Introduction; About This Guide; Audience; Software Versions - Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 5.1 - LVM ADMINISTRATION Manual

Introduction

1. About This Guide

This book describes the Logical Volume Manager (LVM), including information on running LVM in a
clustered environment. The content of this document is specific to the LVM2 release.

2. Audience

This book is intended to be used by system administrators managing systems running the Linux
operating system. It requires familiarity with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and GFS file system
administration.

3. Software Versions

Software
RHEL5
GFS
Table 1. Software Versions

4. Related Documentation

For more information about using Red Hat Enterprise Linux, refer to the following resources:
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Installation Guide — Provides information regarding installation of Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Deployment Guide — Provides information regarding the deployment,
configuration and administration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
For more information about Red Hat Cluster Suite for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, refer to the following
resources:
• Red Hat Cluster Suite Overview — Provides a high level overview of the Red Hat Cluster Suite.
• Configuring and Managing a Red Hat Cluster — Provides information about installing, configuring
and managing Red Hat Cluster components.
• Global File System: Configuration and Administration — Provides information about installing,
configuring, and maintaining Red Hat GFS (Red Hat Global File System).
• Using Device-Mapper Multipath — Provides information about using the Device-Mapper Multipath
feature of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
• Using GNBD with Global File System — Provides an overview on using Global Network Block
Device (GNBD) with Red Hat GFS.
• Linux Virtual Server Administration — Provides information on configuring high-performance
systems and services with the Linux Virtual Server (LVS).
Description
refers to RHEL5 and higher
refers to GFS for RHEL5 and higher
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