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This section describes how to configure EVMS as the volume manager of your devices.
Section 2.1, "Configuring the System Device at Install to Use EVMS," on page 15
Section 2.2, "Configuring an Existing System Device to Use EVMS," on page 22
Section 2.3, "Configuring LVM Devices to Use EVMS," on page 27
Section 2.4, "Using EVMS with iSCSI Volumes," on page 27
Section 2.5, "Using the ELILO Loader Files (IA-64)," on page 28
Section 2.6, "Starting EVMS," on page 28
Section 2.7, "Starting the EVMS Management Tools," on page 28
2.1 Configuring the System Device at Install to
Use EVMS
This section describes how to configure the system device during the Linux install to use EVMS as
the volume manager instead of the current default of Linux Volume Manager (LVM).
Section 2.1.1, "Before the Install," on page 15
Section 2.1.2, "During the Server Install," on page 17
Section 2.1.3, "After the Server Install," on page 20
2.1.1 Before the Install
"System Device" on page 15
"Device Size Limits" on page 16
"Data Loss Considerations for the System Device" on page 16
"Storage Deployment Considerations for the System Device" on page 16
System Device
For the purposes of this install documentation, a system device is any device that contains the Linux
,
, or root (
) partitions for your Linux computer.
/boot
swap
/
The install instructions assume the following:
All three system partitions are on the same physical disk.
If you use different disks for any of the system partitions, make sure to modify the install
instructions for your deployment scenario so that all of the system partitions are managed by
EVMS.
You must configure the boot partition within the BIOS-addressable space (such as 2 GB for x86
or 8 GB for x86-64) of the first disk recognized by the system.
If this restriction is not required for your hardware, you can modify the location of the
partition as desired.
/boot
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