Topic: Add an HD to my Server ?

[fbigio]

What's the procedure to add an HD to my SME 6.0.1 Server ?
SME recognize automatically the new HD ? I've to configure anything on my server ?

I'know is a stupid question but I'm a rookie and I don't have enought experience !

S.[/b]

[bobk]

This has been discussed many times. If you do a simple search you will find all the answers you need.

To get you started read this post http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=4416.0

[Boris]

http://no.longer.valid/phpwiki/index.php/extra%20hard%20disk

[BobWilliams]

Thanks Boris and Bobk for pointing us to the "How To's" I followed Michiel Blotwijk excellent How to and it worked perfectly. I can access the new drive and add directories from the SME command line.
Now however I can't see the new drive in Win XP network workgroup nor can I use it through the SME Server Manager Windows GUI. I can see the original drive and its directories but not the new drive. Can you tell me how set up access this drive so I can manage the directories and files from XP?
Bob...

[Boris]

You can create ibay named "mynewdsk" and adjust fstab to mount this drive to /home/e-smith/files/ibays/mynewdsk/files
reset permissions via server-manager/information bays and connect from windows just like to any other shared ibay on the server.

[BobWilliams]

Thanks Boris. Thats exactly what I wanted. I'll get on it right away and give it a try.

Bob...

[BobWilliams]

I can't figure out how to create an e-bay on the newly added drive. Can't use SME Server Manager and I don't know the console commands to do it. Can anyone help me ?

Thanks

Bob...

[italo]

Hi Bob,
if u followed Michiel howto, u should b almost there. By mounting the new HD in /home/e-smith/files/ibays u can now create any ibays and it should be showing there on the new drive. You will not see ur drive in Windows until you share something. Remember Samba?

Boris said to create a new ibay named 'mynewdisk', so if  u go into http://your.domain.name/server-manager u should see a menu on the left hand side named 'Information Ibays'. Once in there u can create an ibays named 'mynewdisk'. Done that, fire up Putty or any SSH client and when connected to your SME Server at the command line type (warning: if u screw this up it's only ur problem, don't blame any one else) #pico /etc/fstab.
make the modification suggested by Boris and get help also from Michiel how-to (all info is actually there, u just have to customize it to ur needs).

Once u've done that u r good to go

Hope that helps,
Italo