Tools Volume
The Tools volume allows communication between the TerraBlock Server and the
TerraBlock Manager software on the clients. The Tools volume is a 1GB Read Only
volume in each TerraBlock system and cannot be removed or deleted. It is mounted
by default on every fibre connected client workstation.
The Tools volume will contain a single file called “Control” as part of the factory pre-
configuration. This file must reside on the Tools volume for proper communication
with the server by Mac Fibre Channel clients and all Ethernet clients (Mac, Windows
and Linux).
If there is more than one server being installed into the same facility, there should
be a separately named Tools volume for each server. The name of each Tools
volume must be different, and follow the convention: Tools; Tools1; Tools2; Tools3;
etc. The Tools volume may require renaming for a multiple server environment due
to an incremental storage upgrade or if an additional server is added.
The Site Administrator must configure or verify all Tools volumes
have unique names within the TerraBlock Manager for certain
features to work properly.
Renaming a Tools volume with all caps (TOOLS) within the TerraBlock
Manager is not supported. Only a numerical value can be added (1-8).
Mac OS 10.10 or higher requires that the Tools drive be excluded from
Spotlight indexing in order for proper functionality. See Tech note TN-
049 for more details.
The Tools volume name may be changed within the TerraBlock Manager through the
Change Volume dialog. The Tools volume label in the OS as well as the contents of
the Tools volume and/or its filesystem may be changed by obtaining Write access to
the Tools volume. See Appendix A: Additional Setup Tools for more information.
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