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== Investigation 1: How are LVMs are managed using system-config-lvm? ==
'''Perform this investigation on the VM named ''<u>fedora2</u>''.'''
[[Image:Ops235_lab4_1.png|thumb|right|Screenshot of system-config-lvm in Fedora. Click to enlarge.]]
# Let's learn to manage or administer our LVM graphically for our Virtual Machine ('''Fedora2''').<br />Fedora provides a tool called <code>system-config-lvm</code> to graphically administer LVM. It will appear on the menu as System>Administration>Logical Volume Management. Verify that this package is present, and install it if required (<code>yum install system-config-lvm</code>).
<ol>
<li value="2">Use this tool to determine the current LVM configuration by clicking on the appropriate element and reading the properties in the right-hand panel -- write down the answers: <oltype=a"> <li type=a">What are the names and sizes of the PVs?</li>
<li>What is the name and size of the VG?</li>
<li>What are the names and sizes of the LVs?</li>
</li>
<li>Increase the size of the home filesystem to 2 GB:
<oltype=a"> <li type="a">Click on the LV containing the home filesystem.</li>
<li>Click on ''Edit Properties''.</li>
<li>Change the size to 2 GB and click ''Ok''.</li>
</ol>
<li>Create a new 2G LV (LV Properties: linear) containing an ext4 filesystem named lv_archive and mount it at /archive
<oltype=a"> <li type="a">Click on ''Logical View''.</li>
<li>Click the ''Create New Logical Volume''.</li>
<li>Set the name, size, filesystem, and mount point.</li>
