NAME

Rex::Commands::Partition - 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 mountpoint $mountpoint.

 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 "none",
   lvm   => 1,
   type  => "primary",
   size  => 15000,
   ondisk => "vda";
 
 partition "/",
   fstype => "ext3",
   size  => 10000,
   onvg  => "vg0";