Robert Heller wrote: > At Thu, 25 Jun 2015 11:03:18 -0400 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> > wrote: >> On Wed, June 24, 2015 16:11, Chuck Campbell wrote: >> > >> > Is there an easy to follow "howto" for normal LVM administration >> > tasks. I get tired of googling every-time I have to do something >> > I don't remember how to do regarding LVM, so I usually just >> > don't bother with it at all. >> > >> > I believe it has some benefit for my use cases, but I've been >> > reticent to use it, since the last time I got LVM problems, I >> > lost everything on the volume, and had to restore from backups >> > anyway. I suspect I shot myself in the foot, but I >> > still don't know for sure. >> >> At the risk of some ridicule I suggest that you look at installing >> Webmin. It is a web based system administration tool that I find >> invaluable. The two most common complaints I encounter when I discuss >> its merits are 'security' and 'transparency'. <snip> > HA! You only really need to learn *one* command: the man command. The > man provides 'enlightenment' for all other commands: > > man vgdisplay > man lvdisplay > man lvcreate > man lvextend > man lvresize > man lvreduce > man lvremove > man e2fsck > man resize2fs <snip> You missed one: man man. mark