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Working with Disks on Google Compute Engine
This lab focuses on managing persistent block storage for a Google Compute Engine virtual machine in a production-like environment. A balanced persistent disk is provisioned, attached to an active VM, and configured within a Linux filesystem. Storage growth is then simulated by resizing the disk and expanding the filesystem online. The lab demonstrates how storage capacity can be scaled without interrupting a running system.
Lab Info
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Challenge
Provision and attach balanced persistent disks (pd-balanced) to active instances
- Provision a balanced persistent disk and associate it with a running Compute Engine instance
- Configure additional block storage for use with an active virtual machine
- Verify that the newly attached disk is recognized by the operating system without service interruption
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Challenge
Mount and format additional storage volumes within a Linux environment
- Format a raw block device using a Linux filesystem
- Configure a mount point and integrate the storage volume into the Linux directory structure
- Validate that the mounted storage is accessible and persists as expected within the system
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Challenge
Resize persistent disks and expand file systems online to meet capacity needs
- Resize an existing persistent disk to increase available storage capacity
- Extend the filesystem to utilize newly allocated disk space
- Verify that expanded storage is available to the operating system without requiring downtime
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