Rex::Commands::Partition(3) Partition module

DESCRIPTION

With this Module you can partition your harddrive.

Version <= 1.0: All these functions will not be reported.

All these functions are not idempotent.

SYNOPSIS


use Rex::Commands::Partition;

EXPORTED FUNCTIONS

clearpart($drive)

Clear partitions on drive `sda`: 

 clearpart "sda";

Create a new GPT disk label (partition table) on drive `sda`: 

 clearpart "sda",
  initialize => "gpt";

If GPT initialization is requested, the `bios_boot` option (default: TRUE) can also be set to TRUE or FALSE to control creation of a BIOS boot partition: 

 clearpart "sda",
  initialize => "gpt",
  bios_boot => FALSE;

partition($mountpoint, %option)

Create a partition with the specified parameters:
ondisk
The disk to be partitioned. Mandatory.
size
Desired size of the partition in MB. It is mandatory to pass either a "size" or a "grow" parameter (but not both).
grow
If "TRUE", then the partition will take up all the available space on the disk. It is mandatory to pass either a "grow" or a "size" parameter (but not both).
type
Partition type to be passed to "parted"'s "mkpart" command. Optional, defaults to "primary".
boot
Sets boot flag on the partition if "TRUE". Optional, no boot flag is set by default.
fstype
Create a filesystem after creating the partition. Optional, no filesystem is created by default.
label
Label to be used with the filesystem. Optional, defaults to no label.
mount
If "TRUE", try to mount the partition after creating it. Optional, no mount is attempted by default.
mount_persistent
If "TRUE", try to mount the partition after creating it, and also register it in "/etc/fstab". Optional, no mount or "/etc/fstab" manipulation is attempted by default.
vg
Creates an LVM PV, then creates the specified LVM VG (or extends it, if the VG already exists). Needs "ondisk".

Examples: 

 partition "/",
   fstype => "ext3",
   size   => 15000,
   ondisk => "sda",
   type   => "primary";
 
 partition "none",
   type   => "extended",
   ondisk => "sda",
   grow   => 1,
   mount  => TRUE,
 
 partition "swap",
   fstype => "swap",
   type   => "logical",
   ondisk => "sda",
   size   => 8000;
 partition "/",
   fstype => "ext3",
   size   => 10000,
   ondisk => "sda",
   vg     => "vg0";

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