Chapter 17. Managing partitions using the web console

Procedure

1. Log in to the RHEL 8 web console. For details, see Logging in to the web console.
2. Click on the Storage tab.

Procedure

1. Log in to the RHEL web console. For details, see Logging in to the web console.
2. Click the Storage tab.
3. In the Other Devices table, click a volume in which you want to create the partition.
4. In the Content section, click the Create Partition button.
5. In the Create partition dialog box, select the size of the new partition.

6. In the Erase drop down menu, select:

   • Don’t overwrite existing data — the RHEL web console rewrites only the disk header. Advantage of this option is speed of formatting.
   • Overwrite existing data with zeros — the RHEL web console rewrites the whole disk with zeros. This option is slower because the program has to go through the whole disk, but it is more secure. Use this option if the disk includes any data and you need to overwrite it.

7. In the Type drop down menu, select a file system:

   • XFS file system supports large logical volumes, switching physical drives online without outage, and growing an existing file system. Leave this file system selected if you do not have a different strong preference.

   • ext4 file system supports:

     • Logical volumes
     • Switching physical drives online without outage
     • Growing a file system
     • Shrinking a file system

   Additional option is to enable encryption of partition done by LUKS (Linux Unified Key Setup), which allows you to encrypt the volume with a passphrase.

8. In the Name field, enter the logical volume name.

9. In the Mounting drop down menu, select Custom.

   The Default option does not ensure that the file system will be mounted on the next boot.

10. In the Mount Point field, add the mount path.
11. Select Mount at boot.

12. Click the Create Partition button.

    Formatting can take several minutes depending on the volume size and which formatting options are selected.

    After the formatting has completed successfully, you can see the details of the formatted logical volume on the Filesystem tab.

Procedure

1. Log in to the RHEL web console. For details, see Logging in to the web console.
2. Click on the Storage tab.
3. In the Filesystems table, select a volume in which you want to delete the partition.
4. In the Content section, click on the partition you want to delete.

5. The partition rolls down and you can click on the Delete button.

   The partition must not be mounted and used.

Procedure

1. Log in to the RHEL web console. For details, see Logging in to the web console.
2. Click on the Storage tab.
3. In the Filesystems table, select a volume in which you want to delete the partition.
4. In the Content section, click on the partition whose file system you want to mount or unmount.

5. Click on the Mount or Unmount button.

   At this point, the file system has been mounted or unmounted according to your action.