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Is there a book regarding LVM for newbies? I've been googling about it but articles that I found talk about physical volumes, partitions, volume partitions, etc... I have no background on this so I think I need to read something more in the beginner level. Eventually what I would really want to learn is about lvm and taking backups through this technology. Thanks in advance.
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Red Hat has an LVM Administrator's Guide available online. | |||
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The closest I've been able to find to a book is the LVM Howto. It should cover most of the use cases. There's even a section specifically about using snapshots to take consistent backups. | |||
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The LVM HOWTO will get you covered. I would focus on chapters 11, 12, 13 and Appendix A. Experiment with it on a virtual machine until you are familiar with it. | |||
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The above responses mention some good links to explanations. I just want to add, that if you're not familiar with some of the concepts, you might want to google them up and read about them, before you read about LVM as a whole. Understanding the base concepts is crucial for understanding how the entire system works | |||
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I realize this answer comes quite late - but I found the best book on LVM was Disk and File Management Tasks on HP-UX. Since LVM is an integral part of HP-UX - and Linux copied the HP-UX model - the knowledge in this book transfers to Linux too. I wrote an article about the book as well. The book is old but good. | |||
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