Introduction; About This Guide; Audience; Software Versions - Red Hat LVM ADMINISTRATOR 5.0 Administrator's 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).
Description
refers to RHEL5 and higher
refers to GFS for RHEL5 and higher
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