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LVM Logical Volumes

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The use of logical volumes is similar to the use of partitions and is accomplished with the same standard commands (mkfs, mount, fsck, df, ...)

LVM Volume Groups

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A volume group (vg) is an abstraction layer between block devices and logical volumes. The commands used to manage a volume group start with vg

LVM Physical Volumes

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A physical volume (pv) is any block device (a disk, a partition, a RAID device, an iSCSI device, etc.)

NetWorker version release changes

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Starting with EMC NetWorker 8.2 both NetWorker server/client and all EMC NetWorker modules will have matching version numbers.

Private and public key pairs for SSH

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SSH has a key management capacity and related agents.When configured with public key authentication, your key proves your identity to remote SSH hosts

SSH configuration and security best practices

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Here is a list of processes and configurations that you can use to tighten and enhance SSH security with regard to remote host access