Namespace incorrectly capitalized when changing lookup namespace using Novell iManager

  • 3292120
  • 22-Aug-2006
  • 27-Apr-2012

Environment

Novell Open Enterprise Server (Linux)
Novell Storage Services (NSS)
Novell Open Enterprise Server Support Pack 2

Situation

When changing the look namespace to "long" for a NSS volume using Novell iManager a wrong entry is being created in fstab.
The entry being created is "ns=Long" this should be "ns=long"
In /var/log/messages the following messages will be displayed:
Volume Mount Name Space option ns= has unknown value: Long
Since "Long" is not a valid namespace the system will be mounting the Volume with the default namespace "unix" which is case sensitive.

Resolution

Get the latest Novell Storage Services Plug-in from https://download.novell.com/patch/finder
The nssmgmt.npm must be dated 30 June or later, this plug-in will work with Novell iManager 2.5 and 2.6