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Agama-based install: Complete overhaul of the storate step
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Diff for: DC-SLES-s390-agama-based-installation

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STYLEROOT="/usr/share/xml/docbook/stylesheet/suse2022-ns"
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FALLBACK_STYLEROOT="/usr/share/xml/docbook/stylesheet/suse-ns"
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# Disable arch-specific markup such as in <para arch="foo">
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XSLTPARAM='--param para.use.arch=0'

Diff for: tasks/agama-manual-installation.xml

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</mediaobject>
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</informalfigure>
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</step>
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<step arch="zseries">
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<step>
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<para>
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Configure your storage
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Select a storage device for installation.
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</para>
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<informalfigure>
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<mediaobject>
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</informalfigure>
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<para>
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Currently installations on single discs or LVM are supported. To change the disk,
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click the <guilabel>Change</guilabel> button in the <guilabel>Installation device</guilabel>
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section.
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</para>
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<para>
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To use DASD, &iscsi; or zFCP devices, you need configure them first. Click
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<guilabel>Advanced storage techs</guilabel> and select the desired technology. The DASD
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and zFCP options are only available if the corresponding devices are attached.
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</para>
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<para arch="zseries">
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To activate a DASD disk, select it from the list and click
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<menuchoice><guilabel>Perform am action</guilabel><guimenu>Activate</guimenu></menuchoice>. Once
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the disk is activated, you can select it for installation in the previous screen.
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</para>
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<para arch="zseries">
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To activate a zFCP disk, select it from the list and activate it by clicking on the three-dot
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menu.
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</para>
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<para>
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To detect an &iscsi; disk, select the &iscsi; initiator and click
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<guimenu>Discover &iscsi; tagets</guimenu>.
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</para>
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<para>
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By default, the file
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systems will be allocated as new partitions on the selected device. You can change this
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behavior by clicking the <guimenu>Change</guimenu> in the <guimenu>Actions</guimenu>
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section. The following space policies are available:
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</para>
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<variablelist>
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<title>Space policies</title>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>Delete current content</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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All partitions will be removed and any data on the disks will be lost.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>Shrink existing partitions</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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The data is kept, but current partitions will be shrinked as needed.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>Use available space</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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The data is kept. Only the space not assigned to any partition will be used.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>Custom</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Select what to do with each partition.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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<para>
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To edit individual partitions, expand the
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<guilabel>Partitions and file systems</guilabel> section by clicking on the <guimenu>&gt;</guimenu>
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Optionally, you can configure Btrfs snapshots, boot options and enable full disk encryption (FDE).
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</para>
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<step performance="optional">
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<para>

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