Reboot The Server; Verify That Evms Manages The Boot, Swap, And Root Partitions; Configuring Lvm Devices After Install To Use Evms - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 - STORAGE ADMINISTRATION GUIDE FOR EVMS Administration Manual

2.2.6 Reboot the Server

1 Reboot the server to apply the post-install configuration settings.
2 Continue with
2.2.7 Verify that EVMS Manages the Boot, Swap, and Root
Partitions
1 At a terminal prompt, enter the EVMS Ncurses command as the root user or equivalent:
2 Review the output to verify that EVMS shows the /boot, swap, and root (/) partitions as
2.3 Configuring LVM Devices After Install to Use
EVMS
Use the following procedure to configure data devices (not system devices) to be managed by
EVMS. If you need to configure an existing system device for EVMS, see
an Existing System Device to Use EVMS," on page
1 In a terminal console, run the EVMSGUI by entering the following as the root user or
2 In the Volumes panel, review the names that EVMS reports as compatibility volumes, find the
3 In a text editor, edit the /etc/fstab file to use the EVMS volume names.
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When your system reboots, the kernel loads the init-ramdisk, which runs the EVMS tools
to activate your volumes and mount your root file system. Then your boot scripts run the
EVMS tools once more to make sure your /dev/evms/ directory correctly reflects the
current state of your volumes. Finally, the remaining EVMS volumes are mounted as specified
in your /etc/fstab file. Everything else on your system should start up as you would
normally expect.
Section 2.2.7, "Verify that EVMS Manages the Boot, Swap, and Root
Partitions," on page 26.
evmsn
active in EVMS.
You should see the following devices mounted (with your own partition names, of course)
under the /dev/evms directory:
/dev/evms/sda1
/dev/evms/sda2
/dev/evms/sda3
equivalent:
evmsgui
devices that represent the devices you want to manage using EVMS, then write down the
names for future reference.
For example, /dev/sdb1.
For example, change the following entry for an LVM2 volume from this
/dev/sdb1 / reiserfs defaults 1 2
to this
/dev/evms/lvm2/sdb1 / reiserfs defaults 1 2
IMPORTANT: Make sure not to leave any stray characters or spaces in the line.
Section 2.2, "Configuring
21.