compatibility volume, follow these steps:
Select → → .
Choose the region lvm/Sample Container/Storage Region from the list..
Activate .
Alternatively, you can perform some of the steps to create a compatibility volume from the context sensitive menu:
From the Available Objects view, press Enter on
lvm/Sample Container/Sample Region.
Activate the menu item.
Continue beginning with step 3 of the Ncurses instructions.
To create a volume, use the Create command. The arguments
the Create command accepts vary depending on what is being created. In
the case of the example, the first argument is the key word volume that
specifies what is being created. The second argument is the object being made into a volume,
in this case lvm/Sample Container/Sample Region.
The third argument, compatibility, indicates that this is a compatibility
volume and should be named as such.
Create:Volume,"lvm/Sample Container/Sample Region",compatibility