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Configure local storage

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1

Which three fields are present in every /etc/fstab entry? (Choose three.)

Hard
2

An administrator attempts to mount an XFS filesystem from /dev/sdc1 to /mnt/archive but receives the error: 'mount: /mnt/archive: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdc1, missing codepage or helper program, or other error.' The output of 'dumpe2fs /dev/sdc1' shows 'dumpe2fs: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/sdc1'. What is the most likely problem?

Hard
3

Refer to the exhibit. An administrator wants to create an LVM logical volume using /dev/sdb3. What is the first step to complete this task?

Medium
4

An administrator needs to add a 2GB swap partition to an existing disk (/dev/sdc) that already has one partition. The administrator creates a second primary partition using fdisk and sets the type to Linux swap (82). Which command completes the setup to enable swap?

Easy
5

An administrator replaces a failed disk in a RAID 10 array /dev/md0. The new disk is /dev/sdc. The admin runs: mdadm /dev/md0 --add /dev/sdc. The command succeeds, but the array does not start rebuilding. What is the most likely reason?

Hard
6

A database server experiences high disk I/O wait times. The administrator runs 'iostat -x 1' and sees that the avgqu-sz for /dev/sda is 25 and await is 200 ms. The disk is a single 7200 RPM SATA drive. Which action is most likely to improve performance?

Medium
7

A storage administrator is asked to increase the size of an ext4 filesystem mounted at /data. The underlying logical volume /dev/mapper/vg01-lv01 is currently 10GB and the volume group has 5GB of free extents. After extending the logical volume by 2GB using lvextend -L +2G /dev/mapper/vg01-lv01, what command must be run to resize the filesystem?

Hard
8

An administrator wants to add an additional swap partition of 2GB on device /dev/sdb1. Which set of commands should be used to enable swap and make it persistent across reboots?

Easy
9

Refer to the exhibit. An administrator needs to create a 1.2 TiB logical volume named 'data' in volume group 'myvg' and mount it persistently at /data. Which sequence of commands should be used?

Hard
10

A system administrator is configuring a new RHEL 9 server with two 500GB SSDs. The requirement: create a 200GB XFS filesystem for /srv/data that is resilient to disk failure. The admin decides to create a RAID 1 (mirror) using mdadm with partitions on each disk: /dev/sda1 and /dev/sdb1, each 200GB. He creates the partitions with fdisk, then runs: mdadm --create /dev/md0 --level=1 --raid-devices=2 /dev/sda1 /dev/sdb1. The array is created and synced. He then creates a physical volume, volume group, and logical volume on top of /dev/md0, formats with XFS, and mounts. Later, a disk fails. After replacing the failed disk, he recreates the partition with identical size and runs: mdadm /dev/md0 --add /dev/sdb1. The command fails with 'Device /dev/sdb1 is busy'. What is the most likely cause?

Hard
11

A server has a software RAID 5 array /dev/md0. One of its disks fails. The administrator wants to replace it without rebooting. Which command should be used to mark the disk as failed?

Hard
12

An administrator wants to add the two 2G disks (sdc and sdd) as physical volumes, extend the 'data' logical volume in volume group 'vg' by 2G, and grow the filesystem. Which sequence of commands should be used?

Hard
13

An administrator wants to mount an existing ext4 filesystem from /dev/sdb1 to /mnt/data at boot time. What entry should be added to /etc/fstab?

Easy
14

An administrator needs to ensure that a specific LVM logical volume is automatically mounted at boot with the 'noexec' option. Which configuration file and entry should be used?

Hard
15

A system administrator is setting up storage for a new application server. The application requires two separate filesystems: one for the database (needs to be at least 10GiB) and one for logs (needs at least 5GiB). The server has a single 20GiB disk /dev/sda. The administrator plans to use LVM and a single volume group 'vg_app'. They create physical volume on /dev/sda, create the volume group, and then create two logical volumes: 'lv_db' of 10GiB and 'lv_logs' of 5GiB. They format lv_db as ext4 and lv_logs as xfs, and mount them at /db and /logs respectively. After rebooting, the system fails to mount /logs. What is the most likely cause?

Easy
16

A technician is configuring a new Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 server with multiple disks. They need to create a RAID 1 array using /dev/sda and /dev/sdb for the /boot partition. Which tool can create the RAID array and enable booting from it?

Medium
17

A system has a logical volume that is thinly provisioned. The thin pool has a size of 100GB and the thin volume has a virtual size of 500GB. The administrator notices that the thin pool has only 5GB of data written so far. Which command will display the current data usage of the thin volume?

Hard
18

Which command can be used to create a logical volume using all available free space in a volume group?

Medium
19

A Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 server has an LVM volume group 'vg01' that contains two physical volumes: /dev/sda2 and /dev/sdb1. After a reboot, the system fails to activate the volume group. The administrator runs 'pvdisplay' and sees one physical volume as 'unknown device'. What is the most likely cause?

Medium
20

An administrator needs to mount the backup filesystem with the ‘exec’ option temporarily for a one-time script. Which command will remount the filesystem with exec without unmounting?

Easy
21

An administrator wants to add 20GB of additional space to the root filesystem. The volume group vg01 has no free extents. Which action should be taken first?

Medium
22

Refer to the exhibit. An administrator attempts to mount the partition but receives an error. Which command should be run first to resolve the issue?

Medium
23

Refer to the exhibit. The /proc/mdstat output shows a RAID1 array with two devices. One of the disks (/dev/sda1) fails. Which sequence of commands would be used to remove the failed disk and add a new replacement disk /dev/sdc1?

Hard

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Configure local storage questions test whether you can apply the concept in context, not just recognise a definition.
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