Linux and Unix, Open Source, Linux Howtos
If the LVM volume (logical volume) is no longer required to use by LVM on the system. You can remove/delete it with the lvremove command using the following steps. But …
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If a device is no longer need for use by LVM, you can use the vgreduce command to remove physical volumes from a volume group. The Vgreduce command shrinks the …
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Reducing/Shrinking the logical volume is the highest risk of data corruption. So try to avoid this kind of situation if possible, but go ahead if you have no other options. …
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Expanding the logical volume is extremely easy, it takes very few steps and can be done online without unmounting a certain logical volume. The main purpose of LVM is flexible …
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Logical Volume Manager (LVM) plays an important role in the Linux operating system by improving the availability, disk I/O, performance and capability of disk management. LVM is a widely used …
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When the Linux system has connected to the SAN (Storage Area Network) you need to rescan the iSCSI service to discover new LUNs. To do so, you must provide the …
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As a Linux administrator, you may have noticed some requests from developers to convert files from DOS format to Unix format, and vice versa. This is because these files were …
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Sometimes you may need to kill multiple user sessions on Linux. For example, you have to run a month job, for which all users have to be logged out of …
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The root user is a privileged user on Linux, which is similar to an administrator on Windows. It performs all kinds of administrative operations, so do not give anyone root …
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Generally, a file system must be mounted on a Linux system to access the contents. When adding a new hard disk to your system, you may need to use the …
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