Thank you Mark. 

George Shedlock Jr
AEGON Information Technology
AEGON USA
502-560-3541

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From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Mark Post
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 1:34 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: How to manage filesystems (was: RE: SLES 10 SP2)

>>> On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at  1:21 PM, in message
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Shedlock, George" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 
> Please keep in mind that this question is coming from someone 
> relatively ignorant of z/Linux and it's care and feeding.
> 
> I there some cookbook or other FM that would help me to understand the

> how's and why's of splitting up the filesystems onto various volume 
> groups and mountpoints?

The whys are pretty straightforward.
1. If your root file system fills up (runs out of space) your system
dies.
2. Up until recently, resizing your root file system required
application downtime.
3. Having everything in your root file system prevents potential sharing
of file systems across guests.

The hows are also pretty straightforward.
1. During the installation process, use the various "expert" modes to
set it up.  (It really doesn't require an expert.) 2. After
installation, look at http://linuxvm.org/Info/HOWTOs/movefs.html

It's far easier to do it during installation.  It's also far easier to
do it during installation via AutoYaST or kickstart.


Mark Post

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