Chapter 5: Managing Disks


Overview

The operating system itself is installed on a hard disk. Additional disks can be added to serve data, support more users, or offer reliability by replicating data. Therefore, every Solaris system you will work with will have one or more hard disks to support data. On occasion, you may be required to add a new disk to the system and partition the disk into slices to enable you to create the file systems on the slices. Once the file systems have been created, you can make them available to users by mounting them to the directory tree.

The central question to think about in this chapter is: how do you present the file systems to the users on a disk? In search of an answer, we will explore three thought streams: configuring devices attached to the Solaris system, partitioning disks, and mounting (and unmounting) the file systems. In other words, here is the story in a nutshell that: we are going to explore in this chapter: You add a disk to the system, partition the disk into slices, and mount (attach) the file systems on the slices to the directory tree so that users may use them.




Sun Certified System Administrator for Solaris 10 Study Guide Exams 310-XXX & 310-XXX
Sun Certified System Administrator for Solaris 10 Study Guide Exams 310-XXX & 310-XXX
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