diff --git a/content/posts/ol/storage/post-20/index.md b/content/posts/ol/storage/post-20/index.md index b89d1212..a30ba430 100644 --- a/content/posts/ol/storage/post-20/index.md +++ b/content/posts/ol/storage/post-20/index.md @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ title: "Get Started with the Btrfs File System" date: 2021-11-01 draft: false -summary: "Learn how to get started with the Btrfs File System" +summary: "Learn to create, extend, and recover a Btrfs file system on Oracle Linux." tags: ["ol", "lab", "tutorial", "ol-storage"] showDate: true --- @@ -11,19 +11,19 @@ showDate: true :crescent_moon: [Lab](https://luna.oracle.com/lab/03f1fb2b-d4ef-4d1e-8a12-793cb3e3ffd8) -:spiral_notepad: [Tutorial](https://docs.oracle.com/en/learn/btrfs-ol8) +:spiral_notepad: [Tutorial](https://docs.oracle.com/en/learn/ol-btrfs) ## Details -The Btrfs file system provides the capacity to handle pooling, snapshots, checksums, and multi-device spanning in existing Linux file systems. For an overview of the Btrfs file system and its features, see [Oracle Linux 8: Managing Local File Systems](https://docs.oracle.com/en/operating-systems/oracle-linux/8/fsadmin/btrfs-main.html#xd_co_f=NjUzNDIzODAtMTcwNy00YzFlLTgxMDItNTM2YjIwZjBkMmQ0~) . +The Btrfs file system provides the capacity to handle pooling, snapshots, checksums, and multi-device spanning in existing Linux file systems. For an overview of the Btrfs file system and its features, see [Oracle Linux: Managing Local File Systems](https://docs.oracle.com/en/operating-systems/oracle-linux/9/fsadmin/btrfs-main.html). -This tutorial describes how to set up your Oracle Linux system to use the Btrfs file system. This tutorial is targeted at users of Oracle Linux 8 or later. +This tutorial describes setting up a directory on external storage on your Oracle Linux system to use the Btrfs file system. ### Objectives In this tutorial, you will learn how to: -- Create a Btrfs file system on Oracle Linux 8 +- Create a Btrfs file system - Run basic Btrfs commands to perform tasks such as: - Checking file system usage - Extend the size of the file system @@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ In this tutorial, you will learn how to: - Test and see how the file system works ### Prerequisites +- Minimum of a single Oracle Linux system running the UEK kernel -The tutorial uses the following system: +- Each system should have Oracle Linux installed and configured with: + - A non-root user account with sudo access + - Access to the Internet -- An Oracle Linux 8 system with the following configurations: - - has multiple storage devices installed - - runs the UEKR6 kernel