Configuring An Existing System Device To Use Evms - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 - STORAGE ADMINISTRATION GUIDE FOR EVMS Administration Manual

Disable the boot.lvm and boot.md Services
Disable the boot.lvm and boot.md services so they do not run at boot time (runlevel B). EVMS
now handles the boot.
1 In YaST, click System > System Services (Runlevel) > Expert Mode.
2 Select boot.lvm.
3 Click Set/Reset > Disable the Service.
4 Select boot.md.
5 Click Set/Reset > Disable the Service.
6 Click Finish, then click Yes.
The changes do not take affect until the server is restarted. Do not reboot at this time.
7 Continue with "Enable the boot.evms Service" on page
Enable the boot.evms Service
The boot.evms service should be enabled automatically after the install, but you should verify
that it is enabled.
1 In YaST, click System > System Services (Runlevel) > Expert Mode.
2 Select boot.evms.
3 Click Set/Reset > Enable the Service.
The B runlevel option is automatically selected.
4 Click Finish, then click Yes.
The changes do not take affect until the server is restarted. You reboot in the next task.
NOTE: Effective in SUSE Linux Enterprise 10, the /dev directory is on tmpfs and the
device nodes are automatically re-created on boot. It is no longer necessary to modify the /
etc/init.d/boot.evms script to delete the device nodes on system reboot as was
required for previous versions of SUSE Linux.
5 Continue with "Reboot the Server" on page
Reboot the Server
1 Reboot the server to apply the post-install configuration settings.
Verify the System Services
After the post-install configuration is complete and you have rebooted the server, make sure the
server is operating as expected.
2.2 Configuring an Existing System Device to
Use EVMS
If you have already installed Linux with a different volume manager for the system device (that is,
the devices where you installed the /boot, swap, or root (/) partitions), you can optionally
configure the device for EVMS at any time after the install.
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