Linux Advanced File System Management (LPIC-2)
Course 3 of 3 in preparation for the LPIC-2 201 exam covering objectives 203 and 204.
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Level
Intermediate

Updated
Apr 24, 2015

Duration
4h 9m

Table of contents
Introduction
Linux File System Overview
Introducing File Systems
6m
Using SSHFS to Mount Remote Systems
3m
Understanding the fstab Fields
4m
Displaying Mounted Files Systems
5m
Hands-on Displaying File Systems
4m
SWAP or Virtual Memory
6m
Summary
2m
Maintaining a Linux File System
Introduction
4m
Using fsck on CentOS 7
6m
Understanding mkfs, tune2fs, and dumpe2fs
4m
Using the Extended Toolset in the CentOS 7 File System
7m
Using debugfs to Look Inside Your File System
4m
Using smartmontools to Monitor Your Physical Disk
8m
Summary
1m
Managing XFS File Systems
What Is XFS?
4m
Creating XFS File Systems
4m
Using xfs_repair
3m
Backup and Restore with xfsdump and xfsrestore
5m
Summary
2m
Discovering btrfs
Introduction
5m
Creating a Simple File System Volume
3m
Understanding CoW
4m
Creating Multi-disk Volumes
8m
Summary
2m
Creating and Configuring File System Options
Introduction
5m
Auto-mounting Shares and Exports with autofs
8m
Working with ISO Files
8m
Disk Encryption with LUKS
10m
Summary
2m
Configuring RAID
Introduction
5m
RAID Partitioning
4m
Creating a RAID Device
6m
Persisting RAID Configuration
6m
RAID with btrfs
4m
Summary
2m
Adjusting Storage Device Access
Introduction
5m
An Inside Look at Storage Device Numbering
4m
Tuning Device Access
4m
Offloading to Write-Cache Controllers
7m
Configuring an iSCSI Target
8m
Demo: Setting up the iSCSI Target
6m
The iSCSI Initiator
5m
Summary
2m
Logical Volume Manager
Description
Course info
Rating
Level
Intermediate

Updated
Apr 24, 2015

Duration
4h 9m

Description
As the final course for exam 201, we look at two objectives: File System and Devices, and Advanced Storage Device Administration. We are going to take on the discovery journey of XFS, BTRFS, and EXT4 before moving into iSCSI and RAID.
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