On Thu, June 25, 2015 12:18 pm, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: > 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. > Cool! this makes my day! It is just itching to add two more: man info info man Valeri ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Valeri Galtsev Sr System Administrator Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics University of Chicago Phone: 773-702-4247 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++