About This Guide
This guide provides information about how to manage storage devices on a SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 server. For information about partitioning and managing devices, see Chapter 15, Advanced Disk Setup, Deployment Guide. This guide is intended for system administrators.
Many chapters in this manual contain links to additional documentation resources. This includes additional documentation that is available on the system as well as documentation available on the Internet.
For an overview of the documentation available for your product and the latest documentation updates, refer to http://www.suse.com/doc.
1 Available Documentation #
We provide HTML and PDF versions of our books in different languages. The following manuals for users and administrators are available for this product:
- Installation Quick Start
Lists the system requirements and guides you step-by-step through the installation of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server from DVD, or from an ISO image.
- Deployment Guide
Shows how to install single or multiple systems and how to exploit the product inherent capabilities for a deployment infrastructure. Choose from various approaches, ranging from a local installation or a network installation server to a mass deployment using a remote-controlled, highly-customized, and automated installation technique.
- Administration Guide
Covers system administration tasks like maintaining, monitoring and customizing an initially installed system.
- Virtualization Guide
Describes virtualization technology in general, and introduces libvirt—the unified interface to virtualization—as well as detailed information on specific hypervisors.
- Storage Administration Guide
Provides information about how to manage storage devices on a SUSE Linux Enterprise Server.
- AutoYaST
AutoYaST is a system for installing one or more SUSE Linux Enterprise systems automatically and without user intervention, using an AutoYaST profile that contains installation and configuration data. The manual guides you through the basic steps of auto-installation: preparation, installation, and configuration.
- Security Guide
Introduces basic concepts of system security, covering both local and network security aspects. Shows how to make use of the product inherent security software like AppArmor or the auditing system that reliably collects information about any security-relevant events.
- Security and Hardening
Deals with the particulars of installing and setting up a secure SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, and additional post-installation processes required to further secure and harden that installation. Supports the administrator with security-related choices and decisions.
- System Analysis and Tuning Guide
An administrator's guide for problem detection, resolution and optimization. Find how to inspect and optimize your system by means of monitoring tools and how to efficiently manage resources. Also contains an overview of common problems and solutions and of additional help and documentation resources.
- GNOME User Guide
Introduces the GNOME desktop of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server. It guides you through using and configuring the desktop and helps you perform key tasks. It is intended mainly for end users who want to make efficient use of GNOME as their default desktop.
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2 Feedback #
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3 Documentation Conventions #
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/etc/passwd: directory names and file namesplaceholder: replace placeholder with the actual value
PATH: the environment variable PATHls,--help: commands, options, and parametersuser: users or groupsAlt, Alt–F1: a key to press or a key combination; keys are shown in uppercase as on a keyboard
, › : menu items, buttons
x86_64 This paragraph is only relevant for the x86_64 architecture. The arrows mark the beginning and the end of the text block.
POWER, System z This paragraph is only relevant for the architectures
System zandPOWER. The arrows mark the beginning and the end of the text block.Dancing Penguins (Chapter Penguins, ↑Another Manual): This is a reference to a chapter in another manual.