Launching the Linux TerraBlock Manager
Fibre Attached
In Terminal switch to the ROOT user using the ‘su’ command and supply the
ROOT 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 fibre
attached machines requires that the software be launched by the
ROOT user. Contact your site administrator to obtain the ROOT user
password for your Linux client.
Ethernet Attached
Simply navigate to /usr/lib/factb/ and double click the TerraBlock Manager
application.
Once launched go to File>Network Configuration. Enter the IP Address of the
TerraBlock server and choose ok. Close and re-launch the application.
Working with Facilis Volumes
Multi-user Write Volumes
Multi-user Write volumes may be created from a Linux client and mounted with read
or write permissions. All volumes mount to the “/media” directory on Linux systems.
See “Chapter 4: Getting Started with Shared File System” for more
information.
Single-user Write Volumes
In order to use Single-user Write (SUW) Volumes with Linux clients, the volumes
must be created from the TerraBlock Manager as raw, unformatted volumes, then
manually partitioned and formatted using Linux disk management tools. Once the
SUW volume has been formatted it can then be mounted to a mount-point in the
Linux filesystem.
Different utilities are available for partitioning and formatting volumes on various
distributions of Linux. We will cover only the shell operations that are common to
most distributions. If GUI is preferred, please consult the documentation for your
specific distribution.
To create a Single-user Write volume for use with Linux Clients, in the TerraBlock
Manager ‘Volumes’ tab, select the ‘Create Volume’ button. In the ‘Create Volume’
dialog, enter the desired volume name, size, drive group, DynaRAID and user
permissions options. Select the Single-user Write option and press the ‘Ok’ button.
When creating Single-user Write volumes from Linux clients, the Auto
Format function is not available.
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