Ah, now it's starting to make sense.  I see the settings now, doesn't seem
very intuitive though.

Thanks for the help!

On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 12:51 PM, Jason Litka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>  Mike,
>
>
>
> When you look at the "Shares" page you should see a small double-drive icon
> with the name of your volume group next to it.  Below that and slightly
> indented you should see a single-drive icon with the name of your volume
> next to it.
>
>
>
> The volume itself cannot be shared.  If you click the volume you will be
> given the opportunity to create a folder.   Once you've created the folder
> you should see a small folder icon below your volume and slightly indented
> with the folder name next to it.  If you click that folder name you will be
> given a series of options, one of which is the option to make that folder a
> share.  If you click the "Make Share" button you will automatically be taken
> to the "Edit Shares" page for that share.  If you need to return to the
> "Edit Shares" page after you've left, clicking the link for the share name
> on the "Shares" page will bring you there.
>
>
>
> Oh, and please make sure you are responding to the list and not to just me.
>
>
>
> *Jason Litka | Xoxide, Inc.*
>
> *Manager, IT & Software Development*
>
> P: (610) 251-1672 x200
>
> F: (610) 251-0263
>
>
>
> *From:* Mike Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *Sent:* Friday, July 18, 2008 12:43 PM
>
> *To:* Jason Litka
> *Subject:* Re: [OF-users] Documentation
>
>
>
> I click on it and all I see if a window with a dialog box to create a new
> sub-folder.
>
> Thanks for your help by the way.
>
> On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 12:10 PM, Jason Litka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Click the name of the share.
>
>
>
> *Jason Litka | Xoxide, Inc.*
>
> *Manager, IT & Software Development*
>
> P: (610) 251-1672 x200
>
> F: (610) 251-0263
>
>
>
> *From:* Mike Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *Sent:* Friday, July 18, 2008 12:05 PM
> *To:* Jason Litka
>
>
> *Subject:* Re: [OF-users] Documentation
>
>
>
> Jason,
>
> I'm on the Shares tab showing the shares, but I do not see any 'edit
> shares' options.
>
> Mike
>
> On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 11:30 AM, Jason Litka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> After you create a share the NFS & SMB options are at the bottom of the
> "edit share" page.  If you are using 2.3 there are a lot more options than
> in 2.2.
>
>
>
> *Jason Litka | Xoxide, Inc.*
>
> P: (610) 251-1672 x200
>
> F: (610) 251-0263
>
>
>
> *From:* Mike Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *Sent:* Friday, July 18, 2008 11:19 AM
> *To:* Jason Litka
>
>
> *Cc:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* Re: [OF-users] Documentation
>
>
>
> Great, thanks for all the tips.  The flow of the GUI is starting to become
> clearer.
>
> I do have a question about NFS setup as well.  I had to configure the
> /etc/exports file by hand.  How is that share configured in the GUI?
>
> On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 10:32 AM, Jason Litka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Ooh…  Sorry, that was directed at Mike Davis, not Ian.
>
>
>
> *Jason Litka | Xoxide, Inc.*
>
> *Manager, IT & Software Development*
>
> P: (610) 251-1672 x200
>
> F: (610) 251-0263
>
>
>
> *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Jason Litka
> *Sent:* Friday, July 18, 2008 10:31 AM
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* RE: [OF-users] Documentation
>
>
>
> Ian,
>
>
>
> With a couple outside exceptions (such as online capacity expansion if
> you've got a HW RAID controller), pretty much everything is handled via the
> GUI.  There is no need to use pvcreate, vgcreate, or any of the other LVM
> tools.
>
>
>
> Via the GUI you would need to create physical volumes on your disks then
> create a volume group and add those disks to it.  From there you can use the
> "Add Volumes" screen to add ext3, XFS, and iSCSI volumes (2.2 has some other
> options that are no longer available in 2.3).
>
>
>
> *Jason Litka | Xoxide, Inc.*
>
> *Manager, IT & Software Development*
>
> P: (610) 251-1672 x200
>
> F: (610) 251-0263
>
>
>
> *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Mike Davis
> *Sent:* Friday, July 18, 2008 9:56 AM
> *To:* [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *Cc:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* Re: [OF-users] Documentation
>
>
>
> I'm two days into Openfiler and am confused by a thing or two.  I find
> myself configuring things by hand instead of using the GUI.  I expected to
> be able to set everything up in the GUI and not go to the command line.  For
> example, after initial install I have to go to the command line to use
> pvcreate and vgcreate.  The GUI provided no way to do that.
>
> Another was the NFS configuration.  It wouldn't let me configure anything
> about the NFS share.  I had to go into /etc/exports and create the entry.
> I'm fine on the command line, but I don't want anything to get overwritten
> by some process from the GUI.
>
> On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 9:37 AM, Ian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> You beat me to it by a second! I was about to hit send, and then I saw you
> say the exact same thing. I have a few neglected OS projects of my own...
> ah, to have the time to write documentation....
>
> Beste,
>
> Ian
>
>
> Patrick Donker wrote:
>
> Mike Davis wrote:
>
> Isn't that kind of bizarre to not have any documentation to an open source
> project?
>
> Is Openfiler still in active development or is it a dead project?
>
> On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 2:33 AM, Patrick Donker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
>
>    Mike Davis wrote:
>
>        Is there any documentation for this project that is current?
>         I'm not talking about the 90 dollar admin guide.
>
>        Mike
>
>    Nothing official, only findings of other users.
>
> Wouldnt the correct question be, isnt that typical for an open source
> project ;)
>
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