Linking a network-server storage space to a network-server description

You can link a network-server storage space (NWSSTG) to one or more network-server descriptions (NWSDs). This allows the NWSDs and their associated logical partitions to use the data stored on the NWSSTG.

About this task

You can link an NWSSTG to an unlimited number of NWSDs. This is beneficial when multiple logical partitions need access to a single application.

When you link an NWSSTG to an NWSD, you can set up the NWSD to have read-only access to the NWSSTG, or you can set up the NWSD to read or write to the NWSSTG.

Attention: If more than one NWSD can write to the NWSSTG, ensure that only one NWSD can update the data at a time. Otherwise, changes made by one NWSD can be overwritten by another NWSD.

To link an NWSSTG to an NWSD, follow these steps:

Procedure

  1. At an IBM® i command line, type the command ADDNWSSTGL and press F4.
  2. From the Add Server Storage Link display, provide the following information: 
    NWSSTG (Name)
NWSD (Name)
DYNAMIC (*YES)
DRVSEQNBR (*CALC)
  3. Press F10 (Additional Parameters).
  4. Enter the type of access the storage space will have.