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71.
Which of the following is not a standard component in an LVM setup?
  • A.
    Logical volume
  • B.
    File system
  • C.
    Volume group
  • D.
    Physical volume
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Answer : [B]
Explanation : It is common to create a file system on top of a logical volume, but this is not a requirement. For instance, a logical volume can be used as a device that is presented as a disk device for a virtual machine.
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72.
Which of the following is not an LVM feature?
  • A.
    Volume resizing
  • B.
    Hot replacement of failing disk
  • C.
    Copy on write
  • D.
    Snapshots
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Answer : [C]
Explanation :
Copy on write is a feature that is offered by modern file systems, such as Btrfs. It copies the original blocks a file was using before creating a new file, which allows users to easily revert to a previous state of the file. Copy on write is not an LVM feature.
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73.
Which partition type do you need on a GPT partition to mark it with the LVM partition type?
  • A.
    83
  • B.
    8e
  • C.
    8300
  • D.
    8e00
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Answer : [D]
Explanation :
On GPT disk, LVM partitions must be flagged with the partition type 8e00.
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74.
Which of the following commands shows correctly how to create a logical volume that uses 50% of available disk space in the volume group?
  • A.
    vgadd -n lvdata -l +50%FREE vgdata
  • B.
    lvcreate lvdata -l 50%FREE vgdata
  • C.
    lvcreate -n lvdata -l 50%FREE vgdata
  • D.
    lvadd -n lvdata -l 50% FREE /dev/vgdata
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Answer : [C]
Explanation :
The lvcreate command is used to create logical volumes. Use -n name to specify the name. The option -l 50%FREE will assign 50% of available disk space, and vgdata is the volume group it will be assigned from.
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75.
Which command shows an overview of available physical volumes?
  • A.
    pvshow
  • B.
    pvdisplay
  • C.
    pvs
  • D.
    pvlist
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Answer : [B, C]
Explanation :
The pvdisplay command is used to show extensive information about physical volumes. The pvs command shows a summary of essential physical volume properties only.
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