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Managing Layered Local Storage with Stratis on RHEL 8

Stratis is a local storage-management tool that is a technology preview in RHEL 8. Stratis is designed to be an easy-to-use solution that provides advanced storage functions. In this hands-on lab, we will manage layered storage using Stratis. *This course is not approved or sponsored by Red Hat.*

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Clock icon Intermediate
Duration
Clock icon 30m
Published
Clock icon Dec 04, 2020

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Table of Contents

  1. Challenge

    Create and Mount a Stratis Pool and Test Functionality

    1. Query for available disks.
    2. Install Stratis and its tools.
    3. Prepare disks for use in Stratis.
    4. Create a Stratis pool and filesystem.
    5. Mount and confirm its function.

  2. Challenge

    Persistently Mount and Monitor a Stratis Filesystem

    1. Confirm Stratis pool and filesystem function.
    2. Configure Stratis storage to be available persistently.
    3. Confirm Stratis storage will be persistent.
    4. Use Stratis utilities to gather pool and filesystem information.

  3. Challenge

    Grow, Snapshot, and Recover a Stratis Filesystem

    1. Verify Stratis storage space.
    2. Add space to the Stratis pool and filesystem.
    3. Snapshot the Stratis storage.
    4. Mount and verify the snapshot.
    5. Delete data and use the snapshot to recover.
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