About This Guide - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 - STORAGE ADMINISTRATION GUIDE 7-2007 Administration Manual

About This Guide

This guide provides information about how to manage storage devices on a SUSE
Enterprise Server 10 Support Pack 1 server with an emphasis on using the Enterprise Volume
Management System (EVMS) 2.5.5 or later to manage devices. Related storage administration
issues are also covered as noted below.
Chapter 1, "Overview of EVMS," on page 11
Chapter 2, "Using EVMS to Manage Devices," on page 15
Chapter 3, "Using UUIDs to Mount Devices," on page 31
Chapter 4, "Managing EVMS Devices," on page 35
Chapter 5, "Managing Multipath I/O for Devices," on page 43
Chapter 6, "Managing Software RAIDs with EVMS," on page 59
Chapter 7, "Managing Software RAIDs 6 and 10 with mdadm," on page 81
Chapter 8, "Resizing Software RAID Arrays with mdadm," on page 91
Chapter 9, "Installing and Managing DRBD Services," on page 101
Chapter 10, "Troubleshooting Storage Issues," on page 107
Audience
This guide is intended for system administrators.
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Documentation Updates
For the most recent version of the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Storage Administration Guide
for EVMS, visit the Novell Documentation Web site for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (http://
www.novell.com/documentation/sles10).
Additional Documentation
For information about managing storage with the Linux Volume Manager (LVM), see the
Linux Enterprise Server 10 Installation and Administration Guide (http://www.novell.com/
documentation/sles10).
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