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OPS235 Lab 5 - CentOS7

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# Let's learn to administer (manage) our LVM graphically for our '''centos2''' Virtual Machine.
# Launch your '''centos2''' VM and open a shell terminal.
# CentOS provides a tool called '''system-config-lvm''' to graphically administer LVM. Install # This tool may be replaced by a future graphical LVM management tool and is NOT currently available in the default repositories. We will now perform a "work-around" in order to make the system-config-lvm application by issuing utility work in our system.# Issue the following commandto download the system-config-lvm rpm:<br>:<b><code><span style="color:#3366CC;font-size:1.2em;">wget https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org//packages/system-config-lvm/1.1.18/1.fc19/noarch/system-config-lvm-1.1.18-1.fc19.noarch.rpm</span></code></b><br>(Although it is an rpm file for the Fedora Distribution, it will also work for Centos7).<br><br># Make certain that you are logged in a root.# Try issuing the command: <b><code><span style="color:#3366CC;font-size:1.2em;">yum install rpm -i ./system-config-lvm-1.1.18-1.fc19.noarch.rpm</span></code></b><br>You should notice an error.# Use the '''yum install''' command to resolve the following dependencies:<ul><li>yum install gnome-python2-bonobo</li><li>yum install gnome-python2-gnome</li><li>yum install usermode-gtk</li></ul><br><br>
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<li value="49">Run the command: <b><code><span style="color:#3366CC;font-size:1.2em;">system-config-lvm</span></code></b></li><li>On the left-hand side, you can click on the Volume Group, Physical Volume and Logical Volumes and view their properties on the on the right-hand side.</li><li>Determine the current LVM configuration by clicking on the appropriate element and reading the properties in the right-hand panel -- write down the answers:
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<li>What are the names and sizes of the '''Volume Group'''?</li>
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